Chat With Yoda – Michael Taylor

Over the course of the year, Yoda will be having a chat with a number of the Claremont members. Hopefully these chats will provide our members with a little insight to what they are thinking. We’ll start with the newly appointed Premier Division Selector.

Yoda:  Selector of Premier Division, you are.  Congratulations.  Expectations, you have ?
Tails:  My expectations are that we improve on our results from last year and make the opposition feel they have played a good outfit.
Yoda:  Yes .. Make them work to beat you, you must.  Lose games at home, you must NOT!

Yoda:  Recruited well, you have.  Picked up Chris Chalker, Alex McCoull, David Duggan and maybe even Justin Plummer. I hear rumblings in the force. Very seasoned and experienced players, they are.  Who will be the newbies the comp hasn’t seen or players that you will be hoping lift for you this year ?
Tails:  I expect the whole side to lift with the influx of these players.  There is a big buzz around our club right down to our lower divisions.  Players like Dave Howard, Dean Shaw, Mike Graham and Adam Taylor all with new roles I’m expecting an exceptional year from all.
Yoda:  Cruising on the Pacific is Dean Shaw … Maybe the Magoo’s for my apprentice

Yoda:  Significantly different side this year, you have.  Only 1 month to season start, it is.  Bond, they must ?
Tails:  Our group is playing 2 practice games against Brighton and Bucks plus a couple of interclub games before the season start .. We’ll be much better by season start.
Yoda:  Yes … Bond they must.

Yoda:  Who will be Top Four, and who will be relegated, you think ?
Tails:  I think top 4 will be in my mind.  Kingborough, Sandy Bay, Cremorne, Brighton/Mont. Poor Norfolk has lost a few so I think they might struggle.
Yoda:  Yes .. Taken Chalker and Duggan, you have.  I hear Bumpy & Dags are going to Franklin. Very sad news about Anthony Briggs, it is … May the force be with you New Norfolk this year.

Yoda: Thank you, Michael, for the chat.  Be careful this year, you must.  Cart-Wheeling and somersaulting down the green, you must NOT !, Kim won’t be happy … and May the force be with The Mont in 2023/24.