The thunder certainly made a step in the right direction this year. Heavy recruiting helped their cause of course. They picked up Matty Argus and Shaun Tapp from Aspley and Tapp was an outstanding player again this year and show good he is week in week out. They also picked up the brother of Adam goodes and he ws another standout player for them this year. Jarred Iilet led the team well all year and his brother was clearly their best player and duly won their best fairest. The tale of the year will be the missed opportunities away from home. They only won 3 games away from home and lost some crucial games on the run home. They got absolutely flogged against a rampant aspley side at aspley and it put a massive dent in their hopes of playing a home final in Darwin. They beat a depleted Labrador team to garuntee a finals position in the second last game before the finals and than trounced an ordinary broadbeach side in the last home and away game. In the final they played, they just couldn't match it with a team that was on one hell of a roll. They did match it with them for 2 and a half quarters and got run over in the last and were knocked out without a whimper. They will want a big season next year and they will have to play better away from home to get that home final they desperately need
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