Keysborough Football Club president Clay Cullen said the Burras belong in the Casey-Cardinia league and will work hard to build the foundations for success this season.THE only way is up for Keysborough Football Club.
But the determined Burras are passionate about making it in the Casey-Cardinia division of the Mornington Peninsula Nepean Football League (MPNFL).
President Clay Cullen has emphatically declared Casey-Cardinia is where the Burras will stay.
“Casey-Cardinia is where we want to be and where we will remain,” he said.
After a winless 2005, a rigorous summer recruitment campaign has built the foundation to launch Keysborough into the new season with hope and optimism.
“The target is to win four games, but we will most definitely be competitive this season, so I’d like to think we could win a couple more,” Cullen said.
Keysborough has acquired the playing services of former Australian Football League footballer Clinton King.
King, a former Collingwood and Richmond player, will also fill the assistant coaching position.
He joins other recruits Stuart Nagle (Noble Park), Michael Davis (South Adelaide) and Greg Walker (Mordialloc).
Determined to continue generating a winning culture, Cullen said the rebuilding phase was well under way.
“How we approach training, games and recovery are all important factors,” he said.
“In three years we want to be right up there.”DINGLEY will likely be the league whipping boys and there is still speculation as to whether the club will field a senior and reserves side this season.
Things started badly for new coach David Barnes when his son Heath left despite his appointment, and worsened with a lack of players on the track forcing officials to make a last-minute application to decamp to the SFL.
When that move failed, the club indicated it intended to change leagues after this year, but that will not help Dingley win games in 2006.
The main hope of all in the Casey-Cardinia league is that the Dingoes can provide some sort of opposition for the sake of football.
