I knew this was coming up but honestly they say they had 98 name variations yet this is the cream of crop? If 8000 sent submissions - honestly - how many do you think would have submitted Bayliners and Bobcats...? A few of those names are clearly plants by the bid managers just to get their BB combo regardless of how many people submitted them.
Dolphins, Diehards, Rangers, Brothers and Kings seemed to be the most discussed online yet only one of those made the cut.
As for the ones listed I am going to assign them into three catagories. 'Chet' from Weird Science after he was turned into a giant turd, 'Maybe' and 'If I Had To Pick From That List'.
Chet:
Bayliners, Bobcats - little impact, hard to visualise and anthropomorphise
Bombers - doesn't really mean much to Brisbane does it?
Braves, Heat - I put that in the same category as 'Glory' and 'Fury'
Buccaneers - pirate teams always end up looking tacky, just my opinion
Cyclones - would always be compared to the Storm
Spartans - would always be compared to the Titans
Rogues - it's a football team, not a comic book
Maybe:
Barracudas - but not great, would get comparisons with the sharks
Stingrays - passable, just seems recycled though
Kookaburras - not that great, seems like it's a bit soft for League
Taipans - passable
If I Had To Pick From The List:
Brewers - could work, but do you want the team to be associated with that
Dolphins - the pick of the bunch
Based on the ones I've seen people suggest my shortlist would be:
South Queensland Dolphins
Brisbane Diehards
Brisbane Brewers
Brisbane Battlers
Brisbane Rangers (bush)
Brisbane Brothers
Queensland Kings
