Terrific News ♥️💙♥️💙♥️💙

Great news and hopefully the start of a run of good news items for the club.

Given the comments of the MRC Chairman on the weekend, maybe the Training Base announcement is coming soon.

A few more F/S names in the next few years will also be welcome.

Also let’s not forget, Kalani has some younger brothers who may be good footballers in a few years.

Fantastic news!!

We desperately need young talented big men

With Simmena coming in as a NGA too, things are looking up

Very special moment. Let’s hope he follows in his father’s footsteps and becomes a great player.

Kudos to the club for developing and supporting him for so many years.

This is the one piece of history and nostalgia that I hope remains forever in the league. It’s such a unique initiative and it makes our game great.

Well done Kalani. 34 is waiting for you!

The amazing thing about this kid is that since the announcement was made yesterday, he's grown from 198cm to 202cm.

8 minutes ago, Deeman said:

The amazing thing about this kid is that since the announcement was made yesterday, he's grown from 198cm to 202cm.

gosh, he's shrinking. A few pages back on here he got to 204cm.

8 minutes ago, Deeman said:

The amazing thing about this kid is that since the announcement was made yesterday, he's grown from 198cm to 202cm.

I've also grown since the announcement.

41 minutes ago, Jaded No More said:

Well done Kalani. 34 is waiting for you!

Just needa prise the #34 jumper off Toby’s back 😂

2 hours ago, Redleg said:

Also let’s not forget, Kalani has some younger brothers who may be good footballers in a few years.

In January Kalani told me to “Watch out for Taj” (his younger brother). ❤️💙

46 minutes ago, DubDee said:

Fantastic news!!

We desperately need young talented big men

With Simmena coming in as a NGA too, things are looking up

45 minutes ago, Jaded No More said:

Very special moment. Let’s hope he follows in his father’s footsteps and becomes a great player.

Kudos to the club for developing and supporting him for so many years.

This is the one piece of history and nostalgia that I hope remains forever in the league. It’s such a unique initiative and it makes our game great.

Well done Kalani. 34 is waiting for you!

Battle for #34, then. Sinnema sported it on the weekend!

5 minutes ago, Ghostwriter said:

Just needa prise the #34 jumper off Toby’s back 😂

If they make it in extra large, shouldn’t be a problem, as that would be a tent on Toby.

6 minutes ago, Ghostwriter said:

Just needa prise the #34 jumper off Toby’s back 😂

We had the same thought at the same time. Great minds!

1 minute ago, Timothy Reddan-A'Blew said:

Battle for #34, then. Sinnema sported it on the weekend!

Just now, Redleg said:

If they make it in extra large, shouldn’t be a problem, as that would be a tent on Toby.

I’m guessing Toby wore #34 because there wasn’t any other numbered jumper available. It fit him well so clearly they’ll have to make a bigger one for Kalani.

Earlier this year I came up behind Ricky Mentha and asked him why he wasn’t wearing his own number. He said he was. I said no, you’re wearing #34. He said sch!ttt, I picked up the wrong jumper! All the boys laughed, then Woey Jnr asked, “Who’s number 34?” I said, “Kalani White” which was met with cheering and clapping from everyone ❤️💙

Edited August 20Aug 20 by Ghostwriter

yet another Messiah to put pressure of expectation on

Just now, Kent said:

yet another Messiah to put pressure of expectation on

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2 hours ago, Kent said:

yet another Messiah to put pressure of expectation on

We should stay calm on young White. It will take some time for him to become an AFL player. Couple of preseasons and learnings at Casey will help and I hope he does make it and be nearly as good as his old man.

3 hours ago, Ghostwriter said:

I’m guessing Toby wore #34 because there wasn’t any other numbered jumper available. It fit him well so clearly they’ll have to make a bigger one for Kalani.

Earlier this year I came up behind Ricky Mentha and asked him why he wasn’t wearing his own number. He said he was. I said no, you’re wearing #34. He said sch!ttt, I picked up the wrong jumper! All the boys laughed, then Woey Jnr asked, “Who’s number 34?” I said, “Kalani White” which was met with cheering and clapping from everyone ❤️💙

I liked that they gave Toby a number from the 1-50 (thanks again, BBB!) Melbourne-list series rather than one from the Casey 51+ series

Such great news for the club and relief for Jeff, fancy having to barrack for Gold Coast. Thanks Kalani and Tim Lamb for bringing this about, we have all been tracking Kalani since he was a baby. His dad took three years to mature and hit his straps and what a great footballer he turned out to be. Feeling really chuffed about Kalani’s choice provides a bit of a lift for the whole club.👍❤️💙

I think we should look at him as a longer term project - give him the time to develop at Casey with no pressure to come on in the firsts for a couple of years. He is not the messiah. Look at how the Bulldogs have developed their f/s talls in the 2’s and then they come in and smash it!

I'm personally rapt that he chose to come to us as his preferred option. Welcome Kalani Let's make the Dees a Force again. May take a little while but let's hope from this year on we are all amped again.

2025 article of interest concerning potential father sons and academy players.

Currently under 15's.

Evidently the White twins are now 14 years old.

Melbourne Academy | Players to watch

Edited August 20Aug 20 by manny100
Forgot to include relevant details of the age of the White twins.

@640MD “Tim Lamb brought us KW. And there are two younger brothers”

Tim Lamb announced the news but it’s a no brainer. He didn’t show any great skill or recruiting specialty. Kalani was always coming to the Dees and was father/son eligible.

For the young ones. Max is the best ruckman I have seen in 60 years but even he would have struggled to beat Kalanis Dad, Jeff at centre bounces when he came off the old long run up at centre bounces in his prime.

2 minutes ago, 48 Year Now said:

For the young ones. Max is the best ruckman I have seen in 60 years but even he would have struggled to beat Kalanis Dad, Jeff at centre bounces when he came off the old long run up at centre bounces in his prime.

Until they changed the rules on him, he would jump over anyone