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6 minutes ago, monoccular said:

PS I always wondered, but never saw, if Jeff could have been a CHF for us.

If Jeff played in 2024, he'd be a perfect second ruck / key forward IMO.

He was always a beautiful kick.

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    Without wanting to put too much of a dampener on his weekends performance, I just looked up the scores and his team demolished the opposition 23.12 - 153 to 0.1 - 1.

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    I posted in the trade thread recently, but it seems more appropriate in Kalani’s thread.

    I saw him in the Vic M v QLD at Avalon airport Oval. Where he played pretty much full back on Vic M’s key forward and was on/off the bench. 

    Kalani moves just like his old man, has a massive leap, he made a number of spoils defensively. A good experience for him being bottom age. 
     

    His opponent did lose him a few times, but with minimal damage. 
    I would have liked to see him up forward for QLD. I think he can play both ends and with growth he’s an obvious mobile ruck option (Jackson mould) too. 

    I know there’s no comparison but he reminded me a little of Darcy Moore down back. 
     

    As for the academy players - there were plenty in both the QLD and NSW/ACT teams - the four northern clubs are in good hands which is why the Vic clubs may seem a little ‘up in arms’.

    Edited by H_T

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    28 minutes ago, H_T said:

     

    I know there’s no comparison but he reminded me a little of Darcy Moore down back. 

    Kalani more like Kala-knee

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    40 minutes ago, Nascent said:

    Without wanting to put too much of a dampener on his weekends performance, I just looked up the scores and his team demolished the opposition 23.12 - 153 to 0.1 - 1.

    Who kicked the other 17 snags?

    Hope they weren't junk time goals.

    😂😂😂

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    1 hour ago, Adam The God said:

    If Jeff played in 2024, he'd be a perfect second ruck / key forward IMO.

    He was always a beautiful kick.

    If Jeff White played perm forward today he'd have 50 goals pretty comfortably. Would make Peter Wright look like a right carthorse.

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    22 minutes ago, YesitwasaWin4theAges said:

    Who kicked the other 17 snags?

    Hope they weren't junk time goals.

    😂😂😂

    Believe it or not, a young kid by the name of Benjamin Brown kicked 7 😅. Even spread after that.

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    1 hour ago, Demongirl35 said:

    Did see him in the Melbourne change rooms on Saturday so here’s hoping!

    Surely that's a good sign given the opposition!

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    1 hour ago, Demongirl35 said:

    Did see him in the Melbourne change rooms on Saturday so here’s hoping!

    Would’ve been good for him to see Vines and Gawny with their eyes rolling in their head blowing steam from their nostrils prior to dismembering the Suns.

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    Four FS players worthy of pick 1 will be running around in the AFL for the next decade o more - Daicos, Darcy and 2x Ashcroft.

    If Kalani doesn't come to the Dees i'll be absolutely filthy.

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    22 hours ago, Nascent said:

    Without wanting to put too much of a dampener on his weekends performance, I just looked up the scores and his team demolished the opposition 23.12 - 153 to 0.1 - 1.

    Grandson played for the opposition (Mt Gravatt) and they only had 17 players. He kicked 4 the week before and played forward again but the ball hardly got down there and the point they got was rushed so wouldn't get carried away with Kalani kicking 6 for Broadbeach. From all accounts still got a way to go but he is only young and hopefully will keep improving. 

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    On 19/08/2024 at 06:42, Demongirl35 said:

    Did see him in the Melbourne change rooms on Saturday so here’s hoping!

    It's possible he also spent time with the GCS mob as well on the day. He must know many in the team

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    He's in Gold Coast's Academy program so I expect he knows all of them

    I did hear Jeff W on the radio saying Kalani thought better of wearing his Demon jumper to the game.

    I'd say he will be a Dee but Jeff likes playing the game a bit

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    the fact that twins elected not to be part of the gc17 academy at first chance - this year - indicates to me that kalani won't be staying up north beyond 2025

    Edited by whatwhat say what

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    4 hours ago, jnrmac said:

    He's in Gold Coast's Academy program so I expect he knows all of them

    I did hear Jeff W on the radio saying Kalani thought better of wearing his Demon jumper to the game.

    I'd say he will be a Dee but Jeff likes playing the game a bit

    And living vicariously through his son sporting achievements...

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    4 minutes ago, dazzledavey36 said:

    And living vicariously through his son sporting achievements...

    Nothing wrong with being a proud Dad! At least he’s actually been there and done it, rather than parents who never had any sporting talent pushing their kids.

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    12 hours ago, DistrACTION Jackson said:

    Nothing wrong with being a proud Dad! At least he’s actually been there and done it, rather than parents who never had any sporting talent pushing their kids.

    Not at all but he's doing a better job than a lot of agents currently!

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    No pressure on Kalani.

    Let the young fella play and have fun.

    Still another year or two of development.

    Hypothetically it would be a very special moment to see his Father Jeff White give Kalani the number 34# guernsey for the Demons and continue the proud tradition of the Father-son rule at the Melbourne Football Club.

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    • 3 weeks later...

    What are the implications on this year's draft, and potential trade of next year's picks on positioning MFC for Kalani's potential F/S selection?

    How does the potential GCA positioning impact that?

    Edited by Graeme Yeats' Mullet

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    Hope Kalani watched the final last night with all of the empty seats in the stands. GC would be the same if they would ever make it. Meanwhile, all of our finals at the G in recent years have been massive crowds (including clearly out numbering Geelong and Hawks in 2018).

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    6 minutes ago, godees said:

    Hope Kalani watched the final last night with all of the empty seats in the stands. GC would be the same if they would ever make it. Meanwhile, all of our finals at the G in recent years have been massive crowds (including clearly out numbering Geelong and Hawks in 2018).

    Get the same pay to play with your mates or move 2hours away from family and friends? Not sure the size of the crowds is a massive thing for a young player.

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