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The Kalani White Thread

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21 hours ago, Howard_Grimes said:

I'm not writing White off as a player in general.

Very big of you

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    it's interesting that cody walker - who is eligible for the baggers as father-son and the tigs as an nga - has declared over 18 months or so out from his draft that he's headed to the former

    obviously a bit different in that he's rated in the top handful of players in his draft, but it would be great if kalani was declarative in terms of his intentions

    Edited by whatwhat say what

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    W Duursma and Kalani featuring at Casey this week

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    Shame we don’t have an early Round 1 for Duursma this year but great that they are lining up for Casey.

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    On 24/07/2025 at 09:11, Howard_Grimes said:

    Father-son is pot luck, we'll get our chance at some point. White may make it in the end but I think it's fair to say he's not going to be a game changer for us given his output in the unders right now.

    I think that's wrong to judge at this stage

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    7 hours ago, whatwhat say what said:

    it's interesting that cody walker - who is eligible for the baggers as father-son and the tigs as an nga - has declared over 18 months or so out from his draft that he's headed to the former

    obviously a bit different in that he's rated in the top handful of players in his draft, but it would be great if kalani was declarative in terms of his intentions

    I'm more confident if he was living in Vic then it would be a done deal.

    By living up north and, well, 'sitting on the fence' he gets the chance to continue to develop with the Suns lads in all their top notch academy programs.

    At least that's what I'm telling myself

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    18 minutes ago, Deeko2 said:

    I'm more confident if he was living in Vic then it would be a done deal.

    By living up north and, well, 'sitting on the fence' he gets the chance to continue to develop with the Suns lads in all their top notch academy programs.

    At least that's what I'm telling myself

    And historically his old man would have made mince meat of his Carlton opposite.

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    10 hours ago, whatwhat say what said:

    it's interesting that cody walker - who is eligible for the baggers as father-son and the tigs as an nga - has declared over 18 months or so out from his draft that he's headed to the former

    obviously a bit different in that he's rated in the top handful of players in his draft, but it would be great if kalani was declarative in terms of his intentions

    If he declared for Melbourne, Gold Coast would cut him out of their academy, the training,coaches, VFL squad opportunities etc.

    The fact he is coming down and playing and training with Casey really telegraphs which direction he is headed.

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    34 minutes ago, deanox said:

    If he declared for Melbourne, Gold Coast would cut him out of their academy, the training,coaches, VFL squad opportunities etc.

    The fact he is coming down and playing and training with Casey really telegraphs which direction he is headed.

    That would say more about gc17 than anything

    Don’t think Walker has left tigs nga

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    quite the fall from grace to not even get a national combine invite, think its 5 noms out of 18 gets you there and 2+ to get a state based invite (dont hold me to those figures)

    list spots will be fairly tight given the lack of depth so clubs arent going to take many picks to the draft, we can almost rookie him. Sinnema not even invited yet (this was peliminary state noms, more players can be added to that beyond this point. I imagine us and GC17 requested to see KW at the national combine

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    5 minutes ago, Turner said:

    quite the fall from grace to not even get a national combine invite, think its 5 noms out of 18 gets you there and 2+ to get a state based invite (dont hold me to those figures)

    list spots will be fairly tight given the lack of depth so clubs arent going to take many picks to the draft, we can almost rookie him. Sinnema not even invited yet (this was peliminary state noms, more players can be added to that beyond this point. I imagine us and GC17 requested to see KW at the national combine

    Why would another club nominate him? They know he's coming to us or the suns

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    9 minutes ago, Mickey said:

    Why would another club nominate him? They know he's coming to us or the suns

    agreed; same with sinnema

    i suspect they'll both be coming to us as very late / rookie picks

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    15 minutes ago, whatwhat say what said:

    agreed; same with sinnema

    i suspect they'll both be coming to us as very late / rookie picks

    I believe Sinema/Prasad can be drafted as a cat B rookie via our NGA - same as Mentha + AMW

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    16 minutes ago, Bowserpower said:

    We'll lose Kalani now. Why would he want to leave his backyard and miss out on playing for a team on the up.

    mate, yr doing mfcss all wrong; when things are glum there's worse to come

    ergo, he's no good - of course he's coming to us!

    go full hanrahan

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    1 hour ago, Mickey said:

    Why would another club nominate him? They know he's coming to us or the suns

    Due diligence. Teams can still place bids and end up with said player if they club doesn't match. Riak Andrew being an example of this last year when Sydney bid for him late in the national and we passed so we could select Aiden Johnson.

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    1 hour ago, MrFreeze said:

    I believe Sinema/Prasad can be drafted as a cat B rookie via our NGA - same as Mentha + AMW

    They can if no one places a bid on them in the national draft.

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    1 hour ago, Random Task said:

    Due diligence. Teams can still place bids and end up with said player if they club doesn't match. Riak Andrew being an example of this last year when Sydney bid for him late in the national and we passed so we could select Aiden Johnson.

    was so obvious to delist Hore last year take Riak and then rookie AJ... poor once again from Lamb and co.

    and if no bid u take AJ and then can immediately add Riak as a rookie before the Rookie draft

    he's already had a 3rd year added by Sydney within two months of being there

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    1 minute ago, Turner said:

    was so obvious to delist Hore last year take Riak and then rookie AJ... poor once again from Lamb and co.

    and if no bid u take AJ and then can immediately add Riak as a rookie before the Rookie draft

    he's already had a 3rd year added by Sydney within two months of being there

    Needed a 3rd year to cover the suspension he's serving

    Can't believe we've got Riak Andrew melts!

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