Jump to content

Ben White

Whispering_Jack

By Whispering_Jack
in Melbourne Demons

 Share

Recommended Posts

Whispering_Jack Legend

Whispering_Jack   29,246

Posted
Posted

If anyone's still down about what transpired with the Melbourne Football Club late in the season, then read this - Bayswater footballer Ben White wins Eastern Football League best and fairest eight straight times

Ben White is a slightly built 172cm footballer from Bayswater who looks like Ed Sheeren and was recently named the Eastern Football League’s under 17s most valuable player making it eight times in a row that he's won the award for best player in his age group.

AND ...  the gut-busting runner must be a Demon because his favourite players are Melbourne’s Jack Viney and Nathan Jones.

"White’s sublime skills won him two senior games for Bayswater as a 16-year-old late in the season and he booted a goal in each." 

The article says that so far he has been overlooked by AFL pathway clubs put off by his height and underestimating his heart but League scouts will no doubt be looking closely at our Ben White.

Good luck!!!

  • Like 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites

ProperDee Mighty Demon

ProperDee   1,698

Posted
Posted

6 cm and 10 kg probably isn't too much to wish for at his age.  Nature + G & D could get him over the line and hopefully it's our line. Good luck Benny boy.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Demon trucker Redleg

Demon trucker   1,800

Posted
Posted
3 minutes ago, don't make me angry said:

172cm is not too small, could be another Harvey, he was only 167cm

 He might need to do a Clayton Oliver and get his parents to buy a property in a different suburb  try to make a different tac team,  that is one of the flaws of the TAC system you can only get into a team in the zone your living in,  Clayton Oliver would never have made it, if he didn't have parents that had enough money to buy a place in Mooroopna, so he could play for the Murray bushrangers.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
KingDingAling Redleg

KingDingAling   3,740

Posted
Posted
1 hour ago, don't make me angry said:

 He might need to do a Clayton Oliver and get his parents to buy a property in a different suburb  try to make a different tac team,  that is one of the flaws of the TAC system you can only get into a team in the zone your living in,  Clayton Oliver would never have made it, if he didn't have parents that had enough money to buy a place in Mooroopna, so he could play for the Murray bushrangers.

Don't kid yourself. Oliver still would have made it. That type of talent does not just shine in TAC. Oliver would have carved it up wherever he went. Some players are just blessed. Oliver is one of those.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Demon trucker Redleg

Demon trucker   1,800

Posted
Posted
1 hour ago, KingDingAling said:

Don't kid yourself. Oliver still would have made it. That type of talent does not just shine in TAC. Oliver would have carved it up wherever he went. Some players are just blessed. Oliver is one of those.

He was not even in the tac squad at bendigo, if you are not playing tac no one looks at u, he might of made it but it would taking longer, kids give up when they don't make Elite squads, I know hunt only played school footy but that was private schoolboys where you can get noticed. 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

KingDingAling Redleg

KingDingAling   3,740

Posted
Posted
12 hours ago, don't make me angry said:

He was not even in the tac squad at bendigo, if you are not playing tac no one looks at u, he might of made it but it would taking longer, kids give up when they don't make Elite squads, I know hunt only played school footy but that was private schoolboys where you can get noticed. 

Those who give up are not the type who make it in the AFL. Oliver has made it in the AFL. He isn't the type of kid that just gives up - in fact I believe he is the opposite. To suggest that he only made the AFL because his parents bought a house in a TAC squad zone - is ridiculous.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.

Guest
Unfortunately, your content contains terms that we do not allow. Please edit your content to remove the highlighted words below.
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.

×
 Share
Go to topic listing

  • Recently Browsing   0 members

    • No registered users viewing this page.

  • Demonland Forums  

  • Match Previews, Reports & Articles  

    EASYBEATS by Meggs

    A beautiful sunny Friday afternoon, with a light breeze and a strong Windy Hill crowd set the scene, inviting one team to seize the day and take the important four points on offer. For the Demons it was not a good Friday, easily beaten by an all-time largest losing margin of 65 points.   Essendon threw themselves into action today, winning most of the contests and had three early goals with Daria Bannister on fire.  In contrast the Demons were dropping marks, hesitant in close and comm

    Demonland
    Demonland |
    AFLW Melbourne Demons 2

    DEFUSE THE BOMBERS by Meggs

    Last Saturday’s crushing loss to Fremantle, after being three goals ahead at three quarter time, should be motivation enough to bounce back for this very winnable Round 5 clash at Windy Hill. A first-time venue for the Melbourne AFLW team, this should be a familiar suburban, windy, footy environment for the players.   Essendon were brave and competitive last week against ladder leader Adelaide at Sturt’s home ground. A familiar name, Maddison Gay, was the Bombers best player with

    Demonland
    Demonland |
    AFLW Melbourne Demons 33

    BLOW THE SIREN by Meggs

    Fremantle hosted the Demons on a sunny 20-degree Saturdayafternoon winning the toss and electing to defend in the first quarter against the 3-goal breeze favouring the Parry Street end. There was method here, as this would give the comeback queens, the Dockers, last use of the breeze. The Melbourne Coach had promised an improved performance, and we did start better than previous weeks, winning the ball out of the middle, using the breeze advantage and connecting to the forwards. 

    Demonland
    Demonland |
    AFLW Melbourne Demons

    GETAWAY by Meggs

    Calling all fit players. Expect every available Melbourne player to board the Virgin cross-continent flight to Perth for this Round 4 clash on Saturday afternoon at Fremantle Oval. It promises to be keenly contested, though Fremantle is the bookies clear favourite.  If we lose, finals could be remoter than Rottnest Island especially following on from the Dees 50-point dismantlement by North Melbourne last Sunday.  There are 8 remaining matches, over the next 7 weeks.  To Meggs’

    Demonland
    Demonland |
    AFLW Melbourne Demons

    DRUBBING by Meggs

    With Casey Fields basking in sunshine, an enthusiastic throng of young Demons fans formed a guard of honour for the evergreen and much admired 75-gamer Paxy Paxman. As the home team ran out to play, Paxy’s banner promised that the Demons would bounce back from last week’s loss to Brisbane and reign supreme.   Disappointingly, the Kangaroos dominated the match to win by 50 points, but our Paxy certainly did her bit.  She was clearly our best player, sweeping well in defence.

    Demonland
    Demonland |
    AFLW Melbourne Demons 4

    GARNER STRENGTH by Meggs

    In keeping with our tough draw theme, Week 3 sees Melbourne take on flag favourites, North Melbourne, at Casey Fields this Sunday at 1:05pm.  The weather forecast looks dry, a coolish 14 degrees and will be characteristically gusty.  Remember when Casey Fields was considered our fortress?  The Demons have lost two of their past three matches at the Field of Dreams, so opposition teams commute down the Princes Highway with more optimism these days.  The Dees held the highe

    Demonland
    Demonland |
    AFLW Melbourne Demons 1

    ALLY’S FIELDS by Meggs

    It was a sunny morning at Casey Fields, as Demon supporters young and old formed a guard of honour for fan favourite and 50-gamer Alyssa Bannan.  Banno’s banner stated the speedster was the ‘fastest 50 games’ by an AFLW player ever.   For Dees supporters, today was not our day and unfortunately not for Banno either. A couple of opportunities emerged for our number 6 but alas there was no sizzle.   Brisbane atoned for last week’s record loss to North Melbourne, comprehensively out

    Demonland
    Demonland |
    AFLW Melbourne Demons 1

    GOOD MORNING by Meggs

    If you are driving or training it to Cranbourne on Saturday, don’t forget to set your alarm clock. The Melbourne Demons play the reigning premiers Brisbane Lions at Casey Fields this Saturday, with the bounce of the ball at 11:05am.  Yes, that’s AM.   The AFLW fixture shows deference to the AFL men’s finals games.  So, for the men it’s good afternoon and good evening and for the women it’s good morning.     The Lions were wounded last week by 44 points, their highest ever los

    Demonland
    Demonland |
    AFLW Melbourne Demons 3

    HORE ON FIRE by Meggs

    The 40,000 seat $319 million redeveloped Kardinia Park Stadium was nowhere near capacity last night but the strong, noisy contingent of Melbourne supporters led by the DeeArmy journeyed to Geelong to witness a high-quality battle between two of the best teams in AFLW.   The Cats entered the arena to the blasting sounds of Zombie Nation and made a hot start kicking the first 2 goals. They brought tremendous forward half pressure, and our newly renovated defensive unit looked shaky.

    Demonland
    Demonland |
    AFLW Melbourne Demons 11

  • Tell a friend

    Love Demonland? Tell a friend!
×
×
  • Create New...