On 4/2/2021 at 5:35 PM, Whispering_Jack said:

Fabian Francis played one game for Melbourne. I think that might be a touch short of what’s needed to qualify even if he was the biological father.

Most games with Port Adelaide - 86 - so falls short of being a chance for consecutive years of a super talent being called out and 'claimed' by a top tier team.

One player worth watching from my favourite NAB League team, the Sandringham Dragons, is Josh Sinn:-

Sinn-tillating: The explosive No.1 contender who piled on 13kg in six months

4 hours ago, Whispering_Jack said:

One player worth watching from my favourite NAB League team, the Sandringham Dragons, is Josh Sinn:-

Sinn-tillating: The explosive No.1 contender who piled on 13kg in six months

(north) melbourne bound

Jacob Edwards is a young ruck prospect who impressed in the opening round of the NAB League and could be considered in the mid season draft.

Dragons' 202cm ruck prospect stands tall as mid-season draft option

 

 

On 4/4/2021 at 11:04 AM, Whispering_Jack said:

One player worth watching from my favourite NAB League team, the Sandringham Dragons, is Josh Sinn:-

Sinn-tillating: The explosive No.1 contender who piled on 13kg in six months

I almost did the same thing during COVID

9 hours ago, Whispering_Jack said:

Jacob Edwards is a young ruck prospect who impressed in the opening round of the NAB League and could be considered in the mid season draft.

Dragons' 202cm ruck prospect stands tall as mid-season draft option

 

 

Expect the Suns might be interested mid season.

The Australian Academy team to play Geelong tomorrow morning:-

FB: Blayne O’Loughlin, Rhett Bazzo, Josh Fahey

HB: Jase Burgoyne, Josh Gibcus, Finn Callaghan

C: Nasiah Wanganeen, Tyler Sonsie, Matt Roberts

HF: Matthew Johnson, Jacob Van Rooyen, Blake Howes

FF: Neil Erasmus, Jack Williams, Josh Rachele

FOL: Ned Moyle, Nick Daicos, Jason Horne

BENCH: Mac Andrew, Toby Conway, Cooper Hamilton, Austin Harris, Lachlan Rankin, Ned Stevens

INJURED: Braden Andrews, Sam Banks, Campbell Chesser, Ben Hobbs, Cooper Murley, Josh Sinn

On 3/15/2021 at 7:02 PM, Whispering_Jack said:

They usually do the testing at the Combines at the end of the season but this is something new.

Another Rising Star in the making? Docker's brother impresses in testing

Kobi George, one of our New Generation Academy players featured in the 20m sprints. 

Is Mac Andrew a top 20 pick if not good? What's happened to Taj Woewodin?

The fact that Andrew has made the squad of 24 suggests that he’s getting close to top 20 selection so it’s up to him to keep improving to force his way into contention. 

Taj Woewodin is playing in the WAFL Colts competition (although probably not this weekend thanks to Covid19) so he’s a bit more under the radar compared to the elite group in the team for today’s game. 

There's a nice story about Mac Andrew in today's Age.  Anybody good at doing that linky-link thing?

On 4/24/2021 at 9:36 AM, demonstone said:

There's a nice story about Mac Andrew in today's Age.  Anybody good at doing that linky-link thing?

Mac time: Demons’ academy star inspired by Sudanese pioneers

3 hours ago, Whispering_Jack said:

The fact that Andrew has made the squad of 24 suggests that he’s getting close to top 20 selection so it’s up to him to keep improving to force his way into contention. 

Taj Woewodin is playing in the WAFL Colts competition (although probably not this weekend thanks to Covid19) so he’s a bit more under the radar compared to the elite group in the team for today’s game. 

Taj was meant to play Rd 1 today of the PSA competition for Aquinas  vs Trinity, but all games are off this weekend 

I only caught the last couple minutes of the live stream of the afl academy kids vs Geelong reserves. Academy kids got smashed 19 to 149. Nothing of interest happened late in the game but the commentators mentioned Mac Andrew played well in the last quarter.

Mac Andrew named 4th best in today's afl academy game.

Andrew received a glowing report given the outcome of the game.

Scouting Notes: 2021 AFL Under 19 Academy vs. Geelong VFL

#28 Mac Andrew (Dandenong Stingrays/VC)

One of the steepest risers in this year’s crop, the Melbourne Next Generation Academy (NGA) prospect proved his true first round potential. He played up either end and gained a good tick for his versatility, but well and truly came to life in the final term with an awesome showing in the ruck – despite the result being well beyond his side at that point. Andrew caught the eye with phenomenal vertical leaps at each centre bounce, with his first act of the final term a follow-up clearance. He highlighted his marking ability with a nice clunk in front, and showed off some finesse in the ruck with a wonderfully directed hit to the anchoring Jason Horne. Having started forward, the Dandenong Stingrays talent snared the first score of the game with a snap, before displaying clean hands on the move and flying well in his less fruitful move to defence. Demons recruiters will now be sweating on his potential after a string of terrific performances, if they were not already.

23 hours ago, Whispering_Jack said:

Andrew received a glowing report given the outcome of the game.

Scouting Notes: 2021 AFL Under 19 Academy vs. Geelong VFL

#28 Mac Andrew (Dandenong Stingrays/VC)

One of the steepest risers in this year’s crop, the Melbourne Next Generation Academy (NGA) prospect proved his true first round potential. He played up either end and gained a good tick for his versatility, but well and truly came to life in the final term with an awesome showing in the ruck – despite the result being well beyond his side at that point. Andrew caught the eye with phenomenal vertical leaps at each centre bounce, with his first act of the final term a follow-up clearance. He highlighted his marking ability with a nice clunk in front, and showed off some finesse in the ruck with a wonderfully directed hit to the anchoring Jason Horne. Having started forward, the Dandenong Stingrays talent snared the first score of the game with a snap, before displaying clean hands on the move and flying well in his less fruitful move to defence. Demons recruiters will now be sweating on his potential after a string of terrific performances, if they were not already.

Really?

There seems to be an element of exaggeration going on here. The Academy side was flogged to the tune of 20 goals and only scored 2 goals themselves. Remember 2 years ago, an Academy team that included a bevy of real stars including Rowell, Anderson etc. beat Casey. According to Herald Sun’s coverage on it’s subscriber only site, Andrew had 9 disposals, three marks, five hit outs and three clearances. Slim pickings from a supposedly top draft pick.

He has his critics but I always find Knightmare good reading ~

AFL Draft - May's Power Rankings: Jason Horne, Nick Daicos duke it out for No. 1 spot

 

 

 

im so [censored] off with the whole system. The bulldogs get the number 1 draft pick Ugle-Hagan and the moment we are onto a player who would fill a list need for us, we won't get him. arghh. do some under the table deals Jason Taylor!

Updated Rankings courtesy of twitter user @EdPascoe_eDPS 

loving the look of it particularly the lack of mac, however how on earth anyone has gone past daics i'm not sure

9 hours ago, Whispering_Jack said:

He has his critics but I always find Knightmare good reading ~

AFL Draft - May's Power Rankings: Jason Horne, Nick Daicos duke it out for No. 1 spot

 

No wonder he has his critics. Mac Andrew makes the top 15 in his power rankings off the top of one quarter of football.

Isn’t that being a bit premature?

7 hours ago, The Great Pretender said:

No wonder he has his critics. Mac Andrew makes the top 15 in his power rankings off the top of one quarter of football.

Isn’t that being a bit premature?

He usually overrated talls, especially forwards 

Callum Twomey’s first go at his Draft Team of the Year

Twomey's Draft Team of the Year: Top-10 bolters, mid-season chances snare spots

He includes Mac Andrew on his bench so there’s a chance, in his view at least, that the Demons’ NGA prospect might go top 20 in the national draft and be stolen from our grasp.

5 hours ago, Whispering_Jack said:

Callum Twomey’s first go at his Draft Team of the Year

Twomey's Draft Team of the Year: Top-10 bolters, mid-season chances snare spots

He includes Mac Andrew on his bench so there’s a chance, in his view at least, that the Demons’ NGA prospect might go top 20 in the national draft and be stolen from our grasp.

In a similar vein, an article by Chris Cavanagh in today’s Herald Sun (Young Guns Firing On All Cylinders - no link available) also ranks Mac Andrew highly. The article lists the author’s top ten NAB League future stars:-

• Nick Daicos (Oakleigh Chargers)  - a ball-winning midfielder who can float forward and hit the scoreboard;

• Sam Darcy (Oakleigh Chargers)  - son of ex-Western Bulldogs captain Luke Darcy who is a versatile tall who can play both as a key forward and in the ruck;

• Tyler Sonsie (Eastern Ranges) - a smooth mover with excellent foot skills;

• Josh Sinn (Sandringham Dragons) - classy and versatile, has a damaging left-foot boot, good speed and an impressive ability to read the play;

• Josh Rachele (Murray Bushrangers) - former elite soccer player who is an explosive X-factor player who has been likened to Giants star Toby Greene;

• Campbell Chesser (Sandringham Dragons) - an athletic rebounding defender or wingman who has a good mix of speed and endurance;

• Mac Andrew (Dandenong Stingrays) -

“A Melbourne Next Generation Academy member, Andrew has emerged “out of nowhere” to sit as a likely top-20 draft pick this year. Standing 200cm tall, he covers the ground effortlessly, has a nice kick, possesses a giant jump, and becomes an extra midfielder once the ball hits the ground out of the ruck contest. His favoured position is in the ruck.”

Josh Gibcus (Greater Western Vic Rebels) - a 195cm key defender with a big leap and is considered an elite intercept mark.

Finn Callaghan (Sandringham Dragons) - a rebounding defender or wingman, Callaghan can also be deployed across half-forward and has emerged as a top draft prospect this year.

Cody Raak (Western Jets) - a mid-sized defender previously tied through the NGA system to the Western Bulldogs but overlooked in last year’s draft. He might be taken in this year’s MSD. 

The list includes only NAB Boys League players 

The Dragons fielded a depleted side in their game against Jets with Chesser, Sinn and some of their ruck power missing to go down for the first time in 2021. 

And in case anyone’s interested, these are the results of the Stingrays game, Mac Andrew kicked a goal but didn’t feature in the best against the Suns Academy.

Dandenong Stingrays   2.2  4.8  7.13  8.17 (65)

Gold Coast Suns Academy   0.1  1.1  1.3  5.6 (36)

GOALS:

Dandenong Stingrays: Kyle 2 Cole  Culley  Cahill  Nayna  Andrew  Murr 

BEST:

Dandenong Stingrays: Bergman Cahill Bravo Frangalas Milford

 

I watched Aquila’s vs Wesley college in PSA Saturday expecting to get a look at Taj Woewodin, but he was playing colts for East Freo where he was named amongst the best players.

Chad Warner’s brother was absolutely dominant player on the ground for Aquinas. Ball use was exceptional, decision making was very good and ability to move through traffic also very good. Wesleys ruckman Riley Sprigg was the best big man on the ground could be a late pick although another with the choice between cricket and footy.

Nice soft hands for a ruckman and disposal is good for a big man. I think would develop well under AFL standard conditioning coach