Welcome to Demonland Kyah Farris-White

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14 hours ago, DubDee said:

Just a general vibe 

The ‘castle defence’ 😉

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37 minutes ago, picket fence said:

Gawd he looks a bit like Gomer Pyle! 

He’s a lot better looking than Gomer.!!!

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Gomer Pyle was a fictional character but boy could Jim Nabors sing.

If Kyah could play football as good as Jim Nabors could sing we have a winner.

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3 hours ago, La Dee-vina Comedia said:

I'm fully behind the recruitment of Category B players, but I'm not sure about the economics argument. All category B's are highly speculative. But, taking great risks can reap great rewards. It makes me wonder about success rates with category B rookies. I'd count Joel Smith as a success. Who else have we had as a category B that's made it? (I recognise that if this scheme had existed when Jim Stynes and Seam Wight joined us, they would clearly be categorised as a success.)

Looking at DD's feedback and thinking on Cat B players.
What do clubs or these players lose by them coming in via the regular draft. I guess you lose an element of surprise on the other clubs, but that has to be increasingly slim too. 

I guess then why have rookie spots at all?  Given most clubs seem to dump older players in it at the end of their career, not exactly rookies.  

Just have a primary list, let these players nominate for the draft and be done with it.... simple. Doesn't stop us from seeking these guys out to put onto the list from other sports or international (at the end of the draft)
 

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I know it's laughable to make any comments off photos but....... his kicking action in that photo looks like someone who knows how to kick a footy. While he might look skinny from my point of view he also looks pretty cut for an 18 yr old. Skin folds already look pretty good. He doesn't look like he's coming in from a zero base like some other Rookie B's I've seen. 

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For those that are wondering why Kyah didn't play for Casey yesterday?

Kyah will be playing at lower level in the Coates Talent League level for Dandenong Stingrays. 

He was named in his first game today but not sure how he went.

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Dazzle, you may well be correct about plans for him regarding the rest of the year, but he's clearly in the photo of the Casey match report. So unless its a photo from some other game against the Dogs, he must have had some game time in the VFL yesterday

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2 hours ago, EMDE said:

Dazzle, you may well be correct about plans for him regarding the rest of the year, but he's clearly in the photo of the Casey match report. So unless its a photo from some other game against the Dogs, he must have had some game time in the VFL yesterday

Mate he didn't play.. I watched the whole game yesterday. The photo is from the previous week against the doggies I the practice match.

He played for Dandenong Stingrays today.

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Kyah played for the Dandenong Stingrays today in their 5 goal loss to Geelong Falcons. He kicked a goal, had 3 kicks, 4 handballs, 1 mark and 5 tackles. He had 11 hit outs. These stats compare favourably with Geelong’s ruckman except in hit outs where the opponent had 21 hit outs. All in all, promising for what was essentially his first game.

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1 hour ago, KC from Casey said:

Kyah played for the Dandenong Stingrays today in their 5 goal loss to Geelong Falcons. He kicked a goal, had 3 kicks, 4 handballs, 1 mark and 5 tackles. He had 11 hit outs. These stats compare favourably with Geelong’s ruckman except in hit outs where the opponent had 21 hit outs. All in all, promising for what was essentially his first game.

Did they drop Verrall too? or is he injured.

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KFW will play for St Bede's Mentone in VAFA B Section so he can get more game time in the ruck.

Rivals watch Saint, free agency switch floated, Hawk's trigger 

 

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On 21/10/2022 at 20:54, cantstandyasam said:

Love the lateral thinking by the club. We now have 2 A grade rucks, a soon to be developed ruck in Faris-White and a future father son in Kalani White. We also could pick another in this year's drafts or even next year. very happy with this selection.

Hope Kalani is ours in 2025 draft.

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19 hours ago, Nascent said:

KFW will play for St Bede's Mentone in VAFA B Section so he can get more game time in the ruck.

Rivals watch Saint, free agency switch floated, Hawk's trigger 

 

This is a truly excellent decision, and one that is long overdue. SBMT is my local club where my son plays in the juniors, and I look forward to reporting on Kyah's progress this season.

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19 hours ago, Nascent said:

KFW will play for St Bede's Mentone in VAFA B Section so he can get more game time in the ruck.

Rivals watch Saint, free agency switch floated, Hawk's trigger 

 

Shades of a certain big Irishman's stint at Prahran.

Look how that turned out 😊

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Kyah Faris-White played his first game with St Bedes Mentone in the VAFA on Saturday. They lost to Old Haileybury by 53 points with KFW featuring in the best players and kicking a goal.

St Bedes Mentone Best Zac Calvez, Matthew Lehpamer, Josh Cowan, Benjamin Murphy, Jack Ferraro, Kyah Farris-White.

Meanwhile, Old Haileybury’s Casey list ruckman Jack Bell was picked to play for the Demons but saw vey little action.