Everything posted by Whispering_Jack
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2018 AFL National Draft prospects: The next batch
Knightmare’s most recent power rankings in the lead up to next month’s National Under 18 Championships - Midfielders make their move
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2018 AFL National Draft prospects: The next batch
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WELCOME TO THE MELBOURNE FOOTBALL CLUB - AUSTIN BRADTKE
My research shows that Austin Bradtke's last official game was in a losing side with East Sandringham against Mordialloc Braeside in a South Metro Junior Football League Under 14's grand final in August 2014. The King twins from Haileybury College. Bradtke wore the number 25. Other teammates in that side with interesting names were Samuel Stynes and Darcy Tilbrook. I can't figure out how a team with those names lost the game.
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WELCOME TO THE MELBOURNE FOOTBALL CLUB - AUSTIN BRADTKE
A nice little boost for the club coming on the same day as it announced it has passed its previous membership record. Time will tell whether this speculative recruiting move pays dividends but the club’s development processes seem to be in a good way and Bradtke will have a fine teacher to learn from in Max Gawn who has coached young players in the past and is very good at it. The positive is that Bradtke did play representative football as a junior before he decided to concentrate only on basketball and he reached state level at that sport. And, at 17, he could still grow a few cm’s.
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Injury List - Season 2018
There is a bye for Casey on that weekend as well.
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Andrew Gaff
I'm completely over this romantic notion of players going to the club they supported when young. The game is so professional that the lure of your "beloved" club has to be secondary to the commercial factors. If anyone needs convincing then you only need to look at Dion Prestia, who from all accounts, comes from one of the most dedicated, rusted on Demon families you can find but, when the time came to leave the Suns, he chose Richmond. It works both ways of course. At the time, he was under a cloud with question marks about his knee and we don't know what Melbourne's particular needs and player payment situations were, but if it was all about close allegiances, I would have thought Prestia would have come to us in the end.
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Injury List - Season 2018
That makes five players out injured, of who two have yet to play at AFL level. One has played just 2 AFL games. Aaron vandenBerg hasn’t played since 2016 which leaves Dean Kent as the only other “out”. That’s about as light an injury list as I can recall and we certainly couldn’t use that for an excuse for any drop in team performance. The team we pick tomorrow should be just about the best we can produce from our list.
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Injury List - Season 2018
Filipovic’s R & R break must be over. Good to see Harley Balic close to a return.
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2018 AFL National Draft prospects: The next batch
And in general draft news - AFL Draft Central weekend washup round 3 AFL Draft Watch: Father-son guns’ big weekend, Pick 1 fancies dominate in AFL Academy win Talent managers rate the best Academy prospects
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2018 AFL National Draft prospects: The next batch
Just quietly because I don’t want to put this young man under any pressure but congratulations to Tiernan Stynes (son of Jim) on making the South Metro Junior Football League Under 13 Boys Interleague squad. And the Demons continue to be mentioned as a strong chance to secure another famous son from two different sports, basketball and tennis - Austin Bradke as a Category B prospect.
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2018 AFL National Draft prospects: The next batch
A report on the North Melbourne v AFL Academy game here.
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2018 AFL National Draft prospects: The next batch
Callum Twomey has tweeted the result of the game and some stats. NAB AFL Academy 17.12.114 to North Melbourne VFL 10.11.71. That’s a comprehensive victory although it has to be added that North (who had a bye at the weekend) hasn’t previously fielded a stand alone team in the current incarnation of the VFL. Stats - Walsh (22 disp, 1 goal), West (16, 9 tackles), Jones (15 disp).
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2018 AFL National Draft prospects: The next batch
Yes, they do seem to be keeping a low profile. Fox Footy was advertising a live showing earlier in the week but I don’t think it eventuated. Are there any reports anywhere (not that they’re going to mean much to MFC fans at this point in time, given that our first choice in this year’s draft is likely to be close to 40 (in the absence of a brilliant trade).
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2018 AFL National Draft prospects: The next batch
Melbourne has been active in luring basketballers to the club. This bloke sounds interesting ~ Vic clubs chasing son of Australian sport champions
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2018 AFL National Draft prospects: The next batch
The Under 18 TAC Cup competition is going into its third round. Here are the wash ups from the first two rounds:- Weekend Washup Round 1 Weekend Washup Round 2 ... and from Knightmare Key talls dominate April's AFL draft power rankings
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Gaming - we are out!
Just announced - Leigh Oak sold & Bentleigh Club to give up gaming rights.
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Injury List - Season 2018
First mystery injury of the week award for 2018.
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Injury List - Season 2018
Injury report: pre round one This one interests me. No mention at all of the metatarsal injury - so it’s either migrated from the toe to the metatarsal and back to the toe or it was always the toe and there was no hot spot? Tom McDonald (toe) – test “Tom’s just had a bit of a sore toe for probably four to six weeks, and we’ve been managing his loads. But we just felt we needed to bite the bullet and get him off legs for 10 to 12 days. We’re going to start to load him towards the end of this week, and just see how that goes. We’ll make a decision on Tom next week.”
- The No T$ No B$ Thread
- The No T$ No B$ Thread
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Family Day 2018 Returns to the 'G (Sunday 4/3/18)
There seemed to be more of the little kids there but less teenagers. Possibly a venue like Luna Park would appeal to them a bit more than the G. The club might look at possibly alternating the venue to cater for that crowd.
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THE BOMBERS' DOPING SAGA - THE FAT LADY SINGS
Epitaph from the Swiss Supreme Court.
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Anyone for cricket?
Two men and a dog at Durban to watch SA capitulate at the end of the first dig losing about 5 for 12. Fascinating to watch. I visited the Kingsmead ground in December and there were more people in our tour group than spectators yesterday and today. We should win this one.
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2018 AFL National Draft prospects: The next batch
This kid can play just a little bit ~ Lukosius stars in top draftee showdown
- The No T$ No B$ Thread