The Great Pretender

Sometimes, the experts just get it wrong. Worpel was considered a solid footballer as a 16 to 18 year old but the perception out there was that he was too slow. As a result, he fell out of favour but he’s worked very hard under Clarkson and has been a real achiever. Charlie Spargo was regarded very highly as a 16 year old but his problem was that he never grew. That, together, with his injury woes in his draft year, saw his stocks fall in his draft. Such things are likely to happen over again as time goes by no matter how much money and how many personnel the clubs employ to do their recruiting.

Suggest you read WJ’s post #4 above together with the NTAFL website he quoted. This shows that we definitely had the Darwin zone.

This is from 2017 - Berwick’s Kobi George and Narre Warren’s Deakyn Smith have been selected in the Flying Boomerangs More recently from the Stingrays site - Kobi George (Berwick): “Kobi is an indigenous player who’s part of Melbourne’s Next Generation Academy. His ball control and ability to sidestep is exceptional and he’s very quick off the mark, but we just need to get his endurance levels up a bit. He could be one to watch.”

I hear that the Gold Coast Suns have now been awarded Darwin as part of its Academy Zone which is fair enough. I was never a fan of losing a home game, having to go up there and then inevitably losing the week after as well. But does the MFC get another area by way of compensation for the loss of this zone or have we been done over in yet another AFL rort?

Dockers will make a big play to get Angus Brayshaw in exchange for Langdon. Idea is to reunite the brothers (the WCE brother to be delisted and also picked up by them).

Ben King will come back home at the end of 2020 when his contract expires and he will go to St Kilda.

But why a 173cm midget when we already have a few on our list?

Has he passed a fitness test with any club yet?

Jon Ralph reckons he “would take Sam Frost over Adam Tomlinson” so what’s it all about?

Why should GCS be given a priority pick when they’re going to get a trade with the Blues for a quality player like Jack Martin who should be netting them a first round pick but will probably cost a second rounder? They already have plenty of first rounders including one who has yet to play at all. First round picks aren’t going to help them anyway if they can’t be nurtured and want to leave at the first possible opportunity.

I don’t think so

That’s why we will offer a first round pick for him. We’ll keep the second rounder for Hill and both will spend the majority of 2020 in rehab. We should also be chasing the only bloke on Brisbane’s list who’s injured at the moment.

That’s a much better team but it’s probably a case of too little, too late.

6. Max Gawn 5. James Harmes 4. Angus Brayshaw 3. Clayton Oliver 2. Michael Hibberd 1. Christian Petracca

Either that or he’s this week’s “mystery injury”.

We miss Jesse Hogan.

Where’s Tom Bugg?

Any reports from Casey Fields?

1. Neville Jetta vs 3. Clayton Oliver

Jetta Gawn

Injured.

Jayden Hunt vs 4. James Harmes 3. Clayton Oliver vs Bayley Fritsch 2. Max Gawn vs Michael Hibberd Christian Salem vs 7. Angus Brayshaw

1. Neville Jetta vs Jordan Lewis Alex Neal-Bullen vs 8. Jake Melksham Charlie Spargo vs Jack Viney 6. Tom McDonald vs Billy Stretch

To his credit, Watts has now belatedly expressed remorse at taking part in the video.