The Lobster Effect

2 hours ago, Good Lord George said:

Is there a mid season draft happening for state league players? Maybe we could wait until then, to see if we actually need another back up ruck.

Just until mid March and only to replace an injured/retired player

Clubs will also be able to sign players via the rookie list between December 1 and March 15 to replace retired or seriously injured players.  

AFL brings in mid-season rookie draft for 2019

5 hours ago, Pinball Wizard said:

This name sounds interesting -

Bigoa Nyuon 18-May-01 195 84 Dandenong Stingrays Rowville Junior FC Rowville SC

The name sounds Sudanese and since he comes from the Dandenong Stingrays which is in the MFC Next Generation Academy zone, he could be in the same category as Toby Bedford is in this year.

One worth watching in the future.

Bad news, he's under the Saints program (not sure why though as he does play for Dandy which is in our zone)

http://www.saints.com.au/news/2018-07-11/no-small-feat-for-biggy

13 hours ago, spirit of norm smith said:

87- Cats  Charlie Sprague 

Charlie Spargo's dyslexic cousin?

1 hour ago, TeamPlayedFine39 said:

2014:

Matthew [censored]	5 November 2014	Delisted	Sydney	Carlton	None	[18]

 

Matthew [censored] was a [censored] player

26 minutes ago, Stormy Dee said:

Dom Barry delisted by Port today.

Probably not good enough in the end?

Just now, Dirts said:

Is this goodbye

So long, farewell, auf wiedersehen, goodbye

1 minute ago, johndemonic said:

 

Assuming this goes down and then we do the Hogan deal which pick are we using to get May?

a) Freo's pick 5 or 6

b) Freo's pick 10 or 11?

Obviously b is much better because then we can use pick 5/6 on a top draft pick

15 hours ago, Moonshadow said:

So can he be signed by any club as a Cat 2 rookie or must he go in the draft?

Cat 2 rookie (as long as he hasn't been playing afl for any junior clubs which he wouldn't have in Ireland)

1 hour ago, Is Dom Is Good said:

Bailey Williams is another Dandy player who is touted to be in the top 20. Is he also available to us under these rules?

I think only if he's Aboriginal or Multicultural.

54 minutes ago, Nasher said:

Is he eligible to play? How does that work with finals?

Reading this page gave me a headache but I think Viney qualifies because he hasn't played after July 1 and the seniors are in the finals.

http://vfl.com.au/finals-eligibility/

44 minutes ago, M_9 said:

I may be jumping the gun, but I'm guessing the likes of Johnstone and McKenna are playing for their AFL career? Even Pedo now that Weid appears to be adequate as a back up ruck.

Mckenna - yes, playing for his career

Pedo - will be his last year, thanks for the good times

Johnstone - should get another contract

I hate Hawthorn.

Oh well, we'll just have to go on a Bulldogs run.

10 minutes ago, Redleg said:

Viney is able to play because he didn’t play last round of AFL, but won’t.

You don't reckon they'd play him for a half to get some match fitness?

(Albeit not sure that'd be that helpful to Casey).

9 minutes ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

... means we’re going to be in a percentage battle with Geelong, and I’m not particularly interested in missing the finals by 0.5% again

Geelong won't make up 13% and finish on the same points as us (because that means they'll drop a game or we win a game)

5 minutes ago, watchtheeyes said:

Would be very surprised if they only now got McKenna back to fitness and delist him, at worst will be re-rookied I reckon. 

Is he any good? Pretty hard to tell since he's barely played (for us and GWS)

1 hour ago, Moonshadow said:

Will Gaff do a 'Lynch' and declare his intentions now that the season is over for him?

He'll need to wait for the dust to settle

1 hour ago, MSFebey said:

Correct. Two 8 goal quarters in that game. Q1 8.2 and Q3 8.4

July 25, 2010

@MCG in front of a crowd of 29,374

Melb 22.10.142

Syd 10.9.69

B Green 5 goals, Sylvia BOG with 28 disposals.

 

Followed it up with a draw in R1, 2011 then 6 straight losses by 101 points, 31, 31, 38, 55 and last year a 35 point loss.

Is Sylvia available?

Has anyone seen the VFL game on channel 7 b/n coburg and werribee showing some of the trial rules?

The expanded goal square looks ridiculous!

I don't like the focus on percentage/a big win for this game.

Let's just aim for the 4 points.

1 minute ago, bobby1554 said:

Personally I think we should shelve Viney for the rest of the year. Bringing him back early is just 2017 all over again

That's why our club doctors earn the big bucks. Pressure on them to make the right call either way.

Would love to see AVB get a game

Sun's on fire this quarter!

(yes, the sun is a boiling mass of fire)

3 hours ago, Petraccattack said:

How does that work?  Is it like the Swans academy picks where they spend points to move up in the draft if someone bids on their player?

Yep that's right. "Under the draft bidding system, all clubs have the right to bid for academy and father-son players in the draft but a club with priority over the player has the right to match the draft pick with their own draft pick or picks to achieve the points required to secure the player (all draft picks are given a points value)." https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/afl-draft-pool-drained-by-academies-20180502-p4zcxn.html

Here's an interesting map that shows which clubs have access to what across Australia. I'm sure there's going to be some unfair advantages. http://www.afl.com.au/news/game-development/nab-afl-rising-star-program/nga-clubacademies

Next generation AFL club academies – Victorian clubs region allocation

Western Bulldogs – Western Melbourne, Wimmera, Mallee, South West Victoria, Ballarat, (North Ballarat Rebels & Western Jets)

Essendon – North West Melbourne (Calder Cannons), West Arnhem (NT)

Melbourne – South East Melbourne (Dandenong Stingrays), Alice Springs (NT)

Collingwood – Central Melbourne (Oakleigh Chargers), Barkly (NT)

St Kilda – Inner Southern Melbourne (Sandringham Dragons), Frankston LGA

North Melbourne – Melbourne and Wyndham LGAs (Calder Cannons & Western Jets)

Hawthorn – Eastern/Whitehorse LGAs (Eastern Ranges), Gippsland (Gippsland Power), Katherine (NT)

Carlton – Northern Melbourne (Northern Knights)

Geelong – Geelong /Hampden (Geelong Falcons), East Arnhem (NT)

Richmond – Goulburn Murray, Bendigo, Sunraysia, North Central (Bendigo Pioneers and Murray Bushrangers)