My dad heard an interview with Hanners and he kept saying "swans" instead of "saints". He still has red and white in him ๐...he's just added some black ๐.
My dad heard an interview with Hanners and he kept saying "swans" instead of "saints". He still has red and white in him ๐...he's just added some black ๐.
Anyone know if Ling has surfaced at Preseason Training ?
I am getting quite astounded by the continued bastardisation of the rookie list by Gill. With clubs delisting fringe players with the promise of re-rookieing them and now Gill allowing Mummy to join GWS and Clarke to join Essendon without going through the draft it is fast becoming a veterans list, the complete opposite of what the original intent of the rookie list was. It now seems that any player who was ever on an AFL list or who nominated for the draft in a previous year can go straight onto the rookie list as a Cat A rookie via the SSP. The SSP rules have not been published yet as Gill is still making them up but I am sure there will be a clause to prohibit the Swans taking Jye Bolton via this route. If Mitch McGuire or Angus Baker has previously nominated for the draft we could possibly sign them via this route.
What is the rookie list now?
A place to manage salary cap on retired players; Langford, Tippett!
Somewhere to park long term injuries: Broomhead
Somewhere to serve a drug suspension: Murray
A place for players to be brought in to fill a short term need: Mumford, Clarke and growing
An extension of the senior list by delisting and re rookieing: A very long list of players see Freo, North, Pies, Tigers etc.
It is no longer a place for young footballers who miss out on being drafted because most rookie lists are now near full with all of the above.
Apologies with my previous post as a link i copied/pasted seemed to have screwed up the thread formatting!
Take Two:
According to the West Australian, Harry Marsh is likely to be rookie listed by West Coast.
I'm not going to attempt to copy/paste the link again, but you can easily search for it under "Harry Marsh West Coast"
I saw an article recently where he says he went back to Perth because he was struggling mentally in Melbourne. Has being doing a lot of work on his mental health in that time and is ready to give AFL another crack - moving to Melbourne to play VFL shows he's serious about it
โThereโs probably some comparisons": Swans academy prospect likened to Franklin
Blakey (Nick) was interviewed on SEN (yesterday I think) - above is a link to the interview. There's nothing particularly earth shattering revealed in it but Nick handles himself well (fielding questions about his similarities to Buddy, and being asked to comment on the state of football in Sydney and the role of the academies).
Twomey's latest top 30 ranking (not a phantom draft) are an interesting read. Has slipped Blakey out to 8.
Did like comments on a lot of the players tied to other clubs where most seem as if they'll get bids by other clubs at the right stage. Gold Coast with their raft of top 30 picks could cause some pain in Victoria if they chose to :-)
Nice interview with Blakey, level headed mature answers, plugged the academy, already doing a bit of training at the club, worth a listen.
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