- Oct 11, 2012
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Mate, you are a pest, you need to be put down - humanely.What does any of this matter any way?
It doesn't in any way detract from the fact that the undermining of the father son rule is a disgrace.
As for the list of 50 players (posted by was it Kangaroos4ever?), that just shows how few players come out of NSW pre academies. You can exclude Walker and Staker as Broken Hill is really SA, Hawkins is not NSW he played Vic U18, Davis is SA, Gilbert is Qld just. Of the rest almost all are from Riverina & along the Murray and played most of their footy in Vic.
So in 12-15 years of drafts, the only players of note from heartland NSW are McVeigh & brother, Jack, Hayes, Bruce, LRT, Bird & Witts. That's 8 players in 12-15 years.
I as an intelligent AFL lover, as well as Crows member, have nothing but praise for the northern academies. The more player they produce, the stronger the AFL brand will become in Qld & NSW and the less southern players they'll draft and the better the overall quality of the pool will become.
As for Blakey, who cares except for a handful of myopic North supporters, probably won't end up a high draft pick anyway, appears to have slipped this year and might further next year. Best North concentrate on how they will retain one of the gun SA boys they'll draft at pick 1 or 2 next year. Homesickness here we come!