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cotter101 said:
He looks to have added a bit more height. Or is it just me?
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Not sure, but he is a massive unit.

Thought his defensive job on the weekend was great. Kept his opponent to 1 goal.
 
Dlions said:
Who are the early prospects from the academy squad next year.
Isaac William is the only one I know and meant to be better than his brother I believe.
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Cody Stackelberg and Connor McFadyen are the two I've heard talked about. Cody has being playing on-ball for Sandgate in the QAFL and has featured in the bests a fair bit. McFadyen is a medium forward who had some injury worries this year but was selected in the QAFL rep side - he's been playing seniors for the last two years on and off. I've never seen either in the flesh, so I can't give much more info than that.

Matthews and Coleman are others I've heard of spoken of well.
 

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Quigley said:
Loki Haines was mentioned in the Prospectus last year as one of the guys they expected big things of.
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A QLD redhead basketballer?!?!! thats the holy trinity isn't it? Sign him up now
 
I wonder how the club will approach trying to get Blakey to nominate us or if they'll concede that it probably won't happen.
 
jackess said:
I wonder how the club will approach trying to get Blakey to nominate us or if they'll concede that it probably won't happen.
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We would need to show a bit this year to convince him.
But he appears a class act to me and would live to get him on the list.
 
Dlions said:
Who are the early prospects from the academy squad next year.
Isaac William is the only one I know and meant to be better than his brother I believe.
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Bonus of having a young Maverick coming through is that it might draw Maverick out of the woodwork.
 
Mr Ripper said:
Bonus of having a young Maverick coming through is that it might draw Maverick out of the woodwork.
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I assume by your post that there is a connection between the two Mavericks.
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irel said:
I assume by your post that there is a connection between the two Mavericks.
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Given that young Maverick would have been born around 2000/2001 - right in the middle of our Maverick’s glory days - I believe there’s a real chance he was named in his honour.

Or mum was into westerns. Whatever.
 
Mr Ripper said:
Given that young Maverick would have been born around 2000/2001 - right in the middle of our Maverick’s glory days - I believe there’s a real chance he was named in his honour.

Or mum was into westerns. Whatever.
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Or maybe -

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TheBrownDog said:
Would have left anyway!
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Although I appreciate the timing and humour of your post, I doubt it would have ever got to that point if he had chosen Aussie rules. He would still be on his standard two-year draftee contract if the Lions took him at the end of 2016 when he first became draft eligible. Outside of Tom Boyd, it's extremely rare for a 19-year-old to be offered huge money to switch clubs in the AFL. Would he have left the Lions after 4/5 years? Who knows. Pure speculation.

Timely quote though. I'll give you that.
 

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Sam Tasker is son of Sean Tasker that played 50 or so games for the Crows. Has a younger brother 'Will' in the academy as well.
 
Academy prospects coming through
This year's Academy series begins on Saturday, when all six competing sides play at Blacktown in Sydney for the opening round. It is the second year of the Academy series, after it last season replaced the division two NAB AFL Under-18 Championships.

Each of the four northern clubs – Greater Western Sydney, Sydney, Brisbane and Gold Coast – will field Academy sides, with Tasmania and the Norhtern Territory also competing over five rounds.

Here's what AFL Queensland talent manager Adrian Fletcher had to say about HHFK Lions Academy prospects:

Keidean Coleman
Half-back
182cm/75kg
31/3/00

"Keidean is an indigenous boy who plays as a half-back flanker. He has really good evasive skills, he's a 'slingshot' type of player who gets things going. He has to improve the defensive side of his game but he's got some real AFL attributes."

Caleb Franks
Midfielder
177cm/74kg
17/11/00

"Caleb is a really tough kid who plays as an inside midfielder. He accumulates the ball at ground level. He could play half-forward as well, but he's just a tough, roll-the-sleeves up type of player. He's only short but he'll find the footy."\

Tom Matthews
Midfielder
184cm/80kg
24/1/00

"He played in the 'futures' game last year of under-17 players, and was very good in the first quarter. He's an accumulator who is very good overhead. He runs straight, so he kicks the ball low and hard into the forward line and to a target."

Connor McFadyen
Midfielder
190cm/81kg
4/12/00

"He's a big bodied midfielder who has a cricket background. He's a very good mark overhead and he's just starting to get fitter. He was a bit underdone early in the pre-season but he's just starting to show his wares."

Jesse Quint
Midfielder
179cm/72kg
14/9/00

"A really quick, smaller player who puts his head over the ball and just goes really hard. He is good at getting the ball and then getting out and finding some space."
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