Father & Son & Academy Prospects

[Lacustrus]

Reckon there will be a change when GC start being a genuine contender.

until then the AFL will want to feed their new borns with extra players for cheap.

Need all the club presidents to do a dummy spit

 

[Dr Tigris]

Need all the club presidents to do a dummy spit

For some reason it doesn't work that way.

Reckon it will come.

But if allowing clubs to non-Northern clubs to pick up good players they develop might lead to a change in the pipeline of good young players who are linked to a club.

 

[sregit]

Reckon there will be a change when GC start being a genuine contender.

until then the AFL will want to feed their new borns with extra players for cheap.

If success was the measurement to change or remove northern academy entitlements, then the swans would have no rights. They are getting a free ride also.

 

[Bojangles17]

Reckon there will be a change when GC start being a genuine contender.

until then the AFL will want to feed their new borns with extra players for cheap.

Lions are doing ok with it just quietly

 

[Dr Tigris]

Lions are doing ok with it just quietly

Lions are building an elite midfield via F/S and Academy. Good luck to them. But effectively #1 picks in a row.

 

[Groupie_]

Just had an update on Nick Daffy’s son.

Made the main falcons under 18 squad as an under age player which is very good and came 2nd in a 2km time trial.

Positive signs!

all the falcons campaigners who are on the scats payroll will try to sabotage him

 

[Dr Tigris]

If success was the measurement to change or remove northern academy entitlements, then the swans would have no rights. They are getting a free ride also.

IMHO Swans are riding off GWS and GC. Same with Brisbane. The AFL is a strange beast.

Having said that the clubs run the Academies there. The Academies are working really well. The AFL might also just know that they can't run stuff, especially developing elite talent. So they might just be gun shy of changing the set up until NSW and Qld.

In recent history the AFL stopped Vic/SA/WA clubs taking the good young talent they develop. So guess what, bugger all developed from these Academies. Maybe the AFL has learnt from this.

 

[richoplzbreed]

Stumbled on this on Tiktok. Dunno how fair dinkum but says Trent Cotchins son has chosen soccer over AFL

 

[Muddiemoose]

Stumbled on this on Tiktok. Dunno how fair dinkum but says Trent Cotchins son has chosen soccer over AFL

Wouldn’t say so… yet

Doubt he’s even old enough for Aus kick but goes to show how far the AFL is promoting the game to kids if they don’t have programs for kids Parker’s age

 

[Profop]

For Auskick you need to be turning five to join. For soccer I think there’s little kickers which starts a bit earlier than that or a bunch of different ‘academies’ that would care a whole lot more about your money then your kids age

 

[tiger_tough]

Stumbled on this on Tiktok. Dunno how fair dinkum but says Trent Cotchins son has chosen soccer over AFL

LOL...he's 5 years old.

 

[Lacustrus]

Wouldn’t say so… yet

Doubt he’s even old enough for Aus kick but goes to show how far the AFL is promoting the game to kids if they don’t have programs for kids Parker’s age

Basketball is hopefully next , so we can all say ‘he’s got a basketball background’ . That would be the dream

 

[tigs2010]

LOL...he's 5 years old.

It's over man. He will never kick a footy again.

 

[beema limapep]

Jack Leys averaged 28 disposals in the Unders 16's last season, pretty good going and hopefully he keeps putting up those numbers. Going to try make a video on him soon.

The other player I was looking up is Charles Bowden, son of Joel, playing in the NT.

In the 23/24 season he seemed to have a pretty solid year featuring in the best's 5-6 times but I can only see that he has played 1 game in the 24/25 season back in October.

Anyone know much else about Charles?

Idea for a show - Father-son February in focus.

Chat about Kellaway, Leys, Bowden, as well as Broderick, Bower, Scott and Frangalas.

 

[JAKLAUGHING]

Basketball is hopefully next , so we can all say ‘he’s got a basketball background’ . That would be the dream

And then cricket! Finish the young fella off as an all rounder!

 

[Calcium Man]

It's over man. He will never kick a footy again.

Nah Tigers and Cotchins are playing 4d chess and stashing Parker away to avoid matching a pick 1 bid for him in 13 years.

 

[LTT]

Sounds exciting. But the way the QLD academy’s are spitting out top kids , one good kid in ours over every ten years doesn’t really compare.
It wouldn’t surprise me if there’s a backlash and the system it turned on its head around tassy intro.

I think it’s a good thing. If we want to develop the game in QLD then the Queensland sides need to have a decent numbers of Queenslanders in them otherwise they are just Victorian club playing in QLD.

 

[Danog]

If it hasn't been posted yet re: 2027 draft

 

[carlosimo55]

Melvic Pambai 2025?
Any good?

 

[carlosimo55]

Melvic Pambai? 2025 class. Any good?

 

[tigs2010]

Melvic Pambai? 2025 class. Any good?

Who is that?

 

[carlosimo55]

Who is that?

Pioneers. 25 class. Heard he’s good?

 

[carlosimo55]

Pioneers. 25 class. Heard he’s good?

Tiges nga too.

 

[Meteoric Rise]

Stumbled on this on Tiktok. Dunno how fair dinkum but says Trent Cotchins son has chosen soccer over AFL

Sign him up for Richmond Hellas.

 

[carlosimo55]

Sign him up for Richmond Hellas.

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