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[rizzo]

Basically all you do here is post injury statuses, whats happening around the club and anything you can think of!!

 

[rizzo]

team list???

 

[crazy_big_al]

KANGAROOS
B: Brennan Watt Archer
HB: Brown Gasper Rawlings
C: Jones Enright A Stevens
HF: King Stevens D Motlop
F: Harding Colbert Grant
Fol: Porter Simpson
R: Robbins
I/C: from: Makepeace, Cole,

 

[crazy_big_al]

2004 Team List

Glenn Archer
John C Baird
Jarred Brennan
Leigh Brown
Richard Cole
Shane Clayton
Leigh Colbert
Anthony Corrie
C Enright
Travis Gaspar
Shannon Grant
Blake Grima
Richard Hadley
David Hale
Leigh Harding
Daniel Harris
Corey Jones
Matthew Lokan
David A King
Troy Makepeace
Hamish McIntosh
Daniel Motlop
Joel Perry
Mark Porter
Brady Rawlings
Ben Robbins
Kris Shore
Adam Simpson
Mark Stevens
Michael Stevens
Anthony Stevens
David Teague
Callum Urch
Ashley Watson
Shannon Watt
Nicholas Smith
Scott Thompson
Chad Jones
Tim Schmit
Zac Dawson

 

[Russian]

You have 1 too many players. Shannon Watt will be automatically delisted at Noon on Wednesday if this is not rectified

Glenn Archer - $230000
John C Baird - $160000
Jared Brennan - $70000
Leigh Brown - $190000
Jeremy Clayton * - $70000
Shane Clayton - $200000
Leigh Colbert - $180000
Richard Cole - $150000
Anthony Corrie - $60000
Zac Dawson - $40000
Corey Enright - $220000
Michael Firrito * - $70000
Travis Gaspar - $160000
Jaymie Graham * - $30000
Shannon Grant - $240000
Blake Grima - $60000
Adam Grocke * - $30000
Richard Hadley - $70000
David Hale - $70000
Leigh Harding - $180000
Daniel Harris - $120000
Chad Jones - $50000
Corey Jones - $180000
David A King - $240000
Matthew Lokan - $80000
Troy Makepeace - $220000
Scott McGlone * - $30000
Hamish McIntosh - $60000
Daniel Motlop - $120000
Joel Perry - $60000
Mark Porter - $180000
Brady Rawlings - $170000
Ben Robbins - $250000
Tim Schmidt - $50000
Kris Shore - $60000
Adam Simpson - $310000
Nicholas Smith - $70000
Anthony Stevens - $260000
Mark Stevens - $230000
Michael Stevens - $130000
David Teague - $180000
Scott Thompson - $160000
Ashley Watson - $70000
Shannon Watt - $120000

 

[crazy_big_al]

do not want jermey clayton

 

[Wrenny]

Í will have clayton for a trade?

 

[dascman03]

Yeh. Ditto. Ill have Clayton, ill delist a player to get him.

 

[rizzo]

ditto X3

 

[crazy_big_al]

Michael Firrito * - $70000

Is Who i have Delisted

I also would like to say that we had a bad Start to the Preseason but hope to bounce back next week

 

[Russian]

Originally posted by crazy_big_al
Michael Firrito * - $70000

Is Who i have Delisted

instead of Clayton?

 

[crazy_big_al]

yes thats corect

 

[crazy_big_al]

The Story so far

The Preseason is not going well for the roos but we hope to get up there as soon a possible a get a W on the board. do not lose hope it is only the preseason

 

[Cuneyt]

any up for trade when time comes?

Richard Hadley
Brady Rawlings

 

[Presti_is_god]

Collingwood interested in the following come trading:

Leigh Brown
Leigh Colbert
Shannon Grant

 

[crazy_big_al]

After a slow start in the preseason the roos have been able to string a few wins together in th regualr season. The boys are not getting ahead of themselves but are hppy withthe season so far.

Keep up the good work boys

 

[crazy_big_al]

'Brute' reveals a rivalry in making

'Brute' reveals a rivalry in making


THE Roos new ruck giant, Ivan Maric, has revealed he is using a rival as inspiration to carve out an AFL career.

In an ironic twist, the powerfully-built teenager claims Dean Brogan, No. 1 ruckman for Port Adelaide, is the player he looks up to and living proof that a successful transition can be made from basketball to Australian football.
"He's proven that it can be done," Maric, North's 2nd pick (No. 25 overall) at the national draft, said.

"After hearing his story and seeing how much he's achieved I have a lot of confidence in myself."

Like Brogan, who in September became the first person to play in an NBL championship (1998 with the Adelaide 36ers) and AFL premiership (2004 with Port) team, Maric is a late starter to football.

The 18-year-old has been playing the game seriously for only two years after spending most of his junior years on the basketball court.

Maric, described as a "brute of a player" at 198cm and 96kg, represented Victoria's under-18 basketball team after dominating its local championships.

It wasn't until his family shifted house three years ago that he realised he had a talent with the oval ball.

"I moved across the road from a footy ground (Keilor) and my mates wanted me to have a kick," Maric, of Croatian descent, said.

"It snowballed from there, I guess."

Maric joined Keilor before being given a chance at the Calder Cannons, who won consecutive TAC Cup premierships this year.

An extensive weights program saw him pile on 10kg last off-season and he improved so rapidly he represented Vic Metro at this year's under-18 national carnival.

"He learns quickly," noted Cannons regional manager Ross Monaghan. "He just improves with every game."

While Maric's size, athleticism, leap and strong work ethic excited Adelaide, so does his level of improvement. He does have a big upside.

And he upsets opponents with his size and aggression.


While he has been drafted by North Melbourne as a long-term ruck option, Maric has the game to play as a goalkicking forward. And he fancies that aspect of his game.

"I can take a mark up forward and kick goals, that is one of my strengths," he said.

But Maric concedes he is still learning the game.

"Because I haven't played the game for a long period of time I've still got a bit to work on," he said.

"I need to be able to read the play better and things like that. But if I keep working hard, that will come."

And so will his meeting with Brogan, adding another sub-plot to one of the great rivalries in the AFL.

 

[crazy_big_al]

Danny Meyer

YEARS of professional running have opened the door for brilliant Glenelg teenager Danny Meyer to play football for the North Melbourne Football Club

The classy midfielder/small forward has spent the past five years working on his leg-power with coach Keith Aiston at the Western Districts Running Club.
The result is one of the finest athletes in this year's draft pool - a speed machine who has gone to North Melboure with the 13th pick in the National Draft

"There's no doubt all the running I've done has paid off," Meyer, 18, said.

"It's helped a lot, not only with my overall leg work (speed) enabling me to get to the footy but also with my balance."

Lightly-framed at 74kg, Meyer's powerful legs were on display at the AFL draft camp where he finished in the top six for the running vertical jump with a leap of 87cm.

"He's a real good athlete, an explosive player who can burst into a game and hurt the opposition in 10 minutes," Glenelg football manager Ken Applegarth said.

"He's got that really quick turn of pace, he's terrific below his knees and because of his strong legs he's a thumping kick."

Meyer, a member of this year's South Australian under-18 team which contested the national championships in Melbourne, competed in last year's under-20 Bay Sheffield 120m sprint as well as several other high profile running races.

While his pace alone excites clubs, his ability to turn a game on its head with some magic reminds some astute judges of Port Adelaide premiership hero Gavin Wanganeen.

"Danny has a bit of Wanganeen about him," SA under-18 coach Darren Trevena said.

"He's got great potential, great evasive skills and he's smart around goal."

Strong overhead and possessing clean hands, Meyer also has a good footy brain - an attribute which is tough to teach.

Meyer, from great Glenelg breeding ground Sacred Heart College, played just six games (one under-19s and five reserves) for the Tigers this year because of school commitments.

The son of Tigers under-17s coach Steve Meyer, Danny understands there is one facet of his game that does need work - his frame.

"I've got to put on some weight and build up my upper body strength, I know that," he said. "I've already started working on it."

 

[crazy_big_al]

Smith gets a head start

Smith gets a head start

Jesse Smith, the 18-year-old son of former Kangaroo great Ross Smith, officially joined the club he has supported all his life on Wednesday, when he trained with his new teammates for the first time.

Having been recruited by the Roos under the father-son rule, Smith is relieved not to have endured what he says would have been an anxious draft day, when he might have been a top 10 pick.


As it stands, Smith's surname might distinguish him from the country's other young talent, but the status of being the number 46 pick is comparatively inconspicuous.

"I suppose you don't get as much limelight just being as I am now, which is pretty good. So there's a bit less pressure and more so I'm where I want to be. And if I'd put myself in the draft I could have ended up anywhere," Smith said at Arden Street on Wednesday.

A budding, 190-centimetre defender, Smith says he is unsure how he will measure up against the top 10 picks in this year's draft, but the fact that he received the Larke Medal for being the best performing player in the division one under-18 national championships would indicate he would have gone close at the very least. His other accolades include being named in the All-Australian side after the under-18 2004 carnival, and at half-back flank in the TAC Cup Competition 2004 Team of the Year.

Importantly, Smith believes his early orientation with the Kangaroos might just give him a head start on his young counterparts.

"I've had some conversations with a lot of the people around so I've got a bit of a head start on most of the other players that are going to get drafted, they've got to wait until Saturday to know where they're going and whether they're going interstate. It's been good to go early."

"I'm not really nervous. I'm more excited because I've already been down here last pre-season. It's just really good to be down here and get a bit of a feel for it early on."

And Smith said it was not beyond him to make his senior debut in 2005.

"(My aims are) to try and get myself a few games, senior games, have a good pre-season and see where I go from there."

But Kangaroos assistant coach Darren Crocker, who played for the club with Ross, said Smith should be allowed to develop in his own time, without fanfare or hype.

“What he’s done so far has been terrific to get to the stage where his father's club has wanted to pick him up. And now it’s up to Jesse to carve out his own career at AFL level. So what his father did in the past and what Jesse does in the future, really don’t go hand in hand I don’t think.”

"You may remember Ross as a really dour, straight ahead type of defender who didn’t give much away and virtually ran through anything that got in his road. Jesse is taller and is about 190cm. He’s got really good lateral movement, is very good in traffic, strong overhead and runs the lines well."

"All the talk before I got to the club was that he was a very, very good player who had a couple of terrific couple of games throughout the national championships which obviously lifted his reputation. We're just fortunate here that we’re able to pick him with the third round via-the father-son and get him to the club that he’s barracked for all his life”

“I think it’s nice that a young fella like that would put an expectation on himself to play senior football next year. I think the first thing he’s just got to do is knuckle down, get a solid pre-season under his belt and give himself a good launching pad so that he can play some good football and perhaps push for senior selection."

Smith's memories of his father's playing days are scant, but he says his Dad plays a great supportive role these days.

"He was a back-pocket that's all I can remember of him and he was a good kick I suppose," he said.

"He gives me a lot of advice after games about where I have to work on my game, on my strengths and weaknesses. He's very supportive and very good with all the advice and that."

 

[crazy_big_al]

North Melbourne have decided to get the number 18 back in team, one of the new members of the team will be given it. It will depend on who is most worthy of such a number.

 

[crazy_big_al]

The training at North has started heating up. We want a good couple of weeks of training prior to the xmas break. People understand they have to start to get into shape was pre seasn games and internal trials are not far away. There are going to be skinfold tests prior to the break and all player know that they must keep in shape.

The North Coaching staff would like to wish all a very merry Xmas

 

[crazy_big_al]

After a a good pre season the boys are fired up for a good year. This week should be a good one. team to be announced on thursday

 

[crazy_big_al]

Kangaroos
Senior List
1. John C Baird - $121.25K
2. Matthew Bode - $193.25K
3. Jared Brennan - $127.5K
4. Leigh Brown - $134.25K
5. Shaun Burgoyne - $194K
6. David A Clarke - $138K
7. Leigh Colbert - $154.5K
8. Richard Cole - $181.25K
9. Anthony Corrie - $165.5K
10. Zac Dawson - $40K
11. Corey Enright - $212K
12. Travis Gaspar - $132.25K
13. Stephen Gilham - $51.5K
14. Shannon Grant - $241K
15. Blake Grima - $51.5K
16. David Hale - $62.75K
17. Leigh Harding - $105K
18. Chad Jones - $44.25K
19. Corey Jones - $267.5K
20. Matthew Lokan - $107.25K
21. Ivan Maric - $41.5K
22. Hamish McIntosh - $51.5K
23. Danny Meyer - $45.5K
24. Daniel Motlop - $196.25K
25. Jared Poulton - $117.5K
26. Brady Rawlings - $204.75K
27. Stephen Salopek - $126K
28. Tim Schmidt - $42.25K
29. Kris Shore - $51.5K
30. Adam Simpson - $300.75K
31. Jesse W Smith - $39.25K
32. Nicholas Smith - $51.5K
33. Michael Stevens - $119.5K
34. Simon Taylor - $39.25K
35. David Teague - $130.75K
36. Scott Thompson - $190K
37. Ashley Watson - $103.75K
38. Shannon Watt - $117.25K
Veterans List
39. Glenn Archer
40. Mark Stevens
Rookie List
41. Dale Ellis
42. Joshua Gibson
43. Scott McMahon
Total Player Payments: $4,770,500

 

[crazy_big_al]

Injuries

Shaun Burgoyne. Out: 4-6 weeks
Steven Salopek Out 1 week
Jared Brennan Out 2 weeks

 

[crazy_big_al]

Kangaroos Delisted/Retired Players 2005

Mark Stevens
Jared Poulton
John C Baird
Leigh Colbert