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Mega Thread Potential future father-son selections
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toby bairstow
im interested to hear about him.. so far the news ive heard about him is that he is a very good player emerging.. does anyone know much about him and how good he is??
im interested to hear about him.. so far the news ive heard about him is that he is a very good player emerging.. does anyone know much about him and how good he is??
Re: toby bairstow
Perhaps you should stick to the singular thread when asking such questions. You've now started two threads on the same topic within days. See here.
Toby's eligible for '06 (alongside Tom, Thomas, and Jacob Neal), but isn't really on our radar for this draft. Stocky lad who can mix it in the centre square and drift to the flanks, but he's yet to really make the move up to WAFL level. He's doing quite nicely for his local country league colts outfit though - dominated at the Country Championships, pulled off numerous BOG efforts in the respective Grand Finals; the last of which apparently saw him pull off a 42-possession game. Plans on playing in Perth for '07, so it'd be nice to think we'll at least keep an eye on him.
Perhaps you should stick to the singular thread when asking such questions. You've now started two threads on the same topic within days. See here.
Toby's eligible for '06 (alongside Tom, Thomas, and Jacob Neal), but isn't really on our radar for this draft. Stocky lad who can mix it in the centre square and drift to the flanks, but he's yet to really make the move up to WAFL level. He's doing quite nicely for his local country league colts outfit though - dominated at the Country Championships, pulled off numerous BOG efforts in the respective Grand Finals; the last of which apparently saw him pull off a 42-possession game. Plans on playing in Perth for '07, so it'd be nice to think we'll at least keep an eye on him.
Belly said:
Sounds like what the so called experts said about Paul Couch in the mid 80's
Wasn't there a son of Bairstow coming sometime? or has he already been and gone? or did I just make that up?? 
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im pretty sure i have heard scracher neil has a 15 year old son playing well
I've watched about 300 games, does that mean my boy is eligible? He's only 8 but is quite a good size and kick of the footy
Mark this one down.
Brad Nankervis son of Bruce Nankervis. Played for South Barwon U/18 all year while still eligible for U/16. Is training down at the Falcons as a bottom age player. Can play a bit apparently.
Brad Nankervis son of Bruce Nankervis. Played for South Barwon U/18 all year while still eligible for U/16. Is training down at the Falcons as a bottom age player. Can play a bit apparently.
Toby Bairstow is right to go next year. Playing country footy in WA ATM and wil play in the WAFL next season. A HFF / on baller from all reports.
Tom Couch is training with the cats in hope of a rookie spot.
Tom Couch is training with the cats in hope of a rookie spot.
Betcha they wangle it so Mark's son is eligible to be picked-up under the father/son by the Weagles or Dockers. Another Cousins, Peake deal I reckon.
Toby was eligible with this years batch (Hawkins, Couch, Neal). As Rosso mentioned, has been playing country league footy this year. Apparently the plan is to play in Perth next year and see how things work out (with WAFL and all that).
Couch is training with the club for a rookie spot.
Donohue and Nankervis will be starting with the Falcons. If I'm correct, both are bottom-aged next year.
Couch is training with the club for a rookie spot.
Donohue and Nankervis will be starting with the Falcons. If I'm correct, both are bottom-aged next year.
Isnt Donohue meant to be quite big? thats what i heard! i'm not to sure if it is true though!
Cool!
Perhaps our good run with the F/S selections could continue. Any word on any of these kids' potential in the top flight?
Betcha they wangle it so Mark's son is eligible to be picked-up under the father/son by the Weagles or Dockers. Another Cousins, Peake deal I reckon.
Wangle it? You make it sound like the Cats are a bit hard done with the F/S rule. Brian Peake played something like 60 games for the Cats in an unspectacular career, but played a bucketload of games for East Fremantle. Also, if you actually consider Brett Peake when he started playing, his F/S selection is probably around his actual draft value at the time. His background was in skateboarding and surfing and started playing football very late. Certainly nothing like Hawkins, Ablett(s), Scarlet real draft values.
Off the top of my head, came second in a long-kicking comp with about 50m. Not sure about athleticism, more of a Scotty Cummings type??
Kid supposedly hasn't grown much over time (apparently around the 183cm mark), and has since made the transition to the midfield. Looks like he's headed to playing along the flanks.
If I remember correctly Brett Peake was available to both Geelong and Freo under the F/S rule (back when qualification was 50 games instead of 100), but both passed on him. I don't think he was picked up by Freo until he was 20 or 21. So the Cats have only themselves to blame for that one.
Cousins was a slightly different story - qualified for both Geelong and WCE under F/S, and both wanted him, which meant he had the choice. He was a Cats supporter as a kid and apparently had posters of Ablett Snr and others all over his walls. He has since been quoted as saying that the Cats were fantastic and did everything right by him leading up to the draft, but that in the end the deciding factor was that his family was all in Perth and he didn't want to leave home if he didn't have to. Which is fair enough for a 17yo kid.
No doubt Scarlett, Ablett, Ablett, Hawkins, Callan, Blake and others constitute pretty good use of the F/S rule - but would 2004 and 2005 have been any different if we'd managed to get our hands on Cousins as well??
Peake didn't show much (if anything) at a junior level to suggest he was worth picking up. Even when Freo took the punt, it took him a few years before he resembled anything that looked like a senior footballer. That's a credit to him more than anyone.
Cousins was a slightly different story - qualified for both Geelong and WCE under F/S, and both wanted him, which meant he had the choice. He was a Cats supporter as a kid and apparently had posters of Ablett Snr and others all over his walls. He has since been quoted as saying that the Cats were fantastic and did everything right by him leading up to the draft, but that in the end the deciding factor was that his family was all in Perth and he didn't want to leave home if he didn't have to. Which is fair enough for a 17yo kid.
understand but it still hurts ,add primus [2 premiership captians ] ??????????
understand but it still hurts ,add primus [2 premiership captians ] ??????????
