You're expecting Jed Anderson to play 100 games for us when he's already 28yo and a fringe player? Talk about wishful thinking
Never suggested I was expecting him to play 100 games for us. I was just pointing out that if he did manage to play 100 games for us then his first son Elijah would become F/S eligible for us in the same year that Kai Rischitelli will become F/S eligible in 2031. I also pointed out that even if he doesn't reach the 100 game milestone for us then we still expect him to play at least one game in the red and gold in 2023 which means his daughter will be F/D eligible for us in 2038. As has been pointed out on our board before, it's probably far more likely that Elijah Anderson finds his way into our academy over the next few years and potentially ends up on our list through that pathway instead of the F/S option.You're expecting Jed Anderson to play 100 games for us when he's already 28yo and a fringe player? Talk about wishful thinking
Yeah and don't forget that Darwin (currently) being a part of our zone drastically increases the chances of Jed's kids ending up in our academy. Even if Jed only does a year or two with us, it seems extremely likely that the Anderson family will settle in Darwin post-career which means we should get the opportunity to nurture his young ones into AFL talents. I would like to see the club maintain a working relationship with Darwin players like Anderson post-career in the same way that we've kept Harbrow involved in player development but obviously Jed would be involved in the Darwin side of development.
7 years retired…
Tasmania is pretty close to Melbourne. Makes sense to me…
I’m hoping they do well.
They have access to the players if the players nominate them. I am certain if we had that same access to Ashcroft last season he still would of choosen the Lions.
Probably but at least we would have had the opportunity to pitch to Ashcroft. We know he was a Suns fan when he was younger and still cherishes the GC guernsey that Touk Miller presented to him when he was a 14 year old in our academy so if our captain Touk was involved in the pitch then you never know but the point is we didn't have the opportunity. Ashcroft made it pretty clear that having the opportunity to play with his brother was a big reason as to why he joined the Lions and under these circumstances we would have obviously had father-son access to his brother Levi next year as well so I think we would have been legitimately considered by Ashcroft if the rules allowed it. The takeaway is the rules have robbed us of an opportunity to recruit sons of famous Gold Coasters and virtually every other expansion team in the AFL (outside of the Giants) has been afforded that opportunity and now it looks like Tasmania will also get that opportunity.
Considering Rischitelli is a life member of our club, I'd suggest Kai is a member of both Queensland teams but yeah. You can see the Lions are clearly trying to get in early with Kai. The advantage we have is that it seems the Rischitelli family are well and truly settled on the GC and as a result Kai will end up in our academy system from next year onwards. Playing with mates who will potentially also end up as future Suns can be a powerful tool in a situation like this.
They announced his name. It's over.
Jeez that's a stretch and a half mate
Not yet. Give it a few more years and a test case will appear.
I didn't realise you are a talent scout.
A future Father-Sun it isBaby Powell inbound
2042 Draft Class
mentioned more for the fact that he is a lions member 
