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Re: Mitchell gets a headstart
Calling it now, future brownlow medallist. No pressure Tom.
Calling it now, future brownlow medallist. No pressure Tom.
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I don't think you are putting to much pressure on him at all. In my mind he is going to be the greatest midfielder in the history of the game
I don't think you are putting to much pressure on him at all. In my mind he is going to be the greatest midfielder in the history of the game
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no doubt he will be at least a swans b&f winner
used to play junior footy with him, absolute gun
yet his injuries are catching up with him, only found out the other day he has more stress fractures in his foot, hope it doesnt bother him as he grows
no doubt he will be at least a swans b&f winner
used to play junior footy with him, absolute gun
yet his injuries are catching up with him, only found out the other day he has more stress fractures in his foot, hope it doesnt bother him as he grows
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You're scaring the shit out of me
You're scaring the shit out of me
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Growing boy, injuries like that are common in Junior football.
Growing boy, injuries like that are common in Junior football.
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I could be wrong here but i think a child has many more bones in their foot than a adult does and when a person goes through puberty and a few years afterwards the bones sort of merge together. Sometimes this can cause problems. I think that was Lewis Johnston's problem as well as the bones in his foot didn't merge the way they were supposed to and that is why he needed surgery.
Of course i am not doctor but i think that is what i heard.
I could be wrong here but i think a child has many more bones in their foot than a adult does and when a person goes through puberty and a few years afterwards the bones sort of merge together. Sometimes this can cause problems. I think that was Lewis Johnston's problem as well as the bones in his foot didn't merge the way they were supposed to and that is why he needed surgery.
Of course i am not doctor but i think that is what i heard.
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Sarcasm reader is of the charts
I'm just try to give in in sight of what I heard or was told during my days, no need for the sarcasm people throw my way.
I know of 4 blokes that had the same issues, but they were all around the same height as me. But read what RUNVS said, thats basically the run down a specialist gave to me once.
Sarcasm reader is of the charts
I'm just try to give in in sight of what I heard or was told during my days, no need for the sarcasm people throw my way.
I know of 4 blokes that had the same issues, but they were all around the same height as me. But read what RUNVS said, thats basically the run down a specialist gave to me once.
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As long as he plays in the U18 champs next season.
If he wasn't going to you guys he'd be off to play for Sheedy.
As long as he plays in the U18 champs next season.
If he wasn't going to you guys he'd be off to play for Sheedy.
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God I'm excited about the next few seasons.
God I'm excited about the next few seasons.
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Does the lad have a faceoff page? Did Santa bring some orthopaedic sandals, well?
Wikileaks, Grimleaks, Mark Arbib, who would know?
With anyluck he'll be as good, or close to as his dear old dad. Imagine a rover as good as he, following Mummy!
Does the lad have a faceoff page? Did Santa bring some orthopaedic sandals, well?
Wikileaks, Grimleaks, Mark Arbib, who would know?
With anyluck he'll be as good, or close to as his dear old dad. Imagine a rover as good as he, following Mummy!
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Love this kid already, he could team up well with Hannebury. 10 years from now, we can compare the duo of Mitchell and Hannebery with Kirk and J.Bolton and hopefully Mitchell/Hannebery can win us another premiership too. Exciting times for us in the forthcoming years I believe.
Love this kid already, he could team up well with Hannebury. 10 years from now, we can compare the duo of Mitchell and Hannebery with Kirk and J.Bolton and hopefully Mitchell/Hannebery can win us another premiership too. Exciting times for us in the forthcoming years I believe.
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Does he have an option to nominate himself in the national draft?
Thought that if he was eligible for FS then he had no choice as long as we nominated him and gave up a pick for him??
Modeling himself on McVeigh? Would make a few in here nervous....
Does he have an option to nominate himself in the national draft?
Thought that if he was eligible for FS then he had no choice as long as we nominated him and gave up a pick for him??
Modeling himself on McVeigh? Would make a few in here nervous....
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It's entirely optional for a player to make themselves available to be picked as a FS selection - eg Marc Murphy turned down the Lions.
It's entirely optional for a player to make themselves available to be picked as a FS selection - eg Marc Murphy turned down the Lions.
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Yeah injuries like this are common in growing young people... (Two of my friends have had fractures in there feet (One of them is now playing for Adelaide)).
And I had stress fractures in a couple of vertebrate's in my spine.
Just part of growing up once he reaches 21 or so he will be over them.
Yeah injuries like this are common in growing young people... (Two of my friends have had fractures in there feet (One of them is now playing for Adelaide)).
And I had stress fractures in a couple of vertebrate's in my spine.
Just part of growing up once he reaches 21 or so he will be over them.
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Does anyone know what the rules are in regards to the NAB Cup and a teams list. I asked because i want to know if a team can only use players on their list for the NAB Cup or can they use other players as well. If they could then Longmire might want to play Mitchell in the NAB Cup to give him a taste for football at a AFL level.
Does anyone know what the rules are in regards to the NAB Cup and a teams list. I asked because i want to know if a team can only use players on their list for the NAB Cup or can they use other players as well. If they could then Longmire might want to play Mitchell in the NAB Cup to give him a taste for football at a AFL level.
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He wont play in the NAB cup and as for the rules if a team is severely depleted from injury then exceptions can be made to allow players from our reserve side to be used. This happened with Hawthorne a few years back though im sure they were all over 18 at the time.
He wont play in the NAB cup and as for the rules if a team is severely depleted from injury then exceptions can be made to allow players from our reserve side to be used. This happened with Hawthorne a few years back though im sure they were all over 18 at the time.
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Tom is still home with his Mum & Barry:
A guaranteed spot on Sydney's list in 2012 as a father-son pick will not prevent Claremont's Tom Mitchell from contesting this year's State under-18s championships.
The 17-year-old was one of nine included in the initial intake for the State 18s talent academy, which will start with an induction on Sunday week at Patersons Stadium in conjunction with West Coast's NAB Cup quarterfinal.
http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/sport/a/-/sport/8866272/future-swan-to-strut-his-stuff-for-wa/
Swan Districts premiership player Stephen Coniglio, Perth midfielder Jaeger O'Meara, teammate Chris Yarran and South Fremantle's Shane Kersten are also part of the 2011 intake.
Mitchell, whose father Barry played 170 matches as a rover for Sydney, will head to the Swans for the 2012 season with the club having committed to drafting the teenager under the father-son rule.
But he will tread a different path to Gold Coast young gun David Swallow, who moved to Queensland to play for the club's VFL side a year out from his own selection at pick No.1 in the national draft.
Swallow and WA teammate Brandon Matera didn't play State matches in 2010.
WA Football Commission high performance manager Craig Starcevich predicted the main goal for Mitchell, who will finish Year 12 in Perth this year, would be to simply get his body right.
The young midfielder struggled to get on the field last year, missing all of the national under-18 titles with a foot injury and also battling a shoulder problem.
Tom is still home with his Mum & Barry:
A guaranteed spot on Sydney's list in 2012 as a father-son pick will not prevent Claremont's Tom Mitchell from contesting this year's State under-18s championships.
The 17-year-old was one of nine included in the initial intake for the State 18s talent academy, which will start with an induction on Sunday week at Patersons Stadium in conjunction with West Coast's NAB Cup quarterfinal.
http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/sport/a/-/sport/8866272/future-swan-to-strut-his-stuff-for-wa/
Swan Districts premiership player Stephen Coniglio, Perth midfielder Jaeger O'Meara, teammate Chris Yarran and South Fremantle's Shane Kersten are also part of the 2011 intake.
Mitchell, whose father Barry played 170 matches as a rover for Sydney, will head to the Swans for the 2012 season with the club having committed to drafting the teenager under the father-son rule.
But he will tread a different path to Gold Coast young gun David Swallow, who moved to Queensland to play for the club's VFL side a year out from his own selection at pick No.1 in the national draft.
Swallow and WA teammate Brandon Matera didn't play State matches in 2010.
WA Football Commission high performance manager Craig Starcevich predicted the main goal for Mitchell, who will finish Year 12 in Perth this year, would be to simply get his body right.
The young midfielder struggled to get on the field last year, missing all of the national under-18 titles with a foot injury and also battling a shoulder problem.
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Kelly hardly had an injury in his first ten years.
But using his body as a battering ram had its consequences in his last few years.
Kelly hardly had an injury in his first ten years.
But using his body as a battering ram had its consequences in his last few years.
chardonnay
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Tom Mitchell from The West, positive stuff:
http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/sport/a/-/sport/8866272/future-swan-to-strut-his-stuff-for-wa/
Tom Mitchell from The West, positive stuff:
http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/sport/a/-/sport/8866272/future-swan-to-strut-his-stuff-for-wa/
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GWS can go get ****ed. We've clearly invested a lot into him and I really hope he stays injury free from now on. We're certainly gambling on his potential!
Sydney's $1.5m man is only 17
GWS can go get ****ed. We've clearly invested a lot into him and I really hope he stays injury free from now on. We're certainly gambling on his potential!
Sydney's $1.5m man is only 17
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Win for football there. Thank god for the Father-Son rule.
Win for football there. Thank god for the Father-Son rule.
