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Not a lot of piercing investigative journalism by Robbo!!!!!!! Cheers Justice

1. Two Planks raised Melbourne and the Western Bulldogs - I was responding, not being 'very selective'. 2. This thread is about the Academies. Has nothing to do with COLA. There are numerous other threads about COLA where you can 'contribute' with your astute analysis. 3. Dunkley is a...

Might stop some of the bullsh*t sprouted on BF that: 'player X accepts 'unders' for a chance to play at a successful club.' Cheers Justice

All the claims of unfairness about the Academies is about how 'unfair' the current bidding system is. Based upon the current perceived priority access 'bargains' Sydney will gain in Heeney in 2014 and Mills in 2015. Because of their potential to be top class players. Correct??? As a long...

Dude, you're 21! Unless you have done some serious research, your football 'generation' would encompass the last 10 years - primarily of Geelong domination.

You questioned why Albury and Broken Hill were included in response to a post by Replicant that stated: "The Academy is specifically there to get kids for whom AFL is not their first sport, and commonly isn't second, third or fourth sport followed, if they even follow it at all. A lot of kids...

Albury, ALL the Riverina and Broken Hill are in the GWS Academy zone. Nothing to do with the Swans Academy.

The problem with placing a 'value' on an academy player is that it is all subjective and speculative. You don't know an actual value until someone makes an actual bid and they still may not succeed. And we all love it when a later round draft pick ends up being a champion! I posted the...

Would the people rating Ablett and Scarlett as 3rd rounders be the same people rating Heeney as a top 5 pick? Why would their judgement be taken seriously given how wrong it has proven? Or it it just hyperbole by vested interests (which ALL supporters have in bias for their own club)? Just...

The scholarship system only applied to NSW in the developing market region (DMR). This did not include the Riverina south of Cootamundra or the ACT. Therefore the highlighted players were not part of the scholarship system and were drafted or rookie listed (open to be selected by all clubs) or...

I call bullshite! 2013 AFL Annual Report - Page 147 "The AFL makes a number of different distributions and payments to AFL clubs. These payments included the following in 2013: • A base distribution to all clubs which totalled $129.5 million, an increase of $7.9 million. • A bonus...

Dunkley is not eligible until next years draft, so I'll assume the more likely scenario (based upon the hype) of Callum Mills (Academy) and Josh Dunkley (Father/Son) both being first round 'nominees' for the 2015 draft. I'm not a Lawyer, but based upon my reading of the Australian Football...

Who are 'they'? Unless I am missing some intended sarcasm, the current Academy bidding system for Sydney, GWS, Gold Coast and Brisbane IS the same as the Father/Son nomination system. Let me give an example (not Issac Heeney as he is sure to be a 1st rounder) - Abe Davis. He is a Sydney...

Lenny is my favourite player from an opposition team and will be very sad to see him go. He is the perfect role model for young aspiring players to try and emulate - give everything you have, every time! He is a certainty to join the coaching ranks. Cheers Justice

What an incoherent rant by McGuire. "They [Sydney] have wound up (Age chief football writer) Caroline Wilson to start running this campaign that I am the most powerful bloke in football and have too much to say and all the rest of it. I haven't been powerful enough otherwise we may not be...

A bit like this???? Cheers Justice

Would you prefer that the VFL remained the status quo? A Melbourne based competition with substandard suburban grounds, limited capacity for financial expansion and minimal television exposure? With the 'big four' using their historical dominance to ensure that the other 'lessor' clubs were...

Was at the game in Wollongong. Shane Biggs was by far the best on ground. Got plenty of the ball as an attacking half back (similar to Malceski) and despite the windy conditions, used it really well. Cheers Justice

On 27 November 2014 after the conclusion of the this years draft, what do you think the ratio of players drafted from NSW will be to those from Western Australia? I'm sure that it won't be 2:1! And I'm sure that West Coast and Fremantle will have drafted more players from Western Australia...

Unbearable, really??? I, like most fans of any team, love schadenfreude! It is very enjoyable to sit back to appreciate the spectacle of the losing teams fans start 'whirling around in self-destruct mode'. However, we are all guilty of this, but some posters on BigFooty just don't stop...

1. I may be repeating myself, but the Swans have still not worked out a 'dynamic' substitute option that actually gets to dangerous positions on the field and gathers more than a couple of scrappy possessions. Given some of the talk about Goodes 'being shot', maybe he is the candidate (like...

Both team with only 1 ruckman. I really hope that Sam Reid does not have to ruck any centre bounces against Mumford, as Mumford would take great pleasure in driving a knee into Reid's rib-cage. Cheers Justice

While I really hope Will Langford has a successful career, he is not part of Hawthorn's best 22 and was dropped after round 11. I believe Hawthorn elected to use the Scholarship system as they could put him on the Rookie List rather than having to use a national draft selection (and the...

Liz, keep fighting the good fight. There are only 39 players currently on AFL lists (including 5 rookies) from NSW and the ACT. 15 players (including Lenny Hayes from the 1998 draft) are from Sydney/Illawarra/Hunter/Central Coast. That represents 1 AFL listed player for every 387,000...

The three thing I learnt are: 1. The holding the ball 'interpretation' for this week. Not really! It is so inconsistently applied - who knows when it will be paid. 2. Brandon Jack can take a nice mark. 3. I will not be watching a replay! Cheers Justice

What also should be commended is his disposal efficiency @ 83.2% (only behind Cunningham) and relatively low clanger count. Very impressive for a player just coming off the rookie list. Cheers Justice

I'm looking at one positive for each team and an area for improvement for Sydney: 1. In tight games, the ability to covert chances from outside 50 is more important than the number of marks taken in the forward 50. Evidence by Sydney only have 5 marks inside 50 against the fantastic team...

One of the things that I think GWS (as well as Sydney) should look at is forming membership partnerships with clubs from other codes. While there are some hoping the AFL fails in its expansion, I think such partnerships should be aiming to grow each code rather than being seen as being an...

With the ongoing 'hysteria' about the COLA providing Sydney with an unfair advantage or being 'rorted', a regular claim by Sydney supporters is that the list has been built upon trades for fringe player (prior to Tippett and Franklin), astute late(ish) national draft selections , rookie upgrades...

Agreed, especially with the sections in bold. I understand that each academy has about 500 young players (between 11 and 19 years of age) undertaking dedicated training programs, especially skill development. While Sydney, GWS, Gold Coast and Brisbane are investing their own time and money in...