Academy 2024 Northern Academies (Boys)

[OnLooker1932]

I'm pretty certain that Fry, Fazldeen, Gillet and Greenaway who all would have had reasonable expectations to play Allies (especially Gillet) have all missed out.

Addinsall, Patterson and Murray also not selected.

 

[OnLooker1932]

Well squad goes live and official tomorrow.

Also heard Lions finalised u16 squad and have some surprising omissions.

 

[footyexpert2023]

Breaking:
I have conformation of the Suns and Lions Academy Allies representation:
Bold = Bottom Ager
Lions:
Daniel Annable
Ryan Gilder
Ty Gallop
Billy Richardson
Fergus Mcfadyen

Suns:
Leonardo Lombard
Zai Milane
Kalani White
Zeke Uwland
Caleb Nancarrow

Really shocking omissions the main being Tom Gillet incredibly stiff.

 

[OnLooker1932]

Can only assume non footy matters involved in some calls, or personality clashes.

Or the old Shifter Sheehan or Mark Browning come over the top and pick people according to an agenda.

 

[Adnico26Parker]

Allies squad

#	NAME	SURNAME	HT	STATE	STATE LEAGUE CLUB	COMMUNITY CLUB
1	Nicholas	Andreacchio	178	NSW/ACT	Sydney Swans Academy	Sydney University
2	Zeke	Uwland	178	QLD	GC Suns Academy	Burleigh
4	Ricky	Mentha	178	NT	NT Academy Gippsland Power	Morwell
8	Leo	Lombard	178	QLD	GC Suns Academy	Broadbeach
9	Joe	Harrison	182	NSW/ACT	Sydney Swans Academy	Warners Bay
10	Lachlan	Carmichael	183	NSW/ACT	Sydney Swans Academy	Mosman
11	Josaia	Delana	176	NSW/ACT	GWS Giants Academy	Willoughby
12	Taj	Stanley	177	NT	NT Academy Perth	Southern Districts
13	Oliver	Depaoli-Kubank	178	TAS	Tasmania Devils	North Launceston
14	Geordie	Payne	184	TAS	Tasmania Devils	North Launceston
16	Sam	Marshall	185	QLD	Brisbane Lions Academy Sandringham Dragons	Old Melburnians
20	Daniel	Annable	183	QLD	Brisbane Lions Academy	Redland-Victoria Point
21	Lenny	Douglas	179	TAS	Tasmania Devils	North Launceston
24	Taj	Murray	199	NT	NT Academy North Adelaide	Nightcliff
25	Fergus	McFadyen	189	QLD	Brisbane Lions Academy	Wilston Grange
26	Zai	Millane	188	QLD	GC Suns Academy	Surfers Paradise
27	Waylon	Davey-Motlop	171	NT	NT Academy Oakleigh Chargers	Palmerston
28	Joel	Cochran	195	NSW/ACT	Sydney Swans Academy	UNSW Eastern Suburbs
29	Caleb	Nancarrow	190	QLD	GC Suns Academy	Cairns City
30	Noah	Chamberlain	192	NSW/ACT	Sydney Swans Academy	East Sydney
31	Ryan	Gilder	191	QLD	Brisbane Lions Academy	Sherwood Districts
32	Jobe	Shanahan	194	NSW/ACT	Bendigo Pioneers	Moama
33	Ty	Gallop	194	QLD	Brisbane Lions Academy	Maroochydore
34	Nathaniel	Sulzberger	187	TAS	Tasmania Devils Sandringham Dragons	North Hobart
36	Ben	Kennedy	186	NSW/ACT	Murray Bushrangers	Yarrawonga
37	Josh	Murphy	190	NSW/ACT	Murray Bushrangers	North Albury
38	Oliver	Dean	201	TAS	Tasmania Devils	North Launceston
39	Billy	Richardson	195	QLD	Brisbane Lions Academy	Wilston Grange
40	Logan	Smith	204	NSW/ACT	GWS Giants Academy	Queanbeyan
41	Cooper	Bell	198	NSW/ACT	GWS Giants Academy	Belconnen
42	Kalani	White	198	QLD	GC Suns Academy	Broadbeach

Allies squad announced for 2024 U18 Boys Champs

Reigning title-holders the Allies have announced their squad for the 2024 Marsh AFL National Championships – U18 Boys.

www.afl.com.au

 

[DTLSchulzy16]

Lachlan Gulbin miss out for any reason? Been okay in talent league. Top age, seemed higher than I expected back when the season started. Then code even had him in the top 75 prospects list

 

[OnLooker1932]

Victorian clubs believe Lions trying to hide Gillet.

Probably almost counter productive to leave him out and have everyone wonder why if thats the Lions strategy

 

[Lionwest]

Victorian clubs believe Lions trying to hide Gillet.

Probably almost counter productive to leave him out and have everyone wonder why if thats the Lions strategy

Highly doubt there is any truth to that. How many rucks do you expect the allies squad to include afterall?

If there is an injury in that space you'd expect him to get the call up.

 

[OnLooker1932]

Lions coach is Allies coach.

A poorly performed 17 year old Suns ruck has been picked, as has another Suns ruckman as well, who also didn't fire a shot in the Talent League or academy series.

His non selection makes no sense to any keen observer, whatever the reason, it couldn't possibly be on field performance related, and from all reports he is a great kid with no attitude issues, a committed trainer and ticks all the boxes.

 

[Lionwest]

Lions coach is Allies coach.

A poorly performed 17 year old Suns ruck has been picked, as has another Suns ruckman as well, who also didn't fire a shot in the Talent League or academy series.

His non selection makes no sense to any keen observer, whatever the reason, it couldn't possibly be on field performance related, and from all reports he is a great kid with no attitude issues, a committed trainer and ticks all the boxes.

The spread of selections across the various club academies/states may have more to do with it than outright deceptive conduct by the coach, as you are inferring. There may be some politics at play to ensure each zone has a proportionate representation at the carnival. In the end who really knows!

 

[OnLooker1932]

Would be absurd to have proportionate representation, and that certainly wasn't the case last year!

 

[Adnico26Parker]

Last round of Coates League action for the Northern Academy teams this weekend before the U18's start next weekend

Sandy Dragons vs Sydney Swans Academy today at 12:30

Sandringham Dragons Talent League Boys v Sydney Swans Academy - Boys, 2024, R8 - Game Centre | PlayHQ

Game Centre for Sandringham Dragons Talent League Boys v Sydney Swans Academy - Boys in Coates Talent League 2024 season, Round 8.

www.playhq.com

Dandenong vs Brisbane Lions Academy tomorrow at 10am

Dandenong Stingrays Talent League Boys v Brisbane Lions Academy - Boys, 2024, R8 - Game Centre | PlayHQ

Game Centre for Dandenong Stingrays Talent League Boys v Brisbane Lions Academy - Boys in Coates Talent League 2024 season, Round 8

www.playhq.com

Calder Cannons vs God Coast Academy tomorrow at 12:10pm

Dandenong Stingrays Talent League Boys v Brisbane Lions Academy - Boys, 2024, R8 - Game Centre | PlayHQ

Game Centre for Dandenong Stingrays Talent League Boys v Brisbane Lions Academy - Boys in Coates Talent League 2024 season, Round 8

www.playhq.com

Teams: https://www.afl.com.au/news/1131707/teams-coates-talent-league-boys-round-8

 

[Ticky009]

U16 Swans Academy vs Lions Academy on now

 

[Thommo 42]

unsurprising result.

 

[briztoon]

unsurprising result.

Can you elaborate?

Weaker age group, missing players, ???

 

[Thommo 42]

my opinion on how they do things has been long standing over an 8+ year period, but now with direct involvement its worse than I previously thought.

Unsure if that opinion has contributed, so now best to just to leave it alone.

Two of the best 6-8 standout kids in this age group won't be taking part, and probably 4-5 of the best 15. Putting aside that, the treatment of all of them (selected or not) is horrendous.

 

[OnLooker1932]

Disgruntled parent alert.

Two of the best would be Levi and Thomson, and as I understand it from around the traps - both were left out for attitude reasons. Levi didn't even make the first cut, and is probably in the best 3 kids behind McPherson and Owen.

Thomson probably should have seen the warning signs from that, but clearly didn't adjust. Given your username, he is obviously your kid - you should maybe talk to him about his attitude instead of blaming the coaches or the system.

He's also not as good as those kids, but yeah - he's in the next handful.

 

[Thommo 42]

That's excellent you've heard the feedback he has a poor attitude (which may well be true) but he's had zero feedback at all...

 

[Adnico26Parker]

Swans vs GC Suns U16's game on today at 12:30pm

Livestream:

 

[RUNVS]

Disgruntled parent alert.

Two of the best would be Levi and Thomson, and as I understand it from around the traps - both were left out for attitude reasons. Levi didn't even make the first cut, and is probably in the best 3 kids behind McPherson and Owen.

Thomson probably should have seen the warning signs from that, but clearly didn't adjust. Given your username, he is obviously your kid - you should maybe talk to him about his attitude instead of blaming the coaches or the system.

He's also not as good as those kids, but yeah - he's in the next handful.

I imagine attitude is a big contributing factor with the academies. Clubs are not willing to take the risk on players in the academies if their attitude is poor compared to the other academy players.

 

[OnLooker1932]

14-16 year olds kids mature at different rates and consistency on who has their attitude judged needs better attention

 

[Adnico26Parker]

GWS vs Swans Academy U16's from 12pm tomorrow



GC Suns vs Lions Academy U16's from 11am Sunday

 

[OnLooker1932]

Obviously going to be a much stronger year for the Sydney academies based on those games. The Lions v Suns game was almost unwatchable in comparison.

 

[Adnico26Parker]

Next games for the northern academy teams all coming up this Monday 8th July at People First Stadium, Gold Coast

Sydney Swans vs Northern Territory at 10am

Livestream:



GC Suns vs GWS Giants at 12:25pm

Livestream:



Brisbane Lions vs Tasmania at 2:50pm

Livestream:

 

[Sphynx]

I can't believe the next absolute top Interstate F/S vs Northern Academy eligibility clash after Nick Blakey

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Nick Blakey

Age

24

Ht

196cm

Wt

83kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

9.9

3star

K

7.0

3star

HB

2.9

3star

M

2.3

2star

T

2.4

4star

MG

189.1

3star

D

8.1

2star

K

6.3

3star

HB

1.9

1star

M

2.1

2star

T

2.6

4star

MG

189.1

3star

D

7.2

2star

K

5.2

2star

HB

2.0

2star

M

1.2

2star

T

1.2

3star

looms as a North F/S and the Sydney Academy again with Aidan McCartney.

Of all the situations....


Only saving grace this time is Jason doesn't work for the Swans like John was at the time.