Official Club Stuff Carlton Academy - Next Gen & Father/Son/Daughter Discussion

[GoBlues!]

Twomey's July rankings on afl.com.au today. Unless I missed something neither Ben or Lucas listed in the top 30. Looking good.

Must be a strong draft if Ben is outside the top 30, which is great for us.

Victoria dominating with 25 of the top 30, SA with only 2 reps (Draper, Dodson), 1 from WA and only 2 academy picks.

 

[swuzzlebubble]

only 2 academy picks.

In the whole top 30?
Ess/Kako & GC/Lombard?

 

[WalshistheGOAT]

Bens kicking will put a lot of teams off. If he fixes that he'd be a top 10 prospects imo as his inside work and work rate is elite

 

[RedmanWasHere]

In the whole top 30?
Ess/Kako & GC/Lombard?

BL/Marshall.

 

[Lukey Skywalker]

yeah Bens kicking will likely improve in full time environment, there's blokes who are not great kicks but elite with hands & contest work like Cripps , Dunkley, Taranto as examples .. i think he better on the spread from contest too.

 

[bluesDeluxe]

Must be a strong draft if Ben is outside the top 30, which is great for us.

Victoria dominating with 25 of the top 30, SA with only 2 reps (Draper, Dodson), 1 from WA and only 2 academy picks.

Yes I've heard sheehan and Agresta amongst others mention is a deep draft.

Good for us

There will be some likely types for us with the 1st pick - Hynes, Armstrong, o'farrel etc.

Would like us to take 4 picks in this ND.

 

[Juice030103]

Ben’s gonna be a gun in very confident

 

[Blue and Silver]

Ben's kicking isn't great, but the key for me is his decision -making, likes lobbed passes too much which don't work when the level steps up and opponents are quicker, read the ball better and don't buy feints as often

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[GoBlues!]

In the whole top 30?
Ess/Kako & GC/Lombard?

Apologies swuzz - there’s three Lombard/GC, Marshall/Bris and Kako/Essendon.

 

[WalshistheGOAT]

Ben's kicking isn't great, but the key for me is his decision -making, likes lobbed passes too much which don't work when the level steps up and opponents are quicker, read the ball better and don't buy feints as often

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I think you'll find his lobbed passes are a technical flaw rather than decision making. He far too often kicks under the tip of the ball rather than behind it which cause his kicks to go a lot higher and lack accuracy. I've said before, his ball drop under pressure and on the run is very suspect. Similar to Dow when he came to the club. Luckily for us we showed with Dow it is possible to improve that quite a bit and the rest of his game is very very good in terms of ball winning, defensive running, pressure around the ball etc.

 

[Sector 7G]

BC sliding a bit is great for us. Get the best tall available at pick 18 and then the 2 Campos. Worst result is someone bids at pick 17 and we only get 2 Campos and the 60th best player

 

[Juice030103]

Did anyone end up making a highlights package of Cody’s game vs SA? I watched it live but wouldn’t mind rewatching

 

[Juddernaut08]

Interesting that ESPN rate Ben a bit higher.


Both twins have dropped in ESPN's ratings too though, back in April Ben was 14th, Lucas was 19th.

July ratings: Ben 21st, Lucas not top 30.

 

[Robertio]

Interesting that ESPN rate Ben a bit higher.

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Both twins have dropped in ESPN's ratings too though, back in April Ben was 14th, Lucas was 19th.

July ratings: Ben 21st, Lucas not top 30.

We'll stick with Twomey he's always right

 

[Bletch]

Ben named on bench in U18 AA side.

 

[Aphrodite]

U18 All-Australian squad: Vic Metro dominate, gun pair picked again

The two Victorian teams contribute 13 players to the 2024 All-Australian team

www.afl.com.au

 

[Juice030103]

Interesting that ESPN rate Ben a bit higher.

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Both twins have dropped in ESPN's ratings too though, back in April Ben was 14th, Lucas was 19th.

July ratings: Ben 21st, Lucas not top 30.

Don’t really get it at all. He’s only impressed in the champs he was SA mvp

Bizzare

 

[Blue_Fusion]

Campo bros + our first round pick...

Gresham potentially next year...

Cody the year after...

Exciting to bring in some really talented youth the next few drafts

 

[Red_man2008]

Bens kicking will put a lot of teams off. If he fixes that he'd be a top 10 prospects imo as his inside work and work rate is elite

Have they seen Dangerfield and Martin’s kicking??

 

[Opium]

Cody will be ours, I’m not concerned one bit.

The AFL can change whatever they want but we still will stick it up them

Andrew Walker pretty much confirmed this on Instagram a while ago. Said something like Carlton has always been really good to him and his family. Cody can't wait to play for the navy blues.

 

[Aphrodite]

 

[Bamboo Harvester]

I dare you to post that on the Richmond board

 

[SurreyBlue]

I dare you to post that on the Richmond board

I bet you the NGA rules assist them in getting him…

 

[Aphrodite]

I bet you the NGA rules assist them in getting him…

Not if he nominates Carlton.

 

[katmanblue]

Tom Bell in the background

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