List Mgmt. Future NGA's or Father Sons

[moirae42]

Boston Everitt is a legit chance isnt he?

 

[Darrian Barnett]

Boston Everitt is a legit chance isnt he?

Think it's hard to tell until he plays some footy this year. Was up playing in the Gold Coast prior to this season, so this is his first year in a more hotly contested competition.

 

[hangdog]

Anyone know anything about Elwood Peckett?

Interesting Gillon Wakelin is mentioned in that article. I assume the kids can join as many academies as they're eligible for?

 

[PoppedCorn]

Pecks has 4 lads?
One named Elwood and one Jet
Please tell me one of the others is named Jake

 

[Tommy Wigs]

Think it's hard to tell until he plays some footy this year. Was up playing in the Gold Coast prior to this season, so this is his first year in a more hotly contested competition.

Any one any idea where Boston is playing this year? Thought that they headed to Vic, but can’t see him on any player lists. Peckett is listed with Dandenong, but didn’t appear to play in the weekend.

 

[Corio Saint]

Any one any idea where Boston is playing this year? Thought that they headed to Vic, but can’t see him on any player lists. Peckett is listed with Dandenong, but didn’t appear to play in the weekend.

Some St Kilda NGAs are playing at Sandringham Dragons. Herald-Sun write up.

1. Joshua Docking (Hampton Rovers, VAFA). Member of St Kilda’s NGA program. Has trained a lot as a wingman but can play half forward as well. Has excellent agility to step out of congestion and uses his hands well around the contest.
2. Adrian Cole (St Bedes Mentone). [St Kilda site has had him on the NGA books] Athletic key defender who has made great progress in recent months. Has potential to play in a variety of positions as he learns the game.
3. Williams Nish (Beaumaris FC VAFA). Strongly built inside mid and half back who is a member of St Kilda’s NGA. Has shown a good ability to win clearances and take the ball forward from contests through pre-season.
4. Lennox Hofmann (Old Brighton Grammarians VAFA). Member of St Kilda’s NGA program, unfortunately suffered a shoulder injury in training in December and will miss most of the season. Exciting prospect for the future.

Also past St Kilda NGAs Leon Alao and Sam Latreille at Sandringham VFL, Alec McComb at Frankston VFL, and Scott Beilby at Glenelg SANFL.

 

[austinnn]

Who the hell calls their son Williams?

 

[hangdog]

Who the hell calls their son Williams?

In the words of Louis CK "Just give your kids a normal name, it's not about you. You know, John Lennon's name was John. What a loser"

 

[sammm]

Saints rebrand successful Academy amid AFL review

St Kilda has decided to rebrand its Academy, which has had the third-most players graduate to AFL lists

www.afl.com.au

 

[Miha]

I don’t really get the point of the NGA anymore since they keep moving the goal posts last couple of years, you develop players to get nabbed by other clubs

 

[Remboy]

I don’t really get the point of the NGA anymore since they keep moving the goal posts last couple of years, you develop players to get nabbed by other clubs

What we need to do is identify the talent at 16 years of age, then tell them to play another sport for a couple of years. Then they should slip through the first 40 picks.

 

[Munga]

I don’t really get the point of the NGA anymore since they keep moving the goal posts last couple of years, you develop players to get nabbed by other clubs

Yep. Looks like our funding of NGA is producing the third most talent for the league. What's the point of this if they're any good and the other clubs snap them up? Been asking this for a while, still no explanation.

 

[Barrels]

What we need to do is identify the talent at 16 years of age, then tell them to play another sport for a couple of years. Then they should slip through the first 40 picks.

Aaaah… the “Geelong model”.

 

[sammm]

Sorry. No access to what it says

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[70s sainter]

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Just says how Brisbane is about to clean up again with Ashcrofts bro in 24

 

[BrutThough]

One of our Academy prospects starting the season well for Sandy.

Also liked the look of Saints NGA Josh Docking on the wing, worked hard and used it well mostly, will be interesting to see how he goes this week with some of the bigger names out of the side

 

[goodie23]

One of our Academy prospects starting the season well for Sandy.

It's a fine line from our point of view, he does too well and he'll end up at the wrong club like McKenzie

 

[saintmike65]

For all his faults, Demetriou was far more forward thinking than Gil.
Gil is just too reactive.
Oh ...Academy bullshit, sure lets just do it , what could go wrong....whoooa....ok lets stop it now.

It was a typical knee jerk reaction by the AFL

 

[sammm]

It was a typical knee jerk reaction by the AFL

They should've kept from pick 20rather than 40. It gives incentives to the clubs but the star will be in the first 20.

 

[ScrappyDo]

I don’t really get the point of the NGA anymore since they keep moving the goal posts last couple of years, you develop players to get nabbed by other clubs

The point was to capture talant that might otherwise not make it into the system. So it's reverted back to what it was designed for and not the abomination of the previous years. Good on the AFL for fixing it.

 

[Mat Mann]

The point was to capture talant that might otherwise not make it into the system. So it's reverted back to what it was designed for and not the abomination of the previous years. Good on the AFL for fixing it.

northern academies still good tho hey

 

[BrutThough]

They should've kept from pick 20rather than 40. It gives incentives to the clubs but the star will be in the first 20.

Sounds like the AFL is going to revert back to this which is good.

 

[botts]

northern academies still good tho hey

The northern academies are bullshit. Sydney never have to rebuild and the Gold Coast might get three first rounders this year. Potentially two in the top ten.

 

[Highlander35]

The northern academies are bullshit. Sydney never have to rebuild and the Gold Coast might get three first rounders this year. Potentially two in the top ten.

Disagree. The NT and everything South of the Murrumbidgee should not be involved at all, but that's a problem in implementation, not in design.

There are 15 NRL Teams, 6 A-League teams, 3 Super Rugby teams and two state cricket associations in Queensland, the ACT & NSW competing with the AFL sides for the kids who become the type of elite level individuals that play professional sport, and the AFL is the only group of those that, without these academies, says "yeah, your local/junior side who's watched you since under 13s and spent time and money helping to develop you really really wants to keep you, but because they did too well last year, or because you're one of 3 amazing talents, we have to let you **** off to Adelaide, see you later."

If you want PARENTS to be making the decision that their kids get to be part of these academies, and increase the overall talent available to the league, it's a necessary evil.

 

[saintmike65]

They should've kept from pick 20rather than 40. It gives incentives to the clubs but the star will be in the first 20.

If a club is fortunate enough to have a gun NGA player then good luck to them..they still have to provide enough points to match a bid.
AFL should have left it alone…even more galling is the restrictions don’t apply to northern clubs!