List Mgmt. It's not over ..... DFA options

[Snake_Baker]

Pick the kid up and give him a run.

I honestly don't care as long as he gets no longer than 2 years to earn another contract.

 

[Gasometer]

I know what you mean but Marley Williams had played good standard AFL football previously.

I suspect a few clubs will wait and see how the draft unfolds as opposed to signing him as a DFA prior to the main draft.

Maybe, but the howlers came from that average 2016 v Pies game where he was abysmal.

And then glowing reviews for Jed Anderson coming in.

 

[Gorman2Geister]

Would be tempted to get Nick Suburban just to see freo dokers reaction.

 

[LuvtheKangas]

Would be tempted to get Nick Suburban just to see freo dokers reaction.

Why do you want to see Dockers fans laughing at us?

 

[Gorman2Geister]

I meant this Freo dokers. Well worth a look on FB.

 

[LuvtheKangas]

^ aaah, got it. Never heard of them before.

 

[Groin guru]

Would be tempted to get Nick Suburban just to see freo dokers reaction.

I don't want to live in a world that has suban playing for north. I know you are joking but if that become a reality i would stop following North.

 

[Harvey Manfrenjensenden]

From the AFL website

Sam Collins
The key defender has returned home to Victoria after the disappointment of being delisted by Fremantle following a strong WAFL season that saw him named Peel Thunder's best and fairest. He has met with two Victorian clubs and would appear a good fit at North Melbourne, which needs to add depth to its backline and has a young list. Hawthorn, which had Collins under its nose at Box Hill between 2014-15, could also be an option. The 23-year-old is hopeful of earning a chance late in the NAB AFL Draft.

 

[Pykie]

I'd potentially take Collins as a DFA, rookie Morgan.

Collins is very good cover for an ageing Thompson and at least some competition for Nielson and Durdin if they aren't performing (While Watson recovers)

I like this selection.

 

[60sbomber]

Morgan's TAC form indicates he has talent. Hamstrings ruined his entire 2016 pretty much.
In about rd4 of 2017 he sat out the last quarter of a vfl match with ice on his hamstring and it looked like he had hurt it again, but the injury report during the week said he may have been just feeling soreness from scar tissue, and he played the next week. So it could be that he lacks confidence in his hamstrings and is nursing them all the time. He certainly plays like it. In games the pace he clearly possesses doesn't show.
Maybe he just needs confidence in his hammies to play the way he can play.

 

[Snake_Baker]

Port have delisted Jesse Palmer, Matt White and Brett Eddy

 

[deano28]

Port have delisted Jesse Palmer, Matt White and Brett Eddy

If White wasn't 30 yrs old he'd be worth getting , but then again if he wasn't 30 they'd probably keep him . I have been told by a current AFL assistant coach at another club that he's in the top 5 runners he's ever seen & this guy has played /seen a hell of a lot of footy .His speed / endurance combination is off the charts .

 

[giantroo]

http://www.afl.com.au/news/2017-10-29/vfl-star-attracting-interest-from-a-dozen-clubs

BAYLEY Fritsch's mentor once feared the gravity-defying Casey Demons forward would be lost to high-level football as a Jesse Hogan-type back injury lingered.

Fritsch was the skinny kid from Coldstream – a club stuck in the lower reaches of the Eastern Football League – considered not good enough to make the Eastern Ranges' TAC Cup list.

The same kid with the raking left boot now has a dozen AFL clubs clamouring for his services. West Coast, which has five picks in the top 40 of the NAB AFL Draft, is arguably the keenest.

Fritsch stacked 10kg onto his 186cm frame in the past three years to tip the scales at a still-slight 82kg, and his 2017 exploits earned him the Fothergill-Round Medal as the VFL's most promising player.

The previous 11 winners – among them All Australian defender Michael Hibberd and premiership-winning Tiger Kane Lambert – went on to play in the AFL.

Just four rivals kicked more than Fritsch's 42 goals in 19 games this past season, and he represented the VFL against the WAFL and was runner-up to Jack Trengove in Casey's best and fairest award.

"I'm feeling a bit nervous, but I've just got to hope I've done the work and hopefully my dream comes true," Fritsch, who turns 21 in December, told AFL.com.au.

"You hear of so many stories of people who've spoken to that many clubs and then their name doesn't get called out.

"You can't get too confident, because you don't want to get shot down if it doesn't happen."

It was only when whispers of Fritsch "flying" as a 17-year-old playing for Coldstream's seniors reached then-Casey assistant Nick Rutley, a family friend, that his career looked set to take off.

But an ankle injury stopped Casey's plans to apply for a permit to play Fritsch three years ago.

Stress fractures in his back – like what ruled Hogan out of the 2014 AFL season – ruined his first official VFL campaign, then a torn meniscus in his left knee delayed his 2016 campaign.

Fritsch's body finally behaved this year and he was able to prove he not only belonged at state-league level, but that he might be even better than that.

"I used to drive him from Healesville to Cranbourne and couldn't get two words out of him, but now, 12 to 18 months later, I can't shut him up," joked Rutley, a Carlton AFLW line coach.

"His football ability and want to do it was never questioned, but self-confidence was an issue.

"We established he was good enough, and then he started seeing some results that reinforced he could do it."

Fritsch rises daily at 5am to start work as an electrician in the city and didn't get home until 10pm on training nights, such is the life of a VFL footballer.

His ability to perform despite those trying circumstances is what excites Casey general manager Matt Young, who played 118 AFL matches at Hawthorn and St Kilda.

"If you look at what Bayley was able to do; he was playing better than blokes on AFL lists, so it's a really great story of perseverance," Young said.

"He can take a mark, he has a great vertical leap, he gets in the right spot in the contest and he's not just a good kick – he's an elite kick.

"He's very quiet and very humble, but he's a great listener, and I think his football ability does all the talking for him … I've been at this club since 2010 and he's the most talented player on our list in that time."



None of this would have been possible, Fritsch says, without Casey coach Justin Plapp's words of wisdom, Rutley's intervention or his family's support.

His father, Scott, is a club legend and the games record-holder at Coldstream, his 18-year-old brother Darcy plays in the seniors for the Cougars and his uncle Nick pulled on the jumper, too.

Fritsch won't be the first Coldstream footballer to enter AFL ranks, with 2006 All Australian Lindsay Gilbee, Guy Richards and Daniel Hargraves among the other success stories.

"I would be very humbled to have my name alongside them, but there's still a bit of water to go under the bridge," Fritsch said.

"I started playing seniors at Coldstream when I was 16 or 17, so although the natural way to get a look in is playing TAC, I reckon playing against those senior bodies early days helped me in the end.

"It's probably made it a harder road, but I wouldn't change it."

RECENT FOTHERGILL-ROUND MEDALLISTS

2006 Jason Davenport (Geelong)
2007 Shane Valenti (Sandringham)
2008 Robin Nahas (Port Melbourne)
2009 Michael Barlow (Werribee)
2010 Michael Hibberd (Frankston)
2011 Ahmed Saad (Northern Bullants)
2012 Dean Towers (North Ballarat)
2013 Kane Lambert (Northern Blues)
2014 Nic Newman (Frankston)
2015 Adam Marcon (Williamstown)
2016 Luke Ryan (Coburg)
2017 Bayley Fritsch (Casey Demons)

 

[Sheezel2Wardlaw]

If White wasn't 30 yrs old he'd be worth getting , but then again if he wasn't 30 they'd probably keep him . I have been told by a current AFL assistant coach at another club that he's in the top 5 runners he's ever seen & this guy has played /seen a hell of a lot of footy .His speed / endurance combination is off the charts .

Has always been a great athlete but his disposal lets him down sometimes.
Would be odd for Port to delist White but pickup Thomas.
Id say White would get another chance somewhere. Essendon? Geelong? Maybe back to Richmond?

 

[Groin guru]

If White wasn't 30 yrs old he'd be worth getting , but then again if he wasn't 30 they'd probably keep him . I have been told by a current AFL assistant coach at another club that he's in the top 5 runners he's ever seen & this guy has played /seen a hell of a lot of footy .His speed / endurance combination is off the charts .

I do remember hearing that he was a clear standout at Richmond but once he got to poort he had some solid competition. Probably because port were trying to implement their run and gun style.

 

[Flawed Genius]

Brett Eddy stiff. Kicks goals for fun. Just too old unfortunately.

 

[Heaps of fun]

Has always been a great athlete but his disposal lets him down sometimes.
Would be odd for Port to delist White but pickup Thomas.
Id say White would get another chance somewhere. Essendon? Geelong? Maybe back to Richmond?

Hasn't been mentioned that White is averaging four games a season over the last two years due to injury. Not good enough to justify staying on a list with those fitness problems.

 

[Deep Wells]

I wouldn't be surprised if we take 3-4 x 20-22 yr olds with our later picks. We can afford to speculate because there'll be plenty of list spots available next year with retirees

 

[Yoko and me]

I don't want to live in a world that has suban playing for north. I know you are joking but if that become a reality i would stop following North.

Wash your mouth out with soap! Stop following north! You should be spending all the money you save on combs in contributing to the club. I do not abide this ' stop following North' option. Bf had plenty of places to complain. You can never love another club. Watched gf with several Fitzroy supporters that had gone to tigers. When the siren sounded they were 'meh'. They thought that they would be excited but they were just more alienated from their club that had disappeared. I could understand if you had a liking for fermented horse milk and had decided to go and live in Mongolia to keep groins in check....

 

[Groin guru]

Wash your mouth out with soap! Stop following north! You should be spending all the money you save on combs in contributing to the club. I do not abide this ' stop following North' option. Bf had plenty of places to complain. You can never love another club. Watched gf with several Fitzroy supporters that had gone to tigers. When the siren sounded they were 'meh'. They thought that they would be excited but they were just more alienated from their club that had disappeared. I could understand if you had a liking for fermented horse milk and had decided to go and live in Mongolia to keep groins in check....

 

[Route57]

My gosh, we would really be backing the rehab and strength and conditioning team next year to get so many players bodies right who are recovering from prior injuries. Then we have to back that they're not total spuds when they get back onto the park.

 

[tales129]

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Only glanced over the last sentence and assumed he was talking about sam menegola

 

[Horace]

That's grim reading

He clearly needed to have been drafted a few years earlier. *danksy would have had him up and about pinging every muscle in his body.

 

[Mr. Blonde]

http://www.afl.com.au/news/2017-10-29/vfl-star-attracting-interest-from-a-dozen-clubs

BAYLEY Fritsch's mentor once feared the gravity-defying Casey Demons forward would be lost to high-level football as a Jesse Hogan-type back injury lingered.

Fritsch was the skinny kid from Coldstream – a club stuck in the lower reaches of the Eastern Football League – considered not good enough to make the Eastern Ranges' TAC Cup list.

The same kid with the raking left boot now has a dozen AFL clubs clamouring for his services. West Coast, which has five picks in the top 40 of the NAB AFL Draft, is arguably the keenest.

Fritsch stacked 10kg onto his 186cm frame in the past three years to tip the scales at a still-slight 82kg, and his 2017 exploits earned him the Fothergill-Round Medal as the VFL's most promising player.

The previous 11 winners – among them All Australian defender Michael Hibberd and premiership-winning Tiger Kane Lambert – went on to play in the AFL.

Just four rivals kicked more than Fritsch's 42 goals in 19 games this past season, and he represented the VFL against the WAFL and was runner-up to Jack Trengove in Casey's best and fairest award.

"I'm feeling a bit nervous, but I've just got to hope I've done the work and hopefully my dream comes true," Fritsch, who turns 21 in December, told AFL.com.au.

"You hear of so many stories of people who've spoken to that many clubs and then their name doesn't get called out.

"You can't get too confident, because you don't want to get shot down if it doesn't happen."

It was only when whispers of Fritsch "flying" as a 17-year-old playing for Coldstream's seniors reached then-Casey assistant Nick Rutley, a family friend, that his career looked set to take off.

But an ankle injury stopped Casey's plans to apply for a permit to play Fritsch three years ago.

Stress fractures in his back – like what ruled Hogan out of the 2014 AFL season – ruined his first official VFL campaign, then a torn meniscus in his left knee delayed his 2016 campaign.

Fritsch's body finally behaved this year and he was able to prove he not only belonged at state-league level, but that he might be even better than that.

"I used to drive him from Healesville to Cranbourne and couldn't get two words out of him, but now, 12 to 18 months later, I can't shut him up," joked Rutley, a Carlton AFLW line coach.

"His football ability and want to do it was never questioned, but self-confidence was an issue.

"We established he was good enough, and then he started seeing some results that reinforced he could do it."

Fritsch rises daily at 5am to start work as an electrician in the city and didn't get home until 10pm on training nights, such is the life of a VFL footballer.

His ability to perform despite those trying circumstances is what excites Casey general manager Matt Young, who played 118 AFL matches at Hawthorn and St Kilda.

"If you look at what Bayley was able to do; he was playing better than blokes on AFL lists, so it's a really great story of perseverance," Young said.

"He can take a mark, he has a great vertical leap, he gets in the right spot in the contest and he's not just a good kick – he's an elite kick.

"He's very quiet and very humble, but he's a great listener, and I think his football ability does all the talking for him … I've been at this club since 2010 and he's the most talented player on our list in that time."



None of this would have been possible, Fritsch says, without Casey coach Justin Plapp's words of wisdom, Rutley's intervention or his family's support.

His father, Scott, is a club legend and the games record-holder at Coldstream, his 18-year-old brother Darcy plays in the seniors for the Cougars and his uncle Nick pulled on the jumper, too.

Fritsch won't be the first Coldstream footballer to enter AFL ranks, with 2006 All Australian Lindsay Gilbee, Guy Richards and Daniel Hargraves among the other success stories.

"I would be very humbled to have my name alongside them, but there's still a bit of water to go under the bridge," Fritsch said.

"I started playing seniors at Coldstream when I was 16 or 17, so although the natural way to get a look in is playing TAC, I reckon playing against those senior bodies early days helped me in the end.

"It's probably made it a harder road, but I wouldn't change it."

RECENT FOTHERGILL-ROUND MEDALLISTS

2006 Jason Davenport (Geelong)
2007 Shane Valenti (Sandringham)
2008 Robin Nahas (Port Melbourne)
2009 Michael Barlow (Werribee)
2010 Michael Hibberd (Frankston)
2011 Ahmed Saad (Northern Bullants)
2012 Dean Towers (North Ballarat)
2013 Kane Lambert (Northern Blues)
2014 Nic Newman (Frankston)
2015 Adam Marcon (Williamstown)
2016 Luke Ryan (Coburg)
2017 Bayley Fritsch (Casey Demons)

Good to see kids like this get a go. The Eastern Ranges overlook kids that don’t play with div 1 or 2 teams in the EFL, so I hope he gets a chance after going through it the hard way.

I played footy with his dad, one of the best club men you would meet.

 

[King Corey]

Good to see kids like this get a go. The Eastern Ranges overlook kids that don’t play with div 1 or 2 teams in the EFL, so I hope he gets a chance after going through it the hard way.

I played footy with his dad, one of the best club men you would meet.

His dad was the one who got into a little bit of trouble with that dungeon/basement thing though, right?