2nds Official Swans Academy Thread (Player News and Discussion)

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HSun/Code with a 25 to watch in 2025 - three Academy boys highlighted again

LACHLAN CARMICHAEL

Height: 183cm
Position: Defender
A composed interceptor, Carmichael is strong overhead and is a good decision maker and creative distributor when he wins the ball back in defence.

NOAH CHAMBERLAIN

Height: 192cm
Position: Forward
A dangerous presence inside-50, this athletic left-footed key forward has plenty of potential. He works hard, presents well and is a strong mark in the air.

MAX KING

Height: 191cm
Position: Midfielder
Attracting plenty of attention. King is a great size for a modern-day midfielder and is a genuine athlete with speed, agility and endurance.




 

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I’m confused. I can’t see a full date on that Instagram post. Is it an old post? Or a recent post with an old photo? Or a different Max King (who looks rather young to have spent a week training with the senior team)?


It’s a 2 photo post.

The first photo is Max from about 12yo and the second photo is a current day Max.
 

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I can't wait until we draft the three at the end of the year. We are going to have super depth and many locals. I love that. It is a pity Broken Hill is not in our zone, we have produced many great champions over the years.

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We will have pick 17 before academy/fs selections and possible priority picks so I wonder what we could do with that to get more points.
 
You need to stop crushing on peoples happy thoughts. Sure, 10 months is a long time in footy, but its this enthusiasm that keeps us looking forward to following how our youngsters develop.
I know have happy thoughts after what happened 3 weeks ago and hopefully in 10 months things will be different
 
We will have pick 17 before academy/fs selections and possible priority picks so I wonder what we could do with that to get more points.
Yep, its gonna be extremely hard to match the bids on 3 academy boys.
Lore has a future picks and points table based on the ladder position at the end of the home & away season

AFL has a table of the points in the new system

As it stands according to these tables..
  • The Swans (with their full draft hand - 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th round picks) cant match a single bid on a player in the top 9.
  • Bisbane (who finished 5th) cant match a top 3 bid on their highly ranked academy kid Annabel despite having their 1st + 4x3rd round picks
  • Goldcoast with three 1st rounders are going to struggle also.

Add to this, its going to be very hard to trade back and accumulate points
  • less points
  • only top 54 picks are worth anything
  • Swans, Brizzy and Goldy already own 7 of the 36 2nd and 3rd round picks
  • All of the teams with Academy, F/S kids are going to be desperate for those picks

I reckon its gonna be very hard/impossible to trade back a late 1st round pick to accumulate more points. Its a unique year with so many academy kids so highly rated.
(haven't even considered free agency compo picks - which push back all picks and points)

If our boys go at p10, p15, p20.. We need an extra (approx) 2000 points (at the moment we have 1167 points)! Not going to happen unless we trade out players
 
Yep, its gonna be extremely hard to match the bids on 3 academy boys.
Lore has a future picks and points table based on the ladder position at the end of the home & away season

AFL has a table of the points in the new system

As it stands according to these tables..
  • The Swans (with their full draft hand - 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th round picks) cant match a single bid on a player in the top 9.
  • Bisbane (who finished 5th) cant match a top 3 bid on their highly ranked academy kid Annabel despite having their 1st + 4x3rd round picks
  • Goldcoast with three 1st rounders are going to struggle also.

Add to this, its going to be very hard to trade back and accumulate points
  • less points
  • only top 54 picks are worth anything
  • Swans, Brizzy and Goldy already own 7 of the 36 2nd and 3rd round picks
  • All of the teams with Academy, F/S kids are going to be desperate for those picks

I reckon its gonna be very hard/impossible to trade back a late 1st round pick to accumulate more points. Its a unique year with so many academy kids so highly rated.
(haven't even considered free agency compo picks - which push back all picks and points)

If our boys go at p10, p15, p20.. We need an extra (approx) 2000 points (at the moment we have 1167 points)! Not going to happen unless we trade out players
Brisbane finished fifth? So who did we lose to in the GF?
 
Yep, its gonna be extremely hard to match the bids on 3 academy boys.
Lore has a future picks and points table based on the ladder position at the end of the home & away season

AFL has a table of the points in the new system

As it stands according to these tables..
  • The Swans (with their full draft hand - 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th round picks) cant match a single bid on a player in the top 9.
  • Bisbane (who finished 5th) cant match a top 3 bid on their highly ranked academy kid Annabel despite having their 1st + 4x3rd round picks
  • Goldcoast with three 1st rounders are going to struggle also.

Add to this, its going to be very hard to trade back and accumulate points
  • less points
  • only top 54 picks are worth anything
  • Swans, Brizzy and Goldy already own 7 of the 36 2nd and 3rd round picks
  • All of the teams with Academy, F/S kids are going to be desperate for those picks

I reckon its gonna be very hard/impossible to trade back a late 1st round pick to accumulate more points. Its a unique year with so many academy kids so highly rated.
(haven't even considered free agency compo picks - which push back all picks and points)

If our boys go at p10, p15, p20.. We need an extra (approx) 2000 points (at the moment we have 1167 points)! Not going to happen unless we trade out players

It's easy to look at these things in hindsight, but I think we made an error not trading either the Bowman or Bice pick for future selections.

It wouldn't shock me if our academy picks are something like 5, 15, 25 next year.

Dipping (deeply) into future picks to match bids will catch up with us eventually.
 

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