Which clubs have the best 25 and under team?

[Yoda_]

That’s far more likely to be a reflection of North as a club and their culture than on individual talent.

Thomas a very obvious concern though.

Yeah, very true

Probably only Davies - Uniacke can put his hand up and say they have improve on last year.

 

[marcmurphy3]

Carltons team if everyone is fit. Includes pretty much our best forward line and all our talls. Midfield still decent but minus Cripps and Hewett. Lacking in small / medium defenders which could be an issue in a few years.

Aside from Carlton I reckon Freo and Sydney could put together some pretty good teams. Freo midfield would be epic though they would be light on talls.

B: Kemp Young Marchbank
HB: Stocker Weitering Boyd
C: O'Brien Kennedy Cottrell
HF: Fisher Curnow Durdin
F: Owies McKay Silvagni
OB: Dekoning Cerra Walsh
IC: Dow Motlop Carroll Cunningham

 

[marcmurphy3]

That’s far more likely to be a reflection of North as a club and their culture than on individual talent.

Thomas a very obvious concern though.

Agree. Nothing is ever a good or bad as it seems in this game. Get a decent coach, build a good system and add a couple of decent experienced players and most of those talented youngsters will be back on track.

 

[footyfan1978]

Sydney's youth is hugely underrated - Warner, McInerney, Blakey, McDonald, Gulden, Rowbottom, Stephens, Campbell is a really solid base of variously skilled players to build on for their next tilt. Not bad development work from a club who rarely misses finals.

I agree. I like ours and their lists for next four to five years of contention.

 

[footyfan1978]

Agree. Nothing is ever a good or bad as it seems in this game. Get a decent coach, build a good system and add a couple of decent experienced players and most of those talented youngsters will be back on track.

North look in similar situation to it felt for us about four years ago.
Drafted an array of youngsters but they still long way off as a group to really impact matches to any great extent.
If you have a good coach it helps reduce the growth pains but you just got to remain patient and hope the coaching staff and admin do not **** up what you building. In our case we only just escaped that at end of last year when all coaching staff and CEO were changed and a good coaching appointment was made. We still went through two coaches in the painful growth period and I cannot see North keeping the present one for much longer.

 

[weltschmerz]

FB: Cleary, Schache, Richards
HB: Dale, Gardner, Daniel
C: Williams, Dunkley, RSmith
HF: Vandermeer, JUH, McNeil
FF: Weightman, Naughton, Bedendo
F: English, Smith, West
IC: Khamis, Darcy, Cordy, Garcia

Not bad.

 

[Lingsface]

I didn’t know silvagni was so young, he’s making good progress already a handy player.

Perryman as well, Gws list is quite impressive and bulldogs ruck midfield and forwards are A grade youth.

 

[Skipper_]

B: Ridley - Zerk-Thatcher - D’Ambrossio
HB: McGrath - Reid - Redman
C: Durham - Hobbs - Martin
HF: Perkins - Jones - Langford
F: Snelling - Wright - Guelfi
R: Draper - Parish - Caldwell
I/C: Bryan - Cox - Menzie - Francis

 

[estibador]

Ours makes up the bulk of the team that has us sitting top 4.

Only really been 7 over 25's most of the year - Mundy, Walters, Lobb, Pearce, Ryan, Acres and Aish. Fyfe added just recently. Occasionally Taberner when he feels like not being injured for a game or two.

 

[BarbieITFC]

Ours makes up the bulk of the team that has us sitting top 4.

Only really been 7 over 25's most of the year - Mundy, Walters, Lobb, Pearce, Ryan, Acres and Aish. Fyfe added just recently. Occasionally Taberner when he feels like not being injured for a game or two.

B: Chapman- Cox - Young
HB: Walker - Logue - Clark
C: Henry - Serong - O'Driscoll
HF: Erasmus - Treacy - Frederick
F: Schultz - Amiss - Switkowski
R: Darcy - Brayshaw - Brodie
I/C: Meek - Sturt - Johnson - Banfield

14 of them are probably best 22 now - including five of the six across midfield and five of the back six. It's the tall forwards who are untested (although Treacy and Amiss were able to dominate North in R8).

Really only Banfield and Sturt who shouldn't be regularly pulling on the purple jumper for the next 7-8 years (and Meek - but only because he's too good to play second fiddle ruck for his career).

Add Jackson to that 22 as Ruck/Forward to replace Lobb (who most likely heads east) then probably our best chance in our history to get a flag.

 

[M Malice]

Brandon Starcevich

37

Brandon Starcevich

Age

25

Ht

188cm

Wt

90kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

9.2

2star

K

6.5

3star

HB

2.6

2star

M

2.8

3star

T

2.0

4star

MG

185.3

3star

D

9.5

2star

K

7.3

3star

HB

2.3

2star

M

3.6

4star

T

2.1

3star

MG

187.9

3star

D

8.6

3star

K

5.4

2star

HB

3.2

3star

M

1.4

2star

T

1.8

4star

MG

181.2

3star

(22), Jack Payne(22), Keidean Coleman(22).
Noah Answerth

43

Noah Answerth

Age

25

Ht

182cm

Wt

82kg

Pos.

D/F

Career

Season

Last 5

D

12.0

3star

K

8.6

3star

HB

3.4

3star

M

3.7

4star

T

2.9

4star

MG

208.9

3star

D

15.0

4star

K

15.0

5star

HB

0.0

1star

M

4.0

4star

T

2.0

3star

MG

357.0

5star

D

12.0

3star

K

7.8

3star

HB

4.2

4star

M

3.4

4star

T

3.0

5star

MG

179.2

3star

(22), Harris Andrews

31

Harris Andrews

Age

28

Ht

200cm

Wt

98kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

12.8

3star

K

7.4

3star

HB

5.4

4star

M

5.6

5star

T

1.6

4star

MG

151.7

2star

D

17.0

4star

K

9.0

4star

HB

8.0

4star

M

4.0

4star

T

2.0

3star

D

9.8

3star

K

5.0

2star

HB

4.8

4star

M

3.4

4star

T

1.6

4star

MG

94.0

2star

(25), Jaxon Prior(20).

Kalin Lane(20), Jarrod Berry

7

Jarrod Berry

Age

26

Ht

193cm

Wt

89kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

17.4

4star

K

8.5

3star

HB

8.9

5star

M

3.9

4star

T

4.2

5star

CL

2.7

4star

D

17.0

4star

K

9.4

4star

HB

7.6

4star

M

3.6

4star

T

5.1

5star

CL

2.9

4star

D

10.6

3star

K

4.4

2star

HB

6.2

4star

M

1.8

2star

T

2.8

5star

CL

0.8

3star

(24), Hugh McCluggage

6

Hugh Mccluggage

Age

26

Ht

187cm

Wt

84kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

19.3

5star

K

11.4

4star

HB

7.9

5star

M

4.0

4star

T

3.0

5star

CL

2.2

4star

D

19.0

4star

K

12.0

5star

HB

7.0

4star

M

3.6

4star

T

2.9

4star

CL

2.0

4star

D

13.2

4star

K

7.8

3star

HB

5.4

4star

M

4.2

4star

T

1.8

4star

CL

0.6

3star

(24).
Zac Bailey

33

Zac Bailey

Age

25

Ht

181cm

Wt

84kg

Pos.

M/F

Career

Season

Last 5

D

12.7

3star

K

6.9

3star

HB

5.9

4star

M

3.0

3star

T

2.2

4star

CL

0.9

3star

D

12.9

3star

K

7.3

3star

HB

5.6

3star

M

3.9

4star

T

2.4

3star

CL

0.7

3star

D

13.4

4star

K

6.6

3star

HB

6.8

5star

M

3.2

4star

T

2.8

5star

CL

0.6

3star

(22), Dev Robertson(20), Callum Ah Chee

4

Callum Ah Chee

Age

27

Ht

182cm

Wt

80kg

Pos.

M/F

Career

Season

Last 5

D

12.8

3star

K

7.0

3star

HB

5.9

4star

M

3.0

3star

T

2.9

4star

CL

0.8

3star

D

11.1

3star

K

7.7

3star

HB

3.4

2star

M

3.1

3star

T

2.7

4star

CL

0.7

3star

D

9.4

3star

K

4.4

2star

HB

5.0

4star

M

2.4

3star

T

3.0

5star

CL

0.8

3star

(24).

Cam Rayner(22), Eric Hipwood

30

Eric Hipwood

Age

27

Ht

204cm

Wt

94kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

10.0

3star

K

7.4

3star

HB

2.6

2star

M

3.9

4star

T

1.3

3star

G

1.5

5star

D

11.1

3star

K

8.4

3star

HB

2.7

2star

M

4.1

4star

T

1.1

2star

G

1.1

5star

D

10.6

3star

K

8.4

4star

HB

2.2

2star

M

3.6

4star

T

1.6

4star

G

2.4

5star

(24), Blake Coleman(19).
Kai Lohmann(18), Tom Fullarton(23), Nakia Cockatoo

12

Nakia Cockatoo

Age

28

Ht

185cm

Wt

90kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

9.6

2star

K

6.1

2star

HB

3.5

3star

M

2.6

3star

T

3.1

5star

G

0.7

4star

No current season stats available

D

6.6

2star

K

3.4

2star

HB

3.2

3star

M

2.2

3star

T

2.4

4star

G

0.2

3star

(25).

Harry Sharp(19), Tom Berry(21), James Madden(22), Darcy Wilmot(18).

 

[Blackhawk42]

B. Hardwick DGB Blanck
HB. Day Scrimshaw Jiath
C. Morrison Newcombe Bramble
HF. Moore Kosi Butler
F. Macdonald Lewis Brockman

R. Reeves Nash Ward
IC. Maginness Lynch Callow Morris
Sub: Downie

Only included players who have played senior footy.

 

[BuffDog]

B: McGrath (C) - Zerk Thatcher - Ridley
HB Redman - Reid - D'Ambrosio
C Martin - Parish - Durham
HF Perkins - Jones - Langford
F Snelling - Wright - Baldwin
R Draper Hobbs Caldwell

IC Cox - Bryan - Guelfi - Wanganeen

Fwd line will look better when we take Davey Jr and hopefully draft Sheezel

 

[WillHayward]

Thumbs up to Bigfooty here.

Poll picked Freo and GC back in February.

Pretty decent prediction.

 

[WillHayward]

You’ve got Will Gould in there twice for Sydney

Dude is on 0 games...

 

[WillHayward]

Worpel’s like a young Mitch Robinson. Yeah, he’ll do a job, but he’s no ‘star’ of the comp

Very disrespectful to Mitchell Robinson

 

[WillHayward]

Worpel will be like Jack Viney IMO, a good mid but one that won't be top 20

Disrespectful to Jack Viney

 

[Lingsface]

Very disrespectful to Mitchell Robinson

Worpel would have more best and fairest I think.

 

[Warwick]

Worpel would have more best and fairest I think.

Joel Patfull has more B&Fs than Gary Ablett Snr.

 

[Elmer_Hauser]

Absolutely no doubt in my mind its Freo now

 

[The Kings Ransom]

Brandon Starcevich(22), Jack Payne(22), Keidean Coleman(22).
Noah Answerth(22), Harris Andrews(25), Jaxon Prior(20).

Kalin Lane(20), Jarrod Berry(24), Hugh McCluggage(24).
Zac Bailey(22), Dev Robertson(20), Callum Ah Chee(24).

Cam Rayner(22), Eric Hipwood(24), Blake Coleman(19).
Kai Lohmann(18), Tom Fullarton(23), Nakia Cockatoo(25).

Harry Sharp(19), Tom Berry(21), James Madden(22), Darcy Wilmot(18).

How is Henry Smith going?
Looked absolutely enormous when watching him against Suns VFL at Yeronga last year.
Took a couple of nice marks and seems to be a decent shot for goal.

 

[M Malice]

How is Henry Smith going?
Looked absolutely enormous when watching him against Suns VFL at Yeronga last year.
Took a couple of nice marks and seems to be a decent shot for goal.

He's developing nicely, as with the vast majority of young rucks he will need a few years to work on his endurance and skills in the reserves. I went to a fair few pre season training sessions and he is a long way off fitness wise, needs to work on his agility as well.

He is looking handy in the reserves though, looks good as a ruck who can float forward and take a decent mark as you said, if he wants it enough he will succeed IMO, he is a good raw product.

 

[Kreuuuzeurns]

Stocker Weitering Boyd
Marchbank Young Kemp
Cottrell Cerra O'Brien
Motlop Curnow Fisher
Owies McKay TDK
Pittonet Kennedy Walsh
Durdin Silvagni Dow Cuningham

Carroll Setterfield Philp Honey Fogarty Parks

All have played AFL at the level. Blues in a good spot going forward.

 

[TheBigHorne]

Disrespectful to Jack Viney

I said that before the season started and it's aged as well as milk over that 4 months.

 

[Freomaniac]

I remember when these threads were 22 + under.

Ah the good old days about bigfooty..... It was about who had the best youth not about who had the best side set up for the flag