Vamos wrote:

Lightning McQueen wrote:

Vamos wrote:

Lightning McQueen wrote:Onya Travis, northern suburbs boy, f******* awesome

I work with his uncle, you'd probably know him

Dave Wakefield?

Yeah

I think I played with Dave..
Para teachers A1s in 1994 and 1995. Great lad...very chilled. Tell him I say HI...from the leggie.

Be handy if we could find a ruckman
Plus a key forward
With a couple of excellent key defender acquisitions Fraser Fort can concentrate as a full time fwd option alongside Aiden Grace and Hosko.

We clearly lack a genuine big man capable of dominating the taps.
Billy McCormack will likely be the main ruck. He's not going to win a lot of ruck contests but is a genuine ball winner around the ground with a big tank.

Jacob Thomson might get an opportunity if he gets himself fit.

Just a bit of background on Ethan Gant for those who have no idea about him.
19yo two sided small mid l who has an explosive first ten metres allowing him to break free of traffic and use his impressive foot skills. He was playing for Barossa Districts last season and was showing an inclination to head to North Adelaide when the Dogs invited him to play with 3 weeks left in the regular season. His ability to fit in and adapt to instruction was first class.
I am hoping he returned, because with a league standard pre season and a greater understanding of what is required at this level, he could be a surprise packet as he has a skill set that we have been missing for a while.
The Dogs have a host of unknown youngsters. Luca Whitelum, Michael Richard, Lewis Cowham and Jordie Dorizzio are others who have X Factor. Will be looking forward to seeing what progress they have made over the off season.

Is Lyon a better player of short bowling than Smith?

Probably an unfair call, but what he does is play the short ball with conviction whilst Smith doesn't quite know what he should do.

So Sturt only kick 5 pts after halftime on a day like this?

Sturt up by 2 goals with 5 mins to go in first half but failed to score after that.

Leading possessions
CD Trav Schiller 26, presbury 25, J Schiller 22, Barreau 19
ST Wilson 24, Carruthers 21, Thiele 19

For Central... teenagers Deakin, Whitelum, Gant and (son of Damien) Arnold look impressive.
Defensive group looked very organised.
Team definitely looks a lot taller this season.
Marcus Barreau looks set to become a top level SANFL player.
Trav Schiller is back to fitness level of 3 years ago when he polled so highly in the Magarey.

Dogs will play round one with 8 or 9 debutantes.

5 recruits
McCormack as a mobile ruck is a very good pick up.
Buechner as a big bodied full back is going to be excellent and allows Llewellyn to shift to the pocket.
Kendall an active, pack crashing fwd is a bonus.
Launer and Reeves add bite and strength to the mids.

Then some local teenagers
Whitelum and Gant who both played impressively in the last 6 weeks in the reserves last season (after playing all season at College and Country league respectively) and have continued to show in the trials that they will impact at this level.
Richards and Deakin are two young talls who would also be in the mix.

This season, I believe our top 22 is better than in the past 4 seasons. We are taller and cleaner with the skills, and there appears a willingness to contest.
What we lack though is the depth of previous seasons. With so may peripheral players no longer at the Club, the ressies are mainly going to be filled up with kids who might be a season or two away from being league-ready.

Why would we convert a game that we have dominated into a 50/ 50 result?

Why would we convert a game that we have dominated into a 50/ 50 result?
And I should add... we are relying on the worlds worst closing spinner... how many times has lyon failed to produce in a 4th innings?

What do you do then…..play for a draw.
Easy... bat more positively. And declare half an hour later.
Our spinners are not matchwinners so we need to factor that I to any decision.

Already this game is 40/60 against us... 60 mins ago we jad the whip hand

Trav Schiller would have 5 MM votes banked from the opening two games; back to 2019 form.
Launer Reeves and Beuchner are settling very nicely whilst McCormack is a great pickup... 20 possessions on top of his ruckwork is very handy.
Ellem nd old reliable Keogh were very good in the first half for west, and Stevens won plenty of ball in the stoppages.

Major setback to see Marcus Barreau and Jaxon Neagle likely to miss the rest of the season, both with bad foot/ankle injuries.
Jaxon was a chance to play more league this year, whilst Marcus has worked his way into our top 5/6 players.

Very close, just hampered by some ill timed errors or bad luck (and one particular umpire whose inconsistent interpretations seem to consistently favour the Crows)

Billy's a jet and Pres & Travis continue to perform. Grace looked more at home up fwd.
I believe Shaw, Olssen and Neagle have all stepped up as valuable contributors at this level and Kendall had his best game at the Club.
Not sold on Bailey Reeves at present, but he clearly has cred.
Dorizzi looks an exciting talent, and Gant is showing promise.

Thought the Dogs were a chance with Eagles looking vulnerable for this contest. But they were much more capable of covering their losses than we were, despite having more to cover. Their organisation and efficiency are as good as any team going around.

Positives...
Presburys efforts at half back.
Fraser Fort won plenty of ball and worked his heart out as main ruck after McCormack went down.
Weaver's second half close out on Knight who had dominated up to half time.
Llewellyns effective job on D Menzel
Reeves last quarter up fwd; hopefully a turning point for the young talented recruit.

Early signs are that McCormacks knee injury is not a bad one.

3 of our top six players out injured. Unfortunately we don't have the depth of talent to cover those absences.

Jarrad Schiller... 26 possessions 7 clearances 12 tackles and 2 goals.
Reckon some lads won't be able to look their skipper in the eye tonight.

Boys Club?
That was the argument when Laird and Grant were in charge... they have gone FYI.
Since Thommo took over he brought in Nick Russell and Sam Milne as assistants.
Only two still on the regular coaching panel from Roys tenure is Jeff Brown and Mark Watts (who had only just joined the year before)...hardly a "Club".

No organisation is going to air their dirty laundry when these things go down, but it doesn't mean they dont have good reason to make the decisions they make.

It's all irrelevant white noise anyway.
We have had poor results with our youth development for years (due to a non productive metro area and a country area that is strong enough to be a desirable option for their local youngsters). And we are not close to the beaches or cafes which are nice caveats for potential recruits.
Anyone with immediate solutions for these issues, please contact Megsy....

PS. saw Aiden Grace comments......what a wanker.

His been at the club two minutes and thinks he can tell the fans there not true supporters. Most of those blokes posting did it tough for 30 odd years before our first premiership and they haven't seen a worse side than the current one. Him telling the fans 'you're all not true supporters' is bloody rich.

And now we have Paul Thomas responding to posts as well but not really in a constructive manner. Surely his been in the game long enough to know that when results like this year happen people are going to ask questions or be critical. To be fair the comments aren't even that bad other than 'the team has gone backwards', 'is Thomas the right man', 'Thommo isn't the right man'. I wouldn't call them completely unfair comments given the circumstances.

Yeah thats not a great look, good intentions but they are taking their eye off the ball if they are doing that

Yep to see the league coach get on a make one borderline sarcastic reply to only one poster who to be fair didn't say anything to critical other than maybe the coach is out their depth (not unfair criticism given the fact the club has gone backwards in his first 20 games in charge and there is almost zero positives and no light at the end of tunnel in regards to how he wants us to play)

Seeing this social medias has ,made me more concerned for the future of our club than ever before.

Are you part of the solution moving forward? You know its a community Club right?

I value much of what you say and who you are, but labelling Aiden a wanker is beyond reasonable. If you know this guy, he bleeds Doggie blood already. He had a big part to play in getting one of the recruits across this season. He is highly respected amongst the players and was pselectedinto the leadership group.
And...he is hurting.
If his well-intentioned remark ruffled your feathers, then thats on you, not him.
Well played Aiden, disappointing Ben.

PS...just as an exercise on our challenges:
Can you name more than 6 metro Clubs that are feeders for us? We would have the least metro feeders BY A MILE.... and yes, we have whinged and yet nothing is done... so what is your next suggestion?

We had Andrews who wasn't allowed his own assistants yet Thomas appears to be allowed his own bringing back assistants who were there 10 years ago. Someone needs to investigate whether we are following best hiring practises and not just giving jobs for the boys.

Say what?
Thommo brought just one assistant with him: Nick Russell, who has spent several years at Hawthorn and Power, surely a solid get.
What assistants did he recycle from 10 years ago?????
Jeff Brown is the only guy on the coaching panel who was around 10 years ago, and he certainly wasnt brought in by Thommo.
Andrews brought in his own cousin as a ruck coach. Did you know that?
Seems like you are backing the wrong horse if you want to discuss "jobs for the boys"

Can I suggest perhaps a full review of football operations?
When North were crap just before their flag year supporters demanded a football review and the club eventually gave in when special meetings of members was brought into the picture.
The review went ahead in 2017, the recommendations were implemented and look at how we've gone since then comparably.

Hopefully this is happening.
Certainly Meggsy would be well aware of the issues that are keeping us at the wrong end of the ladder. He appears to be a "can do" kind of guy so the potential obstacles wont deter him.
The pathways up to and through the underage grades must be scrutinised. This is where our issues emanate from. We have had no underage success for so long. In our boom years we had the local talent in the underage teams who were winning Premierships. Our demographic has changed but we must find a way. We need to take the Club and the game to the people, visit the schools and the local clubs. Target individuals in those Clubs and develop solid pathways for them WITHOUT putting their Club on the outer by directing them away from their Club. Send a few players to train at these Clubs for a night. Present trophies at Awards nights. Hold a series of sessions aimed at young teens from other cultures who might not otherwise try the game. It takes effort, and probably money/resources that arent so readily accessible, but we have to find a way.
Unfortunately positive shifts in these areas wont result in an immediate fix.

PS...just as an exercise on our challenges:
Can you name more than 6 metro Clubs that are feeders for us? We would have the least metro feeders BY A MILE.... and yes, we have whinged and yet nothing is done... so what is your next suggestion?[/quote]

On your challenge is a player zoned by their metro club or by their living address??? I believe its by address not club........has our zone population diminished.

Could be wrong but that's what im led to believe.[/quote][/quote]

Population has grown but the demographics of the Playford Council area has increasingly not been conducive to producing footballers.
We have 3 Clubs in the Council area... in Div 4 thru 6 of Ammos.
Why just 3 Clubs? We don't have the players. For what ever the reason, football is not on the agenda of the youngsters
The only player I am aware of from those Clubs playing at the Dogs right now is Presbury.
I cannot think of any other player at either the Dogs or any other league Club that is from the Playford Council area. I doubt any other metro Council has that poor a record.
By your over simplificatuon of this as being "population means equity" is mirroring the sanfls attitude to our metro zone and that's a huge part of our problem.
Blaming the coach (who ironically is a Playford product) is easy but ignores the larger problem and frustrations.

The bald headed guy definitely gave the Bays an armchair ride.
But that wasn't the reason we lost.
Carpenter was good but our best today was Dudley who was surely playing with a dry ball today. Outstanding.
Gets the bonus of an extra ressies game next week (league have a bye) before he joins the league the week after.

Hopefully we'll get McCormack & Hoskin back & Nietschke for his first game, they should make a big difference.
Add shay Linke and there's 4 of our top tier players. Given their lengthy absences it mght be a strong ressies side.

The leadership group stood up big today but how impressive were the role players...something we have lacked for many seasons.
Llewellyn was outstanding and totally frustrated D Menzel. Cowham was as good ad any of our many debutants this season, loves the contest.
Lange, East and Shaw all played their parts.
Eags finished the game with one on the bench but they were beaten before then. Knight might still jag yet another MM vote and Clarke was good but overall the tackling and smothering figures of the Dogs were the difference.

We're gradually improving each week, the past 4 games are a testament to that.
We have to make sure that we don't put in a big shitter this weekend,
I still believe that we can go on at the second half of this season & win a few more matches,
maybe not end up with 6 or 7 but if we win only another 2 or 3 AND show real grit & character in the other games, then I reckon that's winning.

Yeh, the boys have been heading towards this performance over the weeks.
Despite criticism aimed at Thomas and his game plan, it was clear that it was working, but the players were not able to maintain their effort over 4 quarters. In most of the matches this season, the lads have shown one or two quarters of solid impressive football, but have then fallen back once their opponents gained momentum. This was the first game with FOUR quarters of solid football.
Persistence and self-belief helped, but so has the return of Hosko and Billy Mac who are definitely important parts of our set-up.

Another pleasing aspect is the way the lads are showing some fight and spirit. When Commitigianni decided to taunt Carpenter after he missed a bouncing shot at goal, he had three Doggie players very quickly remonstrate with him. Often this support has been missing in past seasons.

Hopefully the W gives them some further belief; the lads now have to turn up again this week.

Full credit to North they were a class above us today.The game was done 10mins into 1st qtr .
They are a very good side and will be a huge chance for the flag.
It couldve got very ugly with the start we gave them but we didnt drop our heads and kept trying

Totally.
6 goals in the first 12 mins. It's easy to attack the Dogs for that, but that does North a disservice. That start was amazing.
Aaron Young led the onslaught but 6 goals from 6 different players is testament to the brand they were playing.
The Dogs never gave in and some of the youngsters took big steps... Whitelum, Cowan (2 goals apiece) had excellent moments whilst Iles, Olsson and Shaw are cementing their spots.
IMO we have a solid bunch of role players; just lack a couple of elite players to cash in on our efforts.

Aaron Nitschke continued his promising return with a BP in the ressies.

Skill level.... um, not so good.
Culture and club ethos however, is alive and well. Most of the season the endeavour has been spot on. That was evident today and was the reason we scrape a W.
Pres was great again, and Fort was excellent in ruck against Brooksby whi well and truly intimidated McCormack.
But (again) its the lesser lights stepping up... Lange, Llewellyn, young Cowham, Dahms.
In such a close result, I am glad that the umps call for a deliberate point in the 3rd quarter wasn't a deciding moment. Shocker...

Aaron Nitschke playing league after 3 years of knee injuries that curtailed his AFL career.
Justin Hoskin also returns.
Our strongest line up all year.

Never going to lose. Helped by west's inability to kick straight when they had momentum.
The fab 4 (hosko, pres and schillers x 2) all played big roles whilst Lange continued his outstanding career best form with 5 goals alongside 7 forward 50 tackles.
Llewellyn, East, Montgomerie and Iles are others to play well; all have been major contributors to our solid form in the last 4 weeks.

Gay was impressive in his first game for West and Fairlie was very good in stoppages.

Endeavour again outweighs the skill.level. Excellent in stoppages, particularly in centre clearances.
Again a wide spread of guys putting on a decent shift. Loving what Billy Iles is offering and Buechner played a solid game down back. Ultra impressive Llewellyn held Davis goalless to add to his resume for the season. Ethan East is another who is becoming more consistent as a forward threat at league level.
I love all our sanfl media guys, but to mistake nick lange for trav Schiller (Sunday mail article) for a goal, esp a set shot, is not great from one of our better scribes.

Battersby held reasonably quiet but Guy Page put together a solid game and Emmett was very noticeable in the first half.

Whilst we are discussing all things AFL in SANFL...

I had no dramas with the Port v Dogs game being played at Oval Ave. It was Port's home game and therefore they had a right to choose the venue.

But the timing... the game was held at 7 40 with the reason given to allow for the support staff to attend AO and then go straight to the SANFL game.
Yet, what thought was given to Centrals support staff? A 7 hour gap in the middle of the day making it too difficult for many who were not able to fulfil roles for both teams.
The Dogs proposal of a 1pm start for the league game was not accepted by Port.
Why should the sanfl clubs bend for the afl clubs? Isn't this an sanfl comp? So shouldn't the afl clubs be the ones who should bend in situations like this?

And in a welcome boost to the Club, Mark Ross has just been appointed as the new Football Manager.
He was the Operations Manager at Norwood for several years. At present he is working for a Player Management Group as a Talent ID specialist; so hopefully he may have some connections through this?

Hang on folks, we need a balanced view on this.
Let me list all the advantages of having Port remain in the SANFL:

Hope im wrong but it looks like we will finish with 4 wins again this season ,same as last.
Norwood are flying ,Adelaide might be a chance depending on how many AFL players they have and doubt we would beat Glenelg at Glenelg.
So for some improvement we have shown it is not going to improve our win/loss record .
I guess i will be a matter next season of who we can retain from this year and if we can pick up a few good recruits in comparison to who we will lose .

Very unlucky against Sturt,
should have beaten South at the start of the year,
up against a stacked side yesterday,
very easily could have been 7 & 8,
we're on the right track,
we just need a genuine ruckman.

And lost by just 1 point,
turned out to be 2 from 5 BUT could easily have been 4 from 5,
we're getting there.
Slowly getting there.
We need to score more,it's been over 80 games since we hit 100 points.
Need 2 key forwards who can mark and provide a contest.
Need 2 quality onballers .
Don't necessarily need a ruckman.
We have Thomson,Ryan,Fort and McCormack who can ruck.

ABSOLUTELY need a ruckman. Billy is okay around the ground but is intimidated by the genuine rucks laike Hayes, Boyd and Redden. Fort would be far more value up forward. Ryan and Thomson are not exactly dominating in the ressies.
Get ourselves a genuine big and then Billy and Fort can be used up forward.
Barreau will be one of our quality mids, but yes we need another.

Who polls the most from your club?
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Trav Schiller always polls well and had some big games, however playing in the losing side a lot of his BOG efforts will result in minor placings on any day.
Pres also polls well.

From what I have seen against us, Young and Rokhar were outstanding, as was Knight but he didnt seem to be as effective.
Youngs game at Elizabeth was outstanding. Kicked 4 or 5 goals, clearances at will, over 30 disposals... all against a hard tag! OMG!

Don't think it was one game out of nowhere as you did beat the Bays and Norwood in that last month if my money serves me correctly.
I remember Central getting quite a bit of praise for the way they were playing.

Won just the 3 games all year, against West, Norwood (who were not Finalists that year) and the Eagles.
My mistake, you lost to the Bays by 1 point, thought you won by a point, Dogs were playing good footy then though. Was a marked improvement at the end of the season. Similar to this year with West the results might not look great but there's been huge improvement as the season has gone on.
Just looking at the match thread for when you beat the Eagles and it looks like you, southern bulldog and Gazza all agree with me. :D
Think your reserves were minor premiers too.
You know gazza and I will always look ahead with positivity.!!! And definitely the Eagles game allowed us to look ahead with good vibes, but little did we know what was bubbling below the surface.

Travis Schiller is an OUT for 2023.

Wishing Trav and his wife a great overseas trip next year, but boy will we miss him!

Wouldn't you wait to have a year off, once you have retired?

Maybe they want to start a family? In which case this is a trip that needs to be done now before that occurs.
More to life than just football.

On a positive vibe, Trav's body (esp his foot) may well benefit from a total rest.

Central have signed Hugo Munn (key fwd) and Jayden Hall who is a half fwd/mid.
Munn previously played a bit of league at Sturt in 18/19 seasons as a teenager.
Hall who hails from Sydney, was at South in 2018.

Further good news: Hosko, Jarrod, Barreau and Rhett have all signed on again.
Marcus will be like a new recruit and I see him as a big part of our team next year.
Rhett playing depends on the draft, of course.
I can also lay the rumours of Hugo Munn walking out of Iggies to bed. Sadly his season was cut short due to injury. He would certainly have been welcomed at Iggies again next year if we hadn't signed him. Quiet in nature but a person of good character.
Cheers
Agree re Barreau... he is one of our best 4 players.

Matt Gallarello appointed as ressies coach for 2023.

Ryan Llewelyn and Darcy pisani outs for central next year is my mail - have signed at a local club

Could well be correct.
Also losing 2 brothers back to their home state to play under their 3rd bro who is coaching.

On the positive, half a dozen signings made last week including a couple of current SANFL league players who may find extra playing time in the midfield than where they are currently playing.
And a few players arriving from afl/vfl ranks next week to have a look around.

Sad to lose the Neagle boys but understandable in the circumstances.
Also sad to lose Ryan and Darcy.
Thank you to all five for their contributions to the club.
Northerner, do the half-dozen signings include current players (e.g. Hosko) or are they new to the club?
Cheers

Newbies from other SANFL clubs

Was speaking to a player who toured the club in recent weeks and was interested to hear his take on the clubrooms/facilities/ground at Centrals, he hadn't been to Elizabeth Oval in over ten years.

Mentioned it felt like it hadn't aged a day since then.....he said the ground/grandstand/fencing etc felt like a glorified country ground and was miles behind places like Norwood, Glenelg, Prospect. Mentioned the changerooms were pretty much the same as what he had seen ten years ago...gym and pool area looking very tired.

He didn't find it overly off putting for what his goals are but said the difference was fairly noticeable when compared to the other clubs and said he could see if you had driven the extra 30 minutes from the city out there you would have been a tad underwhelmed.

Do we know if the club has any planned investment in the facility coming up......i know they have the volunteer group doing a lot of great work but that's more finishing touches like painting, gardening etc. Hoping now that our financial position is a better it might be on the agenda.


Oh dear....
To put things right.
The pool and the gym are indeed 15 years old but are kept in very good condition. Very few Clubs (if any???) have a pool for rehab as part of their Changerooms. These facilities are often seen as a strength of the Club when compared with others.
There is no need for an upgrade of the home changeroom as it is roomy, clean and fit for purpose.
The away changerooms were demolished last season. In its place, behind the grandstand, there has been a facility built with THREE changerooms. This includes the BIGGEST away changeroom in the SANFL, and two other changerooms to cater for carnival days as well as the Womens teams. These have now been finished.
The fence around the playing surface is being replaced with a white picket fence all around the ground. This starts next week.
There are plans for a function centre overlooking the oval with glass frontage. These plans are with the Council at present awaiting approval.
There has been a display of memorabilia set up as a mini-museum inside the Clubrooms.

Maybe its time to renew your (obviously) lapsed membership so that you can keep up to speed with whats happening, and then you might sense the positivity that is around. Meggsy is a go-getter and does a brilliant job in keeping the members informed.

Over a dozen recruits, including several league players from other clubs have toured the facility and all clearly have a more positive viewpoint than the one you have shared, as they have/are inking deals at a rate we havent seen for many a year.

Zac Milbank

"Expect Centrals to announce the signing of a talented halfback, recently delisted by the AFL. A natural reader of the play, intercept marking is a feature of his game"

Liddy will be handy from what I've seen and heard.....just need to recruit some proven quality state league footballers.

These blokes who are fringe / potential guys at other clubs will hopefully add the depth and maybe one will turn out to be an immediate quality league footballer but replacing Schiller, Fort, Llewellyn is the challenge as these guys were consistent SANFL quality which we severely lack.

Remember that we have virtually 3 new recruits in Nietschke, Barreau & Launer to fill those gaps.
I am going to add Shay Linke to that list. Before his water-skiing accident nearly 12 months ago, he was on AFL Clubs radar.
Hopefully he will be closer to 100% next season.

Liddy will be handy from what I've seen and heard.....just need to recruit some proven quality state league footballers.

These blokes who are fringe / potential guys at other clubs will hopefully add the depth and maybe one will turn out to be an immediate quality league footballer but replacing Schiller, Fort, Llewellyn is the challenge as these guys were consistent SANFL quality which we severely lack.

Remember that we have virtually 3 new recruits in Nietschke, Barreau & Launer to fill those gaps.

I'm expecting big things from Nitschke this year but Launer in particular is one of those 'potential' ones. Has shown some qualities which say he can be a good consistent league footballer but his still not there yet............well not in the Schiller or Fort category anyway.

Launer has been injured, will take over Schiller's role quite nicely I reckon.
Barreau is a gun, will have a huge year.

My personal view is Liddy is a like for like replacement for Trav... its there for him to make the most of.
I rate Launer, but he is more akin to Jared Schiller. I am sure Fish will relish sharing those bullocking duties that he has done for so long.

jez McLennan vs Jack Madgen.

Both would be Ok.

I would think McLennan would go to South or Glenelg because we are closer to the beach with him having been on the Gold Coast. No other reason.

I suspect you are correct.

Jez is a keen surfer too!

Elizabeth is closer to YP and EP than Noarlunga ;)

As the crow flies.
Sounds like he's ours, I'm happy with that.

Esp if his bro gets here too....

We now have a number of the players that were key to the State Under 18s in 2021: Liddy, Whitelum, Linke, Dudley.
Hugo Munn could 'become' a useful player as a key forward, a role that Fraser quite often played. Our new recruit referred to but not named yet (possibly Jez?) could be used to cover either Ryan or Rhett (if we lose him to the draft).

Things are starting to take shape... but a few more to hopefully be named later this week.

Cheers

Get excited.
Many announcements pending, local and interstate; one will give us 202 reasons to be excited for what he offers.
How many more announcements can we expect.

Over a dozen, including a couple who had been in the afl system interstate (apart from Jezz and his brother).
We could well have recruited a whole new quartet good enough to start in the middle for the opening bounce.

We now have a number of the players that were key to the State Under 18s in 2021: Liddy, Whitelum, Linke, Dudley.
Hugo Munn could 'become' a useful player as a key forward, a role that Fraser quite often played. Our new recruit referred to but not named yet (possibly Jez?) could be used to cover either Ryan or Rhett (if we lose him to the draft).

Things are starting to take shape... but a few more to hopefully be named later this week.

Cheers

Get excited.
Many announcements pending, local and interstate; one will give us 202 reasons to be excited for what he offers.

I have it on good authority that Jai Larkins will be joining Ethan in the journey to the Ponderosa; highly rated by key people at Norwood :)

Yes, I'd heard that whisper too.

At this stage we have 8 lads signed who have played SANFL elsewhere. Also 3 interstate lads have signed (including two who were in the AFL system) and of course Jezza and his brother.
Throw in Barreau, Nietschke, Linke and Launer and the fight for round one spots will be on. I would suggest a decent pre-season is a definite for anyone wanting an opening round game.

southernbulldog wrote:Wont be us .
Any other update on 202cm player we are chasing ?

He is locked in.

More to come including a young 202cm ruckman

Dogs have announced the signing of 202cm Ryan Pickering, who has spent time in the Gold Coast Academy.

Dale Pearce (ex Eagle juniors and this season Pt Districts A1) signed with Dogs.

whufc wrote:Splann is the one I’m backing in to have the biggest influence followed by Liddy.

Chisholm and Jezza for me...

Hope Pickering is not a jonno Marsh type recruit

Pretty sure one of them won't be coming, several AFL clubs are after him.

I have doubts over both.
The second is more likely to end up in WA due to family ties.
Why don’t you name them? What’s with all the ridiculous secrecy?

The first one mentioned, who has fielded several enquiries from afl clubs ahead of the draft has centrals and glenelg as his back up options.
So.... do your own research, ask your own Club.
But you might find that your Club also would rather you not disclose names until deals are done....

This is a great signing for the Dogs, could be a very good asset.
Brinn Little, a 196cm key defender from the GCS Academy.

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