10-19-2018, 09:59 AM
(This post was last modified: 11-24-2018, 04:54 AM by crashlander.)
Update #3 19/10/2018
Not much npose coming from this source at all. The Blues' website has announced that a couple of youngsters have signed on for 2019: Jean-Luc Velissaris and Jordan Lynch. I also know that Tom Wilson will be going around again. Ethan Penrith has also signed on, which is good news. But at the moment things are very quiet.
At the moment there are 30 players on the NB list, as none have been officially delisted. I presume that lists of this size must be close to maximal for VFL teams now that there is no 2nds level in this competition. Many of these guys have managed senior VFL games this year, especially late in the season, as there were few Carlton listed players available.
As I said last time, I do not expect an exodus this off-season.
Confirmed Departures:
None as yet. Nor do I think we'll find out until after the ND and the RD. Some of our boys will be of considerable interest.
Confirmed Additions:
Again, none yet. But I expect that to change quickly after the Drafts, with a bunch of disappointed kids and a few older stagers not getting picked up. There is also a small chance that some of our delistees will be picked up by Northern. Not a huge chance, but not zero.
Potential Departures:
[1] Jesse Palmer – what happens to Palmer will very much be a function of whether or not he gets another chance at the AFL. He could well get another chance, but I doubt it would be with us. having picked up Fasolo and McGovern, the role Palmer plays now has incumbents. I hope he stays with the Blues, but that is low a little less likely.
[2] Sam Fisher – I find it very unlikely that Fisher will be on the VFL list in 2019. Someone will pick him up. I am hoping it is us. There have been some recent rumours of our interest, now that we have flicked Graham, Kerridge and company. I simply cannot see him remaining at this level.
[3] Josh Hill – I am feeling more confident about Hill (which means he is probably gone). Staying with us helps his long term goals and his form at the end of the season was excellent.
[4] Brendan Myers – this lad has not had the sort of year he (and we) were looking for. He was not a regular and only played in the last half of the season when our midfield was especially short. As such I am not confident that he will remain with the Baby Blues.
Potential Additions:
This is very much speculation at this point, but so much is at this time of year.
[1] Will Hickmott – looking more likely to be drafted now he won the Colts B&F. If we pick up his brother, he will come and play for the Baby Blues.
Carlton do have a few Zone lads, of which two, Brasier and Wild, have a small profile. I find it unlikely that they will NOT be with the Northern Blues in 2019. There are a couple of others, but I don't know enough about them to comment realistically.
The Manton brothers have committed themselves to the Western Jets for 2019. Oskar will play as a 19 year old. Both boys spent a lot of time playing basketball and only recently committed to footy. At this point, both have quite reasonable rating, even with Oskar's injuries this year.
Mil Hanna's nephew played at Calder this year and is eligible for a zone selection ... at the Drug Cheats. He looks unlikely to be drafted at this point and may well be on our horizon. I'm fairly sure that Mil's own lad is not far away either.
Not much npose coming from this source at all. The Blues' website has announced that a couple of youngsters have signed on for 2019: Jean-Luc Velissaris and Jordan Lynch. I also know that Tom Wilson will be going around again. Ethan Penrith has also signed on, which is good news. But at the moment things are very quiet.
At the moment there are 30 players on the NB list, as none have been officially delisted. I presume that lists of this size must be close to maximal for VFL teams now that there is no 2nds level in this competition. Many of these guys have managed senior VFL games this year, especially late in the season, as there were few Carlton listed players available.
As I said last time, I do not expect an exodus this off-season.
Confirmed Departures:
None as yet. Nor do I think we'll find out until after the ND and the RD. Some of our boys will be of considerable interest.
Confirmed Additions:
Again, none yet. But I expect that to change quickly after the Drafts, with a bunch of disappointed kids and a few older stagers not getting picked up. There is also a small chance that some of our delistees will be picked up by Northern. Not a huge chance, but not zero.
Potential Departures:
[1] Jesse Palmer – what happens to Palmer will very much be a function of whether or not he gets another chance at the AFL. He could well get another chance, but I doubt it would be with us. having picked up Fasolo and McGovern, the role Palmer plays now has incumbents. I hope he stays with the Blues, but that is low a little less likely.
[2] Sam Fisher – I find it very unlikely that Fisher will be on the VFL list in 2019. Someone will pick him up. I am hoping it is us. There have been some recent rumours of our interest, now that we have flicked Graham, Kerridge and company. I simply cannot see him remaining at this level.
[3] Josh Hill – I am feeling more confident about Hill (which means he is probably gone). Staying with us helps his long term goals and his form at the end of the season was excellent.
[4] Brendan Myers – this lad has not had the sort of year he (and we) were looking for. He was not a regular and only played in the last half of the season when our midfield was especially short. As such I am not confident that he will remain with the Baby Blues.
Potential Additions:
This is very much speculation at this point, but so much is at this time of year.
[1] Will Hickmott – looking more likely to be drafted now he won the Colts B&F. If we pick up his brother, he will come and play for the Baby Blues.
Carlton do have a few Zone lads, of which two, Brasier and Wild, have a small profile. I find it unlikely that they will NOT be with the Northern Blues in 2019. There are a couple of others, but I don't know enough about them to comment realistically.
The Manton brothers have committed themselves to the Western Jets for 2019. Oskar will play as a 19 year old. Both boys spent a lot of time playing basketball and only recently committed to footy. At this point, both have quite reasonable rating, even with Oskar's injuries this year.
Mil Hanna's nephew played at Calder this year and is eligible for a zone selection ... at the Drug Cheats. He looks unlikely to be drafted at this point and may well be on our horizon. I'm fairly sure that Mil's own lad is not far away either.
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