Under 18 championships

[penga]

if ablett were too play like a match winning midfielder for the rest of the year, we wont let him go. but if we did, we could get a pretty good price for him and watch another club get a headland

[gloveski]

As far as draft prospects go I can give an insite into a young fella from Tassie

Andrew Lee

Hails from my home town of Rosebery and lived here until about 4 years ago.

I know for a fact that a hanful of AFL teams including Coll'wood have alreay talked to him so I expect him to be drafted for sure maybe 3rd or 4th round.

I was lucky enough to play with his father "Couta Lee" late in his career and at his prime he was rated as one of the best CHB going around in Tasmania and his dad was short for a CHB and of a wiry build he was a great spoiler of the ball and was more than a handy forward late in his career Already Andrew is taller than his dad and has the body type which looks like he will fill out. He is also a nice kid and very down to earth but rather shy.

My best memory of him was watching him at 1/2 time of the reserves from the grandstand kicking a small football for goal from either side of the boundry (checksides on both feet ) and I reckon 80 percent of them were goals, he would have only been about 11 then and I remeber a few of us stating that he had future AFL player written all over him.

As a a junoir Footballer he Stood out along with one Billy Morrison who was drafted to Coll'wood this year "

So come draft time I look forward to seeing who drafts him because If I was a betting man bar injury he will definately play AFL football.

Only downside Sydney is not one of the Teams that has talked to him

[Nico]

Originally posted by Newbie
Disagreed, Sharpie. MJ is no good. LRT plays more like a KPP than a ruck. Ball is about to retire. We basically got Doyle and Erickson left. Another young ruckman with plenty of upside is required. Given the number of them available (5-6 in all), I guess we will need to trade for a lower 2nd round pick (20th-25th pick overall) to get access to one of them. Trading Crouch or Mathews will give us this.

Must be comedy night at the Newbie household.

[monopoly19]

I reckon Crouch is in the top 4 for next captain. He will not be traded (hot tip from Fryzie).