The worst kept secret ove the past 4 weeks is now out and Adkins is now back in Melbourne and has signed with the Dolphins.
They also signed former Stingray James Magner earlier in the week.
It is expected that Damian and James will more than cover the Dolphins midfield losses over the summer in Chris Fortnam, who has decided to step back and play local footy, and Ben Poole who will need a year to recover from the 2 broken legs.
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Damien Adkins if anyone can remember struggled to get a kick for willy a few years ago and is more of a crumbing forward than a midfilder.Frankston will need more than that to be competitive as there losses far out weigh there gaind and Adkins wont make much of a difference.
cheer up! I have a feeling there are some more names close to being announced as signed.
I wouldn't write of the Dolphins just yet.
Didn't anybody buy you a Christmas present? Must be tough at this time of year when you have no friends.
It is expected that Adkins will cover Fortnam. I don't think there are too many down at Kars Street that will be seeking out your advice anyway.
Its so good to see that you havn't lost any negativity over Chrsitmas. Maybe we should have all put in and bought you a chisel to get that chip off your shoulder.
I wouldn't be blowing any trumpets, but you have no idea what Frankston have gained to cover the losses.
Edwards is a loss, but the club can take it as a credit that they were able to give the kid a second chance and help him turn his football around to the point that he was redrafted and ill probably play a fair bit of AFL football next year.
Those 100 goals will need to come from somewhere else, and with the structure, may only be 80 or so, which is 1 goal a game worse off.
Lets just wait and see.
If Adkins is over his knee/leg problems he should be a very good VFL player for the Frankston FC.
On another matter, has anyone else heard that big Chambers (ex-Geelong and Sydney) has gone to Werribee?
Adkins may be a revelation...time will tell...who would have thought last season that Aaron Edwards would kick 100 goals and win the Liston...I bet even Dolphin wouldn't have predicted that...each year a recruit somewhere really stands out...
Who knows who it will be next year....
Just to state the obvious…..Troy Makepeace would have to be a good possibility to be recruit of the year. He was a consistent rock in the Kangaroos defence, having played an average of 22 games a year for the Kangaroos in the 4 years from 2002 to 2005, until he slipped to only 12 games in 2006:
2006 – 12 games
2005 – 22 games + 1 final
2004 – 20 games
2003 – 22 games
2002 – 22 games + 1 final
He scored Liston votes in 2 of his 6 VFL matches in 2006 – a BOG in Round 1 against the Casey Scorpions, and 2 votes in Round 11 against Geelong.
Understand that the leg is not 100% yet, but not far away.
[quote:bd604b0348="zebraman"]Adkins may be a revelation...time will tell...who would have thought last season that Aaron Edwards would kick 100 goals and win the Liston...I bet even Dolphin wouldn't have predicted that...each year a recruit somewhere really stands out...
Who knows who it will be next year....[/quote]
Your right, I thought Azza would be good for us, but not quite as good as he was. He initially marked down as a HBF/HFF, not a 100 goal FF, but Lovey saw something else in him.
If Adkins can be 80% of the last bloke the Dolphins brought back from WestCoast, he will be great.
[quote:bd604b0348="caseyscorp"]Just to state the obvious…..Troy Makepeace would have to be a good possibility to be recruit of the year.[/quote]
I worry about you blokes.
Makepeace will be good for you, but won't be anywhere near enough.
I hear their is a bus about to pick up about 6 more players in Cranbourne that want out, with some pretty decent names amongst them. But it was jsut a rumour I heard.
Maybe there is, but it will be the same bus that seems to drive around to all the clubs each year, dropping off & picking up passengers.
Fair enough. :wink:
Hey Dolphin i actually popped in to training before they broke up for christmas and it looked like the Stingrays training excluding Norm.Unless there are some more big signings from ever AFL OR VFL players unfortunately Frankston will take a slide down the ladder.I am a realist the list last year was good next year is looking poor to this stage and trust me give it 12 months and see what you think of Adkins then.I saw him play last year in the WAFL and he looked like he did when he played for Willy ordinary.