Chat here about who's a chance to play at the highest level, and who your club should be trying to sign up for next season.
Read on another forum that there is rumour going around that Spalding may be snapped up by the Bulldogs come draft time?
Is there any substance to this?
Quote:Williamstown best and fairest Liam Picken is among 14 VFL players who have been granted permission to train at AFL clubs. Other notable VFL players training with AFL clubs include Victorian state representative Hayden Skipworth and Coburg Tiger Fortunato Caruso, who won back-to-back Morrish Medals in the TAC Cup. The VFL's 2007 Fothergill-Round Medallist Jason Davenport is looking for a second AFL home. Recent additions are underlined: Adelaide - Brian Donnelly (Ireland) Brisbane Lions - Nick Davis (Sydney Swans), Daniel Dzufer (Brisbane Lions), Phillip Smith (Brisbane Lions), Joel Tippett (Brisbane Lions) Carlton - Greg Bentley (Port Adelaide), Lachie Hill (Carlton Rookie List), Sam Jacobs (Carlton Rookie List), Darren Pfeiffer (Carlton), Chris Johnson (Melbourne) Collingwood - Colm Begley (Brisbane Lions), Leigh Brown (North Melbourne), Toby Thoolen (Collingwood) Essendon - Stuart Crameri (Bendigo Bombers), Tom Hislop (Essendon), Hayden Skipworth (Bendigo Bombers) Fremantle - Chris Smith (Fremantle), Matthew Moody (Brisbane Lions) Geelong - nil Hawthorn - Nathan Batsanis (Box Hill Hawks), Jarrod Bayliss (Box Hill Hawks), Alex Grima (Hawthorn), Haydn Kiel (Brisbane Lions), Danny Meyer (Richmond), Gary Moss (Hawthorn), Cameron Pederson (Box Hill Hawks), Hugh Sandilands (Hawthorn), Ben Smithwick (Box Hill Hawks), Matthew Suckling (Hawthorn), Rhys O'Sullivan (Box Hill Hawks), Thomas Warby (Box Hill Hawks) Melbourne - Daniel Hughes (Melbourne rookie 2007), Shane Tregear (Sandringham) North Melbourne - Alan Obst (North Melbourne) Port Adelaide - Jace Bode (Melbourne), Daniel Boyle (Central Districts), Daniel Caire (West Adelaide), Josh Carr (Fremantle), Jason Davenport (Geelong), Tom Holmes (Glenelg), Charlie McAdam (North Adelaide), James Meiklejohn (Port Magpies), Jessie O’Brien (North Adelaide), Brayden O’Hara (Central District), Chris Schmidt (Brisbane Lions), Daniel Stewart (North Adelaide), Wade Thompson (North Adelaide) Richmond - Adam Cockshell (Port Adelaide), David Gourdis (Richmond), Matt Davis (Coburg), Nick Liddle (Coburg), Jon Morris (Coburg), Fortunato Caruso (Coburg) St Kilda - Nathan Carroll (Melbourne), Brad Howard (St Kilda), Sam Iles (Collingwood), James Kielt (Derry, Ireland) Sydney - Aaron Bruce (Sydney Swans), Peter Faulks (Sydney Swans), Michael Pyke (Moutaubane, France), Kristin Thornton (Sydney Swans) West Coast - nil Western Bulldogs - Liam Picken (Williamstown)
Quote:TWO 17-year-old Geelong Falcons players loom as hidden treasures in next week's AFL national draft. Falcons regional manager Michael Turner is encouraging clubs to select dashing midfielder Luke Rounds and key position prospect Luke Thompson, or risk the prospect missing out on the pair in a year's time. The pair - who are born two days apart - are still eligible to play in the TAC Cup next year, but Turner believes if they stay and play with the Falcons, both have the potential to develop into top-20 picks in next year's draft. "If they get into the top 20 next year, with the draft concessions for the new Gold Coast team, they (clubs) are not going to get them," Turner said.
