We should tank/play the kids and get LIKOSIOUS

[stonecold]

Max/Ben King (Ruck/Forward)
Paddy McCartin - Pick 13 (Cats)
Pick 13 and Next Years First - Cerra

Surely we must be thinking this.
Make this happen Saints and 2020 is top 4

Nope, but bookmark the post!!!!!

[Tommyj]

Joking must be McCartin is going to be a star pick 13 you've lost the plot

[SMS]

Joking must be McCartin is going to be a star pick 13 you've lost the plot

McCartin has concussion and diabete issues.

He is a gun no doubt BUT can he be a long term star?

There's major doubts

No doubt on Cerra and BKing.

IF we can turn McCartin into Cerra we have to do it.

[Devilhead]

Joking must be McCartin is going to be a star pick 13 you've lost the plot

McCartin has concussion and diabete issues.

He is a gun no doubt BUT can he be a long term star?

There's major doubts

No doubt on Cerra and BKing.

IF we can turn McCartin into Cerra we have to do it.

No doubt on Ben King??? - an untried 18 yo beanpole whose twin brother just did an ACL

Another 8 years of development to look forward to then

Isn't Cerra contracted to Freo for next year anyway?

[samuraisaint]

Funny thing is, now that we're playing the kids we're actually winning!
How about we keep all of the players we have sunk so much time into so that now, just when they're showing something, we don't give them away and watch them become stars and play in premierships?
I want to keep Paddy, Bruce, Billings, Gresham, Clarke, Coffield, Acres, Dunstan, Sinclair, Long, Carlisle, Webster, Roberton, McKenzie, etc, etc, because they are St. Kilda players, and I like watching them play. And I'm already on record that I would like to see us play our two ruckmen in the same side, so you know where I sit on that issue.

If the club want to roll the dice and give our first pick this year to West Coast for Gaff, or to GWS for Shiels, I am fine with that, but I want us to persevere with the players we've got too. We've got the makings of a good side, we just need to bring in two A graders to play in the midfield from interstate who want to return to Victoria. Don't know enough about Cerra to comment on him personally, maybe a second round pick next year, but no players.

[Con Gorozidis]

http://www.afl.com.au/news/2018-07-04/u ... onal-title

[rodgerfox]

Gaff is no good. Very mediocre.

[Devilhead]

5 goals , 17 disposal effort by Rankine in the U18 championship decider

Lukosius on the quiet side

Carlscum have a decision to make ....... hopefully the wrong one

[Con Gorozidis]

Joking must be McCartin is going to be a star pick 13 you've lost the plot

'Gunna' be a star? When exactly? He is 22.

Hayward (19) and Stephenson (19) are already stars.

I don't believe Paddy will ever make it to 100 career goals.

[DJ Higgins]

Walsh if we can get him otherwise Rankine. I dont want a King as we dont need a key forward or back as much as a mid. Be interesting to see how the Carlton game goes

[saynta]

https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport/af ... be6c446858


"SOUTH Australian excitement machine Izak Rankine pushed his case to be the first player selected at this year’s national draft as the Croweaters yesterday won their first AFL under-18 division one championship in four years.

The West Adelaide midfielder/forward produced an electrifying five-goal display, including three in a spectacular first quarter, as SA thumped previously unbeaten Vic Metro by 55 points at Melbourne’s Etihad Stadium.

Rankine, 18, stole the show with a blistering performance that might have taken him from a top-five draft hope to possible favourite to be the first South Australian selected at No. 1 since Carlton took Glenelg’s Bryce Gibbs, who is now at the Crows, in 2006.

Fellow Croweater, tall utility Jack Lukosius from Woodville-West Torrens, also is in contention to go at No. 1, along with Victorians Sam Walsh and Ben King.

Rankine turned the championship decider — both teams went into the match unbeaten — into his show.

He kicked 3.2, including two incredible snap shots, of SA’s 4.3 in a remarkable first quarter as the visitors raced to a decisive 26-point lead at the first change.

He then bagged two goals in the final quarter to seal the Croweaters’ third under-18s title and first under new coach Tony Bamford.

Compared to Adelaide’s dual Norm Smith Medallist Andrew McLeod, Rankine finished with five goals and 17 disposals and was the top-ranked SuperCoach player on the ground.

AFL talent manager Michael Ablett described Rankine as being similar to Adelaide’s games record holder McLeod and a future star of the AFL.

“I’ve always likened him to an Andy McLeod type because he just moves with ease across the ground and makes the game look simple, really, really simple,’’ Ablett said on Fox Footy.

“He kicked some great goals, took some terrific marks and set a couple (of goals) up for teammates. He’s still a young man but if he can do this at AFL level we'll be watching highlights of him for years to come.’’


Lukosius, 17, didn’t have the same impact as his Henley High School classmate yesterday but was still effective in attack and down back.

In the second half he spent time on King, who kicked four of Vic Metro’s nine goals, in a dream match-up for AFL recruiters.

SA won all four of its championship matches, also beating Western Australia by 89 points, Vic Country by 27 points and the Allies by 24 points.

Other standouts for the Croweaters yesterday were midfielders Jacob Kennerley, Jackson Hately and captain Luke Valente, who was named SA’s MVP, and defenders Martin Frederick and Jez McLennan."

[fugazi]

Looks like a really good top 5.
We should recruit elite talent this year...lets hope we can develop them properly.