News Marty Frederick signs with Claremont

[OneGreatClub]

Either Rodan is shorter or Frederick is taller than I imagined .

 

[Marmozet]

 

[Schulzenfest]

Good to know Michael was a Port supporter too. We can get him back to play with his brother if he turns out any good.

 

[Grave Danger]

Watch the small mindeds kick up a fuss if D-Rod ever umpires one of our games. Josh the Goose's point in that Showdown would definitely have been a point

 

[OneGreatClub]

Unlikely to be our lad this week, but hopefully eventually?

 

[RangaInTeal]

Either Rodan is shorter or Frederick is taller than I imaginedView attachment 1112211.

Freddy with studs on!

 

[Garibaldi Red]

Watch the small mindeds kick up a fuss if D-Rod ever umpires one of our games. Josh the Goose's point in that Showdown would definitely have been a point

There have been a few calling for the AFL to investigate this already

 

[Garibaldi Red]

 

[Grave Danger]

Unlikely to be our lad this week, but hopefully eventually?

Koschitzke gets the Rising Star nom.

 

[Falco131415]

Why wasn't his twin brother Michael now @ the Dockers taken as A NGA rookie too?

 

[Julia#13]

I like Frederick. He looked good but trying to temper expectations. Would love him to stick in the side long term as we don't really have anyone with burning speed off half-back and it releases Houston and even Jones to do more in the middle. Could see he was tentative to take off and run with the ball yesterday, even with space. Can't wait to see him streaming down adelaide oval

 

[OneGreatClub]

Koschitzke gets the Rising Star nom.

At least it wasn’t Thillwhatsisname

 

[_VXV]

So happy he had a fantastic debut. There’s a family that were at Portland when he & his brother were there who went way past the extra yards to maximise the boys talents. Our club & Fremantle should comp them for life.

 

[VineValerian]

Why wasn't his twin brother Michael now @ the Dockers taken as A NGA rookie too?

At the time Martin was the better of the two and winning all the trophies and accolades.
Think somebody one mentioned on BF that Port never registered him for selection at at the time, so couldn't draft him?

 

[OneGreatClub]

At the time Martin was the better of the two and winning all the trophies and accolades.
Think somebody one mentioned on BF that Port never registered him for selection at at the time, so couldn't draft him?

Mmmm...interesting

 

[GoTheMightyCrows]

Marty was so clean with his hands and composed with decision making - a great start young fella.

 

[dirty2]

At the time Martin was the better of the two and winning all the trophies and accolades.
Think somebody one mentioned on BF that Port never registered him for selection at at the time, so couldn't draft him?

I thought he was on our list for a couple of years....

 

[Visenfest]

I thought he was on our list for a couple of years....

You might be thinking of Emmanuel Irra.

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

Re read the first 5 pages of this thread about what people said about his first year or so at Port.

I posted at post #62 that in March 2019, Baz Curtin at the Club 1870 event when interviewing Martin, said to Martin that a couple of the senior players had told him, that they believe that he is ready to play AFL.

I completely forgot about that, and at the end of 2019 thought Marty was luckier than Kai Pudney not to get cut from the rookie list. I've also forgotten how tough 2020 would have been for him only playing meaningless scratch games with no chance of breaking into the A grade.

Someone or a few people at the club obviously thought he had something worth persevering with.

Couldn't help thinking whilst reading those pages, that we got Marty for nothing, but used pick 16 on Pittard and Marty looked safer and more composed than Pittard did for probably 120 of his 126 games. Bit harsh as Pittard started when we were at rock bottom, but he played when we were decent rather than great during 2013-17 years.

Our scouts and recruiting guys have improved a hell of a lot since the noughties.

 

[dirty2]

You might be thinking of Emmanuel Irra.

You might be right..

 

[DaTBird187]

Release the Manguru.

 

[DaTBird187]

This is brilliant.

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

Marty will get the lockdown job on Charlie Cameron

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Charlie Cameron

Age

29

Ht

180cm

Wt

76kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

12.1

3star

K

8.4

3star

HB

3.7

3star

M

3.0

3star

T

3.2

5star

G

1.5

5star

D

9.6

2star

K

7.9

3star

HB

1.7

1star

M

3.6

4star

T

1.7

3star

G

1.9

5star

D

9.6

3star

K

5.4

2star

HB

4.2

4star

M

1.4

2star

T

3.4

5star

G

1.2

4star

this week.

If he beats him, then team selection is a WNBG for the rest of this year.

 

[RossFC]

Why are so many of our players average-to-poor in the 2's then good in the 1s? Seems system related.

Jack Strange needs to be drafted mid-season. If he comes into the AFL side and wins a Brownlow, The SANFL is cooked.

 

[Shaucob_Burjan]

I want whatever anti-aging voodoo Rodan uses