Retired #45: Anthony Munkara - Leaving the club, returning to Tiwi - 7/9

[Beerfish]

Contract Status: Out of contract 2023 (Category B Rookie) - Retired
2023 My Boy Draft: Pick 6, fishardansin

 

[Lore]

Has this been announced yet?

No reason not to unless we're trying to sort something out.

Give him a year off. Apply for a deactivation of the list spot.

This is exactly what Rendell was talking about all of those years ago. 18 is too young to take these kids from their communities.

Maybe clubs need to be able to prelist, no questions asked, until these cat Bs turn 21. The AFL could always oversee to satisfy itself there is no abuse, though I am not sure what purpose stockpiling deactivated rookies playing in the NT would serve.

We've already lost the talent of Mosquito to the game. There were a stack of deficiencies in Munkara's game but that's part of the project.

This is a square peg we're not going to fit into a round hole.

It hasn't been announced yet but he didn't play the last couple of weeks of VFL and may not have been available for exit meetings, meaning they haven't officially talked to him about it yet.

 

[DonsRule]

 

[andleanback]

Surely the recruiters had an idea how far away he was before committing?

Must be 100 better options that are closer to AFL level,

Hence why he was on the cat b list and didn’t get bid on

 

[Zach Package]

Will track him with interest from here.

Never know where or when he could bob up and be on a list again somewhere.

Hopefully we’re still on good terms.

 

[andleanback]

Will track him with interest from here.

Never know where or when he could bob up and be on a list again somewhere.

Hopefully we’re still on good terms.

Doubt we ever see or hear from him again

 

[Zach Package]

Doubt we ever see or hear from him again

We know he has connections with West Adelaide and the Tiwi bombers.

He could step for the entirety of the next year or even the next two or 3 years and still only be 23 and contending for a list spot again if he starts to heat up in the lower leagues.

It’s completely up to him but that’s the advantage of being delisted at 18, he’s still a baby.

 

[DERO]

Has this been announced yet?

No reason not to unless we're trying to sort something out.

Give him a year off. Apply for a deactivation of the list spot.

This is exactly what Rendell was talking about all of those years ago. 18 is too young to take these kids from their communities.

Maybe clubs need to be able to prelist, no questions asked, until these cat Bs turn 21. The AFL could always oversee to satisfy itself there is no abuse, though I am not sure what purpose stockpiling deactivated rookies playing in the NT would serve.

We've already lost the talent of Mosquito to the game. There were a stack of deficiencies in Munkara's game but that's part of the project.

This is a square peg we're not going to fit into a round hole.

Coincidently, I actually spoke to Dan McPherson briefly about this after we picked him up last year. We didn’t take him from his community apparently - he spent last year playing in Adelaide and they seemed to think that he was fairly well adjusted and leas of a risk as a result. Interesting huh?

 

[DERO]

I remember our affiliation with Tiwi being described as “a free kick in the goalsquare”. What they didn’t mention was that Joe Daniher would be taking the kick.

 

[jmoo wan]

Coincidently, I actually spoke to Dan McPherson briefly about this after we picked him up last year. We didn’t take him from his community apparently - he spent last year playing in Adelaide and they seemed to think that he was fairly well adjusted and leas of a risk as a result. Interesting huh?

yeah, there is definitely something fishy going on here…

 

[ant555]

We know he has connections with West Adelaide and the Tiwi bombers.

He could step for the entirety of the next year or even the next two or 3 years and still only be 23 and contending for a list spot again if he starts to heat up in the lower leagues.

It’s completely up to him but that’s the advantage of being delisted at 18, he’s still a baby.

Doesn't like body contact.

 

[The Donners]

I remember our affiliation with Tiwi being described as “a free kick in the goalsquare”. What they didn’t mention was that Joe Daniher would be taking the kick.

Hard to take a kick within the field of play when you’re sitting on a fence.

 

[Call Me Cake]

What was the point

 

[ydc55]

They took a punt
it failed
they only wasted a year on a cat b
the kid has some talent but lacks competitiveness
fair play on this one

 

[eth-dog]

What was the point

Using a free hit on an uber talented forward? Really?

 

[faible]

This thread illustrates how misunderstood the Cat B list is.

 

[Milanista28]

What did we expect to learn in 12 months?

More to this than his on field performance, why not give him another 12 months?

 

[fishardansin]

This one hurts.

 

[jmoo wan]

This thread illustrates how misunderstood the Cat B list is.

nah, people get it, just what is the point of recruiting someone so young and so raw from a non- traditional pathway if you are just going to give them 12 months?

 

[faible]

nah, people get it, just what is the point of recruiting someone so young and so raw from a non- traditional pathway if you are just going to give them 12 months?

Maybe he wasn’t simply cut due to form but due to other reasons that weren’t going to be resolved with another 12 months on the list?

 

[eth-dog]

nah, people get it, just what is the point of recruiting someone so young and so raw from a non- traditional pathway if you are just going to give them 12 months?

Because you need to explore every pathway for a chance to succeed

 

[jmoo wan]

Because you need to explore every pathway for a chance to succeed

agreed, they should explore the pathway that gives him another 12 months

 

[Duckworth]

agreed, they should explore the pathway that gives him another 12 months

Didn't he make the call? A player can love playing, but still understand they don't have the level of commitment to make it at the elite level. This can be decided after 12 months in the system - no point dragging it out for 2 years just because we can.

 

[Milanista28]

Unless there are other reasons for his delisting, the club knew full well the project he was when we took him on, if any of them truly believed he'd come in and show professional traits from day one then they're absolute morons.

 

[Milanista28]

Didn't he make the call? A player can love playing, but still understand they don't have the level of commitment to make it at the elite level. This can be decided after 12 months in the system - no point dragging it out for 2 years just because we can.

Club statement says he wasn't offered another contract, that's a delisting.

 

[Vindicater]

Will track him with interest from here.

Never know where or when he could bob up and be on a list again somewhere.

Hopefully we’re still on good terms.

Not a chance in hell he comes back from Tiwi. Furthest south he will be going from now on is Alice.