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How so?

@flyboy77

I watch a fair bit of VFA, VFL and TAC Cup, I had great hopes for Ben.

You'll even find past posts on here of me touting the glowing terms he was described in by former school footy coaches like Luke Hodge.

But for all that, and I concede he started at an unlucky time, he just hasn't shown it. I can't even state his intensity reached the level of laconic. There's a reason he never got that AFL chance, he didn't earn it and never really looked like it. Macreadie and even O'Dwyer had him covered, one was busted and the other most on here label a spud or stable pony!

Bingo!

If he really had strong potential one of the other 17 clubs would have snapped him up, even as a rookie! But crickets and tumbleweeds for Ben. The kid simply might have other interests in life he'd rather pursue than footy.

Another point of interest is that there is a young key defender who is a F/S Candidate for us this year. His name happens to be 'Whitnall'. That is all I know of him at the moment, except that he will be playing for the Knights.

Another point of interest is that there is a young key defender who is a F/S Candidate for us this year. His name happens to be 'Whitnall'. That is all I know of him at the moment, except that he will be playing for the Knights.

There was an article on the afl website about father sons......brothers....cousins etc
Listed about 50 players.

We had Whitnall, playing chb from memory.
I think there was a Gleason, the third silvagni, mckay and Hogg as options.

https://www.afl.com.au/news/559913/archer-silvagni-lockett-famous-names-galore-in-21-draft-class

Whitnall playing for the Calder cannons, not knights

He's an upgrade on Callum Moore but still a lemon IMO.

He should be in the VFL all season, if he plays in the seniors, then we are in serious trouble.

To clarify in which TAC team Lance Whitnall played as a junior,  the following biopsy is courtesy Bluesuem.org
cheers Ab

The debate was not about Lance, but his son coming through

To clarify in which TAC team Lance Whitnall played as a junior,  the following biography is courtesy Bluesuem.org
cheers Ab

Lance Whitnall

Career : 1997 - 2007
Debut : Round 1, 1997 vs Essendon, aged 17 years, 220 days
Carlton Player No. 1013
Games : 216
Goals : 348
Guernsey No. 8
Last Game : Round 22, 2007 vs Melbourne, aged 28 years, 10 days
Height : 192 cm (6 ft. 2 in.)
Weight : 100 kg (15 stone, 10 lbs.)
DOB : 23 August, 1979
Captain: 2007
All Australian: 2000
John Nicholls Medal: 2006
Leading goalkicker: 1998, 1999, 2000
Rising Star Nominee: Round 1, 1997

An often brilliant, yet much-maligned key forward who captained the Blues in the last of his eleven seasons at Princes Park, Lance Whitnall was born with rare skills, an astute football brain, and a bulky frame that was prone to stack on extra kilos during the briefest of layoffs. His battles with his weight were well-publicised throughout his time at Princes Park, often drawing scathing and ill-informed criticism. The facts are that Whitnall was more than a worthy captain of the Carlton Football Club, and his career record stands comparison with all but the very best of the Blues’ on-field leaders.

Lance came to Carlton with an impressive football pedigree. His father, Graeme Whitnall, played 66 matches for the Blues between 1974 and 1981, while his grandfather Noel had a long and distinguished career in country football. As a youngster, Lance played as a junior with outer-suburban Lalor. From the age of 14 he was remarkably mature in both mind and body, and this translated to dominance on the field. By 1995 he was centre half-forward and captain of the Victorian Under 16 state team, and a year later was a star in the Northern Knights side that won the TAC Cup Under 18 Grand Final. Carlton then drafted him under the father/son rule, and by Christmas 1996, Whitnall was the new custodian of Carlton’s number 8 guernsey. Nicknamed “Banger” at first, then “Big Red” or simply “Red” because of his hair colour, he didn’t lack confidence or self-belief.