Sudanese Players

[LostDoggy]

I just watched the TAC cup show with Hutchy this morning, where they showed a very talented Sudanese player with the Western Jets. From the 10 seconds they showed of him he looked a talent - "Majik Daw"was his name, with a quick chat from Dalrymple to say that the Dogs are following his progress, I have long hoped that the dogs would be the first club to sign up a Sudanese/Horn of African player, and I would be filthy, if Collingwood or someone else beat us to it, as this is the emerging community of the Western suburbs, and with the African's being mad sports lovers, signing up a local boy from their community would see a surge in interest and memberships (much like Ireland now has Sydney and Collingwood members).

What do others here think?

[LostDoggy]

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I'd be going more for Sean Tighe or McKenzie from the Jets. Sean is a mate of mine from high school, he has been in pretty good touch!

They said he could possibly be in the running for a rookie spot.

[The Bulldogs Bite]

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I've played against Tighe and whilst he's good, I would think there's a fair few other options we'd be looking at.

What position did Mad Jack play?

Interesting story.

[ledge]

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Mad Jack? wow thats one name you wonder about the parents!

[Bornadog]

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I think it would be great if we had the first Sudanese player. As you say DrB, we could pick up a big following from the African community in the West and also bridges the gap between cultures as the Africans try to assimilate into the Australian community.

[The Coon Dog]

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I just want us to pick the best player we think will do a job for us. I couldn't care less whether he was Sudanese, Vietnamese or Lebanese.

[AndrewP6]

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Mad Jack? wow thats one name you wonder about the parents!

A great footy name...unfortunately the lad's name is actually "Majak".... nice attempt nonetheless..

[bulldogtragic]

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A great footy name...unfortunately the lad's name is actually "Majak".... nice attempt nonetheless..

TCD, i'm guessing you know, what are the rules with international rookies?

What if they are refugees, do they need to be citizens or non-citizens? Do they have to be living ovserseas at the time of signing?

[LostDoggy]

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A great footy name...unfortunately the lad's name is actually "Majak".... nice attempt nonetheless..

Thanks AndrewP6, as I said it was just a quick 10 second snapshot I got at the end.

[AndrewP6]

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Thanks AndrewP6, as I said it was just a quick 10 second snapshot I got at the end.

If he ever gets anywhere, that'll be the name he gets stuck with!!

[LostDoggy]

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I just want us to pick the best player we think will do a job for us. I couldn't care less whether he was Sudanese, Vietnamese or Lebanese.

The point I am trying to make CD is that if we have a local boy from the Sudanese community playing for us, we would get them all on board as supporters and members. For some reason the Vietnamese have never seemed to embrace our game, but we have more chance with the North AFrican community as they really enjoy their sport (soccer).

[LostDoggy]

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The point I am trying to make CD is that if we have a local boy from the Sudanese community playing for us, we would get them all on board as supporters and members. For some reason the Vietnamese have never seemed to embrace our game, but we have more chance with the North AFrican community as they really enjoy their sport (soccer).

Would not know exactly what asian country most of the asians in my area are from (Sunshine) but sport is not something they seem interested in. Sudanese though seem very interested. See them in the parks kicking a soccer ball or shooting some hoops. May take a generation though before they are converted to our rules of football.

[Sockeye Salmon]

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TCD, i'm guessing you know, what are the rules with international rookies?

What if they are refugees, do they need to be citizens or non-citizens? Do they have to be living ovserseas at the time of signing?

International rookies have to be living overseas.

There is another rookie category for anyone who hasn't played offical football for at least 3 years. It's designed to encourage clubs to steal the best athletes from other sports. Sydney have a kid on one.

[mjp]

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Majak has come a long way - from Hoppers B' team to actually getting TAC Cup game time in a couple of years is a good effort. His brother (Riak) spent some time at the Jets a few years ago without actually cracking a game - bloody useless coaching staff down there! :-) Majak was part of the training squad in 2007 as a 16 year old...I admit that I would have thought if he was playing this year it would be under the 19yo rule. Nevertheless, a good effort by the kid who would have only been in Australia 5 or 6 years and had a soccer background.

[Rocco Jones]

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I am a primary school teacher and most of the children at our school come from a Somali background. Soccer is big at the school but mainly because it lends itself more to primary school kids (easier to play a game, safer etc). They love playing footy but can get rather aggressive and it tends to get banned. The kids in the upper grades play for soccer sides but none of them play for footy clubs. Like a lot of Australians they can make a transition to footy later on as they have familiarity with the game through kick to kick and muck around games with their mates.

The Somali kids at my school play footy in a way that reminds me of indigenous players. We have one student who comes from a Sudanese background who is an amazing soccer player. Last year he was a star for his U/13's soccer side despite being only 8 and very small for his age. He decided to join a few older kids playing footy and he looked like an absolute natural, amazing how easy some kids can make it look.