Don't want to go back and forth here but I can't imagine Mick and Carlton being easy to deal with - far from it!
About time WA clubs used the go home factor
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Don't want to go back and forth here but I can't imagine Mick and Carlton being easy to deal with - far from it!
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Hmm, not sure about that, we have gotten several trades done since Mick came to the club (not big names, but at least enough to show we can be reasonable traders)
I am convinced Harry Taylor did agree to join Freo a couple of years ago, but changed his mind when he was told that a trade to the Freo would be basically impossible...
Ross Lyon is the 2nd best coach in the league after Clarko, but I feel his stubborn and conservative nature in trading is holding Freo back somewhat ..
I don't think we are hard to deal with. Traded a player we desperately wanted to keep in Viv Michie for a packet of chips, Delisted Roberton even though we wanted to keep him, so he could be picked up as a delisted free agent. Wouldn't pay overs for Mitch Clark which I thinks fair enough, he's barely gotten on the park since he moved.
Well it's a good thing he isn't the list manager then.
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A few years back Cale Hooker was given the opportunity to head home but he decided to stay.
Just because players are from a certain place does not mean they always have the need to return home.
Just because players are from a certain place does not mean they always have the need to return home.
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When he left Brisbane. We offered pick 16 and they wanted 16 and 20 so we said no because he told us he wanted to come to Freo. Then over the weekend Melbourne swoop and pick him up.
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Think westcoast should be more worried about retaining Scott selwood Luke sheuy and Andrew Gaff. If they don't have a good year I can see the Vic clubs circling already.
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that's good,should be earlier than 7 years then
To trade you must have the picks and with only two teams it's difficult to have the other team want. In Victoria their is 10 teams and it's more likely to have a team with picks eg Boyd going to the doggies. If Boyd want to go Freo or Wet Toast either team wouldn't have had the picks. With current trading rules that a player can not agreed to a trade, it makes it impossible to get someone of value.
By the way people, Lyons doesn't control list management but Chris Bond does. Fremantle is well resourced club compared to when Lyons was at St Kilda, please don't think it is the same situation.
As for Taylor not wanting to go to Freo because of Freo's unwillingness to offer a decent trade. Seems like crap to me. At the time Cats were gunning for a flag and Freo weren't in the hunt for a flag. Taylor would have to be crazy to leave.
By the way people, Lyons doesn't control list management but Chris Bond does. Fremantle is well resourced club compared to when Lyons was at St Kilda, please don't think it is the same situation.
As for Taylor not wanting to go to Freo because of Freo's unwillingness to offer a decent trade. Seems like crap to me. At the time Cats were gunning for a flag and Freo weren't in the hunt for a flag. Taylor would have to be crazy to leave.
A combination of lack of recent tall options to replace him, hope that he can get over injuries and rediscover his early (as in 5 years ago) form and someone foolishly giving him a 2 year contract in 2013.
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I believe the Selwood Xmas lunch and subsequent after lunch activities were followed by a certain discussion regarding Scooter.
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Shuey and gaff just signed new contracts last year till 2017+ not that it means much these days but they must be happy to stay at the moment .
You can have selwood just give us another 2 first rounders and your next josh Kennedy please
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Shuey and gaff just signed new contracts last year till 2017+ not that it means much these days but they must be happy to stay at the moment .
You can have selwood just give us another 2 first rounders and your next josh Kennedy please
Be happy to. If u ever get another Judd let us know.
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At Adams place in Perth the lunch in question?
The fact of the matter is these guys are young men in their 20s, and Melbourne is just a much more fun city to live in if you're a 20 something footballer.
Perth is great though, especially in the last 5 years as people have said, and is actually turning into a mini-Melbourne with all the alleyway bars and pop-up places and hipster stuff. Plus all the random festivals and young people starting to actually live in the city as opposed to the suburbs. But at the end of the day it's going to be more fun living in Melbourne than a mini-Melbourne
Perth is great though, especially in the last 5 years as people have said, and is actually turning into a mini-Melbourne with all the alleyway bars and pop-up places and hipster stuff. Plus all the random festivals and young people starting to actually live in the city as opposed to the suburbs. But at the end of the day it's going to be more fun living in Melbourne than a mini-Melbourne
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Other than being close to home everyone has different motivations for wanting to live in different cities.
Some players want to be big fish in a small pond, others want to be in the biggest pond, others want to be in a pond where people don't go fishing etc.
I reckon more players from the East have been drafted to WC then decided to stay in Perth after they retire than have requested trades back to Victoria.
Some players want to be big fish in a small pond, others want to be in the biggest pond, others want to be in a pond where people don't go fishing etc.
I reckon more players from the East have been drafted to WC then decided to stay in Perth after they retire than have requested trades back to Victoria.
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Life aspirations after footy are a consideration discussed with any worthwhile player/manager.
Shuey and gaff just signed new contracts last year till 2017+ not that it means much these days but they must be happy to stay at the moment .
You can have selwood just give us another 2 first rounders and your next josh Kennedy please
He is FA I believe.
I guess with that lot you would be happy with changing FA to 6 and 8 years? GC better start playing finals or they will really start seeing the "the jailhouse , soap in the shower" effect
It would be the plane flight across the country every second week that would put a lot of players off moving over, not because Melbourne is some 'paradise' in comparison to live in lol.
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Its crap alright. Taylor and his Wife with their young family would definitely have strongly considered heading back to WA as they have family support there. The reality is Taylor is extremely loyal and loves playing at the Cats. Taylor not heading to Freo because Freo would not come up with a suitable trade is absolute rubbish. Geelong are notoriously easy to deal with at the trade table. If Taylor wanted Freo, he'd be playing at Freo. Even if he was desperate to go home, he could have been traded to West Coast. Geelong have been, and will continue to be approachable at the trade table..
I agree. Some people just want to hate Fremantle and especially Lyons, and make up stuff. Taylor wanted to stay at Geelong (good winning culture) but got good offer from the dockers and so he looked at it.
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