Hill Bros: Stephen Signed/Bradley wants out
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If Brad and Stephen’s departure from the club influences Tim Kelly to join us then I’d hope we’d try to make that happen. We’d definitely miss Brad’s run and carry (see the Brisbane game especially) but would trade it for Kelly’s contested and scoring power. And concerning Stephen well he’s just hardly ever on the park anymore.
We desperately need quality in and around the contest and mids who can win their own ball, use it well and hit the scoreboard. Kelly ticks all those boxes. The only current player on our list (disregarding Bennell) who can do that consistently is Walters.
We desperately need quality in and around the contest and mids who can win their own ball, use it well and hit the scoreboard. Kelly ticks all those boxes. The only current player on our list (disregarding Bennell) who can do that consistently is Walters.
Doesn't look like that at all, even Willo is turning about to take off, you can see Brad Hills eyes dart when he realises there is more presentation to come.
We have to get the WA boys, straight out of the draft, before they move over east and get interstate partners.
Interestingly I heard that Freo has been in talks with Kelly's management in the last week, together with people from South Fremantle. Trying to rebuild some bridges perhaps?
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Interestingly I heard that Freo has been in talks with Kelly's management in the last week, together with people from South Fremantle. Trying to rebuild some bridges perhaps?
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I think Kelly rates Bell
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Extrapolating from Sherrif and all the other stuff going down
1) West Coast was heavily favoured last year because we told him we would draft him several times and then blew him off
2) We've known we were second on Kelly's list but 1st on Geelongs
3) Bell, who has a good relationship with Kelly has been in his ear (and his managers) trying to convince we are good bet
4) Geelong have told Kelly they will get him home and would appreciate it if they let them get the best deal for themselves.
Probably the only way we get him because there is no reason (especially after the weekend) that we are his number 1 choice
1) West Coast was heavily favoured last year because we told him we would draft him several times and then blew him off
2) We've known we were second on Kelly's list but 1st on Geelongs
3) Bell, who has a good relationship with Kelly has been in his ear (and his managers) trying to convince we are good bet
4) Geelong have told Kelly they will get him home and would appreciate it if they let them get the best deal for themselves.
Probably the only way we get him because there is no reason (especially after the weekend) that we are his number 1 choice
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Ask a young up and comer from WA who he would prefer to play for, us or the Eagles.
There’s your answer!
How Bell is going to convince young blokes that we are the correct option for their future beats me.
There’s your answer!
How Bell is going to convince young blokes that we are the correct option for their future beats me.
Anecdotally its not
Sorry Greyhairs, but that's just a pointless argument. West Coast have a bigger following than Fremantle. Therefore more people have grown up supporting West Coast and hence will want to go there in preference to Fremantle. However, just because you would prefer to go to a particular team doesn't mean you will get that choice. A couple of cases in point:
Nat Fyfe - hated the Dockers and wanted to go to Richmond
Matthew Pavlich - did not want to come to the Dockers
Those two have turned out fair servants of the club.
Matthew Priddis supported and wanted to play for the Dockers
Elliot Yea, McGovern, Sheppard likewise
Ballas supported West Coast and wanted to play for them.
I could list lots more examples, but you see my point - it doesn't matter who you support or want to play for, it is rarely a case of having a choice. You will be drafted or you won't be drafted, and if Freo draft someone and they choose not to go to Freo, then they don't play AFL.
Further to this, there was a time when some parents were (anecdotally) reluctant to let their boys play for the Eagles because of the drug issues within the club - they seem to have survived that.
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Greyhairs
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I get what you’re saying and I agree they all would want to get in the system but what I’m getting at is that instead of wanting to play for us, unless we pick them in the draft, they would prefer the Eagles.
Once we pick up a young bloke in the draft of course they will be say how pleased they are to be picked by Freo.
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I wasn’t talking or referring to the supporters of the Eagles compared to the Dockers.
I’m talking about the youngsters preference.
And I know that obviously which team you prefer doesn’t necessarily mean you have get the choice to go there.
Commonsense, that’s all.
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They would all have preferred to play for Hawthorn in 2014 too, Richmond in 2018. That's the real indication of the pattern.
Sustained success will breed a culture where casual supporters follow Fremantle, currently I'd estimate the support from those who wouldn't be able to name more than three Eagles players and asks what happened in the game at work on Monday as being 85% in favor of West Coast.
The trick for Fremantle will be to be performing well year on year for a four to five year window during which those casual supporters decide to come to a game, or bring their children along and start rusting onto Fremantle. That won't happen if we are finishing 9th every season.
Even though we are the second team in town, you can still beat the big one. Look at Port on the w/end, they are around 300,000 supporters, probably close to us, and they taught Adelaide a much bigger franchise a new one. it can happen
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You and Cesoir are quite correct in what you are saying.
I don’t think my first post on the subject explained what I actually meant and had more to do with my actual feelings with regard to a Freo at the moment.
Accept my apologies to both of you please.
All good Greyhairs, I understood the sentiment behind your post and based on the last few weeks I completely agree. But the positive is we have generally been able to attract and keep players even when maybe they'd rather be somewhere else. If we get back to being successful that will be a heck of a lot easier too!
F**k them, self-entitled youngsters don't get to pick who they play for. They should work their ass off and dream about getting drafted/picked up by any of the 18 teams in the AFL.
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And he'll understand (deep down) when you wear your Freo colours to the derby.
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