List Mgmt. Welcome to West Coast: Jarrod Brander [Off to GWS]

[Free Agent]

Brander isn't going to do much elsewhere. He is simply an average player. He will play elsewhere for a few years and get delisted again but doubt he will do much going forward then he already has with us. Just one of those plodder types. We could do without passengers if we want to turn our list into a contender again we need to remove these vanilla type players like Brander. That will set us back. He will need to grow a heart and put his body on the line a lot more then he has.. Don't think he has it in him to do that to be honest.

Anyway speaking of Brander I heard some knob on the radio today saying he should go to St Kilda as they need key backman

Haha good luck to him anyway. Maybe some team can turn him into a Backman as he sure as hell isn't a midfielder or forward going by what his produced.



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[kranky al]

http://www.westcoasteagles.com.au/news/2017-11-24/pick-13-jarrod-brander

Best tall in the draft and our eventual JK replacement. Plus, he's already an Eagles fan to boot.

Wonder if hes still an eagles fan....

 

[DJMac]

When looking back at drafts, I like to see who else was taken after our pick in that round. Hindsight distorts drafts, as you have the benefit of seeing who actually make it at AFL. Looking at who was selected at the time reflects what people actually thought then.

There's not many after Brander in the first round that actually did anything. Starcevich and Powell seem like the only two. I don't watch either team often, so can't say if they are actually any good.

i remember the draft well. Most people thought we were taking Oscar Allen with our first pick. I hoped we would take Tim Kelly with our next pick. Somehow Allen was still there for our second pick so we got 2 talls. Geelong got Kelly and we took Liam Ryan then Petch.

2 years later we give up the best part of 2 years draft picks for Kelly. 4 years later we delist Brander for nothing. We got lucky that Allen was still there but when You look at it combined with what we later gave up for Kelly the Brander pick us the worst drafting decision in the clubs history.

 

[The Passenger]

Best available is a fine enough strategy when your list is balanced, or even mostly balanced.

But we've been so heavy on good tall's for quite some time now that we are one club where it really doesn't apply. We need midfielders and we need them badly.

For us to not pick up a midfielder with our first pick at 10 (? ish) it would need to be a KPP that we had projected for the top four or five that has fallen through. And even then our need for midfielders might well supersede that.

 

[squashface]

For us to not pick up a midfielder with our first pick at 10 (? ish) it would need to be a KPP that we had projected for the top four or five that has fallen through. And even then our need for midfielders might well supersede that.

Yeah even then I’d still rather a mid. Brander was a projected potential pick 1 at one point so I hold very little value in pre-draft projections.

 

[Total_Juddshanks]

For what its worth, Oscar Allen

12

Oscar Allen

Age

25

Ht

196cm

Wt

96kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

9.8

2star

K

6.6

3star

HB

3.2

3star

M

3.8

4star

T

2.4

4star

G

1.1

4star

No current season stats available

D

8.6

3star

K

5.8

3star

HB

2.8

3star

M

3.8

4star

T

2.0

4star

G

1.2

4star

and Schofield's take on it after the delisting is Brander should be a 200 game AFL player.

 

[Bender_]

For what its worth, Oscar Allen and Schofield's take on it after the delisting is Brander should be a 200 game AFL player.

Oscar Allen refers to him as his best mate though, not a huge surprise.

 

[amazingjoshy]

For what its worth, Oscar Allen and Schofield's take on it after the delisting is Brander should be a 200 game AFL player.

Yeah heard that. Also, Oscar said Brander's now 198cm tall (and himself now 195). And his best position is as a 3rd tall defender (didn't sound like Schofield really agreed with that bit)

 

[Ambrose Burnside]

Imagine using a first rounder on a third tall, and having him kept out of the side by the bloke taken last in the draft Or a rookie so far down the pecking order he doesn't even have the right jumper (and no one noticed) if we're talking defenders.

Jake Waterman

2

Jake Waterman

Age

25

Ht

192cm

Wt

92kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

11.3

3star

K

7.9

3star

HB

3.4

3star

M

5.2

5star

T

1.2

3star

G

1.0

4star

D

9.8

2star

K

7.8

3star

HB

2.0

1star

M

5.8

5star

T

0.3

1star

G

1.5

5star

D

12.2

3star

K

7.6

3star

HB

4.6

4star

M

4.6

5star

T

1.6

4star

G

0.8

4star

300 gamer confirmed.

 

[RookiePick]

Oscar Allen refers to him as his best mate though, not a huge surprise.

So Oscar will be rapt the club shafted his best mate then while simultaneously playing Allen into the ground, injured, and risking his longer term future.

Might lose both of them for below value when Oscar's contract comes up.

 

[Keys]

So Oscar will be rapt the club shafted his best mate then while simultaneously playing Allen into the ground, injured, and risking his longer term future.

Might lose both of them for below value when Oscar's contract comes up.

Well he’s contracted until the end of 2025 so has 4 years to get over it

 

[Ambrose Burnside]

Well he’s contracted until the end of 2025 so has 4 years to get over it

And Brander will be about 2-3 years out of the AFL system by then too.

 

[ziad]

And Brander will be about 2-3 years out of the AFL system by then too.

And Oscar is a good man who says the right thing. He will move on quicker than Brander side stepping a contest.

 

[Rowan18]

So Oscar will be rapt the club shafted his best mate then while simultaneously playing Allen into the ground, injured, and risking his longer term future.

Might lose both of them for below value when Oscar's contract comes up.

He's a pro footballer, if he was that precious he'd be joining Brander out the door.

 

[amazingjoshy]

He also mentioned on the very same pod that he loves the club and loves living in Perth and has absolutely no reason to leave

 

[RookiePick]

He also mentioned on the very same pod that he loves the club and loves living in Perth and has absolutely no reason to leave

Well he would say that after watching his best mate get knifed right in front of him.

 

[Nuke Fremantle]

Just looking at the headline in The Worst, "incorrect contested ball perception".

Jesus Oscar, Alanis Morrisette had a song about that.

 

[Chris_6678]

LOL heaps of players see their mates get delisted and while they might not agree they move on very quickly as they know its part of AFL.

 

[Obeanie1]

Easton Wood

10

Easton Wood

Age

34

Ht

187cm

Wt

86kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

14.0

4star

K

8.0

3star

HB

6.1

4star

M

4.9

5star

T

1.6

4star

MG

217.0

3star

D

11.2

3star

K

7.0

3star

HB

4.2

3star

M

4.3

4star

T

1.2

2star

MG

154.0

3star

D

12.8

4star

K

6.4

3star

HB

6.4

4star

M

3.0

3star

T

1.8

4star

retired at the Dogs, body starting to fail. Brander would be a decent replacement 3rd tall down back.

And they need more tall backs, one area of weakness.

People need to move on and stop being so salty. The club stuffed him around and he wasnt strong enough or luckier with injuries to come good in the time frame. I hope he does ok and makes it work, will cry if he becomes a gun.

 

[ziad]

Eastern Wood retired at the Dogs, body starting to fail. Brander would be a decent replacement 3rd tall down back.

And they need more tall backs, one area of weakness.

People need to move on and stop being so salty. The club stuffed him around and he wasnt strong enough or luckier with injuries to come good in the time frame. I hope he does ok and makes it work, will cry if he becomes a gun.

Estern Wood was a footballer, no comparison with Bander

 

[Obeanie1]

Estern Wood was a footballer, no comparison with Bander

You sound like a jilted lover mate.

People need to get over it and not take the dissappointment so emotionally.

As Cuz would say, Such is Life.

 

[amazingjoshy]

New club enters the mix for in-demand Eagles young gun

New club enters the mix for in-demand Eagles young gun

www.foxsports.com.au

Sounds like almost certain to find a new home

 

[ziad]

You sound like a jilted lover mate.

People need to get over it and not take the dissappointment so emotionally.

As Cuz would say, Such is Life.

odd comment, I just watch Wood play and he is a leader and inteligent player who is highly effective. I am on the glad to see Brander go team

 

[Rowan18]

New club enters the mix for in-demand Eagles young gun

New club enters the mix for in-demand Eagles young gun

www.foxsports.com.au

Sounds like almost certain to find a new home

If he's going anywhere, GWS would be a good option. I would hate it if he got to a Vic club and played well.

 

[Moose1414]

If he's going anywhere, GWS would be a good option. I would hate it if he got to a Vic club and played well.

True, but if I were Brander Brisbane would be the club I'd head to if that were at all possible. GWS just seems like a poor managed club with a bog average coach. Brisbane on the other hand are a Premiership contender without a key forward for 2022. If there was a way onto that list this is the prime position at AFL level for a 198cm 22 year old who's been starved of opportunities up forward. Fagan seems a coach who's personality would be a good fit for him too. Also also, Hipwood is a dud kick on goal who in 2023 will be coming off an ACL and Daniher is 5 years older than Brander and prefers to play ruck, so decent medium and long term an opportunity up forward as well.