List Mgmt. Welcome Greg Clark (Pick 62, 2021 National Draft)

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Fun facts

Greg Clark has now had the longest ever wait for his first WCE win - 16 losses and counting.

The most WCE games without a win by a non-current player is Greg Harding with 9 losses.

They’re the only two Greg’s we’ve ever had. So West Coast Eagles named Greg are currently 0 wins from 25 games.

Imagine getting drafted to play AFL, playing 2 seasons, nearly all of the games in your second, and getting de-listed without a single win.

Poor fella.

 

[Ambrose Burnside]

Even Nic Reid had a win

 

[Trouto]

Fun facts

Greg Clark has now had the longest ever wait for his first WCE win - 16 losses and counting.

The most WCE games without a win by a non-current player is Greg Harding with 9 losses.

They’re the only two Greg’s we’ve ever had. So West Coast Eagles named Greg are currently 0 wins from 25 games.

well, to be fair on us, Greg Harding was a Dockers reject so we were up against it trying to get a win with him...

 

[Tyberious Funk]

Imagine getting drafted to play AFL, playing 2 seasons, nearly all of the games in your second, and getting de-listed without a single win.

Poor fella.

At least he played games.

Brad Smith was recruited as a mature-age, power forward, to support our star-studded midfield. Did his knee in his first pre-season, and missed all of 2005, including (obviously) the grand final... where he could easily have made a big difference. Did his knee again the follow year, and missed all of 2006 (and again, of course, the premiership).

He was then delisted.

So not only did he wait until he was 26 before he was drafted, but he was given only two years, didn't get to play a single game and missed out on two grand finals, and potentially two premierships.

He went back to the WAFL, won the goal kicking award two years in a row, won two premierships in a row, and was the Simpson medalist in 2008... so despite two knee reconstructions, was still a pretty handy player.

 

[Falco]

At least he played games.

Brad Smith was recruited as a mature-age, power forward, to support our star-studded midfield. Did his knee in his first pre-season, and missed all of 2005, including (obviously) the grand final... where he could easily have made a big difference. Did his knee again the follow year, and missed all of 2006 (and again, of course, the premiership).

He was then delisted.

So not only did he wait until he was 26 before he was drafted, but he was given only two years, didn't get to play a single game and missed out on two grand finals, and potentially two premierships.

He went back to the WAFL, won the goal kicking award two years in a row, won two premierships in a row, and was the Simpson medalist in 2008... so despite two knee reconstructions, was still a pretty handy player.

Brad Smith was a gun. Would've kicked a stack of goals in the AFL with our midfield feeding it to him. Great on the lead and a great kick.

 

[WCE_phil]

At least he played games.

Brad Smith was recruited as a mature-age, power forward, to support our star-studded midfield. Did his knee in his first pre-season, and missed all of 2005, including (obviously) the grand final... where he could easily have made a big difference. Did his knee again the follow year, and missed all of 2006 (and again, of course, the premiership).

He was then delisted.

So not only did he wait until he was 26 before he was drafted, but he was given only two years, didn't get to play a single game and missed out on two grand finals, and potentially two premierships.

He went back to the WAFL, won the goal kicking award two years in a row, won two premierships in a row, and was the Simpson medalist in 2008... so despite two knee reconstructions, was still a pretty handy player.

Was in the days of a max 2 years on the rookie list. Club applied for an exemption due to the back to back knee reconstructions and was politely told to **** off. The AFL were the ones who ****ed us there.

 

[Keys]

Was in the days of a max 2 years on the rookie list. Club applied for an exemption due to the back to back knee reconstructions and was politely told to * off. The AFL were the ones who ****ed us there.

I’d forgotten about that little detail

Now I’m pissed off all over again

 

[Alesana]

Was in the days of a max 2 years on the rookie list. Club applied for an exemption due to the back to back knee reconstructions and was politely told to * off. The AFL were the ones who ****ed us there.

The AFL co-incidentally changed that rule the year after didn't they, after we had already de-listed Smith?

 

[WCE_phil]

The AFL co-incidentally changed that rule the year after didn't they, after we had already de-listed Smith?

Yes they did.

 

[Tyberious Funk]

Was in the days of a max 2 years on the rookie list. Club applied for an exemption due to the back to back knee reconstructions and was politely told to * off. The AFL were the ones who ****ed us there.

IIRC, Smith was on the main list, not a rookie. We asked to put him on the mature-age rookie list, but were denied because mature-age rookies were required to be 23+ (check) and never previously listed (failed). An exemption had previously been granted to Adam Ramanauskas after his cancer diagnosis, so West Coast figured Smith might be granted an exemption too.

The AFL were dicks about it, true. Demetriou was particularly dickish, claiming that two knee reconstructions didn't really constitute "exceptional circumstances". But at the same time, we could have simply renewed Smith's contract on the main list. The AFL were made out to be the villains, but West Coast were at fault too.

Smith went on to kick 126 goals in the WAFL that year, including 7 goals in the Grand Final.

 

[Truckosaurus]

Fun facts

Greg Clark has now had the longest ever wait for his first WCE win - 16 losses and counting.

The most WCE games without a win by a non-current player is Greg Harding with 9 losses.

They’re the only two Greg’s we’ve ever had. So West Coast Eagles named Greg are currently 0 wins from 25 games.

No more Gregs then. Problem solved, onward to the premiership!

 

[Trouto]

Brad Smith was a gun. Would've kicked a stack of goals in the AFL with our midfield feeding it to him. Great on the lead and a great kick.

when he did his knee a second time, i genuinely had a tear in my eye

 

[Cuzz09]

No more Gregs then. Problem solved, onward to the premiership!

Callum's have never been great either. Just going off memory.

Need a new generation of Peters

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[06Premiers]

Need a new generation of Bradds

Correct.

 

[Keys]

Chris is the name you want

We haven’t won a flag without one and have 5 premiership Chris’s total

 

[06Premiers]

Chris is the name you want

We haven’t won a flag without one and have 5 premiership Chris’s total

If we're looking at patterns, I hold very grave concerns for Dom Sheed's future mental state.
Our other premiership #4s are making all sorts of horrible headlines.

 

[Eaglemaniac]

No more Gregs then. Problem solved, onward to the premiership!

How Gregarious

 

[Truly Lazuli]

Chris is the name you want

We haven’t won a flag without one and have 5 premiership Chris’s total

What about a Chris Rioli?

 

[Lynch takes a mark]

when he did his knee a second time, i genuinely had a tear in my eye

I was at training that day

 

[Goroyals22]

This isn't a charity or auskick. If he's not up to it, it's fair game to critique him. Younger players will get a lot more leeway

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You haven’t paid much attention to our selection process the last three years ….


And it seems Greg’s the stop sign for our future success…..


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[Goldfish]

Righto you lot, who's responsible for this?

Greg Clark (Australian footballer) - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Might be his 'scoundrel middle brother Steve'?

 

[JADED]

Fun facts

Greg Clark has now had the longest ever wait for his first WCE win - 16 losses and counting.

The most WCE games without a win by a non-current player is Greg Harding with 9 losses.

They’re the only two Greg’s we’ve ever had. So West Coast Eagles named Greg are currently 0 wins from 25 games.

Saw this on UAS site.
Poor bloke is still without a win

But, who'd wanna hear our team song anyway.
I'm with Greg..



(Ok, I'm not with Greg, I just wanna start winning again
But also, fix song, see if that works, like hitting a tv, or turning it off and on again, something, anything)

 

[Woobla Stainz]

Bloke deserves a win after being the only one to try and give it to that grub Degoey. Good chance we don't win another game for the season and he gets desisted without a win

 

[Cuzz09]

What happens first...

A Greg gets a win

or

Dons win a final

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[FKASC]

What happens first...

A Greg gets a win

or

Dons win a final

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The latter imo