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Yep. There were people saying we should have got him with our first or second pick
. Obviously no one has faith in him adapting to a professional environment.-
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. Obviously no one has faith in him adapting to a professional environment.
I would have preferred him to any of our rookies. He's the speculative pick that you should be targeting.
Can understand McInnes for contract purposes, but otherwise it was pretty putrid.
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I always find it disturbing when we agree totally on anything.
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People need to show more respect to the potential of rookie players. So many people just fire back with "So what it's just a rookie, won't make it.." and yet that sort of narrow minded view is proven wrong year after year when rookie gems are unearthed at other clubs.
You've got to be in it to win it West Coast. If you keep choosing not to give young players a go and take a speculative punt on potential, then you're clearly happy being hamstrung when it comes to unearthing new talent.
You've got to be in it to win it West Coast. If you keep choosing not to give young players a go and take a speculative punt on potential, then you're clearly happy being hamstrung when it comes to unearthing new talent.
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Venables, Rotham, Rioli, Waterman, Gorter and Bayok is a good haul.
So talented that all 18 clubs passed on them...
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Bob Mormill would not stop going on about him ever.
Thank God that campaigner is retired now (Mormill not Ryan)
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We're not taking him as a draft pick though, we can just add him to the cat b rookie list afterwards.
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Knightmare said he would have gone Ryan before Rioli lel
Clubs are also prepared to wait. Like Rioli, if he's serious he can show himself dedicated in the WAFL/VFL/SANFL and someone will pick him up next year for a late pick.Yep. There were people saying we should have got him with our first or second pick
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Must admit I thought he was taller than 191cm and personally would have preferred a pure mid like Banfield but I'm happy enough with this.
He had some good games in the 2nd half of the season that I saw
Someone will need to explain Petrie to me - don't understand this one at all
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Gutted we didn't pick up Bailey. And Petrie over Goddard or Tom Goodwin, i just..... how.... 
To set the tone stage correctly, our pick 12 in the rookie draft was not just a flippant rookie pick, it was our 40th player that we could of put onto our senior list. We elected to take a more insightful portfolio and talent view.
So with that in mind, I think a number of us were ready for both McInnes and Petrie being taken in the rookie draft (though secretly hoping someone would take McInnes early and that we might go for Goddard or Olango as a project tall and avoid The Drew). They were unlikely variations and I was hoping for another decent prospect out of the 1 real pick that we were taking.
Gorter! I am really struggling to understand why a low impact tweener like Gorter was seen as a person or a position of need and why in a deep deep midfielder draft we forgot about decent inside mids like Banfield, Bolton or Bunker.
Let me not melt in a depressed state. The obvious statement of thanks is to the East Perth Football Club. Gorter is the first Eagles player to be recruited directly from the Royals development teams since the new alignment. Great to see these wonderful opportunities bearing fruit. (before posters answer with Hutchings, he came via St Blunder and West Perth). Let us celebrate
So with that in mind, I think a number of us were ready for both McInnes and Petrie being taken in the rookie draft (though secretly hoping someone would take McInnes early and that we might go for Goddard or Olango as a project tall and avoid The Drew). They were unlikely variations and I was hoping for another decent prospect out of the 1 real pick that we were taking.
Gorter! I am really struggling to understand why a low impact tweener like Gorter was seen as a person or a position of need and why in a deep deep midfielder draft we forgot about decent inside mids like Banfield, Bolton or Bunker.
Let me not melt in a depressed state. The obvious statement of thanks is to the East Perth Football Club. Gorter is the first Eagles player to be recruited directly from the Royals development teams since the new alignment. Great to see these wonderful opportunities bearing fruit. (before posters answer with Hutchings, he came via St Blunder and West Perth). Let us celebrate
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Well they weren't picked up by anyone at all
We get about as many gems from the rookie as any other team.
WB currently have a few, just like we had a few in our premiership team.
I don't think the club pisses the picks away, we still have a few developing players on the rookie list anyway.
Just to clarify for those who may have been absent these past few days, Yes we have taken some more mature players this off season.
But to clarify, we got Daniel Venables not Terry
But to clarify, we got Daniel Venables not Terry
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Another thing people forget about is Hurn is 30 next year. Thats adding to our older KPDs. Butler is also in his last year so its no wonder we have drafted some defenders.
McInnes - went backwards in 2016
Tunbridge - guy has been in the AFL system for 6 years so has done as much developing as he will ever do
Petire - we all know the story
Gorter - over age tweener that played half of 2016 in the ressies and was decent but not brilliant in the 2nd half
Snadden - he is our our rookie list single hope.
So yes, I think the club pissed away the rookie draft.
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We have Snadden and now Gorter that qualify as developing players
McInness (5 years) and Tunbridge (4 years) no longer qualify as developing players
Unless Petrie is really Benjamin Button he is the exact opposite of a developing player
Petrie is the definition of pissing away a pick
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So many salty tears. Lets just enjoy the ride, we have plenty of youngsters on our list.
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Yes, but you know they will stay in the WAFL and no matter how well they play, the old underperforming "name Players" will keep getting selected. It is the WC way these days it seems..
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Name a young player that regularly played well in the WAFL that missed out
