2017 trade/draft thread

[bzparkes]

My mate is good friends with Daniels brother. Said he wants to leave Perth at the first opportunity he can get. Is extremely homesick, and feels on the outer. Doesn't feel like the club is doing enough for him.

Pretty standard for an 18yo moving across the country. WCE have very good player retention for interstate players however so if this is true then I'd back the club in.

 

[Biggie]

My mate is good friends with Daniels brother. Said he wants to leave Perth at the first opportunity he can get. Is extremely homesick, and feels on the outer. Doesn't feel like the club is doing enough for him.

Hmm

Wonder what he wants the club to do?

 

[Agent93]

Hmm

Wonder what he wants the club to do?

Supply some friends? Take him for trips home?

 

[Biggie]

Supply some friends? Take him for trips home?

Roast dinner and tuck into bed every Sunday?

 

[Keys]

My mate is good friends with Daniels brother. Said he wants to leave Perth at the first opportunity he can get. Is extremely homesick, and feels on the outer. Doesn't feel like the club is doing enough for him.

Confirms some lingering doubts I've had when seeing his body language on occasion- when EP played the sharks in a preseason game he looked a bit disconsolate sitting in the stand after his reserves game when he was rested at 3/4 time

As bzparkes said though I'm sure it's not the first time we've had to deal with a homesick 18year old so will back them at this stage to work through it

 

[Mickey Rae]

Confirms some lingering doubts I've had when seeing his body language on occasion- when EP played the sharks in a preseason game he looked a bit disconsolate sitting in the stand after his reserves game when he was rested at 3/4 time

As bzparkes said though I'm sure it's not the first time we've had to deal with a homesick 18year old so will back them at this stage to work through it

He needs to move in with Lamb ..... he will set him a good example and work on his body language.

 

[Chris_6678]

Will be fuming if he wants to leave...when we could have gotten SPP. I dare say he is feeling isolated because of his footy injury..But seriously what else can they do for him?

 

[RookiePick]

I think his hair if far more luxurious this season.

 

[AsterixTheGaul]

So a first year player coming out of the rehab group not getting to play at the AFL level due to recovery and at an interstate clubs so is getting homesick. Pretty normal for an 18/19 year old. Our draft crop would be feeling pretty low with Watson, Waterman and Rioli all out and Rotham showing early signs of the Tony Notte syndrome and Venables from day 1.

I expect the club has good processes to keep him and once he starts full games at EP and then selection for West Coast, things will change rapidly. It will help when Rioli gets going and his cohort start to shine.

 

[avishka5]

if venables leaves, im gonna go throw a cream pie at rohan o'brien.

 

[avishka5]

Well that's a waste of a pick if the club doesn't run that around. avishka5 style fake news non-withstanding.

it wasn't fake news tho. Mutimer did debut
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[donpyke92]

if venables leaves, im gonna go throw a cream pie at rohan o'brien.

Would you be giving him a body slam you mean?

 

[avishka5]

Would you be giving him a body slam you mean?

I'll cream pie you in a minute.

 

[donpyke92]

I'll cream pie you in a minute.

Hmm..no thanks. One of Mum's curries would be good though.

 

[KO_KO]

Hmm..no thanks. One of Mum's curries would be good though.

Make that 2

 

[avishka5]

Make that 2

who the **** asked you?

 

[Galileo9]

My mate is good friends with Daniels brother. Said he wants to leave Perth at the first opportunity he can get. Is extremely homesick, and feels on the outer. Doesn't feel like the club is doing enough for him.

Awww poor baby. Such babies are too soft for afl.

Not doing enough. Perhaps they should get Kennedy, Nic Nat to carry him on his shoulders all day every day because he is so special.

His royal victorian ness.

 

[mattyc75]

I guess all players who have been drafted to Interstate teams would face some tough decisions come contract time even if not overly homesick.
I hope he can find his groove over here or else play some awesome footy til he does go to drive his value up as high as possible for a player wanting out

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[Galileo9]

My mate is good friends with Daniels brother. Said he wants to leave Perth at the first opportunity he can get. Is extremely homesick, and feels on the outer. Doesn't feel like the club is doing enough for him.

That's way too many degrees of separation to be credible. Good friend? Pffft

Also he was a north fan. Simpson, Petrie e tal, he ain't going anywhere. we won't trade him to north, so we will bring north to him.

Good work simmo.

 

[Monocle]

My mate is good friends with Daniels brother. Said he wants to leave Perth at the first opportunity he can get. Is extremely homesick, and feels on the outer. Doesn't feel like the club is doing enough for him.

If and its a big IF............ this is true then I have a special message from the SPP Fan Club.



To this guy.

 

[Galileo9]

"I was shocked myself to be honest, but I'm so happy and grateful for the opportunity the West Coast Eagles have given me," Venables said.

"I honestly wasn't sure coming into the night where I was going ... I'm just stoked the Eagles have picked me up."

 

[jesterwester]

To move this far away from the family at his age isn't an easy thing to do. Even to play footy which would have been a goal since he was a kid. So can certainly understand the homesickness, especially if he is coming out of the rehab group.

Won't be the 1st draftee to feel like that, I'll back our guys in to make him want to stay here. Getting a game with us later in the year may also be a catalyst to an improved outlook.

 

[Trav22]

Ffs
Why didn't we just go SPP!

 

[archiemoses]

If legit re DV then I'm sad..

 

[jesterwester]

If legit re DV then I'm sad..

I am a little bit as well. Want to see him succeed for us.

But still very early. Gaffy was supposedly gone early on too if you believed the rumours.