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Cooked is a bit harsh. Has been one of the best 20 players in the league so far this year. Yes he’s currently out with a minor injury and that’s a concern. But when I hear cooked I think Brodie Smith / Michael Walters and Yeo ain’t anything approaching that.
If h costs no draft capital and they can then go all in on getting one of the top mids in the draft this yea, I am not totally against getting Yeo in to help our midfield in the shorter term whilst the likes of the (2024 1st round mid, Edwards, Curtin have time to develop). Yeo can play and if he take the pressure off of Soligo and Rankine or do the damage should the oppo concentrate on them, it could work...in the short termMore detail on Yeo
Ryan Daniels On The Club Offering Elliot Yeo Millions To Leave West Coast
Ryan Daniels has named the club offering Elliot Yeo millions of dollars to leave West Coast at the end of this year.articles.listnr.com
RYAN DANIELS ON THE CLUB OFFERING ELLIOT YEO MILLIONS:
“He is out of contract… it’s a bit unusual, we’re at round 10, this stuff’s usually done by now,” Ryan said about Yeo on Xav & Michelle for Breakfast.
“And if it’s not done, that tells you that maybe something’s up… so I had a look into it.
“There’s multiple clubs — east coast based clubs, so not Fremantle, east coast based clubs — that are very, very keen on Elliot Yeo,” he said.
“There’s a number of them that are interested, one of them would be the Adelaide Crows, they are at the front of the queue.
“They need a big bodied, experienced midfielder, they were into Elliot Yeo last year, now they’re really into Elliot Yeo.”
Ryan said that the Crows’ contract presented Yeo with more tenure and cash.
“They want to give him three years… West Coast were two,” he said of the South Australian based club.
“The last few years he’s probably been on about 800 grand a year roughly… the way these deals work these days is that they’re always the same.
“But one of the years, maybe the first year is a significant number, and I’d say you’re close to the mark with that 1.3 (million dollars, a number Xavier Ellis had guessed when discussing the contract).
“Maybe even slightly higher that that.”
Well said. I can understand people's laments – it looks like a desperate, scattergun ploy – but imo there's a bit of sense behind it from a list management perspective. The key thing is that there's no draft capital on the table. Despite what the club's intimated about being done with the draft, I think we're still a couple of pieces short (cough Dyson Sharp cough).
The reporting's been pretty direct that we've tabled a contract offer. I suppose there's a chance it's not true but outright stating that we've made an offer for Elliot Yeo doesn't seem like the kind of thing to risk credibility over.
It’s problematic how open we are about being “done with drafting”.
Totally agree, and well put. Plus it also just has the effect of signalling to the other 17 clubs that we'll be making plays for their guys. More draft picks for the clubs, more money for the players (and their managers).
Not really the same, given we (shamefully) gave up two FRPs for Gibbs, and wouldn't be giving up any draft capital to get Yeo in the door.
No, it's not a good reason.
Better off offering McCluggage $1.5m for next 5 years.
It's beyond stupid as he would be retired by the time we are next in flag contention.
More detail on Yeo
Ryan Daniels On The Club Offering Elliot Yeo Millions To Leave West Coast
Ryan Daniels has named the club offering Elliot Yeo millions of dollars to leave West Coast at the end of this year.
RYAN DANIELS ON THE CLUB OFFERING ELLIOT YEO MILLIONS:
“He is out of contract… it’s a bit unusual, we’re at round 10, this stuff’s usually done by now,” Ryan said about Yeo on Xav & Michelle for Breakfast.
“And if it’s not done, that tells you that maybe something’s up… so I had a look into it.
“There’s multiple clubs — east coast based clubs, so not Fremantle, east coast based clubs — that are very, very keen on Elliot Yeo,” he said.
“There’s a number of them that are interested, one of them would be the Adelaide Crows, they are at the front of the queue.
“They need a big bodied, experienced midfielder, they were into Elliot Yeo last year, now they’re really into Elliot Yeo.”
Ryan said that the Crows’ contract presented Yeo with more tenure and cash.
“They want to give him three years… West Coast were two,” he said of the South Australian based club.
“The last few years he’s probably been on about 800 grand a year roughly… the way these deals work these days is that they’re always the same.
“But one of the years, maybe the first year is a significant number, and I’d say you’re close to the mark with that 1.3 (million dollars, a number Xavier Ellis had guessed when discussing the contract).
“Maybe even slightly higher that that.”
Yeo has missed more than half of the Weagles games over the past 5 years.
Is this a bad troll by Roo?
Does that include a God Father offers for English which is the obvious area we can make immediate improvement if we see Thilthorpe as a KPF? It will be a much improved ruck with English instead of ROB with a very good backline, now an A grade midfield with Dawson, Rankine, Soligo and Rachele (still need Pedlar to step up) and Fogarty, Thilthorpe and Welsh in the forward line with Rankine or Rachele resting forward.
