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That’s good, no baby decisions for Grand Final day.
I'd like to thank Keah for her help in getting Coxy signed up long term
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No I got it from Acres' Instagram profile photo. It's a picture of the jumper presentation from Andy to Acres on debut.
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Endorsement for AB as captain?
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Anyone have this articles?
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Forgotten Docker who could fill wing void at Freo
A forgotten Fremantle defender has been floated as a potential replacement for departed winger Liam Henry.
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Anyone have this articles?
Forgotten Docker who could fill wing void at Freo
A forgotten Fremantle defender has been floated as a potential replacement for departed winger Liam Henry.
I can't remember the site to unlock them.
It's referring to Chapman, I don't mind the idea at all but after the injuries I was more of the view of consolidate his spot in the team and get a base before moving him around.
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That feels a step too far in promoting getting around stuff that is supposed to be paid for
Here ya goAnyone have this articles?
Forgotten Docker who could fill wing void at Freo
A forgotten Fremantle defender has been floated as a potential replacement for departed winger Liam Henry.
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Hopefully crap like this galvanizes the group
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Yeah there will definitely be no pressure on the club next year or anything
Wow they're next level with the new guy aren't they.
Unashamedly so.
I think the West is dramatising this issue a bit, but I also think the fans who get defensive and say “there’s nothing to see here” are also not being fully honest with themselves.Thein the room
I reckon the truth lies somewhere in the middle.
A good point was made by this author - everyone cannot be paid the full market value they are worth on a premiership list. It’s even more true at clubs like freo on the fringes of the competition.
I worry about the mid season trade period. I think it will be a net negative for the club overall.
I also found it a bit concerning that we couldn’t persuade moderate AFL players like billings or Xav Durssma to come here - apparently they both turned us down. Could add Brockman to that list too. What was their reason I wonder. I’m sure we were offering good money to all 3
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You are? I bet the reason the reason Billings and Durssma didn't come is the same reason hardly any non WA player ever does (and the same for West Coast): to get a player with choices to move all the way over to WA you have to offer above market rate.
If we don't have room in our cap to give Hamling two years we dont have room to pay B graders a premium to sign on.
Brockman we can set aside. Our offer was almost certainly lower and the improved offer came after he had committed and was probably still lower year on year anyway. If we had really wanted him from the beginning we could have got him.
Billings had no interest in leaving Vic. There were bugger all interested parties in Melbourne let alone interstate. Freo would have enquired as part of the Henry deal. Honestly he is way too injury prone.
Duursma is an interesting one. Someone said he has a girlfriend in WA. The approach from Freo came late and he also was set on returning to Vic.
Freo have had a few interstate players happy to come (Aish, Corbett, Brodie) and West Coast (Redden, Witherden, Flynn, Vardy, Hunt) - can’t think of others but they aren’t household names.
I liked the WC recruitment of Jayden Hunt. I actually thought James Jordan could have been a decent low cost Wing addition and he was obviously willing to move interstate.
West Coast courted the above names for some time. We don’t have too much success coming in late, so late that the players are already well into discussions to return to their home state. In the case of Billing’s it was really an afterthought where negotiations not progressing for Henry trade.
If we have a few consecutive top 6 finishes, I think we'll find it a lot easier to attract players in general. Then it's "success" along with home and/or cash that we can offer.
Not sure we'll ever get A graders from interstate because unlike Brisbane and Sydney, they wouldn't be anonymous here.
Not sure we'll ever get A graders from interstate because unlike Brisbane and Sydney, they wouldn't be anonymous here.
It’s one thing that WC do well in retaining players. Obviously the players
know they will be looked after during and after footy.
Whether that’s real estate advice, Hungry Jacks, etc, and even the coach
gets the secret handshake.
While we have the reputation of being small town business. The reality is that
we are more like Gold Coast but without the handouts.
So the flying hours, away from family, it’s a hard sell, especially with no
footprint in Victoria.
It was the same with Swans, Lions, until football legends were associated with
lifting the profile, and the AFL charity.
North, GC, are trying to change, yet we are hoping we can turn lemon into
Lemonade. With the AFL, WA footy commission doing the bare minimum.
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