If Brendon Ah Chee ever hits you with a left hook

[Doctor Feel]

I don't mind Lamb. I've only seen him live at a few JLT matches but he's got alot of talent. Not sure whether I'd genuinely want him though.

 

[crafty_bernardo]

Don't think I could handle Arch in a WCE guernsey. urgh. Hopefully gets picked up by Freo.

 

[PatientMental]

He'll walk to WCE as a DFA, unless we railroad him by offering a contract then he walks to WCE for free in the draft.

 

[Sleezy]

He'll walk to WCE as a DFA, unless we railroad him by offering a contract then he walks to WCE for free in the draft.

I feel there is the possibility to do a mutually beneficial battler swap here.

 

[tribey]

I feel there is the possibility to do a mutually beneficial battler swap here.

I'm surprised it doesn't happen more often.

In this case, we could take a dead(ish) contract off their hands for the token of them taking a flyer on Arch, etc.

 

[PatientMental]

I feel there is the possibility to do a mutually beneficial battler swap here.

Looking at the out of contract players (without reported contracts on the table) of both WCE and Fremantle, there really isn't anything mutually beneficial about any trade we can do.

 

[Forzaport]

He'll walk to WCE as a DFA, unless we railroad him by offering a contract then he walks to WCE for free in the draft.

We have offered Arch a contract so DFA is off the table.

 

[Andre]

We have offered Arch a contract so DFA is off the table.

With our drafting last year went behind SPP straight away, good odds will slip behind Atley and Drew quickly. Our potential delistees aren’t inside mid’s, so only going to get games if injuries unless has a sudden form jump. Would be nuts not to go elsewhere if has offers, if getting games is what he wants.

 

[Forzaport]

With our drafting last year went behind SPP straight away, good odds will slip behind Atley and Drew quickly. Our potential delistees aren’t inside mid’s, so only going to get games if injuries unless has a sudden form jump. Would be nuts not to go elsewhere if has offers, if getting games is what he wants.

There's plenty of opportunity for Arch closer to goal and he's a proven goal kicker.

Has more strings to his bow than most but S.Gray and Neade are able to focus and be involved for far longer. I can see Arch being a Leon Davis type where it all clicks when he's 27-28. Until then he's going to find himself bouncing between AFL and SANFL/WAFL selection, no matter which club he's at.

 

[Steve Dore]

We have offered Arch a contract so DFA is off the table.

Have we definitely offered him a contract or is this just the vibe?

 

[Steve Dore]

Karl Langdon on 6PR tonight reckons "a young Port Adelaide player" could be returning to Western Australia next year. Won't be SPP and better not be Billy, so...

This was reported back in June;

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"Port Adelaide’s re-emergence as a premiership threat will come at a cost, with WA midfielder Brendon Ah Chee preparing to seek a trade at the season’s end.Ah Chee, 23, will explore trade options after being starved of regular game time in his sixth season on the Power’s list. ...

.... Ah Chee’s manager Anthony Van Der Wielen said his client wanted to prove himself.“Brendon loves the Port Adelaide Football Club, but after six seasons on their list he just wants the chance to have an impact at AFL level,” Van Der Wielen said. “Depending on what happens over coming weeks, if that chance doesn’t eventuate he will have no option but to seek an opportunity elsewhere.”

So hardly news that Archie is seeking a trade back to WA.

 

[mic59]

There's plenty of opportunity for Arch closer to goal and he's a proven goal kicker.

I agree with this post but the question remains why has Ah Chee not been used more like this? He could have been our Jack Gunston floating across the forward line, attracting attention from defenders and kicking accurately.

 

[Steve Dore]

I agree with this post but the question remains why has Ah Chee not been used more like this? He could have been our Jack Gunston floating across the forward line, attracting attention from defenders and kicking accurately.

He's 188 cm so too tall to play as a forward at Ports.

Neade 171 cm
S Gary 176 cm
Impey 178 cm
Johnson 185 cm

 

[Andre]

There's plenty of opportunity for Arch closer to goal and he's a proven goal kicker.

Has more strings to his bow than most but S.Gray and Neade are able to focus and be involved for far longer. I can see Arch being a Leon Davis type where it all clicks when he's 27-28. Until then he's going to find himself bouncing between AFL and SANFL/WAFL selection, no matter which club he's at.

If we get Marshall, Dixon and Frampton all forward (or Ryder when Frampton is providing the chop out), we’ll finally have multiple decent targets, so he wouldn’t be there as a marking target.

At this point we’d need crumbers and that derided forward pressure from our smalls. That or pure class like Wingard or R. Gray. If Ken panic drops talls at the first couple of average games, as is his history, Arch forward as a quasi-tall is better then the likes of Impey, but that’s a broken arm is better then a broken arm and leg scenario.

 

[Forzaport]

Have we definitely offered him a contract or is this just the vibe?

I read an article a couple of weeks ago that stated we had offered Arch and Young new contracts.

 

[Steve Dore]

I read an article a couple of weeks ago that stated we had offered Arch and Young new contracts.

Got a link? I can't find it online.

 

[Grave Danger]

This was reported back in June;

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"Port Adelaide’s re-emergence as a premiership threat will come at a cost, with WA midfielder Brendon Ah Chee preparing to seek a trade at the season’s end.Ah Chee, 23, will explore trade options after being starved of regular game time in his sixth season on the Power’s list. ...

.... Ah Chee’s manager Anthony Van Der Wielen said his client wanted to prove himself.“Brendon loves the Port Adelaide Football Club, but after six seasons on their list he just wants the chance to have an impact at AFL level,” Van Der Wielen said. “Depending on what happens over coming weeks, if that chance doesn’t eventuate he will have no option but to seek an opportunity elsewhere.”

So hardly news that Archie is seeking a trade back to WA.

But, but Kern came out and specifically rubbished that article!

 

[Steve Dore]

But, but Kern came out and specifically rubbished that article!

But that is what Karl Langdon is basing his latest "news" on.

 

[Forzaport]

Got a link? I can't find it online.

Sadly no. Must have seen it in a tweet then.

 

[Smithy7]

We have offered Arch a contract so DFA is off the table.

Yes ...Ken said Arch was a required player several weeks ago, but nice to see people not take any notice of what ken has to say ...

 

[TeeKray]

I think he'd be mad not to request a trade. He'd get a game for at least 7-8 teams in the league, including both clubs in his home state. He's just too far down the depth chart in his preferred position to ever be anything but a depth player at Port.

 

[Shaucob_Burjan]

16 possessions and 1.5 goals a game at AFL level would be considered good for a lot of players on our list, including a few who played finals.

 

[Ford Fairlane]

I have pondered at times whether Arch if given the role and patience that Sam Gray has been given would have been just as effective if not moreso. He would have held at least one of those hangers Sam flew for in the West Coast final.

 

[Steve Dore]

Yes ...Ken said Arch was a required player several weeks ago, but nice to see people not take any notice of what ken has to say ...

"Look, he [Ah Chee] has got a great future. And hopefully for us that is still with our football club." - Ken Hinkley, June 2017

We signed a number of players to new contracts in June once the CBA was finalised but Archie wasn't one of them. So if he was offered a contract as a required player, which Ken didn't actually say he was, but didn't sign then it would be reasonable to assume that he is investigating his options elsewhere.

 

[Coobk001]

He's 188 cm so too tall to play as a forward at Ports.

Neade 171 cm
S Gary 176 cm
Impey 178 cm
Johnson 185 cm

Wow Johnson must've only just scraped under Hinkleys requirements...