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from $88m 2019 to $45m in 2020 is a huge drop This shows how much of a hit Covid and hubbing had on West Coasts finances, but the ability to absorb it without issue is straight Nizzy magic tbh. 2016 was a $6m profit, 2017 was $5.6m, and 2018 was $7.5m, 2019 was $8m. Those enormous year-on-year operating surplus' are massive and WC has ridic liquidity iirc, even after pumping 60m into Lathlain. Absolutely leagues ahead of other clubs in that regard.
Brisbane killed it due to the hub, mind you they got fully half their $revenue from equalisation measures. You'd be ropeable as a CEO of the largest clubs in that regard, and I reckon it's played no small part in the rise of some of the board issue we've seen across the comp in 2021.
The $1.8M profit listed by the Bulldogs is inclusive of the AFL distribution ($11.8M), Victorian government subsidies for COVID ($3.5M) and Whitten Oval redevelopment ($0.9M), and "Commercial Partnerships" [Poker machine revenues] ($7.5M).
https://resources.westernbulldogs.com.au/aflc-wb/document/2020/12/02/12ec22e7-2e99-47c8-b09a-9b213d232fe8/Western-Bulldogs-2020-Financial-Report.pdf
West Coast on the other hand, received $2M less in distribution from the AFL ($9.8M), despite losing over $6M in match revenues compared to 2019 ($9.4M to $3.3M) - the Bulldogs posted a $1.1M loss in match revenues, taking in less than $750k in 2020.
The bigger story for me is the remarkable resilience of the commercial side of the club, still operating at a profit despite an unanticipated revenue loss of over 50% ($45.5M) in a single year.
The Eagles obviously also don't have those additional "income" streams of government subsidy and parasitic gambling revenues.
http://footyindustry.com/files/2020%20Reports/WCE%202020%20Annual%20Report.pdf
If the Bulldogs didn't have their safety blanket of pokies and hand-outs, their comparatively much smaller loss of revenue at 32% ($13.8M) in 2020 would have forced them into liquidation.
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We were going to draft Cotchin at pick 1.
Kennedy or Cotchin........
The best player Carlton have ever drafted plays for another club
The best player that has ever been drafted by the Carlton Football Club wasn’t one of the five pick No.1s that the Blues have garnered over the past 16 seasons, starting with Marc Murphy in 2005.
The player concerned isn’t Patrick Cripps, despite the co-captain’s mastery of the stoppages in his eight seasons in the AFL. Not the flint-hard Andrew McKay, who captained the club and was a defensive bull after he was drafted off a farm in south-west South Australia.
Not Harry McKay, who leads the goalkicking table and might be the best emerging young key forward in the game.
Unfortunately for the Blues, their best-performed draftee will be running around for another club on Sunday.
Josh Kennedy will play his 272nd AFL game against the Bulldogs. Only 22 of those games were for Carlton, who chose him at pick No.4 in the 2005 national draft, three selections after Murphy and one before the only player who’s near universally regarded as his superior in that cohort, Collingwood’s Scott Pendlebury.
Kennedy has booted 662 goals for West Coast, the club that acquired him in the Chris Judd trade of 2007. Twice, he’s won the Coleman Medal and three times he’s made the All-Australian team.
He was a cornerstone of the club’s 2018 premiership, booting three goals and plucking 13 marks in a grand final his team won by five points.
Kennedy’s value was unclear when the Blues traded him, along with picks three and 20, for Judd, whose recruitment to the Blues was an essential step to reviving a dormant power.
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Kennedy or Cotchin........
The best player Carlton have ever drafted plays for another club
The best player that has ever been drafted by the Carlton Football Club wasn’t one of the five pick No.1s that the Blues have garnered over the past 16 seasons, starting with Marc Murphy in 2005.
The player concerned isn’t Patrick Cripps, despite the co-captain’s mastery of the stoppages in his eight seasons in the AFL. Not the flint-hard Andrew McKay, who captained the club and was a defensive bull after he was drafted off a farm in south-west South Australia.
Not Harry McKay, who leads the goalkicking table and might be the best emerging young key forward in the game.
Unfortunately for the Blues, their best-performed draftee will be running around for another club on Sunday.
Josh Kennedy will play his 272nd AFL game against the Bulldogs. Only 22 of those games were for Carlton, who chose him at pick No.4 in the 2005 national draft, three selections after Murphy and one before the only player who’s near universally regarded as his superior in that cohort, Collingwood’s Scott Pendlebury.
Kennedy has booted 662 goals for West Coast, the club that acquired him in the Chris Judd trade of 2007. Twice, he’s won the Coleman Medal and three times he’s made the All-Australian team.
He was a cornerstone of the club’s 2018 premiership, booting three goals and plucking 13 marks in a grand final his team won by five points.
Kennedy’s value was unclear when the Blues traded him, along with picks three and 20, for Judd, whose recruitment to the Blues was an essential step to reviving a dormant power.
The best player Carlton have ever drafted plays for another club
The player concerned isn’t Patrick Cripps, despite the co-captain’s mastery of the stoppages in his eight seasons in the AFL. Not the flint-hard Andrew McKay, who captained the club and was a defensive bull.
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Yeah much prefer JK. Cothin handy but not a match winner. Dusty is the man
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My understanding was we wanted pick 1 which Carlton refused to handover, instead only offering pick 3 so we demanded JK as a result (once we convinced him to leave Carlton which he was reluctant to do)
Ended up so much better for us, rather than Cotchin we picked up not only Kennedy but also Masten who despite his critics still ended up a 200 game premiership player
Ended up so much better for us, rather than Cotchin we picked up not only Kennedy but also Masten who despite his critics still ended up a 200 game premiership player
It would be interesting to know who we would have picked if it was No.1 that we got.
Carlton were never going to give up pick 1 after tanking so hard for it. The club did incredibly well identifying (and persuading) Kennedy. Funny now that he was seen as the steak knives.
Phew
Massive point on JK's character that he was reluctant to leave. Can just tell he wanted to be a one club player.
End of the day he had to settle for being a 2 club player with a premiership medal around his neck
The bearded god surely in our top 5 best players ever?
End of the day he had to settle for being a 2 club player with a premiership medal around his neck
The bearded god surely in our top 5 best players ever?
Cotchin would have sooked and gone back to victoria
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Thankfully not as reluctant as Cale Hooker about being traded to us.
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Perhaps he could have been a rinse and repeat ala Judd... lol
Hey folks, made a lil vid looking back at Simmos first 22 against the Dogs in 2014 and where they are now. Enjoy!
how old is this vid? Glassy quit as our list manager.
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Yeah bad oversight by me haha
Great video. Fascinating to see that we essentially rebuilt our entire defence since then, as well as most our HFF and small forwards. Midfield has also had a bit of a change.
Goes to give us a bit of perspective on how well our list management has operated. Not been perfect, but rebuilt on the run while playing finals in all but that 2024 season (where we finished 9th with 11-11).
I did lol at us playing 3 rucks in that game.
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Is West Coast's biggest strength masking bigger weaknesses?
The West Coast Eagles have one of the most potent attacks in the AFL. But a loss to the Western Bulldogs has left fans questioning whether they are real contenders this year.
www.abc.net.au
A really good analysis. When we had McInnes trying to replace Darling/Kennedy a couple of years ago I remember realising that the philosophy of maintaining your structure and simply slotting players into roles was not going to work for us when our gameplan relies on players doing the most difficult part of playing forward (contested marks) for most of our scores.
Others have noted from the Bulldogs game that our mids seem to rely on Naitanui making a brilliant tap straight to them to win a clearance.
Not too much here we haven’t intuitively felt but interesting to see some numbers to back it up
www.statsinsider.com.au
Can West Coast's Underwhelming Season Be Salvaged?
The Eagles appear set for a 7th-straight season of Finals, but nothing they have shown so far suggest they'll be a flag threat. Is a 5th flag still in their grasp?
