Rottnest Razorbacks Board 2007-08

[peterss]

ESSENDON ANNOUNCE NEW COACH

The Essendon Football Club are delighted to announce Peterss as their new coach for the coming season. Peterss put pen to paper last week but the club held off making an announcment until today.

Essendon CEO Mark Frederick had this to say "We are delighted to get the signature of Peterss as head coach for the coming season - Some may say that its a bad move due to his lack of high coaching experience but we have faith in Peterss and we believe he will do a job for us this season - He has been assistant Coach to the Peel Thunder Colts back over in WA and last seasonw as the coach of the Rockingham Rams Colts team - We welcome Peterss to the club and wish him all the best"

Peterss was present at the club's press conference and stated this "Im delighted to be announced as Essendon's head coach for the coming season - As Mark mentioned i havent had the senior coaching experience of some of the others but having worked in a Colts system the last few years as both a player and a coach i have a good working relationship with young players at clubs and Essendon have a pretty young list and i will be looking to develop them into quality AFL players in the future. I look forward to working with Mark and the rest of the board and ultimately bringing success to the Essendon Football Club"

Essendon have reported that they will be chasing one big name signing during the trade period and then going after cheaop youngsters to get the TPP down.

 

[peterss]

Re: Essendon Board 2007-08

Essendon get Pavlich

New Essendon coach peterss has made his first trade as coach of the club and as promised it was a big name signing with superstar CHF Matthew Pavlich joining the club in a trade that saw young midfield gun Scott Pendlebury join Geelong. Also joining Essendon is young midfielder Adam Thomson and Robert Eddy with Ricky Petterd and a 2nd round pick heading to the Cattery.

Peterss had this to say "I am stoked to sign Matthew to a 3 year deal - He is a superstar and having captained Fremantle before he has the leadership experience. Matthew is quality through and through and will add alot to our young side. We wish Pendles and Petts all the best and hope that they continue to grow in their development and become superstars"

TRADE DETAILS

To Essendon: Matthew Pavlich (3 yrs/458k) + Adam Thomson (4 yrs/225k) + Robert Eddy (1 yr/75k)
To Geelong: Scott Pendlebury (5 yrs/355k) + Ricky Petterd (4 yrs/86k) + 2nd Rounder

 

[peterss]

Re: Essendon Board 2007-08

Reiwoldt may be traded

Due to Essendon's ever increasing Total Player Payment pressure and being over it due to the signing of Matthew Pavlich Essendon are takign expressions of interest for superstar CHF Nick Reiwoldt.

"We dont want to trade Nick but we may have to, to get ourselves under the TPP for the year. He is highly valued and we are aware that other clubs may want him but wont approach us due to also being over the TPP but we will offload him reasonably cheaply if a deal can be struck"

 

[peterss]

Re: Essendon Board 2007-08

Bombers bid farewell to Houli

Essendon's trading period continued with youngster Bachar Houli being traded to Adelaide in exchange for young defender Will Schofield.

"In Will we have a young promising tallish defender who will be one for the future. We rated Bachar but we were chasing a young defender and we have now got this in Will"


TRADE DETAILS

Will Schofield ($75,000 , 1 Year) ----> ESS

for

Bachar Houli - ($86,000, 1 Year) ----> ADEL

 

[peterss]

Re: Essendon Board 2007-08

Sewell flies into Dons nest

Essendons active trading period has continued with midfielder Leigh Montagna being traded to the Hawks in exchange for Brad Sewell.

"We rated Leigh but we needed to free up some of our salary cap and we believe Brad is just as good as Leigh and he's cheaper so it was a win win for both sides" Said Peterss/

 

[peterss]

Re: Essendon Board 2007-08

Petrie a Don

Drew Petrie has been traded to Essendon as the club once again looked to free some room on their salary cap by offloading Brendon Goddard and Clayton Collard to the Eagles.

"Petrie is a KP player just like Brendon and Drew can also play in the ruck if needed - We rate Goddard higher then we do Petrie but coming off a knee recon is always hard and he was costing us a bit of money and we saw Petrie was available and was cheaper so we jumped at the chance."

TRADE DETAILS

Essendon (Peterss) recieve Drew Petrie @ 297k for 2 years

whilst

West Coast (Kerrby) recieve Brendon Goddard @ 480K for 3 years + Clayton Collard @ 86K for 2 years

 

[peterss]

Re: Essendon Board 2007-08

Essendon to change their name: NEWS FLASH

After a meeting at Essendon HQ earlier this week it has been decided that the Essendon Football Club will be relocating to the unique island off the WA Coast "Rottnest"

The decision was uninimous as they look to start fresh wioth the new coaching staff....A name has been decided and they will now be called the Rottnest Razorbacks.

 

[peterss]

Re: Essendon Board 2007-08

Rottnest Razorbacks Final Playing List for the upcoming season

Senior List
1. Travis Boak - $164,000 (3)
2. Luke Brennan - $165,000 (1)
3. Bryce Campbell - $75,000 (1)
4. Brett Collins - $75,000 (1)
5. Dean Cox - $600,000 (1)
6. Aaron Davey - $270,000 (1)
7. Alwyn Davey - $150,000 (3)
8. Josh Drummond - $266,000 (3)
9. Brett Ebert - $195,000 (2)
10. Robert Eddy - $75,000 (1)
11. Peter Faulks - $75,000 (1)
12. Stephen Gilham - $100,000 (3)
13. Jason Gram - $320,000 (1)
14. Tom Hislop - $107,000 (1)
15. Chris A Johnson - $152,000 (1)
16. Brett Jones - $177,000 (3)
17. Nathan Lovett-Murray - $300,000 (1)
18. Luke McPharlin - $195,000 (1)
19. Garry Moss - $86,000 (1)
20. Jay Nash - $180,000 (1)
21. Matthew Pavlich - $458,000 (3)
22. Brett Peake - $280,000 (1)
23. Drew Petrie - $297,000 (2)
24. Kyle Reimers - $75,000 (1)
25. Chris Schmidt - $75,000 (1)
26. Adam Schneider - $229,000 (3)
27. Will Schofield - $75,000 (1)
28. Brad Sewell - $230,000 (3)
29. Henry Slattery - $100,000 (1)
30. Brent Staker - $124,000 (2)
31. Adam Thomson - $225,000 (4)
32. Nathan Van Berlo - $219,000 (3)
33. Clinton Young - $205,000 (1)
Eligible Veterans
Compulsory Draft Picks
34. Draft Pick 12 - $77,000 (2)
35. Darcy Daniher - $60,000 (2)
36. Draft Pick 50 - $60,000 (2)
37. Draft Pick 79 - $60,000 (2)
38. Draft Pick 95 - $60,000 (2)
Optional Draft Picks
Veterans List
39. Fraser Gehrig (v) (1)
40. Robert Harvey (v) (1)
Rookie List
Delistings
•. Justin Longmuir ($289,000) (1)
•. Daniel McConnell ($265,000) (1)
•. Lance Whitnall ($412,000) (1)
TPP: $7,184,000

 

[peterss]

Re: Essendon Board 2007-08

The Rottnest Razorbacks give their fans and loyal members a sneak peek into what next season's possible best 22 may look like.

FB: Drummond – McPharlin – B. Jones
HB: Gram – Petrie – Boak
C: Van Berlo – Schneider – Young
CHF: Staker – Pavlich – Al. Davey
FF: A. Davey – Gherig – Ebert
RR: Cox – Sewell – Harvey
BENCH/EMG: Peake – Thomson – Nash – Lovett-Murray

 

[peterss]

Re: Essendon Board 2007-08

Razorbacks announce Draft Targets

Head coach of the Rottnest Island Razorbacks has today told a packed media conference of their targets during the upcoming draft period.

"Its a fairly weak draft this time round so the talent pool isnt as deep as it has been in previous years...That said we have pick 12 and with the retirement of veteran Robert Harvey getting closer every year we are planning on getting a midfield replacement for Robert who can take over in a year or two time. That was our initial thought however this may change before the draft starts. We have used our 2nd round pick on Darcy Daniher under the Father Son rule which leaves our next pick at Pick 50 and with us only having one ruckman on our list at present we really need someone who can come in to cover incase Coxxy gets injured. Whether we use Pick 50 on a ruckman is undecided yet but it seems the logical choice but that will be decided closer to the draft....As for other positions apart from a midfielder and a ruckman every other position is pretty well covered and we may look at recycling a delisted player or two with our later picks"