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I sniffed a little bit, agree is was mostly banter but in particular Schofield talking about the Geelong game he happened to be on the bench with Shuey when Le Cras missed a set shot at goal at a key time and the Shue went into a Hulk rage. I remember watching that game and there were some moments you could clearly see Shuey was furious out there so it stuck with me listening to the podcast on the tuesday following. Watching his body language for the rest of the season too he was playing angry and I don't blame him. Was going to be my tip for the high profile player who wanted out rumour bought up earlier [if there was any truth to the rumour.]

And as amusing at it was to hear, I kind of went of Hilly a bit after the story about him burning Browney on the coffee date then rocking up to the club that morning with Duggan and some millenials coffee's in hand. Harsh haha.
Not sure Shue is the most level headed bloke, recall him continually going ape of an error from Swifty, we waay passed the point of reasonable... still, if it gets him playing angry, great! More players needed that on our team,
 

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Let's not forget NBA and baseball flyers fly a lot more per year. I don't see any short retirements.

I think it's all mental and if a player retires early it's because they can't be bothered flying anymore and don't want to be away. Which is different to flying causing short careers.
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Because ALL THE TEAMS in the NBA and MLB and NFL have to travel all over the country. Half the teams don't travel 3 times a year.

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If we're so damn aggressive, i expect the club to land one of Steele, Swallow, Mitchell or Pickett this trade period.

Or do some pick exchange with strengthens our draft position this year ar the very least.

Petrie and Frodo are the opposite of aggressive. Hopefully the club realizes the only real form of collateral it has is MacKenzie.
I noticed freo havent got rid of zac clarke like they said they were going to
Just to piss us off i suspect

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If by this:
So you pretty much are agreeing with my OP.
You mean am I agreeing with this:
I think its a number of factors. Not being a club that has has recent success is certainly a factor, unlike the Hawks who are a go to club for players because they know they are a chance of winning a flag. I think the biggest factor is simply distance. Professional players these days recognise that getting on a plane every second week reduces their career and therefore their earnings by a measurable amount. If we were a Melbourne based club (with everything else being equal) I am sure we would be having more success building a flag winning team. Thats just my thoughts.
Then no I am not. I don't think players dislike WA due to the flying and the affect it may have on their careers (i mean there is a lot of cases where WA players have played 200+ games) I think they dislike the flying because it means they are spending more time away from home, and more time on the road (who want's to do that).

Playing in WA has massive benefits, and I would say (purely a guess) that any player from the eagles or the dockers has a similar earning capacity to a Vic based player, even if the non flying extends their career by 1 or 2 season. There are significantly less players to share endorsement money with (i.e. radio spots, tv spots etc) and significantly less competition for footy related jobs after your career as a footy player ends (coaching, commentating, special comments etc).

If by this:
So you pretty much are agreeing with my OP.
You mean I am agreeing with another post that I may have overlooked, then maybe, point it out and ill let you know.
 

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With Jake Barrett and Jack Steele possibly up for draft we should be targeting those players but the only problem i see with Steele is a serious foot injury and would hope it isn't to major.
Agree. I also like Honeychurch and Hrovat at the Dogs, and Ellis-Yeoman at the Crows. Could all add mid depth which is what we lack imo, they can all find the ball and are hard at it from what I've seen of them.
 

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SPS doesn't want to leave Perth I don't think, would Freo grab him at three? If not then we'll have the next pick (30) before Freo does.
Yep thats right, Ive said it a couple of times in here. I never imagined he would slide half way through the 2nd though. Someone would take a punt on him before that.

It will be interesting to see what Freo do with pick 3. Swapping it out for 2 x 1st rounders could get them SPS and English. My hope would be that they swap 3 for a pick and player and the pick falls after 12 so we can get SPS.
 
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