List Mgmt. Trade Week 2016 - Live Thread

[Bacchus]

If we are getting Petrie too i think we should just delist Mcinnes all together.

Can't, he's been given a one year contract.

 

[Xsess]

Without getting into a priddis bash im sure we can agree that you cant have pridd and mitchell in the centre square at the same time.

Now is the perfect time to play two cement trucks at the fall. I'd back one of Priddis or Mitchel to get first hands 60-70% of every stoppage and Priddis is also the best tackler in the competition - good luck winning clean breaks! Reminds me of the Ratten / Williams dynamic during Carltons great era in the mid 90's with Gaff our Bradley and Shuey our Kouta X factor..

 

[SpaceClef]

Reminds me of the Ratten / Williams dynamic during Carltons great era in the mid 90's with Gaff is our Bradley and Lamb our Kouta X factor..

FTFY

 

[Coasters74]

If Petrie is being brought in on the rookie list I'm guessing he wont play at all and is only there in case of a major injury.

If that's the case then why bother with petrie. We might as well bring in a 23 yo ruckman from a state league or a rookie 18 year old. If our rucks stocks get majorly hit to the point we have to use our 4th in line, we're in pretty serious trouble anyway. Petrie won't save this so why not bring in a rookie ruck to give them some experience, and actually do something productive with the list spot rather than waste it on a 1 year stop gap. The one year that petrie wastes on the list could be the one year of experience a rookie ruck misses out on

 

[Chris_6678]

http://www.westcoasteagles.com.au/football/coaches

There are no ruck coaches so maybe Petrie IS coming to WCE but as a coach and not a player?

 

[Dark Sharks]

Wowee Petrie to Eagles is still a thing?

Thought i'd woken up from that dream.

 

[kranky al]

You can, but you're gambling that you win the ball and hit a target, because if it goes the other way, there likely a couple of guys tearing off those two.

Work better with nn than without

 

[kranky al]

That's another debate for another thread lol

The sam mitchell thread?


The : How much shorter can sam mitchell be played thread (id say till about 5'4" myself)

 

[sey666]

http://www.westcoasteagles.com.au/football/coaches

There are no ruck coaches so maybe Petrie IS coming to WCE but as a coach and not a player?

At best Petrie was a less than average ruckman and has zero coaching experience. Our current coaching panel is one of the most inexperienced in the league so wouldn't we be better off with a more experienced ruck coach?

 

[SpaceClef]

Double whammy - if hawthorn get nothing out of him they lol as they had them pay good coin.

They make essendon miss out

And hawthorn no doubt owe them a big favour

I wonder if it has anything to do with Carlton's feeder club, the Giants.

 

[KO_KO]

The sam mitchell thread?


The : How much shorter can sam mitchell be played thread (id say till about 5'4" myself)

Wrong tread?

 

[Miguel Sanchez]

Ruck coaches are often part time. We've got a 6-time AA ruckman on our coaching panel, surely he can just incorporate the ruck coaching into his duties?

 

[Keys]

Matthew Allen yo

I don't consider him a pure tall forward. Don't really know what he is just yet and despite the club showing enough faith in him to extend his contract into 2018 I'm not convinced he's going to make it

Still has plenty of time to develop so I hope I'm wrong - he's a fantastic kick at goal especially from around 50

 

[WCErevival]

Ruck coaches are often part time. We've got a 6-time AA ruckman on our coaching panel, surely he can just incorporate the ruck coaching into his duties?

Yeah I cant see Petrie being ruck coach. Hickmott and Cox are coaching the midfield so there is no need for Petrie

 

[paran]

I dare say if we pick Powell Pepper then he will play. I think WC take too long to blood players these days, but that's a different story.

Yes, SPP would be capable of contributing straight away, not sure he'd make the best 22 tho. I'm curoius, as his testing suggests there are other aspects to his game that could be developed to round out and enhance his game (beep test, clean hands, goal kicking)! He's got huge boot, so HFF would be a good starting point.

As for drafting, it's always a 10yr proposition. Some blokes will contribute straight away (see Darling), some will take a while to settle in a cement themselves (see Schoey). The key is not to miss on your top 30 picks because that sets you back 3-4 years in just seeing if they can be contributors.

 

[flamingEMBERS]

i hope so mate, and yes we take way to long to give our recruits game time.

Too long to give them games. Too long to delist as well.

 

[KO_KO]

Too long to give them games. Too long to delist as well.

Anyone in particular?

 

[SpaceClef]

Anyone in particular?

Colledge, McGinnity, Smith, Tunbridge, Mcinnes,

 

[flamingEMBERS]

Anyone in particular?

McGinnity's 9 year career
Tunbridge
McInnes
This even goes to the Mackenzie thing. Why the **** are we keeping a 600k back up. FML

 

[KO_KO]

McGinnity's 9 year career
Tunbridge
McInnes
This even goes to the Mackenzie thing. Why the **** are we keeping a 600k back up. FML

McKenzie = nobody wanted to bring him in and pay his $600k salary?

 

[Miguel Sanchez]

McGinnity's 9 year career
Tunbridge
McInnes
This even goes to the Mackenzie thing. Why the **** are we keeping a 600k back up. FML

Because he was contracted? Because he won the club champion award two years ago and is coming back from a knee injury? Because there's every chance he might find his pre-knee form?

Plus what KOKO said?

 

[flamingEMBERS]

McKenzie = nobody wanted to bring him in and pay his $600k salary?

Yeah no shit, neither do we. So we should have looked at ways of offloading it. Paying some of it to get the deal done should have been explored. We better either a) re-sign him dirt cheap next year or b) let the mother ****er walk and sign a free agent/bring someone in via trade.

 

[Miguel Sanchez]

Yeah no shit, neither do we. So we should have looked at ways of offloading it. Paying some of it to get the deal done should have been explored. We better either a) re-sign him dirt cheap next year or b) let the mother goose walk and sign a free agent/bring someone in via trade.

Who's to say it wasn't explored?

 

[flamingEMBERS]

Because he was contracted? Because he won the club champion award two years ago and is coming back from a knee injury? Because there's every chance he might find his pre-knee form?

Plus what KOKO said?

Not every chance. There's a little chance he does that. I think it's a safe bet that he'll be the highest ever paid wafl player next season. I say 15 games min of WAFL barring injury. He could probably pay the match payments for East Perth and the 22 blokes he plays each week and still walk away as the highest paid WAFL player. FML.

 

[Miguel Sanchez]

Not every chance. There's a little chance he does that. I think it's a safe bet that he'll be the highest ever paid wafl player next season. I say 15 games min of WAFL barring injury. He could probably pay the match payments for East Perth and the 22 blokes he plays each week and still walk away as the highest paid WAFL player. FML.

Pretty common for players to struggle the first year back off a knee recon. You're writing him off far too soon.