Bloody hell you've got a chip on your shoulder about non-Eagles listed East Perth players!
You guys are absolute masters at picking key position players out of WA. Don't know if there's a common denominator who's responsible for the scouting and selections of Darling, McGovern, McInness, Sinclair (I know he was a Vic expat), Colledge (whilst not being developed as a KPP), Barrass has made enormous improvements this season and Powell is only just getting used to league football but it's evident that there is definitely something there. Darling was the only obvious call out of the lot of them, so to identify these guys considering that most of them were considered marginal talents in the under 18 system is very impressive. I make that point as I was watching on with envy as Darling dominated the game yesterday in his first step back into a competitive match situation.
How much has Ryan Davis improved since he was with you guys five or so years back? Having a brilliant year. You could see that he was a pretty damaging sort of player back then with his powerful running and kicking, but I don't remember him ever really getting enough of the footy. Is he just that much fitter these days or is it something else?