Club Focus West Coast Eagles 2023

[PMBangers]

Data from footywire. To check the draft order see the thread here.

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[Wce17]

Wtf. That's not the point. If you didn't get Darling, you would have drafted someone else with your PRIORITY PICK.

Jesus Christ. One brain cell between all your WC supporters.

You forgot to mention we only got that PP after we finished last and only received pick 4 after the AFL gifted GC the first 3 picks in the draft. It was more like compo for getting shafted than a PP.

 

[chaddy22]

Wtf. That's not the point. If you didn't get Darling, you would have drafted someone else with your PRIORITY PICK.

Jesus Christ. One brain cell between all your WC supporters.

luckily we had pick 26 and not pick 27 in that draft
Kieran Harper is a former professional Australian rules footballer. Harper played for the North Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League, Kieran was taken with pick 27 i

 

[kerrazy]

I see what you did there. Very funny.

"What's with these whinging north supporters in here"

then posts

"My post has no association with nm"

That's gold.

You seem to be struggling and now resorting to editing my post .

Supporters and clubs are not the same entity.

Again, read it properly.

Keep trying sweet heart.

 

[King Hansen]

If you're this angry over a bit of big footy back and forth, just imagine how angry you're gonna get on Monday night.

Pretty happy with 5 first rounders actually mate.

 

[King Hansen]

luckily we had pick 26 and not pick 27 in that draft
Kieran Harper is a former professional Australian rules footballer. Harper played for the North Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League, Kieran was taken with pick 27 i

What's your point? Just because the order was like doesn't mean WC would have picked Harper...you realise each club have their own recruitment teams with different boards?

Are WC supporters 12 years old or something..

 

[Wce17]

What's your point? Just because the order was like doesn't mean WC would have picked Harper...you realise each club have their own recruitment teams with different boards?

Are WC supporters 12 years old or something..

Nah mate we just don't have any respect for clubs that bludge of the AFL...

 

[kerrazy]

Wtf. That's not the point. If you didn't get Darling, you would have drafted someone else with your PRIORITY PICK.

Jesus Christ. One brain cell between all your WC supporters.

Your melting sustains me.

 

[kerrazy]

Guess there's not much else to do in Perth..

Good luck with Harley for the 2024 before he requests a trade to Collingwood in October

Xx

 

[chaddy22]

Reid or Curtin

 

[Obeanie1]

What's with these whinging north supporters in here about a thread for the eagles?. Talk about being utterly ******* offended. Jesus Christ.

Obviously they are at the anger stage of grief and in their minds right now the Eagles are the root of their problem.

They'II move on once they get all the new shinny draftees to sooth their tempered expectations.

Entertaining no less.

The chase for Curtin with our F1st will make gripping viewing.

Will North split 2 or 3 and try and land Curtin with a later pick?

Who will we take with our 2nd at 29ish.?

Dream draft hand. 1. Reid, 8. Curtin, 29. Moir, 42. Cooper Simpson / Goad 58. Freijah

 

[Orange crush]

Reid or Curtin

Gws are happy to facilitate

 

[WilloTree]

so...anyone want to chat about West Coast 2023/24?

 

[Barrybran]

so...anyone want to chat about West Coast 2023/24?

F1 for 2 & 3. Who says no?

 

[bzparkes]

F1 for 2 & 3. Who says no?

 

[VicBased]

F1 for 2 & 3. Who says no?

NO!!!

 

[Farang83150]

What's your point? Just because the order was like doesn't mean WC would have picked Harper...you realise each club have their own recruitment teams with different boards?

Are WC supporters 12 years old or something..

Is 12 your cut-off?

 

[Kangas_11]

I think you will find the plan will be to go very hard in free agency to replace some of those top players in the 9 with the idea we can phase a few out with players we already have like Ryan Maric (seriously underrated), Rhett Bazzo, Harry Edwards (will come on this year now club has discovered causes of his groin issues), Coby Bugriel and Harry Barnett

Our rebuild will be more Port Adelaide and less North Melbourne. Port rebuilt around quality not quantity and heavily within free agency and trading. Eagles will go a similar path.

Quality not quantity, yet you're naming a bunch of non 1st round picks as replacements for your aging stalwarts. Plus your trade/FA period picked up some barely best 22 players at other clubs like Brockman and Flynn.

I think you're wildly overestimating your current list if you think you're going to follow the Port rebuild path.

 

[bzparkes]

Quality not quantity, yet you're naming a bunch of non 1st round picks as replacements for your aging stalwarts.

A lot of those 'aging' stalwarts weren't first rounders to begin with.

If you can identify and develop talent properly, you don't need a heap of first rounders.
Thought that might be fairly obvious, considering how many North already have on their list...

 

[Kangas_11]

A lot of those 'aging' stalwarts weren't first rounders to begin with.

If you can identify and develop talent properly, you don't need a heap of first rounders.
Thought that might be fairly obvious, considering how many North already have on their list...

Obviously development is key, but you can't with a straight face list names like Maric, Edwards, Bugriel (lol), Bazzo and Barnett as an argument that you've got "quality" on the list.

Every one of those players is speculative at best.

 

[bzparkes]

Obviously development is key, but you can't with a straight face list names like Maric, Edwards, Bugriel (lol), Bazzo and Barnett as an argument that you've got "quality" on the list.

Every one of those players is speculative at best.

Every player is speculative.

What's your point?

 

[Kangas_11]

Every player is speculative.

What's your point?

Did you read the original post I was quoting? It argued that WCE were going for a quality over quantity rebuild, then listed a number of speculative late round or MSD players, which is the absolute opposite mentality.

Kinda weird to quote someone's post without actually figuring out the context.

 

[bzparkes]

Did you read the original post I was quoting? It argued that WCE were going for a quality over quantity rebuild, then listed a number of speculative late round or MSD players, which is the absolute opposite mentality.

Kinda weird to quote someone's post without actually figuring out the context.

Did you miss the second half of that statement in regards to free agency and trading?

 

[Kangas_11]

Did you miss the second half of that statement in regards to free agency and trading?

Plus your trade/FA period picked up some barely best 22 players at other clubs like Brockman and Flynn.

It's weird that I have to quote myself, but yeah your FA and trading so far hasn't screamed prioritizing high quality additions.

 

[Forward Press]

It's weird that I have to quote myself, but yeah your FA and trading so far hasn't screamed prioritizing high quality additions.

What exactly would you have West Coast do? Christian Petracca ain't coming here and if we gave up pick 1 for a mature star (eg Chad Warner) we'd be accused of sabotaging our own rebuild.

Let me guess - 'hey gaiz, split pick 1 for North's 15, 17 and 18 so you have loads of first rounders to help speed up the rebuild'

 

[bzparkes]

It's weird that I have to quote myself, but yeah your FA and trading so far hasn't screamed prioritizing high quality additions.

And?

We're on the bottom of the ladder with the intention to build through the draft.

All you need for that to happen is to nail your picks and develop them properly.

Pick 1s have gotten as many AA's as pick 40s, for instance. It's just that higher draft picks tend to have a much higher chance of being decent but there's no guarantee they'll become A-graders.