Oppo Camp Non-Essendon Football Thread XVII

[Milanista28]

You should email that to them along with your CV

Such easy deals as well. Put me in charge!!

 

[Lore]

 

[Westlo]

West Coast have won 10 games the last 3 seasons and will only have a single elite player from the top end of 3 drafts and said player is going to have every single Victoria club came at him hard for the rest of his career.

Absolutely shocking trade period, could've had Sheezel, Reid and Draper from a three year period with two first rounders next year to add to that elite talent.

You would think fans of Essendon would realize how not being able to pick from the top of the tree has hurt as us as we've been a ****ing treadmill team, lmao @ banking on Bo Allen being there, hope someone nabs him.

 

[Lore]

 

[Call Me Cake]

All the ruckus over a blow up doll? Really? Is this what we've become?

 

[Lore]

 

[Call Me Cake]

 

[Wahooti Fandango]

 

[carnthedons]

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They look shocked to be sitting there

 

[BrunoV]

Finally, a challenger to the Fevola with a dildo costume...

 

[Donflicted]

Everyone clamps on about how we are bad to deal with are they seeing the bulldogs right now?

 

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[rumply]

6 weeks bans, really?? I hope the GWS submission is for the AFL to blow it out their ass.

 

[dank420_]

I’m hearing there was some P Diddy stuff involved as well as a sex doll.

Yeah…

 

[Mercurial89]

6 weeks bans, really?? I hope the GWS submission is for the AFL to blow it out their ass.

We don't know actually what has happened do we?
Seems like an incredibly strong reaction for a private function with no public eye, and seemingly the costumes themselves were fine because they were fine with coaches etc before it became players only.

I'd assumed blackface or something racial that has maybe upset some indigenous players but this is starting to sound like a sexual assault type incident for them to be hitting Toby with a fine just for being there and not stopping things.

 

[JayJ20]

And now West Coast's path to that West Aussie kid opens up.

Pundits and fans need to wait at least until the end of trade period before jumping up and down about these deals.

JayJ20, reading Bo Allan's profile suggests he is a player with elite attributes that could provide star power to a side. I'm not saying that is a guarantee that he will be one of the best players in the draft but it's a a significant factor in making a decision like this. We saw it previously when West Coast essentially chose Ginby and Hewett over Sheezel or Wardlaw.

Allan reads as something of a Josh Weddell, 6'3, aggressive, long kicking and with lots of power and athleticism, who knows how to play midfield (or at least more than Weddell did). He could provide that dynamic from half back. If Allan was Matthew Johnson, for example, I think it would be a harder thing to justify - not because Johnson isn't / wont be a solid player but because they would pretty clearly be losing out on potential elite talent.

It is not a strategy without risk. Someone could take Allan or he might be a bust. But at least the latter factor is no less a potential issue if they used #3. I've done a bit more reading and Allan would provide West Coast with a very well balanced set of midfield options in order of recruitment:

1. Chesser, a 184cm generalist, who can in his own ball but has speed to be dangerous spreading from the context, something like Caldwell or Shuey;

2. Ginby, a 191cm West Aussie meat axe, who is very aggressive, physical and athletic in the mould of Elliott Yeo or maybe more Jarrod Berry as a style of player;

3. Hewett, a 184cm West Aussie whose strengths are speed and breaking from congestion, running with the ball generally and footskills, in the mould of a Rozee or Chad Warner;

4. Reid, a 187cm prodigy;

5. Hall, a 6'3 West Australian inside specialist and accumulator thinking something between Will Brodie and Jack McRae;

6. Allan, 6'3 another West Australian and an explosive ball carrier and aggressive contested player.

Culley might be another big body who specialises in the contested side of the game. I'd be very happy with that as a set of options.

If they can turn Allan into a Weddell-type then they've done very well.
Honestly I don't have a doubt they'll make it work. They're very much in the Collingwood and Hawthorn camp of putting it together to win a premiership/make a grand final.

 

[eth-dog]

Damn, was hoping Barrass would fall over

 

[jdstorm]

If they can turn Allan into a Weddell-type then they've done very well.
Honestly I don't have a doubt they'll make it work. They're very much in the Collingwood and Hawthorn camp of putting it together to win a premiership/make a grand final.

Allen Has more LDU than Weddle in his game. Definitely a mid long term.