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Absolutely. It's ridiculous chat to suggest they only want to come if mcqualter gets the gig. The only people who are in a rush are the impatient punters, not the players, the window isn't even open yet. They wouldn't be doing their due diligence if they didn't wait to chat to the new coach...

If richmond got offered 6 for rioli from any other club they are taking that and running out the door. It's only because its gold coast they'll be testing the waters to see just how much they can take the p155 on the deal. The sooner the afl sort that basketcase out the better.

I would love the hawks F1, if only to give some meaning to the back end of next year. When our season is yet again in the toilet by the bye and everyone is questioning whether we picked the right coach, at least I can sadistically death ride the hawks season into the ground.

Ahh how I took for granted the glorious days when fremantle would be linked to superstars of the calibre of Jack Graham, Matt Owies and Tom Clurey. Just got to take your medicine sometimes I guess 😴

Like it or not, how the new coach deals with the local media (the west) and performs in press conferences will very much matter and will absolutely be a consideration in who they pick. When times are bad, which they will be for a little while longer, every word of a presser gets pulled apart...

I'm not following the logic of montgomery= nobody, schofield = somebody. Both 200 gamers who have been coaching in some capacity for 15 years, Montgomery in the AFL system for far longer than schofield. I don't have a dog in the fight, I just expect us to do our due diligence and interview...

I don't have any issue with strong opinions or if schoey wants to whack eagles for how bad we've been over the last few years (we have). He is straying into kane cornes territory but that's the game these days I guess. I do have a bit of an issue with the fact he is obviously being a mouth...

I would like to think that a couple of wins won't impact the coaching decision at all. Go through your process/interviews and base it off the criteria you had planned for from the beginning. If schofield is the guy after that, all good, play on. Getting sucked into the caretaker honeymoon...

I think you'll find his age is part of the appeal. The clubs spoken regularly about that missing age bracket. I don't love it, but it's not a make or break move either way.

Feel for culley, seems to have the right attitude and would be good to see him make it. But what we've seen from him at afl level this year has been pretty yuck. If you're going to be that slow, you need to have some strong AFL attributes elsewhere. Highly skilled? Aggressive contest beast...

Graham is a very meh move, but sadly he's probably better than a handful of our current list cloggers. Ideally he ends up in the wafl because our young guys are out performing him. If anyone's going to know what he brings it's Clarke. Hopefully its some standards, effort & leadership.

Agreed. If we're playing fantasy football you sell high and trade both everyday of the week. But there's an intangible impact on the group which is hard to measure. I suspect TB goes and waterman stays. Shipping both would be very un-west coast like but would certainly have us getting very...

Don't be silly, they'll make him sub and he'll play 12 mins for 3 touches

Does a bulldog resurgence swing English back towards staying?? You'd have to have rocks in your head to voluntarily come and play for us for the next few years, especially if it's only 1 extra year on a contract.

Not a bad life as an AFL player, when you decide you're no longer happy with the length or value of a contract you willingly signed, tell the club you'll go elsewhere for a better offer. Pity it doesnt work in reverse - you're welcome simmo, gaff, darling. As much as losing TB will suck, I...

Sure the forward line is too tall for a normal side, but I'm struggling to give a stuff about structure at the moment. Culley, trew, JWilliams and maric are the ones who are entitled to get a shot based on performance and they're in the there. Selecting anyone else out of the wafl would just...

It's going to be interesting how we go about our off season. Give or take, we have about 15 blokes to cull over the next 2 off seasons. With a draft hand of 3, 23, 59, that is nowhere near good enough for our list needs, particularly if we give up draft capital for baker. We need 5 picks in the...

Good challenge for bailey. If he's going to make it as a lead ruck marshall is the sort of guy he should be modelling himself on. Mobile, a touch under sized and can take a grab. Bailey's worst games seem to have been when he's been bullied against the monsters, hopefully he has a good crack at it.

Not picking darling is a significant call. To think we were playing darling with waterman 2 weeks ago and now schofield doesn't even want him when watermans out. He clearly wasn't a fan of the land of the giants selection policy we were running. Darlings future likely won't be Schofield's...

Hard ball gets quick 9 pod came out today (Jackson Barrett/Jake colvin). Got stuck straight into a passionate defence of woodcock, with zero acknowledgement that the front page itself was very poor, let alone acknowledging the general behaviour of the paper over the last few years. Going into...

I think all clubs have been spooked by the experiences of north recently, and probably melbourne and the expansion clubs before that. Clearing decks and putting a bunch of kids out there puts you in the wilderness for a long time. I think all clubs will be reluctant to completely "bottom out"...

"Grubby" is a pretty accurate description of the west's business in general and this story is no different. Probably the kindest word simmo could muster. You can find players at all 18 clubs who aren't big fans of the coach, especially those playing 2s, and it will fit the narrative you want to...

If marics been left behind it will be interesting to see where he plays in the wafl. Maybe they finally want to try half back..or maybe they want to keep messing him around with no visible plan. Who knows.

Its pretty much shuffling deck chairs given the lack of anything inspiring at wafl level, but I don't think you can let a midfield performance like that go without change. Ginbey may to have to be parked elsewhere for the time being because he lacks any midfield craft at this stage of his...

If reports are to be believed he wants 5 years. He will know given his back issue that there's a danger his career is over after the 3rd year, so locking in the $$ of 5 years gives him security. Im sure his preference will be for that to be at west coast.

The barrass stuff is odd given he knocked back other clubs less than a year ago. It's either all BS, or his manager has seen Yeo get his way and is now using the media to sweeten the deal for TB. I'm not extending him knowing he has a back issue, nor am I trading him for less than a godfather...

I would be very surprised if H Edwards isn't at the club in some form next year. We put in the years of development, have him learn off Gov and Barrass, endure a bit of injury, send him to qatar and now get to a position where he's one of our best performing players in the Beagles...then cut him...

Feel for bailey a bit. 60% ground time and very little chance to have an impact forward with the other 3 big dogs down there. Playing 2 rucks will only work when you have 2 key forwards, not 3. Flynns game was meh at best. The ruck set up is a watch.

3 years for yeo sounds foolish on the face of it. But provided the money is reasonable you probably just be pragmatic and swallow it. It's not as if we're going to be short on cap space the next couple of years and the FA compo wouldn't be worth seeing him walk. They won't be expecting 23 games...

I'm not sure about the maric to a wing move, feels like more square peg in a round hole stuff. I'd rather take a look at half back, even if it's in the wafl for a month