Only if you are Geelong
Speculation Chad Warner
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What about Geelong?
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Bloke who’s team finished 10th last year, and 14th the year before that wants to talk about other clubs being in no-mans land?
Sorry to break it to you, but you’re not nearly as far ahead of us as you seem to think, and your rebuild has certainly not been anywhere near successful enough for you to be peacocking about talking about how we’re x years away from finals.
Let’s remember your mob put out a strategic plan in 2021 stating the goal was 3 top 4 finishes and a flag by 2025…. Tick tock, tick tock.
You are headed for no man’s land. You’re not that good yet.
Freo will blow past that area this year.
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I thought that to…From what I was told Kozzie more likely to stay at Melbourne and Freo all in on Warner.
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Ah well there are pictures of it everywhere now, not hard to find. I don’t profess to know anything about Freo’s list management strategy but I would be very surprised if Kozzie wasn’t their priority.
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The article in the West? That newspaper is absolute garbage…more accurate mail on here. Sports editor thinks he’s running a school newspaper. Actually embarrassing.
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Don’t read The West for that exact reason. Cancelled my subscription when they went after Simmo after he was moved on.
Freo’s midfield is already going to be exceptional but they are missing a quality small forward and missed Berry in the draft.
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What a moronic waste of money.
Jack Graham that is lolGraham is nothing special and always injured , Tom Lynch beats him in sprints
Hewett , I feel for this kid and who knows what he becomes even if he gets thing better with his foot
Ginbey should become a goof HBF'r
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Aish went pick 7 as well.
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I posted this on the west coast board, figured it’s worthwhile posting in this thread also.
The below paragraph on Warner was tucked away in this article by Eliza Reilly on the Freo/Pickett links.
It sounds a bit similar to the Baker situation last year. We weren’t in the picture until we showed a bit of improvement.
Probably puts the Baker/Owies acquisitions in a different light if their recruitment leads to better performance that helps us get Chad.
The below paragraph on Warner was tucked away in this article by Eliza Reilly on the Freo/Pickett links.
It sounds a bit similar to the Baker situation last year. We weren’t in the picture until we showed a bit of improvement.
Probably puts the Baker/Owies acquisitions in a different light if their recruitment leads to better performance that helps us get Chad.
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Nothing similar about Baker and Warner. Completely different circumstances. Why did Baker choose WCE…WCE will have to kick up a significant number to lure Warner.
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There’s everything similar. Baker was off to Freo this time last year, and West Coast only became an option just before the bye rounds.
Freo already had a concrete offer on the table for Baker well before west coast because west coast wasn’t in the picture until round 6 or so.
Geez. Hard to see him staying if he's already purchasing property in Perth. Applecross is apparently 17 minutes away from both West Coast and Freo's headquarters so there's no real indication as to which club he may be favouring. Hopefully Sydney are fairly compensated after putting many years into his development to take him from a late second round draft prospect to one of the best players in the league. I know some people down south like to ignore it, but retention continues to be a real problem for the northern clubs and this is a prime example of it.
www.nine.com.au
Swans star's foot out the door after property purchase
WIth a year left on his contract
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Geez. Hard to see him staying if he's already purchasing property in Perth. Applecross is apparently 17 minutes away from both West Coast and Freo's headquarters so there's no real indication as to which club he may be favouring. Hopefully Sydney are fairly compensated after putting many years into his development to take him from a late second round draft prospect to one of the best players in the league. I know some people down south like to ignore it, but retention continues to be a real problem for the northern clubs and this is a prime example of it.
Swans star's foot out the door after property purchase
WIth a year left on his contract
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I think the retention argument is a tough sell when the swans have made the grand final in two of the last 3 seasons and one of the most consistent clubs in the competition.
Even Gold Coast has mopped up with their academy the last couple of years and have one of the most talented lists in the comp.
None of the northern clubs are really going without at the moment.
Don't forget, Sydney were mostly uncompetitive and/or average in the 2019-2021 period while Buddy was having his issues + not playing and they lost some good players over that period like Jordan Dawson, Aliir Allir, George Hewett and Zak Jones. That recent bottoming out phase allowed the Swans to recruit guys like Warner, Gulden, McDonald, Campbell & Blakey in those years and that crop has been a massive part of the reason they are highly competitive now.
Now it's looking like Warner will leave and there were rumours about McDonald leaving last year. So this is just going to be an ongoing thing for northern clubs, regardless of on field success. It's part of the reason the northern academies exist to counteract the ongoing retention issues NSW & QLD clubs face. As for the Suns, I'll buy into the hype around our list when we start playing finals. Until then, I'm still looking at players we drafted and lost (like Izak Rankine) wondering what could have been if retention wasn't an ongoing problem.
Fremantle's current list is a great example of using home sickness to your advantage and they've built a very strong list that is likely to get even better next year with the additions of Kozzy and possibly Warner too. Queensland and New South Wales clubs don't have that luxury. To have a shot at recruiting homegrown stars we have to build them from the ground up in a market that isn't really conducive to producing high level footballers. Running a footy club in Queensland or New South Wales would be a lot easier if clubs could dangle the carrot of going home (as well as money in most cases) to star players around the league like Fremantle have done in recent years with Luke Jackson and Shai Bolton.
