Mega Thread Delist/Trade/Draft Supermegaultrathread - Now Starts A Long Offseason

[hbk2015]

Are we any chance at all to snag Christensen?

 

[Jack_the_Ninja]

This crap the AFL dishes up year in and year out of having only one AFL game in WA on any weekend has to stop. Its utter shit and insulting to think every second week we have to travel, maybe one year the Melbourne teams can do the same eh ? We should just start sending a B team to the East Coast every time we travel and see how they respond to that ? Or even better keep a list of 22 young blokes over in Melbourne and let them play when we travel and perhaps send a few of our guns over in big matches .

Wouldn't take the AFL long to realize we're pissed at how we get disadvantaged.

 

[Dugg]

Clarke 2 Fyfe I think it was Port's fitness bloke who said that Fremantle and the Eagles can't actually put in any work into the players through the season as we need to be 100% focused on recovery each week due to our travel so for us it's pre-season or bust basically.

If it was Darren Burgess from Port Adelaide, then everyone needs to stop and listen. That bloke is a god when it comes to sports conditioning and fitness.

Time for a private jet!

 

[pantskyle]

That's uber depressing that Dangerfield said that

Heartening to know we targeted him though

???

 

[kane249]

Whose arms are longer?

Collingwood fans, they tend to be knuckle draggers after all

 

[fomoco04]

I like the idea of a private virgin.

Yeah but you could only use it once.

 

[kane249]

Yeah but you could only use it once.

The inside smells pretty bad as well

 

[Masto]

This crap the AFL dishes up year in and year out of having only one AFL game in WA on any weekend has to stop. Its utter shit and insulting to think every second week we have to travel, maybe one year the Melbourne teams can do the same eh ? We should just start sending a B team to the East Coast every time we travel and see how they respond to that ? Or even better keep a list of 22 young blokes over in Melbourne and let them play when we travel and perhaps send a few of our guns over in big matches .

Wouldn't take the AFL long to realize we're pissed at how we get disadvantaged.

Only real solutions are more byes, less games or another team in Perth. I would be happy to scrap the preseason or reduce it to one game while adding more byes and split rounds.

 

[ClayB]

There's no reason why Virgin couldn't have naming rights on it and operate it on our behalf.

I'm all for it, but I'd venture that the last thing VA want is the image that their service isn't good enough for professional athletes (even though it probably isn't for the WA clubs requirements)

 

[Darcy 2 Fyfe]

Yeah but you could only use it once.

Surely the whole team can use it though!

 

[MIKE85]

Problem is the vics always just say "you joined our competition so tough shit" which in a way is true, for the first 3 years. When they decided to name it the AFL it became a national comp, teams should all be treated the same. They want expansion, they want the afl to dominate Australian sport, yet it is still run as a Victorian league with interstate sides joining in. All the major benefits go to the vic clubs and this won't ever change unless some of them fold.

I would argue majority of the flags won by Victorian sides over the last 20 years would not have happened had they travelled every second week.

 

[fomoco04]

Surely the whole team can use it though!

But then it would be a bike.

 

[Milenko]

???

Go back and read the thread

 

[pantskyle]

Go back and read the thread

Went back two pages and didn't see anything, thought maybe something had just come out.

 

[Swervability]

• rattle the tine at corporate WA for our own shared aeroplane. Woodside / BHP / FMG / Rio Tinto or the like could have naming rights, logo's on the plane etc

This is a great idea. I was shocked to learn that the players not only fly standard Virgin flights, but in cattle class. That's traumatic for anyone, let alone a 190cm+ professional athlete carrying niggles.

 

[lmach]

Went back two pages and didn't see anything, thought maybe something had just come out.

Your club spoke with Dangerfield about a month ago about a move west and he said "there's no way I would travel that much".

 

[matt_bas]

http://m.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl...de-to-gws-giants/story-fni5fazt-1227085135163

Article suggests GWS could still make a play for Ryder or Beams, as well as getting Griffen. That sudden Sydney decision looking more and more like the AFL stopping them from doing another "Buddy move" on GWS imo.

Also suggests either pick 4 OR 7 plus a player for Griffen, and that Griffen is taking a pay cut to leave the Dogs.

I'd take a pay cut to leave the dogs

 

[pantskyle]

Did not see that Detective lmach.

 

[pantskyle]

McCartney sacked by the Doggies. Kennel not going so well.

 

[SpaceClef]

Did not see that Detective lmach.

It's because you have Clarke 2 Fyfe set to ignore

 

[Milenko]

It's because you have Clarke 2 Fyfe set to ignore

LOL!

 

[pantskyle]

It's because you have Clarke 2 Fyfe set to ignore

No sir.

I'm just blind.

 

[Chris_6678]

If it was Darren Burgess from Port Adelaide, then everyone needs to stop and listen. That bloke is a god when it comes to sports conditioning and fitness.

Time for a private jet!

Woosha tried hard to get him over in 2012 and he was soooooo close to coming to WCE!

 

[Turboman1994]

This off season is crazy ! With all the coach sackings and player requests wtf going on

 

[kane249]

McCartney sacked by the Doggies. Kennel not going so well.

Expect Griffen to change his mid and stay now. Wouldn't be surprised if Cooney also does the same.