Oh you've based it on this year's potential trades which haven't even happened yet, you can't draw conclusions off one offseason, and most of those are from Richmond which is a pretty unique situation, it's not a city/state exodus.
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Speculation Harley Reid [OOC 2026]
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A follow-on from Vic player go-home factor are the interstate clubs preferentially recruit local players, in some cases where the local player is lesser.
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Funny you say that Obeanie because I don't see that. Everything a big Melbourne club can offer, we'll be able to offer. I think the Geelong threat is real though.
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I think he'll sign a 1 or 2 year contract extension next season and then ask to be traded to a Vic club in 2027 or 2028.
Same feeling I had with Judd. Just feels inevitable that he'll go back to Vic. If so I hope we get a good return.
Apart from being in Victoria
Pretty sure he's not from Melbourne, eh?
And?
Biggest furphy ever when Lachie Neale wanted a trade was talk about coming “home” to Adelaide, when he grew up four hours from it.
Unless his family move from Tongala to Melbourne doubt that means much. Not that I’d know though.
The fact he talks about them so nonchalant about supporting them as a kid, even during a West Coast podcast, is a good sign.
Like it’s not really important anymore so why not talk about it.
Eagles fans like to jump at shadows. The only chatter about him has been that he was happy for an extension but manager told him to wait, and he was pretty pissed at the questions when he got rising star and club was happy to reduce his media (which happened).
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It'll be interesting to see how it goes. I actually think Perth was an excellent landing spot for him.
I don't want to burst your bubble but your 6 years from being a finals team let alone a flag. List is an absolute mess
We aren't talking about the end of his career though are we? The point is it's nieve to think because he finds himself a WA bird he will stay.
Pretty good. Jaxson Cooney and Wests brother are highly rated mids. Should enjoy kicking it to darcy and JUH for the next 10 years
Ah yeah the ol ‘highly rated’ mids not even on a list yet.
Sounds like the clock is ticking.
No one knows how things will be in six years. Sounds like you will somehow make all the right calls at draft time and we will make wrong ones with better picks though.
Shame for us I guess
Echuca and bendigo pioneers boys seem to enjoy Perth. I'd think if he ever came back, it'd be geelong, he's a jezza Cameron style country boy
This is what most people don't understand. He's a country kid. The Vic Country kids really like living in Perth.
What's surprised me is there was no talk at all about Reid 'looking to come home or angling he's homesick' all year. The only time it came up was because he said in a post game interview after the Dee's win that it was the first year he wasn't having his birthday with his family and it sucked for him.
I remember 2002/2003 there were constant stories of Judd wanting to go home.
Braun, Cole, selwood all stayed even Munro and obrien enjoyed it over there.
Long there helps too and even treacy
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2002-3 Perth not the same as today. The reason Reid doesn't like talking about his down time is because there is nothing here for a 19 yo. Would be more fun at the barn dance in Tongola.
Chesser also.
West Coast has good retention regardless of where they come from in general.
Players not wanting to leave has probably hurt us recently, but I still wouldn’t change it.
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As trade week builds I fear Jon Ralph may just suggest a direct swap of Harley Reid for Liam Baker...
Need to get past this trade period
Need to get past this trade period
Furthermore, interstate clubs are less likely to draft Vic metro kids who don't interview well. Eg sheezel/Wardlaw
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Gaff, Shuey, Wirrapanda, Schofield, Mundy on the Dockers side. Perth isn't as bad as Victorians think it might be.
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Vic clubs will be less likely to draft interstate kids with high draft picks - JHF/Jackson.
The go home factor isn’t just a WA issue.
Easier for Vic clubs though, due to having most players drafted from there.
Will be interesting to see how it develops with NSW/QLD growing the game. Would be funny as hell to see a prospective #1 not be tied to an academy and them lose their shit over it.
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Easier for WA teams due to only 2 clubs to pick from - not 9. It’s relative - stop making out that interstate sides are hard done by. It goes both ways.
