News Insightful and Inciteful - 2022 Media Thread

[KERRPOW]

Disappointing they didnt refer to brown as forward pocket specialisit

 

[Keys]

Disappointing they didnt refer to brown as forward pocket specialisit

You trying to give Godfather32 a stroke

 

[Miguel Sanchez]

From Bunga to Chesser: Grading Eagles’ first-round record

West Coast have two first-round selections on Monday night in one of their strongest draft hands in recent memory. But how strong is their track record when it comes to utilising early picks?

thewest.com.au

Brad Ebert - Pick 13

Games: 260 (184 for Port Adelaide)

Players picked soon after: Patrick Dangerfield (Adelaide), Harry Taylor (Geelong), Alex Rance (Richmond), Callan Ward (Western Bulldogs)

Brad Ebert will be remembered more for his time at Port Adelaide than West Coast.
Brad Ebert will be remembered more for his time at Port Adelaide than West Coast. Credit: Will Russell/The Slattery Media Group
Almost forgotten by Eagles fans, Ebert was a good midfielder in his time at West Coast. Homesickness got the best of him and he was traded to Port Adelaide at the end of the 2011 season where he would be one of their best over the next nine years. West Coast got picks 28 and 49 in the deal, which really can’t justify a first-rounder


Grade: D-


Mitch Brown - Pick 16

Games: 94

Players picked soon after: Shane Edwards (Richmond), Josh Kennedy (Hawthorn), Robbie Gray (Port Adelaide)

Mitch Brown never reached his potential. Credit: Daniel Carson/AFL Media

A promising key position player, Brown showed potential as both a forward and backman but injury and form meant he was in and out of the team over his decade there. In the end, he tried to get back to Victoria, before being offered a contract by the Eagles. He was then told there wasn’t room for him when the Eagles surprising secured Hawthorn superstar Sam Mitchell. Brown would return to Victoria and play amateur football the next year.

Grade: D

Dangerfield went ahead of Ebert, not just after.

Of the players that supposedly went “just after” Brown, Kennedy was a father-son selection (in the 40s) so not available to us and Gray went in the 50s.

For a super-draft, the list of players that actually went just after Brown is a bit barren, other than Edwards 10 picks later.

 

[shoutsatclouds]

You trying to give Godfather32 a stroke

We don’t want to hear about your sex life mate

 

[Agent93]

For a super-draft, the list of players that actually went just after Brown is a bit barren, other than Edwards 10 picks later.

Shaun Grigg would've been more than useful.

 

[Ochre]

For a super-draft, the list of players that actually went just after Brown is a bit barren, other than Edwards 10 picks later.

Have some respect, Shaun Hampsons now a two time Survivor player, I'd take that from a pick 17

 

[Truckosaurus]

He's also Mr Megan Gale (somehow)

 

[Miguel Sanchez]

He's also Mr Megan Gale (somehow)

That’s definitely a more impressive achievement.

 

[Eaglemaniac]

That’s definitely a more impressive achievement.

Let’s just say their kids are unlikely to be brain surgeons.

 

[kane249]

Let’s just say their kids are unlikely to be brain surgeons.

 

[mad_eagle]

Loving the AFL.com draft coverage. Gives you a short interview with every draftee so far expect, you guessed it…Ginbey & Hewett

 

[Truckosaurus]

Loving the AFL.com draft coverage. Gives you a short interview with every draftee so far expect, you guessed it…Ginbey & Hewett

Weren't both of them not invited to draft night?

 

[squashface]

Weren't both of them not invited to draft night?

Ginbey was there

 

[Hook461123]

Just saw all the photos of Culley presenting the jumper to Dewar. I’ve enjoyed all the photos and posts of the draftees this year. Reckon the social media guys might’ve got a kick up the butt too. Been a lot more media content

 

[DickDunn]

Feast your eyes on this evocative piece of storytelling from the great man Stocksy. What a Saturday morning treat

Part one: Inside the draft

Part one of a two-part look inside a dream draft for the West Coast Eagles

www.westcoasteagles.com.au

 

[DickDunn]

“Just as the paddlers are striking the Yarra’s surface with precision timing, Rohan O’Brien is looking for synergy, alignment.” Oooof

 

[Bender_]

Their eyes are fixed on a stout figure at the front of the lounge room...

O’Brien, wispy, mousy brown mop nestling above wide rimmed glasses, perched on his nose. Some wags on social media have suggested he bears a resemblance to Elton John. It’s no stretch.

Don't think you'll be on ROB's Christmas card list, Stocksy.

 

[squashface]

I am physically unable to read that

 

[Bender_]

I am physically unable to read that

It's a modern day masterpiece.

Synergy, permutations, engrossing.

He's been right clicking synonyms so bad he's got carpal tunnel.

 

[Truly Lazuli]

Feast your eyes on this evocative piece of storytelling from the great man Stocksy. What a Saturday morning treat

Part one: Inside the draft

Part one of a two-part look inside a dream draft for the West Coast Eagles

www.westcoasteagles.com.au

I guess all the detail, i.e. the stuff we're all interested in, will be in part 2.

 

[Ochre]

During the day a whisper circulates that Melbourne is keen to jump up the draft order and have made a significant pitch to Essendon to trade into pick No.4. Should that happen it could be a significant curve ball.

It would take something special to convince a club to surrender a selection so high in the ballot.

Big if true.

 

[Keys]

Just saw all the photos of Culley presenting the jumper to Dewar. I’ve enjoyed all the photos and posts of the draftees this year. Reckon the social media guys might’ve got a kick up the butt too. Been a lot more media content

Definitely been a lot more content and in a more timely manner so far.

Even something simple like getting the new jumper number info out which previously has been a state secret. Other things like training sessions being open and times released well in advance indicate a bit of a shift in philosophy

Maybe member renewals aren’t happening as quickly as prior years

Whatever the reason, however, it’s a welcome change

 

[Ambrose Burnside]

They say harassing people online doesn't work, but Miguel vs West Coast's Social Media Team would tell you otherwise.

 

[groga]

Definitely been a lot more content and in a more timely manner so far.

Even something simple like getting the new jumper number info out which previously has been a state secret. Other things like training sessions being open and times released well in advance indicate a bit of a shift in philosophy

Maybe member renewals aren’t happening as quickly as prior years

Whatever the reason, however, it’s a welcome change

Absolutely, I just said as much on twitter.

Seems like changes are happening in all parts of the club.

 

[Truckosaurus]

Maybe they do listen to the survey after all