Oppo Camp Non-Eagles Discussion

[Keys]

Collingwood probably need to win 4 of their last 6 to make finals. Miraculously 5 of those games are at the MCG with just the one trip to the SCG breaking the monotony

If they do miss, it’ll mean they traded away a top 10 pick for Lachie Schulz

Which, unfortunately, also means that Fremantle get a top 10 pick for him

 

[FKASC]

Humphries was pick 63 in his third year of draft eligibility and the sixth player taken by Geelong in the 2023 draft

Plenty of clubs not named West Coast, including the club that ended up drafting him, overlooked him multiple times across multiple years

It’s not like the form he’s currently showing was particularly obvious. If it was he’d have been drafted earlier

We would have had a better look at him than any other team though.

Don’t you think it’s part of a recruiter’s role to identify talent that might not necessarily be demonstrated pre-draft? Otherwise it’d be a pretty easy job and would purely depend on how high your draft picks were

 

[Cuzz09]

Cats should win but Pies have a way of snagging a win

Elliot is back but Mihocek is a big out as is Howe

Cats under 20

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[Cuzz09]

that Humphrey's guy, nic martin and anyone would look crap playing for us guaranteed.

Chesser would be getting high numbers too in a good, free flowing side like the cats

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[InTheWings]

I remember a gun forward from down south that signed on for our WAFL team just before the 2020 season, where our WAFL team was disbanded for the year??

I thought his name was Humphries (but I could be wrong).

 

[Keys]

We would have had a better look at him than any other team though.

Don’t you think it’s part of a recruiter’s role to identify talent that might not necessarily be demonstrated pre-draft? Otherwise it’d be a pretty easy job and would purely depend on how high your draft picks were

I think recruiting is an inexact science and would be quite difficult.

And late picks are a lottery albeit we’ve had marginal success with them for a few years. Mind you Long and Jack Williams look to be handy players for picks in the 50’s

The other thing I’ll say about Humphries is he’s playing in a well oiled defensive system and is a 20 year old draftee as opposed to an 18 year old one

If I had a question of our recruiters it would be why we didn’t take him as a Cat B rookie in 2021 when it would’ve been a free hit. Maybe he wasn’t showing the required application at the time

Nic Martin was a bigger miss imo

 

[UseR2006]

Nic Martin was a bigger miss imo

Nic said himself that he botched his stint with us as a train on. He didn't go as hard as he should have so can't blame that one on the recruiters.

 

[squashface]

Nic said himself that he botched his stint with us as a train on. He didn't go as hard as he should have so can't blame that one on the recruiters.

He also got injured and all of this board were melting we were wasting our time with another vanilla flanker iirc

 

[CoastersFlag No.5]

GWS social media starting beef.

 

[Cuzz09]

Freo top 4 spot for the taking this year.

Very good run home.

Geelong too.

Top 4 looks like

Syd
Carl
Geel
Freo



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[Balardong]

Humphries, Nic Martin and Johnson were literally right there for the taking. Our recruiting has seriously done more damage then Simmo.

Not to mention ignoring Tim Kelly for 3 drafts whilst he was playing for South Fremantle when they could have rookied him before giving up 3 first round picks to Geelong to get him back. Geelong must love West Coast's recruiting team

 

[Balardong]

Humphries was pick 63 in his third year of draft eligibility and the sixth player taken by Geelong in the 2023 draft

Plenty of clubs not named West Coast, including the club that ended up drafting him, overlooked him multiple times across multiple years

It’s not like the form he’s currently showing was particularly obvious. If it was he’d have been drafted earlier

Have to disagree. I watched a lot of Humphries in the PSA and the WAFL over the last few years and in every level he played in he had the best disposal with either hand and foot of anyone on the ground. Funny what can happen when you put a kid with those skills in a professional training environment

 

[Wooshaaaa]

We would have had a better look at him than any other team though.

Don’t you think it’s part of a recruiter’s role to identify talent that might not necessarily be demonstrated pre-draft? Otherwise it’d be a pretty easy job and would purely depend on how high your draft picks were

Given how good his foot skills are on both side I would've thought simmo wouldve gushed and wanted him in the side. Maybe that's the impasse the club is at whereby the coach and recruiting staff aren't on the same page. Simmo likely sitting on the couch last night yelling at the screen saying I told you so. Who makes finals decisions when coach and recruitment don't see eye to eye......GM of footy? No doubt recruiting has been shit dating back to the days we didn't take TK when we could've.

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[FKASC]

Given how good his foot skills are on both side I would've thought simmo wouldve gushed and wanted him in the side. Maybe that's the impasse the club is at whereby the coach and recruiting staff aren't on the same page. Simmo likely sitting on the couch last night yelling at the screen saying I told you so. Who makes finals decisions when coach and recruitment don't see eye to eye......GM of footy? No doubt recruiting has been shit dating back to the days we didn't take TK when we could've.

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Yeah I’ve posted that suspicion a few times over the years, but it has felt at times that the recruiters and coaches are not aligned.

 

[Godfather32]

Funny what can happen when you put a kid with those skills in a professional training environment

He wouldn't have done any good with us then

 

[Boohemian]

GWS social media starting beef.

Sydney didn’t need to do the video to begin with.

It was completely naff and self indulgent.

 

[KERRPOW]

Cmon whorks

 

[KERRPOW]

Watsons a bit of a crab...called the wizard cos he always misses a goal

 

[MeltMan]

Oh look, umps in tassie. Tune in for 5 minutes, out on the full not given, 2 hands in the back not given lmao.

 

[Ghossein]

fyfe may be freo's sheed

 

[KERRPOW]

Go whorks

 

[UseR2006]

Good day in the WAFL, Watching Freo *%$^ the bed, it's a good day today.

 

[CoastersFlag No.5]

The Wizard lives up to his name.

 

[ziad]

Good day in the WAFL, Watching Freo *%$^ the bed, it's a good day today.

Sheed BOG!! Now we should reward WAFL form.

 

[Boohemian]

lol that West Australian backpage is now glorious