Can't tell if this is legit or the guy was being facetious, but it brought a smile to my dial anyway.
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Can't tell if this is legit or the guy was being facetious, but it brought a smile to my dial anyway.
Hough is ok but lock down defender isn’t high on the critical needs list.
You should check the Pickett main trade thread and the comments on WC not having room for Treacy and Amiss. Their delusions are hilarious.
I can see them building a good midfield if everything goes right (Reid, Allan, Ginbey, Hewett, Davis, Hall). But even if that happens, I only see one forward/defender/ruck (Hough) under 25 who projects to be a decent player, and it's not like he's a star KPP or attacking weapon.
He's just responding to some negativity on their board, he's not actually reporting any news
Maybe I'm just a Debbie Downer, but I don't ever remember being that upbeat when we were in the meat of our rebuild.
And I don't think we ever reached the depth of their raging dumpster fire.
Barass was the canary in the coalmine. Players like that don't leave (especially west coast) unless they genuinely believe the club is going nowhere fast and during their career. I've never seen a west coast team this bad with so little hope over the next few years. Not upset about it but just being realistic.
Tim Kelly in a contract dispute now, along with Oscar Allen being courted. If both of those guys leave I wonder if any of their fans will start to have any sense of self awareness
LOL I hope not, I wanna squeeze another 5-10 years of delusion outta them.
The obvious response to Eagles hype is to encourage them.
JFC, now I've got FOMO that we missed on Owies and Graham. Easily worth 3 wins each by the sounds of that.
freo84
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Jack Williams is decent.
Noah long looks okay but projects well.
Ginbey is a hb flanker and isn't a midfielder.
Hewitt if fit will be decent.
Bo Allen should be good for them.
Hough was decent at shutting down smalls in 2024.
And Reid the messiah, the chosen one.
Chesser is very meh
They've got some youth and it does look okay but they don't have enough elite youth. Most of their older players finished high in their best and fairest.
I have them improving but it hinges on the dodgy hamstrings of McGovern.
I have, it was 2022, 2023 & 2024.
I only rate Reid and Hewett as potential a-grade players. Ginbey is a failed mid turned into a meh defender who can’t get or use the ball. Failed pick when they split what could have been Sheezle. Have a feeling Bo Allan will be the same and they will look at trading pick 3 with huge regret.
Basically they are stuffed and it’s great.
I think Hough has AA potential but agree with the sentiment.
They are making the same mistake we did with Ross back in 2016-2018.
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Be interesting to see what impact the new coach will have. From memory, it took a good 6 months for us to start to see Lyon's game plan embed, and it wasn't until the season after that it started clicking. Most of us (from memory) expected changes to be immediate. I wonder how much grace Eagles supporters have for things to get worse before they get better (if they get better)
Hadn't heard that Tim ...... sorry Mrs Kelly is in contract dispute with the Eagles.
Yeah there's a story on the Worst about it but as expected, it's behind a paywall.
Does say, he's keen to finish up as an Eagle.
Have no idea why though.
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Tim Kelly will be 31 at the end of the year and if his contract isn't extended he will really lament Tasmania not being available to get two or three years at needing a senior player.
WC are going to hope to not need Kelly in the midfield in 2026 with Warner, and they picked Yeo over Kelly for the spare spot.
WC are going to hope to not need Kelly in the midfield in 2026 with Warner, and they picked Yeo over Kelly for the spare spot.
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If they hadn't traded out their top pick in 2022 and 2024 they'd have a midfield containing Reid, Sheezel, and Jagga Smith
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So 3 players that want to go home?
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We drafted Brayshaw, Cerra, Serong and Young with high draft picks while we were struggling. And we only lost one.
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And one of those 4 isn't like the others...I may be biased though
Fantastic isn't it.
Cerra not even good enough to carry the bags of our 3And one of those 4 isn't like the others...I may be biased though
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Hough is very good and I think Williams could surprise. Apart from that it will be relying on their recent draft crop
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Jesus Christ, wasn't just one, it was a few, even a couple of normally reasonable ones. I would normally be all over those Warner and Pickett threads but I honestly can't stomach the level of cringe and stupidity in them. A couple of the most painful threads I've ever read.
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