Allen, Waterman and Darling are the future talls of this forward line. Brander can leave
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Darling is 28 now .. wow it's gone quickAllen, Waterman and Darling are the future talls of this forward line. Brander can leave
In six years Brander will be 28 and JD will be 34... spoooooooooky!Darling is 28 now .. wow it's gone quick
Went to primary school and most of high school (before his indiscretions) with darling. I remember sitting on the hill watching him dob 50 meter drop punts when he was 13. He was always going to play for west coast and it makes me feel flipping old that it’s coming to an end.Darling is 28 now .. wow it's gone quick
Darling was pretty good straight away, strange comparison.On the brander debate: how long did it take Kennedy/darling to become the greatest of all time? Give the kid a chance ffs
Darling was pretty good straight away, strange comparison.
The worry isn’t Brander’s talent, it’s his heart and his lack of opportunities to actually play his preferred position. He’s been handled horrendously.
Don’t worry, he will be bigger.I'd like to see Willie Rioli back bigger and better than ever
Any idea whats going to happen next year regarding players in the seconds.
We fought so hard to establish the BEagles, will be a shame to revert back to having our players scattered across WAFL clubs or even worse, lack of development by continuing with scrimmages.
We really should push for this fee to fall outside the soft cap.It's 800K just for the license, that 800K would go in the soft cap.
We really should push for this fee to fall outside the soft cap.
We need to flex some muscle.
We should cop the luxury tax IMO. I understand the WAFC get a fixed percentage of our profit not revenue so it will bite them in the arse too.Victorian clubs pay license fees as well to play in the VFL.
The problem is the ridiculously high price for WC in the WAFL.
Given that West Coast are the WAFC's main money maker, you would think that they would want a strong West Coast AFL club and find a way to reduce the cost of West Coast playing in the WAFL, but apparently not.
The other option is just to cop the luxury tax.
It is called a soft cap for a reason.
We should cop the luxury tax IMO. I understand the WAFC get a fixed percentage of our profit not revenue so it will bite them in the arse too.
True.Issue with that is I think it is a tough sell asking coaches and footy dept staff to take significant pay cuts and then fork out extra tax to AFL for going over the cap to keep the WAFL team.
hodgeTime to poach an A grade midfield coach and not promote from within.
Petch, Rioli, Cameron are supposed to be the the next gen small forward/mids.Coupled with ainsworth, foley, XON and venables who were all meant to be prolific ball-winning midfielders. For whatever reason none of them have come to fruition.The biggest concerns are the mids we lack explosiveness and pace and the other is small forwards
If we were a struggling bottom 8 club then the answers are you probably start to build with your youth.
But we are a top 8 club and most would agree we have a list that can contend and that will still apply in 2021.
No sane coaching group is going to replace JK with Brander, Brander needs to get his spot by completely dominating in the WAFL at FF. How many years Brander plays as a backup is completely up to his own performances.
We need a small forward, we are well placed with JK and JD as our focal points.
Our midfield is our issue and it needs fixing, I don’t think the club has the balls to fix it and they will back what they have in and we will contNiue to get similar results.
What balls do the club need to fix it?
Get super aggressive and trade Sheed and others out? What?
Duggan has shown some very good signs on the ball, he should stay in there in 2021.
I think that is why Petro gets chances.The biggest concerns are the mids we lack explosiveness and pace and the other is small forwards
Yes and Yes, do what is required to fix a plodding midfield. Existing players are all we have to deal with so see what is out there.
Its hard to knock the club as we contend a lot but we have rarely traded out to improve, we love just sticking by our guys. It’s nice to do that but I am sick of us being the nice club.