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Not the club’s fault/responsibility.
Cockburn Council won’t get the funding similar to what Claremont managed to pull off.
Will be a while before it’s developed
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Great to see wing depth with Sharp. Spot is wide open for his to take with Henry gone.
On that note, has Ethan Stanley been spotted? He would be fantastic to develop this pre season
On that note, has Ethan Stanley been spotted? He would be fantastic to develop this pre season
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Ok…doesn’t explain why you grouped Brodie in with the genuinely good runners like AB and Freddy.
Would’ve been funnier if you wrote Brodie, Darcy and Tabs. Anyways..
Speaking of Brodie - there was a pre-season training photo of him today - looks like he may have dropped some kgs?
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Dockers trade trend, draft haul, Jeremy Sharp and Nat Fyfe
Fremantle’s five-plus year players returned to pre-season on Monday, reuniting the Dockers’ squad. From conjecture over a veteran star, a fresh face and a quartet of draftees that will hopefully buck a trade trend – this is what we saw.@ByElizaReilly
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Jack Delean is one of four draft picks who began training with the Dockers. Picture: Matt Loxton
Fremantle executive general manager of football talent Peter Bell has backed the Dockers to buck a trade trend and improve player retention after drafting three interstate prospects.
The Dockers’ four draftees, Cooper Simpson (Victoria), Ollie Murphy (Victoria), Jack Delean (South Australia) and Odin Jones (Western Australia), got their first taste of life as an AFL footballer on Monday, joining training for the first time as Fremantle’s entire squad returned from its off-season break.
The quartet were held out of some drills as they ease into their careers, Fremantle wary of not putting too much pressure on their young bodies before the Christmas break.
The Dockers have been subject to scrutiny after losing several players via the trade period in recent years, with Lachie Schultz the latest blow after he requested a shock trade home to Collingwood. Darcy Tucker, Lloyd Meek, Adam Cerra, Ed Langdon and Lachie Weller have also sought trades back to their states of origin.
But Fremantle has lost just as many homegrown products interstate with Liam Henry, Blake Acres, Griffin Logue, Rory Lobb, Jesse Hogan and Brad Hill requesting trades. Two-time Brownlow medallist Lachie Neale sought a move to a different state entirely, heading to Queensland despite growing up in South Australia.
Cooper Simpson is a highly-touted draft pick. Picture: Michael Willson/AFL Photos via Getty Images
Bell said that Fremantle’s trade past had no impact on its draft strategy this year, with the Dockers targeting certain areas of its list regardless of where in Australia they came from.
“We’re really excited to bring all four of the lads in,” he said. “We did go in with more of a specific list management need than perhaps other years. We’re thrilled to bring in some players who we think fill those needs.
“We’ve got a lot of confidence that we’ll retain players and certainly we hope these four have long, prosperous careers and those who are not from Western Australia will see out their careers here.
“We’ve got a lot of confidence that that will happen.
“We’ll back in our program and make sure players feel that they can develop on-field and off-field here at Fremantle. We’ll back in our program to deliver that.”
The Dockers added a fifth fresh face to the group on Monday morning, officially welcoming delisted Gold Coast wingman Jeremy Sharp via the supplementary selection period. A signing more than 12 months in the making after Fremantle’s bid to acquire Sharp in last year’s trade period fell short, the paperwork was officially lodged to sign the 22-year-old shortly after the SSP period opened at 6am on Monday.
Sharp was the standout of Fremantle’s time trials as the club’s five-plus year players returned to training, matching it with Olympic runner Peter Bol who was on hand to pace the three, one kilometre trials.
Jeremy Sharp (R) has been brought into the fold. Picture: Andy Brownbill
“We’ve been anxiously awaiting our opportunity to bring Jezza in,” Bell said. “It arrived this morning. I did say it was one of the shortest SSP roles.
“He ran really strongly. He’s ready to go. He’s a great athlete. We feel like he needs opportunity and he’ll work hard to get that opportunity.
“He’s a strong runner. He’s got areas of his game that he wants and needs to improve on and he’s well aware of that. From a running and athletic perspective, he’s elite.”
Forgotten defender Heath Chapman, captain Alex Pearce and defender Corey Wagner also ran strongly. But Bol set a blistering pace.
“The club was very fortunate to have Peter present at the David Mundy testimonial lunch a little while back and he had some great messages for our group, not just the physical professionalism but also in being an elite runner in world athletics,” Bell said. “That resonated strongly with our players. We continue to build that relationship with Peter and we’re thrilled he was able to come down.
“He took it pretty easy on the guys that’s for sure. I don’t think he was blowing too hard. Just to be around an elite athlete … guys want to test themselves so whatever exposure we can give our players to elite sport, we want to explore that.”
Bell also said that former captain Nat Fyfe has completed an “injury-free” off-season, giving Fremantle faith that the two-time Brownlow medallist can return to his best. Plantar fasciitis ended Fyfe’s campaign prematurely this year and there is still some conjecture over where the 32-year-old fits in the Dockers’ best 22.
Nat Fyfe ‘feels fantastic’. Picture: Dylan Burns/AFL Photos via Getty Images
Fyfe didn’t train with the main group on Monday and spent most of the session kicking, granted an easy passage into the swing of summer.
“‘Fyfey ‘has said that he feels fantastic,” Bell said. “He’s done a lot of work over the break, even though he was overseas for a large proportion of that.
“We know he works really hard at his game. It’s just about looking after him. He’s had a tough run with injury. I feel like over this break, he was injury-free so hopefully he can really build and we can continue that momentum with Nath.”
Sean Darcy and Andrew Brayshaw were also on light duties, the former back running after season-ending ankle surgery.
“Not sure of the exact timetables on each of those,” Bells said. “First day back, we want to manage their loads and make sure they’re good to go. It is a long pre-season.”
With Sebit Kuek (knee) and Josh Corbett (hip) set to be placed on the inactive list, the Dockers have invited Sam van Rooyen, brother of Demon Jacob, delisted Essendon key forward Patrick Voss and Woodville-West Torrens small forward Max Beattie to trial for a rookie list spot during the SSP period.
I find it crazy Fyfe doesn’t get a mention, I’d follow that man around like a bad smell if I had just been drafted. I’m sure it’s part of the reasoning as to why Caleb and Andy are where they’re at
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Moves like a new and improved Joel Hamling.
Disposal is hard to judge under no pressure in training, however, as a rule more kicks at that height/velocity would be handy coming out from the back half.
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Club website has 5 pics of Lachie Shultz at Collingwood training today. Seems a bit weird..
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