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West Coast Eagles Priority Pick (2024)
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You play football to win premierships, not to not win spoons. This was discussed earlier.
Won a premiership a few years back... played finals a few years in a row and gave up a lot for Kelly. No... wait another few years and see, for now not like other teams who have had no finals success (Carlton, Essendon, GC, North) for a while.
shhh stop talking such sense
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What's the point in giving the Eagles an extra player to go on the LTI list??
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I don’t think WC are going to be fined anytime soon for breaching salary cap rules as you did in your spoon year.
Big difference.
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God you must’ve been pissed after all the googling and only managing to dig up a super netball scandal!
just another one of Nisbett's backhanded dealings. Guy is such a crimGod you must’ve been pissed after all the googling and only managing to dig up a super netball scandal!
There have been many more clubs suffering worse and longer than WC over the last 12~15 years. Some have pulled themselves out of it and others continue to suffer.
North at the moment is the only one with a strong case for a PP this year after being down so long and don't look like being competitive any time soon (pick should be between those who made finals and those who hadn't imo).
West Coast need to come back in 3-4 years if they are still poor on-field.
North at the moment is the only one with a strong case for a PP this year after being down so long and don't look like being competitive any time soon (pick should be between those who made finals and those who hadn't imo).
West Coast need to come back in 3-4 years if they are still poor on-field.
Still the same blokes in charge so doubt this is his first rodeo. The shady 3rd party deals are rife in the AFL, they seem to have changed the internal policy and don't want the bad press by uncovering any of it.God you must’ve been pissed after all the googling and only managing to dig up a super netball scandal!
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Why should they get a priority pick? They are one of the largest clubs in Australia, in a very good financial position and have been quite successful over the years. They even won a premiership just 5 years ago.
All clubs have down patches on-field. They were one game and % out of finals less than 24 months ago. If they are languishing at the bottom for 3-4 years then sure but at the moment it's not even two full seasons.
All clubs have down patches on-field. They were one game and % out of finals less than 24 months ago. If they are languishing at the bottom for 3-4 years then sure but at the moment it's not even two full seasons.
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The AFL wont admit it but last year we had a fair few players tell us "We aint coming to W.A" in Sheezel and Wardlaw, which is why we had to go down the draft with our pick 2.
The AFL are basically going to have to give us a gift because of the corruption of the draft. Seems dumb but it is what it is
W.A teams need extra picks to rebuild then a Victorian club because the draft is so insanely compromised now
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Kidding yourself if you don't think this is already the case.
Not through the draft necessarily but the fixturing favors bigger clubs which leads to bigger sponsorship opportunities which leads to greater off field options for players which means recruitment is far easier for the likes of Collingwood, Richmond and even West Coast than St Kilda, GWS or North.
Players will take significant pay cuts to play for these teams because they get looked after on the back end.
There's a reason everyone jokes about Perth players getting 'shares in the mines', Pies players getting Channel 9 gigs or Geelong recruits getting 'lucky' in their property investments...
St Kilda have publicly said they need to focus on what the club can deliver players outside of the salary cap in order to entice them to sign on.
It's not even a secret anymore that the competition is extremely uneven.
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If Harley Reid tells Eagles he isnt coming then surely Eagles would ask for pick 2 and get pick 2 as compensation while trading pick 1 to a team like GWS for 2 first rounders and extra?
Idea we wouldnt get such a offer from the AFL seems a bit off to me in that the AFL would be walking towards the end of the draft system otherwise
Idea we wouldnt get such a offer from the AFL seems a bit off to me in that the AFL would be walking towards the end of the draft system otherwise
The thing many West Coast fans fail to see . Is that the reason they do not qualify for a PP is that if you listen to a fair portion of their supporters and the management of the club they had a list capable of making the 8 this year .
The injury crisis is the reason they are floundering even the coach talks about availability every week.
So fix that draft well with the high picks they get for sucking two years in a row now and no PP needed.
Priorty picks should be for teams with genuine list issues not so called strong lists with injury issues .
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Umm that’s half of Carlton’s list strategy
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That's straight up wrong.
Our problem was because during the years we had those guys our draft haul was garbage and in the years immediately before that the draft was compromised by expansion teams. During that period we had very few high draft picks at all and we drafted plenty of players who just were no good or failed to develop.
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Again I say … you put all your chips in gambling on your top 10 senior players going on to greater things and none getting injured with a gun like Kelly adding his wares.
But unfortunately it didn’t pan out well.
And now..here you are with a glut of over 28s all struggling to find form.
That’s footy.
No but west coast have been a successful club with a great supporter base who aren't vanishing so the financial position isn't at risk. You won a flag 5 years ago then thought your list was better than it was and messed up. North have been garbage for years as have gold coast without any remote success. They deserve the picks the Eagles don't
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Don't need (and haven't asked for) a PP, we need to rebuild just like everyone else.
HOWEVER.
How about we address the borderline draft tampering that's creeping in where the Vic boys are all crying about having to play interstate? Makes it hard to rebuild when we're being told not to draft the best talent because they're going to sook it up for 2 years then leave.
HOWEVER.
How about we address the borderline draft tampering that's creeping in where the Vic boys are all crying about having to play interstate? Makes it hard to rebuild when we're being told not to draft the best talent because they're going to sook it up for 2 years then leave.
1. Not sure eagles fans should be whinging about players asking not to leave their state when a few wa players have been known to do slide because of this.
2. priority picks. Lol. It’s been a handful of seasons since you won a gf. What do you expect to win them every 5 years in a 18 team comp?
The supposed nature of the draft and afl is meant to be cyclical.
Suck it up and hit the draft and develop players.
2. priority picks. Lol. It’s been a handful of seasons since you won a gf. What do you expect to win them every 5 years in a 18 team comp?
The supposed nature of the draft and afl is meant to be cyclical.
Suck it up and hit the draft and develop players.
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