West Coast Eagles Priority Pick (2024)

[3207]

Really.!!!

Yeah, the club.

Not the fans (mainly you)

 

[Andyy]

“Any club worth their salt would ask for one”

Where in this post did you say clearly they shouldn’t get one?

My prior post which you evidently missed

Why should they get a PP?

Been out of finals what, 3-4 years?

Premiership 5-6 years ago.

Consistently playing finals for most of the last 15 years.

Honestly they won a flag and have fallen off a cliff.

Clubs should only be considered for PP when they are bottom 2-4 for a solid 5 years, and even then you need to be looking at the club's administration.

 

[VicBased]

Yeah, the club.

Not the fans (mainly you)

I think you are confused.

 

[fnerd]

You’ve got your **** smoking simp Duffield laying the groundwork. To think he’d act without some imprimatur from the eagles is absurd.

Yea the A(v)FL will laugh at some one like Duffield…
Much better to have your former head of football operations parachuted into league management and immediately sanction a generational type welfare package on behalf of their former club as her very first job as GM of “competition” mansgement

 

[3207]

I think you are confused.

Just bored and doing some 5hit stirring

 

[blackshadow]

Yea the A(v)FL will laugh at some one like Duffield…
Much better to have your former president parachuted into league management (quotas)and immediately sanction a generational type welfare package

Pray tell which former president has been parachuted into league management?

 

[fnerd]

Pray tell which former president has been parachuted into league management?

*football operations manager

 

[VicBased]

Just bored and doing some 5hit stirring

Get a job

 

[3207]

Get a job

Got 2.

But worst case of Covid I’ve ever had means I can’t do them.

 

[VicBased]

Got 2.

But worst case of Covid I’ve ever had means I can’t do them.

Sorry to hear. Hope you are better soon.

 

[3207]

Sorry to hear. Hope you are better soon.

Cheers mate. Should be right tomorrow.

 

[Forward Press]

You’ve got your **** smoking simp Duffield laying the groundwork. To think he’d act without some imprimatur from the eagles is absurd.

Don't think I've ever seen the word 'imprimatur' within ten words of '**** smoking simp' before. Such a vivid contrast in literary style.

 

[Lingsface]

Listening to Duffield today on SEN, he put forward that eagles deserve priority picks. I personally disagree with this but would like to hear opinions.
He kept mentioning Wardlaw and Sheezel as already top youth before they were handed the picks this year (which they are). The reason they got these two was because they traded there #1 pick player JHF for the picks too get those two picks, they took a gamble there has been plenty of duds with those picks.
Eagles won a premiership 5 seasons ago and between 2019-2020 could of traded players demanding close to those picks but they did not because they made the mistake of holding on too long. Sides have not won premierships in 60 + years and some not at all, West Coast already got handed some early with the AFL assistance. North lost a top 10 pick this year due to off field behaviour as well, 2019 there 5th pick mid season was there highest he amounted to nothing , 2020 there 3rd pick is playing vfl and there only ALL Australian of recent times was taken at pick 73.
Eagles need to dry there eyes and see if any of their members who probably have an automatic payment system set up that they forgot about in 89 don't cancel.

 

[g_TRAIN]

Well if North deserved them then so should they.

But North didn't deserve as much as they were given

If anything Eagles have had massive injury issues whereas North was mostly poor list management.

 

[Colonial]

They are also supposedly putting a million plus deal for Taylor.

Didn’t they win a flag recently?

 

[Engimal v3]

No, enough is enough.

 

[r_boy]

They are stable, are not bleeding young players, won a flag 6 years ago, and are only in the third year of sh**ness compared to the four we had.

I do enjoy the thought of the West Coast Beggars though - coming from the most arrogant supporters in the comp

 

[The 747]

Nah, won a flag six years ago. If they keep being bad for a couple more years maybe.

 

[pixels]

Duffield isn't the eagles.

 

[Underarm]

They set the standard of shitness required when they gave Gold Coast and Carlton priority picks, and West coast certainly seem to match that.

 

[RUNVS]

I don't have massive sympathy for West Coast as they should have traded pick 1 last year and get 2 top 10 picks and possibly more in return.

 

[bzparkes]

Hmm, unsurprising to see the expected supporter groups against it.

If the draft wasn't as heavily compromised as it is, this wouldn't even be a discussion.

Instead, we have North receiving picks like candy, despite having the most top 10 picks of any club at the time, as well as refusing to split first rounders unless necessary(JHF trade).

North did everything they could to game the system and asked for assistance 3 years running.

They also would continue to be dropped up by the AFL to ensure the guaranteed amount of games were broadcast for TV rights, as Duff said

North were already past the point of needing priority assistance when they actually received it.

Also, how many close games did they 'lose' last year?

WCE have won 5 of the last 43, for an average losing margin of around 10 goals.

North don't come close to that over the past couple of years.

If North can qualify for assistance with the amount of high draft picks they'd already had, WCE can get some kind of package for only having 3 top 10 picks in over a decade...

 

[bzparkes]

I don't have massive sympathy for West Coast as they should have traded pick 1 last year and get 2 top 10 picks and possibly more in return.

If only we had free first rounders in the form of an academy, eh?

 

[marcus1232]

I would generally say no because I dont believe in priority picks

But since they gave that disgraceful package to North then I think WC are entitled to at least ask the question

 

[Liam Boy]

Instead, we have North receiving picks like candy, despite having the most top 10 picks of any club at the time, as well as refusing to split first rounders unless necessary(JHF trade).

Good thing they didn't give us any top 10 picks then, isn't it