Years as a member and time spent supporting the club.
FIGHT.
Years as a member and time spent supporting the club.
FIGHT.
32 year member and 4 year supporter
Is Deckham the class clown around here ?
Only been here 5 minutes but thatâs how he/she comes across.
Nah. Deckhamâs OK. Thereâs a few of us who take pot shots at each other all day long.
Why are you named after my shoes?
I am pretty excited about our list and the things it could produce in 2-3 years time, but is anyone else a little nervous on what juggernaut GWS and their plethora of talent can do for the next 8 years?
In 2014, GWS has pick 4 (Pickett), 6 (Marchbank), 7 (Ahern), 24 (Steele). They traded all of them last year after their contracts expired. This was probably due to injury, opportunity, homesick and $$$ so I donât see why we couldnât lure Setterfield back. I think the trend of their young draft picks leaving is going to continue due to their core talented mids and the ones before their 2016 crop rising. Hopper is another is who could follow the trend. Would love to chase after him because that is the type of midfielder we need!
Setterfield out for 10 weeks with an ankle injury. Surely only worth a Jerrett + 3rd rounder now?
Realistically, how are some of our kids coming along, and when will they feature? The Mutch, Ridley and Begley types and also kids from the year before e.g. Morgan.
We wonât know until 2019 when Hocking and Stanton retire
You the full quid mate or what ?
I am fairly certain that a 3AW reporter was on the radio last week saying that the Hurley/Hooker contracts cost us a pretty penny. I think it was mentioned in a discussion about Parishâs contract negotiationsâŚHopefully this noise was just Parishâs manager shaking the tree.
Jacob Hooper -get it done Essendon
I didnât hear it but saw something online about SportsDay on 3aw and Matthew Lloyd and them saying there is a tight squeeze with Daniher, Parish and Zaka out of contract. Or something to that effect. Probably just clickbait and Iâm confident anyway given the likes of Fog say we are cashed up.
Looking at Ridley, heâs a stick, and also has had an injury; wouldnât expect much from him this year. Begleyâs probably going to be doing more fitness work than anything this year, his tank is behind what youâd expect from even a first year.
Mutch, dunno. Probably most likely to debut next, of this yearâs draftees. Seems OK from what Iâve seen but he was pick 50 or whatever so thereâs got to be a reason for that
I should add Iâd like to see all of them (and Clarke) this year, even if it is only for a little taste.
Wouldnât have thought his fitness is an issue at all.
At the draft combine, Villani said he âblew them awayâ, completing a 13.8 beep test, 10.39 minutes for the 3km time trial and 3.01 seconds for the 20m sprint.
Iâd imagine heâs still just learning the game and the disciplines of AFL footy for a guy pretty much picked straight out of local footy and limited TAC experience.
Nobody even knows what the salary cap is this year yet, so I wouldnât worry about how much money we do or donât have.
The good kids are getting high 15s in the beep test (record is over 16) and 9:30 for the 3km time trial (record is 9:15)
From what I hear, and read, he improved a lot over last year, so thereâs hope he gets there sooner rather than later, but heâs still behind most of his peers.
All I know is that he played one game in the pre-season and kicked 4 goals.
Two games