On 29/05/2024 at 23:35, Ethan Tremblay said:

They listed his weight. The WAFL will be cancelled by the morning. 

Preuss would be happy

Listed weight had gone from 102kg - 118kg in 10 seasons

1 hour ago, adonski said:

Hearing he's requested a trade to Freo

Hilarious!!! You’re sooooo funny. Goody told me Luker barracks for Freo and I told him we’d smack that outta him soon enough. 😂

On 30/05/2024 at 22:27, Graeme Yeats' Mullet said:

I see shades of Cam Pedersen... 

Hope he can be a useful gap filler like Cam was over the few years up to '18

JvR out has me cringing thinking about Petty, BBB as 2nd ruck/fwd, Petty's been hopeless this year, BBB better for structure has 1 competitive effort this year only...

Do I recall correctly Peds playing starting ruck with Max out (??), and having a cracker. Regardless, I knew him as "clunker" as he was a decent clunk. Denfitinitely got the most out of his 193cm.

I miss Cam! 😢 

Cam was wonderful, so often, so 'needed' when the chips were down, so good at collecting unexpected marks and goals. I still dream that he is in the forward line when we are trailing miserably and need a red-hot poker insertion. 

7 hours ago, Deemania since 56 said:

Cam was wonderful, so often, so 'needed' when the chips were down, so good at collecting unexpected marks and goals. I still dream that he is in the forward line when we are trailing miserably and need a red-hot poker insertion. 

A big difference of course that Cam was a mature bodied experienced AFL player when we recruited him; Luker is a young inexperienced WAFL player. I hope he develops into more that a fill in role player, not downplaying in any way the value Cam gave to the club. 

12 hours ago, Demonland said:

First day today.

Taller than the door - good stuff 😀 

Good luck, Luker!

8 hours ago, gs77 said:

Taller than the door - good stuff 😀 

Good luck, Luker!

Nice pair of shoulders, too. Going to be tough the out-bump him, just like it is for those allocated to knock Tracca out of the footy focus. Now, take Luker out of Goodwin's grasp and boring field of influence ... put someone special into his immediate development, like Gawny, Tracca and/with Williams (in fact, call in Neita for specific one-on-ones against the world).

Don’t worry Deemania Luker will be part of Mark Williams DNA academy same as all the 1st four year players.

The Choco Williams ‘school of skills’. Should have him kicking off his shin & ankle in no time.. 

58 minutes ago, SPC said:

The Choco Williams ‘school of skills’. Should have him kicking off his shin & ankle in no time.. 

Not sure where you get this SPC? Choko famously swept Princess Diana around the dance floor on her honeymoon tour of Australia. Well known as pretty good on his feet.

Edited June 4, 20241 yr by Damo

21 hours ago, Demonland said:

First day today.

I haven't been this impressed with the size of a recruit since Craig nettlebeck 

9 hours ago, gs77 said:

Taller than the door - good stuff 😀 

Good luck, Luker!

We might need to find him somewhere else to live, or he'll have concussion problems before he even plays a game.

Did anyone manage to get pics, or did the club release any (🤗) of him with the team at training?

35 minutes ago, monoccular said:

Did anyone manage to get pics, or did the club release any (🤗) of him with the team at training?

I’m surprised the club didn’t realise pics or an interview with our new recruit. Hopefully it comes out soon.

On 04/06/2024 at 11:51, Demonland said:

First day today.

Luker has his first training day on Tuesday, meanwhile Jack Hutchison gets told he's debuting the next day. I feel like a ready made player would have been a better fit

1 hour ago, kozzyisalegend said:

Luker has his first training day on Tuesday, meanwhile Jack Hutchison gets told he's debuting the next day. I feel like a ready made player would have been a better fit

Hutchison was pick 3. 

This thread has a November vibe about it 😉

4 hours ago, Fat Tony said:

Hutchison was pick 3. 

He wasn't the only ready made player up for grabs. Also, why has it taken so long for out draftee to start training compared to other clubs?

Edited June 6, 20241 yr by kozzyisalegend

14 minutes ago, kozzyisalegend said:

He wasn't the only ready made player up for grabs. Also, why has it taken so long for out draftee to start training compared to other clubs?

Because our club is full of amateurs who have no idea what to do about anything let alone about the player they've drafted and what is best for his long term development.

29 minutes ago, kozzyisalegend said:

He wasn't the only ready made player up for grabs. Also, why has it taken so long for out draftee to start training compared to other clubs?

He arrived in Melbourne less than a week ago and was training two days ago. What more do you want??!!! 

32 minutes ago, kozzyisalegend said:

He wasn't the only ready made player up for grabs. Also, why has it taken so long for out draftee to start training compared to other clubs?

He started training on Tuesday, check WCW’s Tuesday training report.

1 minute ago, DeeZone said:

He started training on Tuesday, check WCW’s Tuesday training report.

Damn done it again.😁😁

4 minutes ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

He arrived in Melbourne less than a week ago and was training two days ago. What more do you want??!!! 

Other clubs had their draftees starting last week

 

4 minutes ago, DeeZone said:

Damn done it again.😁😁

All good DZ. 😊

9 minutes ago, kozzyisalegend said:

Other clubs had their draftees starting last week

 

Unless he was teleported from WA he physically couldn’t attend training any earlier. And no, he knew nothing about us picking him in the MSD until we picked him. 

13 hours ago, Heart Beats True said:

I’m surprised the club didn’t realise pics or an interview with our new recruit. Hopefully it comes out soon.

They are still in shock from Sunday.