whatwhat say what

1 minute ago, titan_uranus said:

Yeah but is their current period of awful-ness impacting their existence in any way?

2nd most members in 2025, at 107,079, up nearly 4,000 on the previous season (despite 2025 being a 1-win season, and their fourth consecutive season in the bottom 3).

They have a wait list for reserved seats. They averaged over 42,000 to their home games last year - Fremantle, who were a top 4 contender for most of the season, averaged 46,000.

Their supporters haven't dropped off yet. They finally have some promising young talent (Duursma, Reid, CDT, Shanahan).

They're effectively the biggest/richest club, whose demise is almost entirely self-inflicted. The AFL doesn't have to worry about them, because they'll always be big/rich, and the tide will eventually turn.

not one iota

they're massive, and they will remain that way regardless of results on field

1 minute ago, titan_uranus said:

Keeping GC and GWS viable and ensuring there is constant competitive/interesting AFL product in NSW and Queensland is far, far more important to the AFL than helping West Coast get out of the hole they built for themselves.

before covid the reports internally at the afl had it that the cost of running them was about the same as the increased revenue brought in by the broadcast rights that they had attributed towards them

i can't imagine that has changed

1 minute ago, dazzledavey36 said:

Yes they are both tied to the Suns academy similar to what Kalani was.

that's not 'tied' tho is it; it just means that they're 'in' the academy

ah mu and prasad are in ours, but not 'tied' to us

Just now, Demonsone said:

Do you blame the Saints going for all chips in as the drafts are compromise actually corrupted along the bs fixtures

no, i don't blame them - it's a different way to play it

i personally can't see it working for them as they've had to pay $2m a season to keep nas, and they're only getting him for 2 seasons as it stands, and then they've paid a small fortune to bring in tdk and sosos and flanders and i don't think they're quality enough to justify it

Just now, Demonsone said:

Hope the afl are proud that they ignore the heartland of footy & foundation clubs and support northern clubs with exclusive academies to remain relevant vs the nrl, one can only imagine what the afl would be doing if the Swans had the same poor record as WC has experienced in the last 5 years

we know full well; look at the gifts given to gc17, gw$, and the bears

the desire to keep propping up the northern sides is extraordinary

18 minutes ago, dazzledavey36 said:

Right now they are in the under 15s junior level.

Both are tied to Gold Coast Suns junior academy.

in

not tied

40 minutes ago, BoBo said:

So you are allowed to play a non-emergency named player but you get a fine?

correct

bloods are just running at a different speed to meth coke

after the great win against the pear last week it's a bit of a let down

Just now, DiscoStu17 said:

I would probably start with dropping Cripps and Walsh.

signing a 25 year old sam walsh to an 8 year deal worth reportedly over $10m was just insanity

he might be a clean skin off the park, but he has achieved nothing compared to the likes of oliver on the field and is constantly injured

4 minutes ago, Rab D Nesbitt said:

Richmond are insipid. I guess the writing was on the wall when they couldn't mow down Carlton after giving them a six goal head start.

yeah, they've seen the peptides and the baggers and said 'hands off our #1 pick'

2 minutes ago, delaxey said:

do we have access to Corey Ah-Mu?

yes

or no

mebbe?

king mentioned it in his interview on abc today - around about the 40 min mark

https://pca.st/efpg9gjy

2 minutes ago, demoncat said:

On a similar note - this is very damning on Richardson

I don’t doubt he had good intentions but he clearly doesn’t have the tact or competence to manage sensitive internal issues and relationships

His poor communication around and management of the Trac situation - particularly the messaging about why Trac was taking time off in Noosa - made a bad situation far worse, and clearly contributed to the breakdown between parties

It was then mentioned that he had to undergo communications training as part of the 2024 internal review, with the implication being that this was a weakness of his

And now it seems he’s again mismanaged a situation by inadvertently spilling sensitive and confidential information, without any understanding of HR and welfare practices

Honestly ready to say see you later - we don’t need any more controversies due to people’s incompetence, and he’s been at the heart of a couple now

out of contract at the end of the year

it's interesting to see whether he lasts the remainder of the season

1 minute ago, danielE288 said:

Easter Sunday will keep more than a few away, I reckon itll be 25k.

yeah, i reckon we have 23-27k hardcores that turn up weekly

definitely felt like 40k bluebaggers at the ground last week, and about 10k aints in rd 1

what an own goal

guerra speaks well but his execution leaves a lot to be desired

12 hours ago, deejammin' said:

Do the pies get fined for that? I thought I remembered some thing about stopping clubs playing funny buggers with fines but maybe I’m losing my mind.

the fine is, from memory, if you bring a player in who is not listed as an emergency

there was no problem with naicos being removed from the starting side; it's often been later during on-ground warm-up 5 mins before the bounce, not 30 mins before as naicos was (for instance, logan morris for the bears debuted as a super late late call-up)

now, back to us...

king comes from the cats - if fritsch is a late, late out, it wouldn't be a surprise

3 minutes ago, Ghostwriter said:

GO CROWS!!!

Finish them!

no thankyou

carn flagmantle

flagmantle have completely stopped

1 minute ago, John Crow Batty said:

Goodwin’s biggest failure was recruiting too many players outside the first round draft to become spare parts rather than to be developed into future regulars. Hence the same favoured players played every week irrespective of form. Look at the difference to who we recruited after he left.

i don't know whose spot those who moan and groan about the likes of bedford, jordon, etc leaving us think they were taking

when the likes of melksham, bedford, and chandler were fringe players on the edge of being a forward half role player for us we were premiers and finishing top 4 3 years in a row - they weren't getting spots over fritsch, anb, and pickett, who were our primary role players up forward 2020-24

jordon was actually in our best 23 virtually every week; first the sub rule dudded him out of more game time then the ridiculous delisted free agency rule probably cost us his retention

players on the fringe of good sides are targeted by other clubs - as we have done this season with the recruitment of cj, as an example, and steele, to a lesser degree

2 minutes ago, DubDee said:

Bedford played 18 games for us.

Couldn’t get a game in a premiership team. No shame in that.

Just like Jordon/Harmes etc. When you are successful you lose good players on the fringes

exactly

1 minute ago, The heart beats true said:

I reckon McVee was very different to Bedford. Toby wanted more of a go. McVee was given his. Nobody wanted him and we gave him his only shot in the rookie draft. Put a year of development into him and then gave him every opportunity at senior level.

He repaid us by stringing us along, not signing the contract he said he was going to sign, and then requesting a move to the club that was 5 minutes drive from his junior club - but never looked at him once.

As others have said, he’s the new Howe.

and this!

fair comeback from the crom

nibbs is so gutsy

nice to hear a bit of lupe fiasco after his goals too

2 minutes ago, The heart beats true said:

Freo have the team for sure. They really need to be aiming to finish top 4 this year. Their list doesn’t have any holes.

13 games in wa is a massive advantage

2 minutes ago, The heart beats true said:

I agree. That’s why I though the narrative around him was odd.

he goes 'home' to wa then his gf joins him

convenient

and this is why i think flagmantle can beat the bears - if they win the midfield battle, combatting treacy, nev, voss, dogga swooping around as talls plus switkowski and dudley and bolton as smalls is so, so hard

2 minutes ago, The heart beats true said:

Interesting to see McVee playing as a lockdown on Rankine. Didn’t he leave Melbourne because he wanted to not be a lockdown defender?

Has the capacity to be one of the best lockdown defenders in the competition imo

Was more annoyed that we lost him than Trac or Claz

4 minutes ago, DubDee said:

Not sure what the knock on him is. Maybe application?

workrate, defensive accountability, and skills