DemonWA

Juice Newton must be the best club man in the world, he's way back in the pecking order for tall players these days? Why clog the rookie list with a KPF/pinch hit ruck, when we have a bunch on the senior list?

A disappointing end to a good career.

all hypothetical until we see who playes well under Neeld's style of game plan

thats a point worth discussing. Leigh Brown played as a 3rd tall alongside Dawes & Cloke. Perhaps this will assist him on working on a Clark / Watts / Resting Ruckman system for us? time will tell

FB: Garland Frawley Bartram HB: Davey Rivers Grimes C: Blease Trengove Jones HF: Sylvia Watts Howe FF: Green Clark Jurrah Foll: Jamar Moloney McKenzie Int: Tapscott, Martin, Petterd Sub: Bail

I think we paid top doallar for him becasue he is the right age, right body size, and can play forward. Unfortunatley an out and out KPF wasnt available, so we recruited a versitle KPP who can play forward on in the ruck. If J. Brown hadnt been injured as much as he has been in the last few seasons then im not sure clark would have been played as much as a forward? But then again, speculating is a waste of time, becasue at the Dee's we will play him as a full forward IMO

Over here it's a miserable; a dizzily shower or two and a top of 21!

Yeah i was a big fan of Paul Wheatley

Scullys form and recurring knee injuries softened the blow of his deception/defection Im ashamed to have #31 on my jumper

waits for olddee to come and get stuck into #7!

i guess you dont need to say any more than that. He was our best player this year!

tough but fair assesment olddee As bad as it sounds, i think Wona will be kept on as a rookie, if only to provide stability for Liam Jurrah Dunn and Juice must have some incriminating photos of someone pretty high up, becasue neither of them would be retainined on any other AFL list

I think Schwab did the right thing by getting involved in everything a few years ago. Schwabby obviously had a vision which involved making a big deal about the history & tradition of the club, and working on the Emblem etc, so good on him for being so involved in these aspects which form part of his grand plan. The fact that he probably got a little too hands on for a while,just shows how passionate he is about the club.

what is this thread? is this the order in which you think they'll be selected? Midfield will be the same as last year when scully was injured....Still think Blease will be plaed predominantly off the HBF, and Sylvia predominantly from the HFF.

I think Clark was the best available KPF available during trade week. But i'm yet to be sold on whether he is actually a good KPF worth the Salary we've given him. Hopefully he is!

As Watts, Howe, Petterd etc improve Jurrah will become an absolute wepon. Even more so if we land Mitch Clark. A 3rd of 4th choice defender will not stand a chance on the Jurrahcane!

Hodge lead the way but Mitchell was the captain

I've played team sports all my life and i find it somewhat patronising that someone with a user name "SloonieMcFloonieloone" would refer to me as son. Captain is just a title. Leaders will lead with or without this said title.

dear oh dear, straight through to the keeper AGAIN! you dont need to be captain to be a leader Name for me who the right captain is from our list, if not Green. Becasue my entire point revolves around this; Leaders are leaders and "captain" is just a title. Cousins was the leader at westcoast, even when Judd was given the mantle as skipper. Beamer is the leader of out team, Green is the captain. Formailisng beamer as captain wont change the way the team plays because they allready follow the lead of #22 anyway. Wanting Green to stand down as captain is completly for the fans & media. I dont believe it changes the onfield performace when we allready have leaders anyway, not to mention a new coaching group with a strong message about the way they want the guys to play.

Mate, i think you've slightly missed the point. We're not talking about picking a choice for Captain between Brad Green or Ron Barassi. We're talking about changing captains from Green to any of the other listed players on our current list. Ragrdless of who gets the mantle of skipper, its the same guys running out on teh park (give or take a few). Changing captain from Green to Moloney, or Green to Trengove etc wont have a measurable effect on the way the team plays. These guys that we tout as posiible skippers for next year are leading from the front allready. We're putting their hat in the ring becasue they are doing what we want our captain to do, and others are following, without the title.

I see where you're coming from, but i think in such a proffesional system the value becomes far less. It's the players full time job to play the game FFS they should respond to challenges becasue they are being paid to do so. Additionally i feel the coaches & support staff, have agreater effect on the groups additude and culture than the captain.

great pick up! will change that now! obviously hate the lier/traitor as much as the next passionate supporter! ha

I dont have a problem with Green being our captain because, as i've said before, i dont think a group of players should need a captain to motivate or lead them to play their best, especially when you have a million coaches & support staff who are effectivley leading the direction of the side. Changing the captian wouldnt have a measurable effect on the way a team plays.

i dont have a problem with him being captain.

i wonder what we're trading for? Ben Mckinley perhaps?