Pennant St Dee

Have seen nothing of him outside of the U/18 telecast, will be interesting to see now from this week on with the U/18 championships finished these players will now start coming into their respective senior sides. I have pencilled in 2 games for East Fremantle for the remainder of the WAFL season but not until Round 20 Aug 3rd & Round 23 Aug 24th so others may see him beforehand

Well went to yesterday's WAFL encounter Swan Districts vs Perth fighting it out for a spot in the Top 4 and it ended up being a very disappointing contest with Perth giving little and getting absolutely belted to the tune of 15 odd goals in the end. Dayle Garlett (for those who didn't attend and would pick up the paper and see he ended up with 4 goals) showed all the reasons why he didn't get drafted last season. Very early in the 1st quarter he collected the ball between half back and centre and after hitting an exquisite pass through the corridor he ran hard to receive again on left wing and hit up a leading forward and I thought he was on for the day, but sadly that was were Dayle's hard efforts for the day ended. From that moment on he failed to put his body on the line once, I saw no hard running off the ball to create space or put pressure on an opponent. There were a few occasions where a little bit of hard running would have seen him on the end of a forward thrust but with the game being so one sided he became very lethargic and was happy to pick up some easy touches. From memory he kicked one goal from the goal line after hard work from a team mate and another from close in feeding off a team mates good work. Some say I am critical of Garlett for a young player showing glimpses which can be worked on at the higher level but two goals he kicked yesterday were from 55 & 60m with effortless ease. The skill and talent is undoubted but it is so frustrating to see him after a good season so far fall back to the bad habits which hampered him last year. On yesterday effort I would not take him before the 4th round and even then it would be a risk. Lets hope it was the heat out of the game which caused his lethargic effort and he will bounce back next time around. I must clarify the bad habits I refer to Dayle slipping back into are on field only and my understanding is everything else with him is going well. The bad habits I see would IMO cause him to be a liability at AFL level and his opponent would be very damaging on the rebound and have greater hunger at the contest which would see him being ineffectual at the highest level As I said previously I hope for Dayle's sake it was just one of those days and he gets back to where he has been for most of this season

Even without their salary cap would not mind Luke Parker & Bird rotating through our midfield. We would be well advised to look at some guys (20-24) just on the fringe of some of the good midfields in the comp as opposed to paying overs for Free agents as other on here have eluded to

6. Terlich 5. Fitzy 4. M.Jones 3. Dawes 2. Watts 1. Frawley

Going to watch him again tomorrow and will see how he goes, will be interesting to see in the WAFL now with the u/18 Championships finished the draft prospects playing in the senior sides now

On what I have witnessed thus far live this year Garlett wont last till pick 50 and Freo will not take a small forward. I think if available with their first pick they will take Jonathan Marsh as they are desperate for a future KPF or KPD over Acres (who I actually rate highly)

Don't forget Cale Morton was a Larke Medal winner as well

PSD if he wants to come to us, GWS will not draft him back and waste 1st pick in PSD. They will use a lot of their salary cap up on Buddy.

Lucas Cook?

Morton is struggling at WAFL level for East Perth and IAH should be dropped to the magoos but the fact they are an aligned club to Meth Coast may be saving him

How about PSD pick 2 for Taylor Adams?

Simon Goodwin? is he one to consider in this scenario

Any chance for old times sake taking one for the team and letting us know if you hear anything!

Neither has Ross Lyon and he is the best in the business

6.Watts - Showed leadership tonight & stood up late down back to top off his 4 goals 5. Frawley - Sign him up still in best half dozen defenders in the game on ability alone 4. Terlich - the guy is great, hard at it and you know what you get every week, can see him rotating through the middle in the future similar to Shane Tuck 3. Nicho - did a good job on Griffen and would have learnt in the last 15 mins, that top line players never stop 2.Rodan - has his detractors but provides zip and more quality than the Magners & Couch's of our list 1. Dawes- Vital for our structure born leader on & off the field. He either takes the grab or makes sure it hits the ground to our advantage Really unlucky to Nate Jones, Clisby, Trenners & liked Big Max & Fitzy who all could have taken a vote

Ron I hope the PP is a non issue and we keep improving to win a few more games for the season. If we sort the development out we'll still get pick 2 & somewhere around Picks 20, 38, 54 & with signs of improvement I'd look at snaring a FA & someone like Taylor Adams in the PSD. Hope you enjoy the win, Casey, West Perth & Melbourne all in one day!

It is the way most sides do it and the reason why their kids come in and play so well, the Swans, Pies, Cats, Eagles, Dockers & Hawks all ease their kids in. Whilst there are exceptions to the norm it is the way things should be done

Lets get this right from here in on and adopt this philosophy "Best player available" this needs to be adhered to for all our picks

Kelly is the son of Phil Kelly 2 time Sandover medallist and East Perth Premiership player

I was at the East Freo vs East Perth game the other day Robbie & he was terrible, turned the ball over a lot, failed to go hard at contests and yes will be lucky not to be in the two's very soon. The East Perth fans are not happy with him he is there whipping boy!

Frawley for mine, he has earned it over the years and I hope he will approve his loyalty soon enough!

What about Doggies this year being allowed to have all red as an alernate clash so effectively they have Blue as primary and Red as alternative Tigers - what is there second option, still black with a bigger sash and yellow trim down the side Small issue yes but common sense must prevail, there is no side if we wore Royal blue against where it would be an issue, it's not close to Meth Coast and if they want us to change against Carlton because both jumpers are predominatley blue then Red as an alternative, same for the Doggies if they have an issue with our navy blue against their royal blue.

Will Minson & Todd Goldstein are Free Agents at the end of 2014, may need to put some attention towards them next year!

6.Garland - My pick for Bluey his year at this stage 5.McDonald - I like this kid been underdone for most of the year but think he'll be good for us for many years 4.Nate Jones - Warrior nothing more to say really 3.Sylvia - decent 4 quarter game from Col, but any chance he can string 10 games together without injury or suspension, We need you to sign and play a full season over the next 2 years as we look to move forward. 2.Toumpas - The kid shows a lot and was good in the 2nd half 1.Watts - decent effort today, will really standout with a fit Dawes and Clark beside him

I don't know enough about the facts you talk of Redleg re the proxy vote, but IMO I think you should call into SEN when Dermie is on and put him on the spot re this issue, he would if the shoe were on the other foot