TOPIC:

Losses
McDonald - AFL
O'Driscoll - AFL likely
Delahunty - VIC

Gains
Going to include the three Amigo's "lent to us by WC this year" as they technically reverted to being WCE reserves players immediately after the season finished and most expected them to play for them. I see all three of them as definite gains as they will become bona fide Perth players.

McInness - WCE
Grey - WCE
Fisher - WCE
Loersch - EF
Josh Smith - WCE/Coll
Jye Clark - Claremont
Corey Hitchcock - Claremont
Jordan Reid - Claremont
Oscar Bird - NSW

Has to be one of the more prosperous off season recruiting drives this club has seen for a long while.

Can someone tell who draftyed McDonald.
And when the draft was?

Can't put the WCE boys in as gains.
Clearances not through.
Looks promising but it's not over till the fat lady sings.
She ain't sung yet.

Just saying.

DD wrote: Losses
McDonald - AFL
O'Driscoll - AFL likely
Delahunty - VIC

Gains
Going to include the three Amigo's "lent to us by WC this year" as they technically reverted to being WCE reserves players immediately after the season finished and most expected them to play for them. I see all three of them as definite gains as they will become bona fide Perth players.

McInness - WCE
Grey - WCE
Fisher - WCE
Loersch - EF
Josh Smith - WCE/Coll
Jye Clark - Claremont
Corey Hitchcock - Claremont
Jordan Reid - Claremont
Oscar Bird - NSW

Has to be one of the more prosperous off season recruiting drives this club has seen for a long while.

DD do you think all 9 will play league regularly if the clearances all come through?

SS, in my opinion the first five will slot straight in to the first 22.
The other four remain to show whether or not they are up for it. We will learn a bit in the pre-season, no doubt.
I would like to think that 1 or 2 may step up but we will wait and see.

I agree Smokey but surely Bird has to be a walk up starter.
You don’t recruit 10 point players to be depth or project players.

30plusyeardrought wrote: I agree Smokey but surely Bird has to be a walk up starter.
You don’t recruit 10 point players to be depth or project players.

I cannot disagree on the 10 points basis. He should be a walk up starter.
He is 19, played for North Shore looks as though he may be aligned to Swans Academy.
Have not found any intel or stats on him. Presumably recommended by Paul Bevan or Callum Mills.
If he is not a walk up start he is a Papertalk clone.

I think if he hasn't played NEAFL (or other State Leagues) nor been on AFL list, then he's not a 10 pointer- likely only a 1 pointer.

Sounds like a negative one pointer, like Papertalk was TBH