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It's hard to tell but have a look at this photo.
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Will Bravo.  Click image below

Satan, I believe Will Bravo is still stuck in Melbourne and cannot get into WA due to border closure.
Sam Stubbs still not back from QLD for same reason?

Cary?

satan311 wrote:

Also interesting to see Rowan Garlett join WP’s list  at 30 years of age

Wow, never too late I guess. Last time he played for us Matt Parker was also playing for us before he got shunted off to Melville where SF picked him up from. As was Chapman Jones. 

A couple of updates appear on our senior list. Some juggling with jumper numbers. Reid off the list, with Hunter at number 24. Bennell is on the list. No sign of Bravo yet. I assume Jack Steel is gone, as he is now listed as number 77. No great loss, but he added a bit of depth, which we seem to be lacking. 

Hopefully Will Bravo is on his way now that the border is open. Reid was going back to the country as I understand. He was useful for depth. Jack Steel showed some good signs but did not engage enough for mine. A tall with a good mark and can kick a goal. He is still on the list - perhaps he likes 77. I did note Bennell was on the list again. Will be interesting to see if he can find consistent form. He is a goal kicker when on song. Hope he brought the song book back with him.

Ted Nugent wrote:

A couple of updates appear on our senior list. Some juggling with jumper numbers. Reid off the list, with Hunter at number 24. Bennell is on the list. No sign of Bravo yet. I assume Jack Steel is gone, as he is now listed as number 77. No great loss, but he added a bit of depth, which we seem to be lacking. 

Ted if Jack Steel is no great loss if you assume he is gone then who do you rate ahead of him as a tall marking player who can kick a couple of goals and pinch hit in the ruck? He was one of the key reasons we won the reserves flag with a couple of telling marks and goals in a low scoring affair.

And you are dismissing him as No Loss? FMD. 

DD wrote:

Ted Nugent wrote:

A couple of updates appear on our senior list. Some juggling with jumper numbers. Reid off the list, with Hunter at number 24. Bennell is on the list. No sign of Bravo yet. I assume Jack Steel is gone, as he is now listed as number 77. No great loss, but he added a bit of depth, which we seem to be lacking. 

Ted if Jack Steel is no great loss if you assume he is gone then who do you rate ahead of him as a tall marking player who can kick a couple of goals and pinch hit in the ruck? He was one of the key reasons we won the reserves flag with a couple of telling marks and goals in a low scoring affair.

And you are dismissing him as No Loss? FMD. 

DD - I fully agree. Steel is a big loss to the club for depth and development. He is exactly the sort of player we needed to keep around. He takes a good mark and can kick a few goals.  I think Ted got that comment wrong. 
 

I'm not knocking Steel. He did a decent job last year and I would rather have Steel on the list than not. But he's 24 next year. Not many players improve much after that age. We have a number of players over 190cm - Sinclair, Gibba, DBW, Ajang, Busher x 2, McInnes, Hunter, Nicholas, Avery, Bird, Martin, Hill, La Fontaine. Not all play the same role Steel did, but if you are looking at a forward/ruck, obviously McInnes and H Busher are ahead of Steel. So he would be fighting it out with J Busher and Hunter. Hunter presents as a better long term prospect. So he's not in the best 25. 

I totally disagree with your assessment. Jack Steel is the most athletic big man at our club, he's only 24 and you are writing him off yet Hayden Busher is what, 30 and suffers from chronic hip problems. No doubt Hayden is the better player but we will be lucky to get any more than a dozen games out of him but I hope I'm wrong.

Jack is probably one of the most versatile players at the club and will be a loss a club like ours cannot afford if he has left.

Will Bravo not showing on the list and no news from the club on his arrival is a worry, especially after losing Brady Grey.