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Ted Nugent wrote:

Well, if he did sign with Perth, it's not like EF have any respect for contracts anyway. 

But from Manzone's point of view, he probably has 2 years left as a WAFL player. He can spend that time at a club in the premiership window or a club at the start of what is likely to be a lengthy rebuild. Not a hard decision for him. 

Agreed. But at least he’d be guaranteed a league spot every week. At EF he’d probably find himself with the same selection battle he had at WP. I guess we’ll find out soon enough 

Yes, if EF are fully fit, Manzone may find it hard to get a look in. Yes, Boekhorst is gone, but with Leggett, Joyce and Turner back, on top of guys like Eardley, Murdoch, Baskerville and English, you wouldn't think he'd be a first choice player, certainly not a mid. At Perth, we have Byrne, Clarke and Thompson, and that's about it. McPartland has yet to prove himself, and Gray is, so far at least, a tagger who gets very low possessions. We wound last year running guys like Cary and Stubbs though the midfield. I'd rather see them permanently forward. 

Does anyone know if EF have lost points this year? And whether we have extra? it still rankles with me that we lost points on the back of finishing 6th in 2019 and stumbling into the finals in 2020. 

Cody Howard is one of the O&M boys who have come over with German. Can’t find too much about him other than that he is a defender. CHB maybe? 

Pretty sure we’ve secured Manzone. Though wouldn’t be the first time we’ve lost a player at the last minute. 
Heard there is an EP player we might be getting. I think it’s more about potential than an actually established league player. 

Hopefully it’s not Elijah Taylor. He still has hopes of getting back into the AFL. What a joke.
We knew he wouldn’t commit to WAFL but EP were prepared to take a risk, and it failed of course.

I think Barich’s first job should be to tap Trevor Williams on the shoulder and say sorry mate but we need a new football manager.

 

Perhaps Cess, but Barra is not the President until after the AGM.

satan311 wrote:

Cody Howard is one of the O&M boys who have come over with German. Can’t find too much about him other than that he is a defender. CHB maybe? 

Very little to go on. Played for Corowa-Rutherglen. Certainly a defender it appears but a running defender rather than a Key CHB.
When you say he came over with German, are we signing him?  Any word on the other two who have come over?

smokey wrote:

satan311 wrote:

Cody Howard is one of the O&M boys who have come over with German. Can’t find too much about him other than that he is a defender. CHB maybe? 

Very little to go on. Played for Corowa-Rutherglen. Certainly a defender it appears but a running defender rather than a Key CHB.
When you say he came over with German, are we signing him?  Any word on the other two who have come over?

From what I saw one of them looked like a big solid lad, the other two small and slight. Hopefully they have stacks of pace.

Cesspit wrote:

I think Barich’s first job should be to tap Trevor Williams on the shoulder and say sorry mate but we need a new football manager.


 

Agree I don't think Trevor should be in charge of recruiting. We need a younger football manager better connected with ex AFL players and their managers.