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6PR will have Earl Spalding on tomorrow night.

Well I did tell you Earl was getting the gig over a month ago .... all the best Mate , the prodigal son returns

Good luck to the PFC for next season -- you certainly deserve it

Well we finally have a coach and it is Earl Spalding. Maybe I’m just a little bit over the whole saga that is the Perth Football Club but when I heard that this was official it still left me feeling a bit empty.

It has been already well documented on here about how much of a balls up the interview process has been. We talked a big game and failed to deliver, yet again. We now sit here, Monday October 13th having just announced a new coach, the coaching structure for next year not yet in place, no football manager and have lost players such as Paul Bevan, Matt Moody and Jared Risol who have all been key contributors over the last 2-3 years or more. Some of these things might be being addressed as we speak but we have not heard anything so can only go off what we know.

One thing I will say is at least Earl ‘Duke’ Spalding has a half decent football resume. That’s one thing that the old coach didn’t really have.

• 95 WAFL games (63 for Perth, 32 for East Fremantle)
• 211 AFL games (109 for Melbourne, 102 for Carlton)
• 1995 Carlton Premiership Player
• 1998 East Fremantle Premiership Player
• Reserves Coach / Assistant Coach with East Fremantle (2000)
• League Coach with East Fremantle Football Club (2001 - 2002)
• Assistant Coach with Fremantle Football Club (2003 - 2009)
• Assistant Coach with Swan Districts Football Club (2004 - 2005)
• Wesley Curtin Amateur Football Club Coach (2010 - 2014)
• B Grade Premiership Coach with Wesley Curtin Amateur Football Club (2012)
• A Grade Premiership Coach with Wesley Curtin Amateur Football Club (2013)
• Runners Up A Grade Coach Wesley Curtin Amateur Football Club (2014)

The Duke will definitely have his work cut out for him being the head coach of the Perth Football Club. I hope that he is allowed to recruit the players he wants to recruit and make the tough calls that are needed on some players that are at the club. This may see a couple of players leave but hopefully others rise to the challenge and as a group they can grow and start to put the pride back into the red and black jumper.

I wish Duke all the success in the world and will be watching eagerly to see what he does over the off season and during the first 4-5 games next year.

All the best Duke, you are going to need it.

Ok ok, u got us all. Well done. Congrats. Haha. Please tell us all who your coach really is. Joke has been going on for months. Earl spalding, ah haha, u guys.

Andrew McCarrey played at Wesley this year. Could possibly be a potential assistant coach maybe if he wanted to go down that path.

Also Connor Davidson who used to play at East Fremantle and Subiaco has played at the Tigers for the last two seasons.

dogman wrote: Ok ok, u got us all. Well done. Congrats. Haha. Please tell us all who your coach really is. Joke has been going on for months. Earl spalding, ah haha, u guys.

Yep but not quite as big a laugh as Haselby turning down Claremont to coach your bunch,now that was side splitting stuff

Not a bad choice, ( been obvious for weeks ) he is about as good as you will get these days.

Theres bugger all major coaching talent interested in the WAFL now.

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The Phantom Piddler wrote: The Phantom Piddler wrote:
I hear mumblings that Earl Spalding is in line to get the gig.



I think maybe your piddling in our pockets Phantom Piddler.

Mention Earl Spalding was in line for job on an earlier thread he has coached Wesley Curtain in the ammos for 4 years, won a B grade and A grade flag in consecutive years and has them in the GF against Uni at Lathlain park tomorrow.

The Phantom Piddler strikes again!!!