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So as it sits from our GF side we have only lost Hamp and gained Langdon and a unknown in Bailey Thompson who has been sighted at training as having good skills and quick. Our depth has been pegged back a tad with Antonio, Delaporte, Manzone, Boyes, Burke and Yem leaving the club at this stage, can't see us finishing top in all grades in 2023.

I’d say you will be right up there amongst it in all 3

where’s the ‘strong marker with the crooked nose’? has he signed yet?

Considering WP made a GF in all 3 grades last year, won a league GF and one of their colts boys won the Jack Clarke medal, that not one player got taken in the draft.....talk about being  kissed on the dick.

WP lose fark all year in and year out, thus enabling them to develop within, saving them a few dollars and building up their off field coffers.....wish other clubs were as lucky....especially mine....16 players drafted in the last 4 years,  with fark all compensation....think WP get a share of that LOL....and to think a WP fan has the cheek, to say EF are the new $ubi of the comp, in terms off field $pending.

Freezin wrote:

Considering WP made a GF in all 3 grades last year, won a league GF and one of their colts boys won the Jack Clarke medal, that not one player got taken in the draft.....talk about being  kissed on the dick.

WP lose fark all year in and year out, thus enabling them to develop within, saving them a few dollars and building up their off field coffers.....wish other clubs were as lucky....especially mine....16 players drafted in the last 4 years,  with fark all compensation....think WP get a share of that LOL....and to think a WP fan has the cheek, to say EF are the new $ubi of the comp, in terms off field $pending.

Freeze, have a listen to yourself !

Granted that EF have an exceptional drafting record but figures can be embellished a tad. Of those 16 how many have returned and there are 2 x train ons not yet picked up so that 16 could turn into 10 in a flash. WP  have always had one of the better retention rates in the comp hence the 100+ gamers on our list.

Anyhow I suspect the Sharks will make a GF at a minimum with the recruitment done over the last 3 years, your side is almost unrecognisable from the commencement of Bill's tenure. 
 

satan311 wrote:

where’s the ‘strong marker with the crooked nose’? has he signed yet?

Satan, It doesn't look like it has eventuated, the fellas name is Matt Shannon from the VFA and currently playing in the NTFL, the link is he is good mates with Meadows.
 

Whinnen what are you talking about? 16 can quickly become 10? 
Sharpe, Jackson, Rivers, Chad Warner, Ruscoe, Carroll, Walker, Woewodin, Williams, McVee,  Corey Warner, Teakle, Strnadica, Dixon, Joyce and Smith have been drafted in the last 4 years......how many have come back?.....only 2 have come back.....so going on your logic that's 14 EF have lost...

Cleaver is staying at Essendon regardless, if drafted or not, to better his AFL chances,  and Hagan has signed with Port SANFL, to be closer to Port AFL to better his AFL prospects...so that bangs it back up to 16 then.

All I know is, EF have had no choice but to recruit to cover all those player losses over that 4 year period...so until WP lose that many players in short time period, go easy on the snide EF are the new $ubi, with all their $pending references....interesting how $DFC $pending habits have been conveniently overlooked - Anderson, Palmer, Smith, Fisher,Costigan, Kemp, Pina and McLachlan of late....plus Glass-McCasker and Cameron are back as well.

Freez...you don't have to defend your club against ridiculous comments as anyone with any footy IQ would know EF has been a conveyor belt for AFL draftees for decades and if those same players had stayed at the club, your Sharks would have been untouchable over the last 30 years or so.

Clearly when a club is regularly pillaged of its best young talent then there's a need to recruit from elsewhere and that relates to East Freo more than any other club in the WAFL and possibly in the nation. Don't waste your time responding to such nonsense.

Agreed, but I do look forward to EF being spelt $harks 

Young Bailey Thompson has an ankle injury,