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turtle wrote: Putting his football skills aside the experience he'd bring you guys is top notch.

Yeah, a good local boy get for the club, this deep into pre-season.

Winger wrote: That's good news Leedy, he is the same age as Bradley but not as battered. He will be good for us. What about the other bloke Leedy, if we get him that would put the icing on the cake.

I don't think we are interested in Hampson Winger.

Not Hampson, the younger bloke.

turtle wrote: Keplar Badly not being at WP will make zero difference. If the clearance fee was what he is worth and what he can bring to CL then he'd be worth a packet of salt and vinegar chips plus a can of coke thrown in.

So what he went back on his signed contract?? You don't need players like that in your club.

Totally agree Turtle, I think this decision will be beneficial for West Perth in the long run as it frees up another spot for a fresh young player as opposed to a banged up AFL one.

My source who is very close to Kepler told me yesterday it was a chance meeting in a cafe with the Claremont CEO whilst Kepler was scouring unemployment sites on the Net, turns out WP couldnt deliver on a promised job after being reassured over and over again.Kepler having zero skills other than footy was getting nervous and when he told the Claremont CEO his predicament he basically said "we will sort you out" and pretty much the deal was done. In the end sanity will prevail, Claremont will get their man and WP will get their $ though the 30k might be watered down I reckon..win win it seems

Hello Rick. Kep had the job at the WAFC but with government cutbacks the position was made unavailable. The club couldn't employ him with West Perth because we have two blokes that have similar roles. The position was made available when the Claremont bloke who I cant think of his name left Claremont and there was a position available so Kep grabbed it. I think 30k is a bit light at the start of negotiations. I don't like seeing players in limbo but with Claremont trading at a huge loss this scenario may drag on.

Swandog wrote: My source who is very close to Kepler told me yesterday it was a chance meeting in a cafe with the Claremont CEO whilst Kepler was scouring unemployment sites on the Net, turns out WP couldnt deliver on a promised job after being reassured over and over again.Kepler having zero skills other than footy was getting nervous and when he told the Claremont CEO his predicament he basically said "we will sort you out" and pretty much the deal was done. In the end sanity will prevail, Claremont will get their man and WP will get their $ though the 30k might be watered down I reckon..win win it seems

30k for roughly 10-15 games a year is a good result for west perth.

From Yahoo News.

Veteran Kepler Bradley is officially a Tiger after West Perth and Claremont agreed to terms on his WAFL transfer.

The two clubs had been trying to negotiate Bradley's move for several weeks but talks had reached a stalemate and was set for WAFL arbitration.

But West Perth president Brett Raponi confirmed today the deal was done and the Falcons were "happy" with the outcome.

It is believed West Perth got around $15,000 for Bradley and could get more next year if he plays on.

The 29-year-old, who played for Peel last year because of Fremantle's WAFL alignment, had agreed to return to the Falcons, his original club, after being delisted by the Dockers.

But a promise of employment fell through and he was subsequently hired in a development capacity by Claremont.

Bradley can immediately start training with the Tigers in a bid to be ready for the start of the 2015 season.