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that was only after he went to the club looking for a pay rise cos he doesnt work despite getting dropped during the year for discipline..he cant have it both ways..

Jacky hasnt left, weighing up the respective job offfers and the outcome of Peel aligning with the Dockers..

2 very good Peel players(captain and key forward)are keen on Swans along with a bloke off Brisbane's list..

as i say - swings and roundabouts..

It's one of those things with footy. Lists will change every year, for various reasons, be it money, draftings or simply chemistry with the coaching staff. The same thing will be happening at every other club too. We will lose some decent players, but I'm sure we will have some decent players come over to us, just not in the numbers we've become accustomed to these last few years. Swings and roundabouts indeed.

MarkOlsen wrote: Hansen off to the Western Bulldogs as Asst coach..

who are the senior premiership players leaving in droves ?

so far you havnt named 1 senior premiership player leaving apart from Hansen who is going for a job opportunity..

Haven't heard this one. I know Western Bulldogs were looking at him a few years back in a playing roll.

Mike

There is a simple solution here and I can't believe the new board hasn't acted already.

Sack Harding and appoint Kenny.

The above was a response to one of Kenny's posts that has since been removed.

Not detracting from Dawson's efforts but I would suggest that the infusion of Andrew Krakouer into this year's team would have brought a different result.

In many years of playing and watching football at all levels I have never seen a more dominant and influential effort in a Grand Final.

Grassroots wrote: Not detracting from Dawson's efforts but I would suggest that the infusion of Andrew Krakouer into this year's team would have brought a different result.

In many years of playing and watching football at all levels I have never seen a more dominant and influential effort in a Grand Final.

This was written in most news papers around the country at the time:-

Put simply, his game was the best Champion Data has ever recorded at senior level.

Krakouer's 41 possessions and four goals earnt him 290 SuperCoach points.

To put it in perspective, 150 is a massive score.

Again, a comparison - in 2002 Krakouer played 13 games at Richmond for 49 total possessions, only eight more than his total Grand Final haul.

In the WAFL Grand Final, he had 41 touches, 29 of them kicks, 24 contested possessions, eight clearances, six tackles, four goals three, two score assists and 13 score involvements.

In his final term alone, he notched 146 Supercoach points, including a hefty swag of them for the last-minute winning goal.

He had 13 disposals, eight contested possessions, three clearances, one goal assist, and three of Swan Districts' five goals for the term.

The biggest Supercoach game Champion Data has recorded at AFL level is Nathan Buckley's 267 points in Round 13, 2001, for 37 touches, seven tackles and and two goals.

www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport/afl/its-a-w...frecnc-1225926728409

Mike.

I believe that Hanson has gone to the Western Bulldogs as an assistant coach.

No point looking back Kenny! Daws had a very successful period for us and now with it looking like there will be a big player turn over, its time to look forward!! we have had a fantastic run the past 4 or 5 years (take out the premiership hangover year riddled with injuries) and as a member im not complaining as i have got my moneys worth!!

Swan Districts' Ashley Hansen quits WAFL to join Western Bulldogs

Braden Quartermaine
From: The Sunday Times
November 10, 2012 3:16PM






WEST Coast premiership forward Ashley Hansen has called an end to his WAFL career with Swan Districts and will return to Melbourne to begin a job as a development coach with the Western Bulldogs.

Hansen played 78 games with the Eagles and 98 matches with Swans since moving west after being drafted by the Eagles 11 years ago.

The 29-year-old was the WAFL's leading goalkicker this season with 67 goals from 14 games and his departure leaves Swan Districts coach Greg Harding with a big hole to fill as the club seeks to build on its preliminary final appearance.

Hansen will begin a new career as a development coach at the Bulldogs tomorrow, in a role that also incorporates some sports science work. He has a sports science degree and is completing a masters in strength and conditioning.

"Over the last two years I've probably realised that the AFL industry is where my passion is," Hansen said.

"It's a perfect position for the way I want to head and I'm really impressed with the direction the Dogs are heading."

Hansen said he had a strong interest in both coaching and sports science.

"I'm not having an each-way bet, but I think your career evolves and I've definitely got a passion for both areas," he said.

"I think I've got a lot of experiences from my time in the game. Losing a Grand Final, winning a Grand Final, having to move interstate, having to work for a couple of years on a list and wait for opportunity; they're all experiences that hopefully I can help young players with."

Hansen's AFL career came to an abrupt end when he was delisted by West Coast at the end of the 2010 season at just 27 but he said he held no animosity towards the Eagles.

"I'd never carry regret. I've got too many great memories of that club and too many great friends,'' he said.

"You want to play for as long as you can, but the direction they were heading was definitely the right one and we've seen that by the rise of so many younger players and now being a serious premiership contender."

Hansen said his career highlights were his debut against Collingwood in 2004 and the 2006 flag triumph over Sydney after the Eagles had suffered an agonising loss to the Swans the previous year.

"That was amazing to be part of. The character that group showed that year is something I'll carry with me in the AFL life in a lot of different areas," he said.

"It just taught me and I think the group a lot about having a really strong resolve and that with having a strong mindset you can overcome anything."

Hansen said calling time on his WAFL career was the hardest element of his decision.

"The lure of always going one more year is there but I didn't want to run my body completely into the ground," he said.

"I've played footy every winter since I was nine years of age, so to be finishing up now, I think the first few rounds of the season will be hard not being out there."

You will probably get van berlo from wp. embley is average.