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Barney wrote: Inexperience may be an excuse not to be selected in the final 22 but not the squad. What would it hurt to have a kid like Cary and others train with the squad?

Exactly!

Where's Dene White ?
The form midfielder in the comp.

Cesspit wrote: Where's Dene White ?
The form midfielder in the comp.

You stole my thunder mate, I was just going to ask the same question why isn't he in the initial squad?

Yes he may not be a Blackwell or Brendan Lee for class but if you want a hard ball he's your man.

still time for players to win selection.....injuries happen, players drop out, happens every year.....all these boys have to do is keep doing what they are doing.....if they miss out than it's not for want of trying.....also it means their club side gets the benefit of their good form.....

Freezin wrote: still time for players to win selection.....injuries happen, players drop out, happens every year.....all these boys have to do is keep doing what they are doing.....if they miss out than it's not for want of trying.....also it means their club side gets the benefit of their good form.....

How about this for a name - Frank Stockley...lol...only joking. If he wasn't able to get a regular gig at WP, then he's not going to get a gig in the state team.

From the West Perth FC Facebook page

Congratulations to West Perth premiership stars Jay van Berlo, Jordan Jones, Chris Keunen, Kody Manning, Shane Nelson and Laine Rasmussen for all being named in the WAFL squad to face the NEAFL in Sydney on Saturday May 24.


I guess now its a matter of the remainder of the squads make up,from which club - and how many
I'm sure the interest will remain high with final squad names and then actual team make up decisions to be discussed and agreed/disagreed with.......

Skimming from the top for WAFL State game


John Townsend The West Australian

May 6, 2014, 7:57 am

Four WAFL clubs will supply just three members of the State squad as the lopsided nature of the league is reflected in the make-up of the team to play a North Eastern Australian Football League side in Sydney this month.

Simpson medallists Paul Johnson (East Perth) and Luke Blackwell (Claremont) are the only players from two clubs that have supplied much of the State team in recent seasons.

And Perth captain Paul Bevan, who last year helped the Black Swans beat Victoria for the first time in 22 years, is the sole selection from the Demons. Winless Peel have no one in the 30-man squad finalised yesterday.

The match against the NEAFL team - the combination of Queensland, NSW, ACT and Northern Territory leagues - will be played as the curtain- raiser to the Greater Western Sydney-Richmond clash at Spotless Stadium on May 24.

Four members of East Fremantle's stingy defence were included, with key back men Tom Howlett and Brock O'Brien in line to make their State debuts alongside regulars Andrew Stephen and Steven Dodd.

WA's need to lock down on former Essendon forward Alwyn Davey, now playing for the NT Thunder, meant West Perth back pocket Laine Rasmussen was included in the squad.




West Perth's premiership ruckman Chris Keunen was named, but State coach Bill Monaghan has been reluctant to use more than one genuine big man during his time with the Falcons.

Monaghan believes Swan Districts forward Tony Notte or Lachlan Delahunty, who has starred for Subiaco after being recruited from the VFL this year, could play a role in attack and as the back-up ruckman.

"We need to be flexible and while we could play both Johnson and Keunen, Notte is pretty reliable mixing roles up forward and in the ruck," he said.

The strong form of Tallan Ames, Justin Simpson, Ryan Davis and the speedy Blaine Boekhorst has helped lift Swans to second on the ladder and underwrote their inclusion. The improvement in Chris Deluca, George Hampson and Chris Phelan has steered Subiaco into top spot and they were rewarded with maiden State call-ups.

- Small forward Rhys Waters will miss Subiaco's next two games after being suspended for striking Swan Districts key defender Brent Latch.

A striking charge against Swans key forward Tim Geappen on Dylan Elliott from the same match was withdrawn yesterday.

au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/sport/wafl/a/2...for-wafl-state-game/

John Townsend The West Australian

May 6, 2014, 7:57 am

Four WAFL clubs will supply just three members of the State squad as the lopsided nature of the league is reflected in the make-up of the team to play a North Eastern Australian Football League side in Sydney this month.

What on earth is he on about lopsided?

Claremont are 8th and are only one game plus percentage out of the four.

And anyway, West Perth are 7th and supply the second most players.

Moreover, the top 4 clubs provide only 12 players combined, whereas the bottom five provide 18.

Seems far from lop-sided to me.