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To answer your initial question Cardy - yeah I'll be around the WAFL until it is officially kaputski

Now that I have totally wiped the AFL from my life entirely (and I can say there are so many better sports than the Victorian Australian Football League around , and it isn't very hard to find them) I have even more time to follow the WAFL comp

It's still magical to walk into Freo Oval , still raises the hair on my neck when I see the walls with so many fine players up there , still see the familiar faces in their usual seats , still get the passion going when those bloody Old Easts wankers start rocking up hahaha , still get the same hopes that we can get into the September stuff each & every year since I can remember !

Hoping Subi can pop that EPWCE pustule in the Grandie too

Cheers!

anchorman wrote: I am going to be a mug again and respond to BH.
It still remains a fact that these kids, or the majority of them are from out side WA and have to establish themselves in the competition with out knowing any one.
They are still basically kids trying to find their way ,not only in football but in life.
There are nine players that I mentioned who are from outside the state. All are young raw kids who need to be built to be able to take what the hardened bodies of WAF have to throw at them. All are just skinny kids who need bulking up and find the grind hard .Some kids who are playing for local clubs who know that they will never have to go through that have it easy.
Yes they train but not to the extent that the recruits for both the Eagles and Dockers do.
But hey I guess that some will never accept that as fact.

The WAFL kids have it easy you say??
Yeah it must be a walk in the park to have to hold down a full time job then attend training 3 nights a week whilst your beloved "Fweo kids" after doing their training, weights, recovery etc then get to relax all day by sitting at home getting paid good money playing the play station or Xbox, going to the beach etc etc tough life that ..they've just got it so hard these Fweo recruits!!
You truly live in lala land pops!

anchorman wrote: I am going to be a mug again and respond to BH.
It still remains a fact that these kids, or the majority of them are from out side WA and have to establish themselves in the competition with out knowing any one.
They are still basically kids trying to find their way ,not only in football but in life.
There are nine players that I mentioned who are from outside the state. All are young raw kids who need to be built to be able to take what the hardened bodies of WAF have to throw at them. All are just skinny kids who need bulking up and find the grind hard .Some kids who are playing for local clubs who know that they will never have to go through that have it easy.
Yes they train but not to the extent that the recruits for both the Eagles and Dockers do.
But hey I guess that some will never accept that as fact.

THey had 15 or 16 players play in one game; I would have thought it was the Peel players who would be feeling like an outsider. It is mind boggling that you think full time players with full time support are worse off than those players who are part timers who have to do other work for a living. How big do you think Connor Blakely or Aidan Anderson, to name two from Swans, are?

Was having a chat with my favourite WAFC board member during the week.his comments re both arguments here are kinda relevant here. The opinion is that it has been the improvement in skills & efficiency amongst non AFL players at EP this year being the biggest reason for such a dominant season. From a player's POV that does make sense as pride does come in to the picture. In relation to the comment, yeah I have to agree, it's got nothing to do with up to 15 AFL listed players, so therefore generally elite youngsters amongst their generation of footballers , playing together in the same team at WAFL level on any given day. It's just not possible that these 15 or so AFL listed players would improve any side at WAFL level, no bloody way. I say congratulations to the 6-7 non AFL listed players at EP on any given game day have improved so significantly after training around the AFL system that they carry their AFL listed team mates in to battle each week and get the team over the line, generally by about 10 goals. One can only assume that these 6-7 players will all feature very well on Sandover Count Night to justify such a comment. Fuck me, I've heard a few furfees over the years but this one takes the cake...and to think these blokes are running the sport in this state. It actually might be reality that they the WAFC, didn't foresee natural improvement among the non listed players once they were playing & training around a fully funded AFL system. It's either that or they think we are foolish enough to believe their self justifying propaganda. If all the WAFC wants to do is represent whatever they are fed to represent by the 2 Victorian managed teams who parade around as West Aussie footy institutes then the government and therefore our tax dollars scrutiny of what these professional consultants actually do should be put under the microscope. I'm assuming due to it being a govt dept that their agenda is meant to be all for working for the good of the game in WA at all levels and developing the sport on both a financial and ethical POV. So our tax payers dollars are paying for a commission that has either been so inefficient at what they do that our states best league is about to go the way of the dinosaurs or alternatively you could say they have done a magnificent job at achieving bugger all on behalf of the future viability of WA footy at all other levels whilst buckling to every whim of the 2 Victorian league managed teams who house themselves here in WA & represent the majority of support from WA footy fans due to their location. One could suggest we have a board that displays serious inefficiency and lack of ability to get desired results or alternatively we have a board that thrives on the pure deception of the state it muses itself around as representing. WA football is about much more than just the Eagles & Dockers. It's about every kid that dreams of pulling on the boots, its about promoting healthy lifestyle & activity, about keeping community connected which helps with the health of our community and is why footy became such an important part of this state's fabric & soul in the first place and is why we have and/or wanted a team in the Victorian league all those years ago to show our brothers on the east coast how we can play, it's about building character & leadership whilst developing young men and in some areas women who play the game, and lets not forget its also the game we truly can call our own in Australia. Our recognised number 1 national sport which is seriously under threat from the impact and growth of soccer in the near future, the now actually. How bout these goons start representing the game they purport to love and not just the 2 teams that bring in the big bux. Before we know it round ball will take over in this country. If you can't see that happening then I suggest you go down to the WAFL GF next week and watch the 6-8 non AFL listed EP players dominate against the 22 non listed opponents they face. They will need to because clearly the AFL listed players have barely influenced EP's results this year. Well that's the view my favourite commissioner tried to feed me earlier in the week.....

Great post DW.
Any hints on which commissioner it was? ..at a guess I would say it was one of the 5 EP Feral flogs at the WAFC!
A few weeks back I saw one of our WAFL executives at the SF vs S game under lights at Fremantle Oval & he spent most of the night on his bloody phone & barely watched any of what was a great game of WAFL footy but I guess we should have been surprised he even attended as neither of the commission's beloved love children WART or FART were even playing!
Lets hope he takes more interest in the negotiations of our WAFL TV coverage for next season and beyond!

Nice of them to say the Non AFL members have got them to the flag!!
Ok they are good players but that is because they only kept the best.
They forget that this core of WAFL players have the best 2nd tier players in the WAFL being the AFL Professional players.
Gee not bad.. THAT IS THE REASON THEY WILL WIN the WAFL pretend GF.

Imagine if the top 5 players in each WAFL club were retained and they were topped up and supported by the remainder being AFL players.. Now that is my whole point.

They will not go over the top when they win and be humble I suspect but this is just a cover up for the GUILT the players will feel because they will know the truth of the matter. FALSE GODS AND FALSE WINNERS.

I rate EP's best players as Johnson, Smith, Anderson, Lee, Cadwallader, Fraser, Blee, Clutterbuck and Oakley-Nichols. All these guys are AFL standard players to begin with what is this guy talking about. This is how detached from WAFL football the people that make the decisions are.

Beasley Hutton wrote: Great post DW.
Any hints on which commissioner it was? ..at a guess I would say it was one of the 5 EP Feral flogs at the WAFC!
A few weeks back I saw one of our WAFL executives at the SF vs S game under lights at Fremantle Oval & he spent most of the night on his bloody phone & barely watched any of what was a great game of WAFL footy but I guess we should have been surprised he even attended as neither of the commission's beloved love children WART or FART were even playing!
Lets hope he takes more interest in the negotiations of our WAFL TV coverage for next season and beyond!

That would be that snake Walton I'd guess Beas' - slimy prick through & through that one

anchorman wrote: ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ.
Boring bat shit

The eloquence we have come to expect from you a/man. Perhaps if the WAFL is so boring for you then desist from entering into any discussions on WAFL topics. Personally speaking I won't miss you as you have patently and demonstrably shown you have no respect nor support for the WAFL clubs and the competition.

Dirty Weekender wrote: Was having a chat with my favourite WAFC board member during the week.his comments re both arguments here are kinda relevant here. The opinion is that it has been the improvement in skills & efficiency amongst non AFL players at EP this year being the biggest reason for such a dominant season. From a player's POV that does make sense as pride does come in to the picture. In relation to the comment, yeah I have to agree, it's got nothing to do with up to 15 AFL listed players, so therefore generally elite youngsters amongst their generation of footballers , playing together in the same team at WAFL level on any given day. It's just not possible that these 15 or so AFL listed players would improve any side at WAFL level, no bloody way. I say congratulations to the 6-7 non AFL listed players at EP on any given game day have improved so significantly after training around the AFL system that they carry their AFL listed team mates in to battle each week and get the team over the line, generally by about 10 goals. One can only assume that these 6-7 players will all feature very well on Sandover Count Night to justify such a comment. Fuck me, I've heard a few furfees over the years but this one takes the cake...and to think these blokes are running the sport in this state. It actually might be reality that they the WAFC, didn't foresee natural improvement among the non listed players once they were playing & training around a fully funded AFL system. It's either that or they think we are foolish enough to believe their self justifying propaganda. If all the WAFC wants to do is represent whatever they are fed to represent by the 2 Victorian managed teams who parade around as West Aussie footy institutes then the government and therefore our tax dollars scrutiny of what these professional consultants actually do should be put under the microscope. I'm assuming due to it being a govt dept that their agenda is meant to be all for working for the good of the game in WA at all levels and developing the sport on both a financial and ethical POV. So our tax payers dollars are paying for a commission that has either been so inefficient at what they do that our states best league is about to go the way of the dinosaurs or alternatively you could say they have done a magnificent job at achieving bugger all on behalf of the future viability of WA footy at all other levels whilst buckling to every whim of the 2 Victorian league managed teams who house themselves here in WA & represent the majority of support from WA footy fans due to their location. One could suggest we have a board that displays serious inefficiency and lack of ability to get desired results or alternatively we have a board that thrives on the pure deception of the state it muses itself around as representing. WA football is about much more than just the Eagles & Dockers. It's about every kid that dreams of pulling on the boots, its about promoting healthy lifestyle & activity, about keeping community connected which helps with the health of our community and is why footy became such an important part of this state's fabric & soul in the first place and is why we have and/or wanted a team in the Victorian league all those years ago to show our brothers on the east coast how we can play, it's about building character & leadership whilst developing young men and in some areas women who play the game, and lets not forget its also the game we truly can call our own in Australia. Our recognised number 1 national sport which is seriously under threat from the impact and growth of soccer in the near future, the now actually. How bout these goons start representing the game they purport to love and not just the 2 teams that bring in the big bux. Before we know it round ball will take over in this country. If you can't see that happening then I suggest you go down to the WAFL GF next week and watch the 6-8 non AFL listed EP players dominate against the 22 non listed opponents they face. They will need to because clearly the AFL listed players have barely influenced EP's results this year. Well that's the view my favourite commissioner tried to feed me earlier in the week.....

DW could you please name the person who voiced that opinion. He needs to be named and SHAMED.