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The West is doing a 5 things to get excited about in the WAFL for each club. As it's subscriber only, I thought I'd post it here.

Perth

1. Chris Masten Effect
2. Lathlain Parks new face
3. Kieran Delahunty
4. Night Football
5. Gary Moss

Claremont

1. Ryan Nyhuis
2. Bevs at Revs- new facility
3. Jeremy Goddard
4. Ryan Cook- assistant coaching
5. Centenary Celebration??

EF

1. Bill Monaghan 2nd year
2. Aidan Tropiano?? Assistant Coach??
3. Cody Leggett
4. 10 Ex-AFL Listed players
5. Jordan Snadden

SF

1. 1 step away....
2. Ben Rioli
3. Cody Ninyette and Steven Edwards
4. Brock Higgins
5. Deal on Future Development at Oval pending

EP

1. AFL Experience- Nick Robertson
2. Blue Collar Brand
3. Mitch Dobson
4. Jumper Design- V
5. Talls

Peel

1. Hayden Ballantyne
2. Colts coming through
3. Better relationship with Fremantle
4. Jackson Merritt
5. Better year Injury Wise: Howlett, Bell

Subi

1. Kyal Horsley
2. Hat-trick of Flags?
3. Young Colts coming through
4. Extra Motivation- recruiting rules
5. Lewis Upton

Claremonts centenary is in 2025?

Future Development of Freo Oval....waiting for 5 yrs.

Here's my 5 reasons not to get excited

1. $ubi's continued dominance of the comp to the point of embarrassment
2. Death of the Football Budget
3. WAFC's ongoing inept administration of the game in this state by being toadying fops to the AFL clubs
4. Stupid mid-season AFL draft which will undoubtedly again cost a team a gun player for diddly squat
5. Complete absence of promotion and investment in the WAFL

Other than that everything's going swimmingly

EP

1. AFL Experience- Nick Robertson
2. Blue Collar Brand
3. Mitch Dobson
4. Jumper Design- V
5. Talls

Dazzler wrote: Here's my 5 reasons not to get excited

1. $ubi's continued dominance of the comp to the point of embarrassment
2. Death of the Football Budget
3. WAFC's ongoing inept administration of the game in this state by being toadying fops to the AFL clubs
4. Stupid mid-season AFL draft which will undoubtedly again cost a team a gun player for diddly squat
5. Complete absence of promotion and investment in the WAFL

Other than that everything's going swimmingly

1 Another drop in home and away attendances
2 C v S GF crowd to attract sub 10K crowd.
3 Radio Coverage to shrink
4 Memberships of all clubs to drop
5 Sponsorships $ shrink

KCEF wrote: EP

1. AFL Experience- Nick Robertson
2. Blue Collar Brand
3. Mitch Dobson
4. Jumper Design- V
5. Talls

Mitch Dobson?

Bazza wrote:

KCEF wrote: EP

1. AFL Experience- Nick Robertson
2. Blue Collar Brand
3. Mitch Dobson
4. Jumper Design- V
5. Talls

Mitch Dobson?

Yes, don't you know him?

Peel

1. Hayden Ballantyne
2. Colts coming through
3. Better relationship with Fremantle
4. Jackson Merritt
5. Better year Injury Wise: Howlett, Bell

Thanks for posting the info on the clubs KCEF, look forward to the rest

The best thing that can happen in the WAFL this year is the re-emergence of some clubs like Perth, East Perth and Swans that will reinvigorate this competition that has become stale over the past decade or more with basically only 3 or 4 teams considered serious contenders for the flag every year.

Those being the glaring obvious Subiaco, then it’s a question of who will play Subi and most likely get flogged in the grand final? Their main rivals have basically been SF, WP and Claremont then you throw in the boring and controversial Peel and EP alignment with Fremantle and the Eagles who emerged as the only real threat to Subiaco.

The Fremantle and Perth derbies have lost their appeal and pulling power they once had. I believe a strong Perth (yes I’m biased surprise surprise) , Swan Districts and a born again East Perth can revitalise this competition. Did I leave anyone out? Oops I’m sorry if I offended anyone.

Oh, and some clubs need to start knocking Subi off.