All the hate came from my fellow eagles fans. But when the pick 3 trade happened, at the time i said we need to wait to see how it pans out to judge it...well we turned pick 3 and 67, a future 3rd, tom barrass and jack darling into liam baker, matt owies, bo allen, tom gross, luca grego, hamish davis plus the hawks fut 1st, 2nd and 3rd. Add jack graham and Im pretty bloody happy with that draft and trade period performance
@DonMoss-gw5tt i would have cos he's a great pick up, but he wasn't relevant as the pick we used for him was our natural 2nd rounder whereas I was more discussing what we achieved with trading and free agency.
Well they will upset some teams an with their acquisition of Baker an Graham an good mature experience there. Bo Allen is a good pick from what I've heard. I think they could win 6 or 7. Richmond should look at getting a good mature player next year as Macca probably retire an meatball too as grasshopper needs too show he's stepped up that next gear this year.
Macca and Meat have 2 years left yet. Macca is fit as a fiddle and Meatball still racks up numbers and needs to co tribute whilst the 2 young Bullocks in Lalor and Smillie learn their trade. Worth keeping them both for sure. In saying that, dunno what their contracts are.
West Coast has a strong forward line, with Oscar Allen, Jake Waterman, Jamie Cripps, Liam Ryan and Matt Owies. Liam Baker adds to the midfield alongside Harley Reid and there's still Jeremy McGovern and Elliott Yeo as good senior players. If the Eagles can make Optus stadium a descent fortress, there's a chance of getting up around 10th on the ladder.
Good take on off field moves. Certainly seem to be moving in the right direction. A massive problem for the eagles is their wafl team is uncompetitive, so the young guys that are there, are getting smashed every week and we have been delisting the older fringe guys the last couple of years. Meaning the wafl team is very inexperienced, and they are not developing appropriately week to week. This leaves a big hole in their development, and has the potential to delay the progress you are expecting. Fingers crossed you are right ;)
Agreed, the wafl team is an issue. Would help if the wafl would actually let us recruit properly for it. Hopefully it gets better this year with the influx of talent hopefully pushing some senior eagles into it to help alleviate that issue
@ my hope too…but I have grave fears it will go backwards from last year 😬 We managed ok pre Covid - but I guess that was an afl premiership list without the massive injury issues. The wafl does need to come to the party at least a little…you are correct
Westcoast has got a massive home ground advantage and will pinch a few unexpected wins throughout the season. Won 5 games last season and get some confidence and a new coach. Well they have everything to prove 🦅🦅🦅🦅
I think they will see some improvement this year but then regress again when Yeo, Cripps, McGovern, Hunt and Kelly retire. And possibly Reid request a trade. Could be perfect storm before Tassie joins if they don’t play it right.
@@paneces nah we got enough to go for Warner. We should be selling that plan to harley, that he could be playing as a one-two punch with Warner if he sticks around.
They are counting on Warner next year that may not happen with Tassie coming in they are going to take the cream out of the draft for a number of years and be able to trade for the best player like Reid .They need to be like North and lock away as many young player they can.
@@MaureenBentley-k6t yeah..I'm not enamoured with the idea of following norths example considering they have sucked for nearly 10 years. Eagles are going for the quick rebuild, not the long one, more like the hawks
All the hate came from my fellow eagles fans. But when the pick 3 trade happened, at the time i said we need to wait to see how it pans out to judge it...well we turned pick 3 and 67, a future 3rd, tom barrass and jack darling into liam baker, matt owies, bo allen, tom gross, luca grego, hamish davis plus the hawks fut 1st, 2nd and 3rd. Add jack graham and Im pretty bloody happy with that draft and trade period performance
Yeah that’s exactly what I think great performance
I would think it worthwhile to also mention the acquisition of Shanahan!
@DonMoss-gw5tt i would have cos he's a great pick up, but he wasn't relevant as the pick we used for him was our natural 2nd rounder whereas I was more discussing what we achieved with trading and free agency.
Im very happy with how eagles trade and draft period went
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Well they will upset some teams an with their acquisition of Baker an Graham an good mature experience there. Bo Allen is a good pick from what I've heard. I think they could win 6 or 7. Richmond should look at getting a good mature player next year as Macca probably retire an meatball too as grasshopper needs too show he's stepped up that next gear this year.
Macca and Meat have 2 years left yet. Macca is fit as a fiddle and Meatball still racks up numbers and needs to co tribute whilst the 2 young Bullocks in Lalor and Smillie learn their trade. Worth keeping them both for sure. In saying that, dunno what their contracts are.
West Coast has a strong forward line, with Oscar Allen, Jake Waterman, Jamie Cripps, Liam Ryan and Matt Owies. Liam Baker adds to the midfield alongside Harley Reid and there's still Jeremy McGovern and Elliott Yeo as good senior players. If the Eagles can make Optus stadium a descent fortress, there's a chance of getting up around 10th on the ladder.
they picked up three good players with experience , and filled a few spots to add depth.
Good take on off field moves. Certainly seem to be moving in the right direction. A massive problem for the eagles is their wafl team is uncompetitive, so the young guys that are there, are getting smashed every week and we have been delisting the older fringe guys the last couple of years. Meaning the wafl team is very inexperienced, and they are not developing appropriately week to week. This leaves a big hole in their development, and has the potential to delay the progress you are expecting. Fingers crossed you are right ;)
Agreed, the wafl team is an issue. Would help if the wafl would actually let us recruit properly for it. Hopefully it gets better this year with the influx of talent hopefully pushing some senior eagles into it to help alleviate that issue
@ my hope too…but I have grave fears it will go backwards from last year 😬
We managed ok pre Covid - but I guess that was an afl premiership list without the massive injury issues. The wafl does need to come to the party at least a little…you are correct
Westcoast has got a massive home ground advantage and will pinch a few unexpected wins throughout the season. Won 5 games last season and get some confidence and a new coach. Well they have everything to prove 🦅🦅🦅🦅
Yep especially at home eagles can maybe beat any team at home
Yeah the home advantage is always huge but most Melbourne teams who play on the G do well there same ground dimensions
@@centrehalfbench7 yes without the 9 hour turn around flight time. Hotel stay and most importantly 60000 screaming supporters 👍🦅
Was a bad trade on west coast part even though they got baker out of it
I think they will see some improvement this year but then regress again when Yeo, Cripps, McGovern, Hunt and Kelly retire. And possibly Reid request a trade. Could be perfect storm before Tassie joins if they don’t play it right.
Yeah a lot of things are true I think they really got to lock down Harley reid
Either that or if there’s any doubt of him staying, shop him around this year and get the best price to help land Warner
@@paneces nah we got enough to go for Warner. We should be selling that plan to harley, that he could be playing as a one-two punch with Warner if he sticks around.
They are counting on Warner next year that may not happen with Tassie coming in they are going to take the cream out of the draft for a number of years and be able to trade for the best player like Reid .They need to be like North and lock away as many young player they can.
@@MaureenBentley-k6t yeah..I'm not enamoured with the idea of following norths example considering they have sucked for nearly 10 years. Eagles are going for the quick rebuild, not the long one, more like the hawks
I see em finishing bottom 3 but if they get Warner watch out
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Dafuk
miles off it
Eagles are a mile off, bottom 3 for sure.
Yeah looks like it
There's not much between the best and worst teams as we saw last year if a top 8 side is 5% off their game a bottom 4 side can give them a hiding.
Hahahahaha
mcqualter will not be coach for long he is too soft
Not always a bad thing. If he can be serious at the right times that’s all that matters
A bit like yze at Richmond