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**sportbos** · 09-16-2010, 05:56 AM

Come on guys compared to a lot of clubs look at who Perth has attracted of late.....Young ex AFL, Moody ex AFL, Ferguson ex AFL, Thornton ex AFL rookie and former Perth/AFL boys in Cook, McDougall, Armstrong and Dick over the last 2 years......EF in that time have recruited McGough, Dunn, Warren and McNamara........so I'm not too sure how badly off Perth has been......to me sounds like poor coaching or man management could be the problems......

look at EP side this year.....no Wirrpanda, no Roe who were the big name recruits.......most of their side was local lads with JON and Webster as the only ex AFL boys coming back......to me the culture is wrong at Perth to be as under achieving as they ahve been....too many wrong choices in their footy managerial decisions......Peel are in more trouble player wise than Perth....to be beaten so many times by 100 plus points highlights the need for Peel to receive any concessions player wise, points wise......Perth have recruited well.....just not made the most these players abilities....that to me sounds like a managerial and cultural problem....

That is very true but at the same time those players above have not performed to a consistently high standard apart from Ross Young who is a stand out. Thornton's knee's can't stand up to more than 3 or 4 games straight, McDougall was tentative and only started training in Feb, Ferguson and Moody are not kpp and we struggle to attract quality big men.

Freezin you have seen how having one or two quality big men can make a difference in your team and you have acknowledged your weakness is up forward. The good teams have fire power up forward, you look at the teams who have dominated the WAFL for the past 5 or 6 years like Subi and SF, they have big guns up forward. look at Subi now without Smith and Mapleston, they are a shadow of their former selves. Consequently look at Claremont this year with Chad Jones on fire and great midfield supply. They also have Richardson and Ninyette who have made significant contributions and they have plenty of key backmen who aren't good enough at AFL level but good WAFL players.

09-16-2010, 05:56 AM	#7
sportbos Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 471 Senior Member	Come on guys compared to a lot of clubs look at who Perth has attracted of late.....Young ex AFL, Moody ex AFL, Ferguson ex AFL, Thornton ex AFL rookie and former Perth/AFL boys in Cook, McDougall, Armstrong and Dick over the last 2 years......EF in that time have recruited McGough, Dunn, Warren and McNamara........so I'm not too sure how badly off Perth has been......to me sounds like poor coaching or man management could be the problems...... look at EP side this year.....no Wirrpanda, no Roe who were the big name recruits.......most of their side was local lads with JON and Webster as the only ex AFL boys coming back......to me the culture is wrong at Perth to be as under achieving as they ahve been....too many wrong choices in their footy managerial decisions......Peel are in more trouble player wise than Perth....to be beaten so many times by 100 plus points highlights the need for Peel to receive any concessions player wise, points wise......Perth have recruited well.....just not made the most these players abilities....that to me sounds like a managerial and cultural problem.... That is very true but at the same time those players above have not performed to a consistently high standard apart from Ross Young who is a stand out. Thornton's knee's can't stand up to more than 3 or 4 games straight, McDougall was tentative and only started training in Feb, Ferguson and Moody are not kpp and we struggle to attract quality big men. Freezin you have seen how having one or two quality big men can make a difference in your team and you have acknowledged your weakness is up forward. The good teams have fire power up forward, you look at the teams who have dominated the WAFL for the past 5 or 6 years like Subi and SF, they have big guns up forward. look at Subi now without Smith and Mapleston, they are a shadow of their former selves. Consequently look at Claremont this year with Chad Jones on fire and great midfield supply. They also have Richardson and Ninyette who have made significant contributions and they have plenty of key backmen who aren't good enough at AFL level but good WAFL players.
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