Speculation Chad Warner

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rgauci said:
Average age at Freo would be lower. Starting best 22 most of this season, also considerably lower than WCE.
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West Coast will be younger than Fremantle in 2025

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rgauci said:
You are correct, but a young team winning usually implies room for growth and improvement. An old (not necessarily West Coast, Fremantle 2016, West Coast 2021-3) team losing a lot implies a relatively lengthy rebuild is impending sans a Hail Mary like Dangerfield joining for chips, followed by Jeremy Cameron shortly after. Etc.
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the Eagles have overhauled their list considerably in the last few seasons..adding a young A grade mid is hardly a 'hail mary' but rather part of the rebuild..we can get the Chad and still have access to top end talent in next years draft
 

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Hilarious to suggest Warner is just going to sign a 2 year deal to wait for free agency... If he signs now he will get the exact same deal he will get in free agency anyway, just the security of doing it sooner.

All depends on Eagles finishing position as to the trade anyway. Id suggest if we get a pick between 4-10 its just 2 first rounders. If we got say pick 12 then its pick 12 + Hawks 1st + Future 2nd type deal

As to why Eagles would do such a deal, its pretty obvious. If he hits FA, he aint joining us. He is joining Dockers. Our advantage is we can get him here 2 years earlier and he can so he will be joining on that advantage we hold
 
GoEaglesGoSGIO said:
As to why Eagles would do such a deal, its pretty obvious. If he hits FA, he aint joining us. He is joining Dockers. Our advantage is we can get him here 2 years earlier and he can so he will be joining on that advantage we hold
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We would still have more money available than Freo in 2 years who are probably up to their necks in finals. Not like the Eagles wont be an attractive prospect in 2 years either, a huge haul of youngsters with the oldest entering their prime, Warner could come straight in to replace Yeo in the midfield.
 
stallon said:
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We would still have more money available than Freo in 2 years who are probably up to their necks in finals. Not like the Eagles wont be an attractive prospect in 2 years either, a huge haul of youngsters with the oldest entering their prime, Warner could come straight in to replace Yeo in the midfield.
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Id take 2 mill less to join Fremantle every day of the week and twice on Fridays. Most of his convos were with Fremantle befiore the Bolton trade for a reason
 
Grumpyshades said:
the Eagles have overhauled their list considerably in the last few seasons..adding a young A grade mid is hardly a 'hail mary' but rather part of the rebuild..we can get the Chad and still have access to top end talent in next years draft
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You missed my point.

The Hail Mary doesn’t apply to West Australian clubs. We don’t get to add top 10 players in the league for peanuts via free agency or other mechanisms.

I never implied Warner was a Hail Mary. I’m saying Geelong avoiding a rebuild is about luck, father sons, free agents, ludicrous sponsor deals (Bailey Smith) etc etc
 

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freo_leo29 said:
Rough on the field ≠ flog

Bloke is as quiet spoken and polite as you'll ever meet lol
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I don't like the part of his game where he deliberately jumps off the ground to bump opponents high.

It's a dog act and something he seems to be doing to fly the family legacy of being big hitters. Already been suspended several times for doing it.

He often acts like a total tool when he kicks a goal and basically acts like a shit stirrer.

So you don't have any issues with this behaviour?

Would find it very difficult to support him if he was in Eagles colours.
 
Purple Suit said:
Finally!

It's going to take a long time to go past us in that stat considering the turnover still required at WC and veterans coming up for retirement.

Collingwood off the chart & the oldest ever list. They could be bottom 4 soon.
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It's going to take a long time to go past you in that stat? Like in 2025 you mean like I just posted? :straining:
 
Purple Suit said:
Sorry, I wasn't clear. I'm talking about having an older team.
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Fremantle isn't that young a team anymore for your best 23

In 2025 the ages of of the players usually in your best are
Walters 34
Fyfe 33
O'Meara 31
Pearce 29
Aish 29
Ryan 29
Switowski 28
Banfield 27
Darcy 26
Cox 26
Bolton 26
Brayshaw 25
Serong 24
Young 24
Clark 24
Frederick 24

If the likes of McDonald (29), Wagner (28), Narkle (27), or Brodie (26) get games its only going to skew that stat further.
 
rgauci said:
You missed my point.

The Hail Mary doesn’t apply to West Australian clubs. We don’t get to add top 10 players in the league for peanuts via free agency or other mechanisms.

I never implied Warner was a Hail Mary. I’m saying Geelong avoiding a rebuild is about luck, father sons, free agents, ludicrous sponsor deals (Bailey Smith) etc etc
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ok gotcha

yes Geelong are kissed on the dick
 
kane249 said:
Fremantle isn't that young a team anymore for your best 23

In 2025 the ages of of the players usually in your best are
Walters 34
Fyfe 33
O'Meara 31
Pearce 29
Aish 29
Ryan 29
Switowski 28
Banfield 27
Darcy 26
Cox 26
Bolton 26
Brayshaw 25
Serong 24
Young 24
Clark 24
Frederick 24

If the likes of McDonald (29), Wagner (28), Narkle (27), or Brodie (26) get games its only going to skew that stat further.
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Includes Walters, Fyfe, Jaeger, Aish, Banfield and tries to finagle in a bunch of old fringe players. Somehow doesn't include Triple J amongst others.

Tell me you don't watch Freo without telling me you don't watch Freo.
 
kane249 said:
Fremantle isn't that young a team anymore for your best 23

In 2025 the ages of of the players usually in your best are
Walters 34 - will likely be out of 22 in 2025
Fyfe 33 - as above
O'Meara 31 - as above
Pearce 29
Aish 29 - is already out of the 22 (end of 2024)
Ryan 29
Switowski 28
Banfield 27 - is already out of the 22 (end of 2024)
Darcy 26
Cox 26
Bolton 26
Brayshaw 25
Serong 24
Young 24
Clark 24
Frederick 24

If the likes of McDonald (29) - not in the 22 , Wagner (28), Narkle (27) - not in the 22, or Brodie (26) - not in the 22, get games it’s only going to skew that stat further.
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You listed 5 players who weren’t best 22 end of 2024, and 3 players likely to be surprised in 2025 as proof we are an old team.

With the 2024 / 25 off season, as demonstrated by the Eagles poster, we become a more experienced outfit than the Eagles for the first time in years.

We are exiting our rebuild, no doubt about it. We’re still young in the league, but not as much as an outlier as previously.

Despite Eagles getting Owies, Graham and Baker as mature talent, they’ve got considerably younger this offseason. I anticipate they might get younger each offseason for the next 2 years while McGovern, Yeo etc exit the stable.
 
CaseySibosadoHOF said:
Includes Walters, Fyfe, Jaeger, Aish, Banfield and tries to finagle in a bunch of old fringe players. Somehow doesn't include Triple J amongst others.

Tell me you don't watch Freo without telling me you don't watch Freo.
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Walters played 17 games in 2024, Fyfe 22, O'Meara 22, Aish 20 and Banfield 22

How does that not qualify as regular players for you?

No idea who Triple J is either
 
Purple Suit said:
Finally!

It's going to take a long time to go past us in that stat considering the turnover still required at WC and veterans coming up for retirement.

Collingwood off the chart & the oldest ever list. They could be bottom 4 soon.
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We actually have done most of the turnover required, if not for our 3 f/s and NGA kids in 2025 we probably would be aiming at taking the minimum 3 picks in the draft, while trying to trade out the rest of the picks for players from other clubs, or chasing FAs.

Only Gov, Cripps and Yeo need replacing urgently, Gov and Yeo probably have 2 more seasons of good footy, Cripps we have replacements for anyway. Im optimistic Allan is our Yeo replacement too.

Definitely entering the part of the rebuild where we target specific roles or players rather than just taking best available at least.
Hawthorn 2023 offseason should be the Eagles 2025 offseason more or less.
 
kane249 said:
Fremantle isn't that young a team anymore for your best 23

In 2025 the ages of of the players usually in your best are
Walters 34
Fyfe 33
O'Meara 31
Pearce 29
Aish 29
Ryan 29
Switowski 28
Banfield 27
Darcy 26
Cox 26
Bolton 26
Brayshaw 25
Serong 24
Young 24
Clark 24
Frederick 24

If the likes of McDonald (29), Wagner (28), Narkle (27), or Brodie (26) get games its only going to skew that stat further.
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That's our Best? That's funny.

Players from that list that are in our best 23 and over 25 right now.

O'Meara 30 (on thin ice)
Pearce 28
Ryan 28
Switta 27
Wagner 27

Fyfe / Walters already have replacements (Ras/Johnno + Bolton) & will be sitting at the sub or at the edge of the list. I'd expect less than 50% games for them transitioning unless we have significant injuries or the replacements can't hold old men out of the team.
 
kane249 said:
Walters played 17 games in 2024, Fyfe 22, O'Meara 22, Aish 20 and Banfield 22

How does that not qualify as regular players for you?

No idea who Triple J is either
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Acknowledging that I am almost definitely engaging with a bad-faith troll or someone with eastern state-level knowledge about the club (or both):

Aish and Banfield in particular got dropped late in the season, not the best sign of things to come. These players' spots aren't secure, bearing in mind age and the fact that Peel won the WAFL premiership. In the past, when Peel have won WAFL flags, the best young performers in their teams go on to break into the team and have fairly long AFL careers.

But even ignoring that factor, and only talking about players whose spots are as or more secure than anyone on that list, and their ages in 2025:
  • Amiss 22
  • Treacy 23
  • Chapman 23
  • Walker 23
  • Jackson 24
  • Sharp 24
Not only have I not included any players from the WAFL flag team, I haven't even included 2024 mainstays like Draper, Johnson and Sturt, just because I think there's a chance they lose their spot for various reasons. Also, Triple J = the 3 tall fwds, Jye Amiss, Josh Treacy and Luke Jackson.
 

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