All quiet on the Western front

[Sojourner]

Does anyone know if West Adelaide are to announce any further player signings this side of Christmas? With their administration closing for the Christmas break this Friday it seems that not a great deal of information is forthcoming about potential new recruits into the side. With the Rookie draft done and dusted, it would not be unreasonable to expect some discussion of potential players to be signed. Currently the club has recruited 4 players and yet has lost 9 leaving a deficit of 5 players from the 2010 list. Jack Carter looks to be a pretty good signing, yet after the chase for Eagleton and Tiller I do wonder if the club will continue to target the marquee style player to build up their list as opposed to the usual offering of players that want to play in the SANFL.

Perhaps the reason for the interest in their recruiting strategy is simply the sheer pressure the club can expect to be under in 2011 to be a part of finals footy. Their Senior Coach took the club to a three year plan which finished at the end of the season. West did not make the finals, yet clearly had their best year in terms of playing competitive footy and just missed the finals, albeit by having to rely on other sides to lose for them to gain the place. Its unlikey that WAFC members are going to be happy about another season finishing outside of the five, which could in turn bring the tenure of their Senior Coach into question from some parties.

Clearly everyone can be an observer and an arm chair expert on the coaching strategy of a rival club and it may well be way off the mark, yet my observation was that Westies did the best in the areas of defensive strategy and used it well to win games, yet fell down in the attacking area and goal kicking, some may say that a better ruckman is needed, yet I am not sure they were beaten any worse than any other club in this area as opposed to their goal kicking which cost them several games IMO. Hence I would expect the club to be looking fairly closely at recruiting into their forward line, yet again in that area it all seems to be pretty quiet on the Western Front!


WEST:

In: Ben MaCreadie (Casey Scorpians VFL), Steve Bailey (returning), Jack Carter (returning from Collingwood), Sam Agars (Central / Tanunda)

Out: Chris Chubb (retired), Simon Munn (retired), Wade Champion (retired), Jeremy Rowe (retired), Tom Langford (left club), Myles Krakouer (returning to Vic), Bronik Davies (returning to Vic), Bradley Helbig (Richmond), Luke Davis (Essendon)

[redandblack]

Good post, Sojourner.

Signings generally seem to be later this year and apart from a few, several clubs have not yet announced any major signings.

I'm sure West and others are still working on their recruiting.

[Big Phil]

Obviosly some clubs were awaiting the outcome of the rookie draft to see what is on the recruiting market...

I'd expect a few clubs to makse some announcements in the coming weeks or early after Christmas...

[nickname]

Sojourner, the club has responded to your post.

http://www.westadelaidefc.com.au/NEWS/L ... ISHER.aspx

[Peter Griffen]

Brad Fisher is in!

http://www.westadelaidefc.com.au/NEWS/L ... ISHER.aspx

[Brodlach]

Woohoo!!!!

[Dutchy]

Money speaks all languages

[Booney]

Sojourner, the club has responded to your post.

http://www.westadelaidefc.com.au/NEWS/L ... ISHER.aspx

I'm extremely excited to have signed with the West Adelaide Football Club for the next two years. After speaking to well over 50 Football clubs, I chose West Adelaide because of their great reputation and professionalism.

[wycbloods]

Good to see a quality signing for the club.

[Booney]

Good new$ i$ he only $poke to 50 club$. Lea$t that way you bloke$ know where We$tie$ $tand.

[wycbloods]

Geez hasn't taken you long Booney.

We finally sign someone and we are paying him too much because i am sure everyone knows the details of his contract .

[Brodlach]

Good new$ i$ he only $poke to 50 club$. Lea$t that way you bloke$ know where We$tie$ $tand.

Magpies certainly wouldn't have been in those 50 clubs, imagine the number of empty cans and bottles he would have had to take to the recycling depot.

[Booney]

Geez hasn't taken you long Booney.

We finally sign someone and we are paying him too much because i am sure everyone knows the details of his contract .

Well, we know he spoke to "at least 50 clubs" and has only decided mid-December on where to sign. I'm sure he was weighing up his on-field options.

Sorry for having a chuckle.....

[Booney]

Good new$ i$ he only $poke to 50 club$. Lea$t that way you bloke$ know where We$tie$ $tand.

Magpies certainly wouldn't have been in those 50 clubs, imagine the number of empty cans and bottles he would have had to take to the recycling depot.

Yes, GOLD that is mate.....really funny stuff.

50 clubs......50

[Brodlach]

Good new$ i$ he only $poke to 50 club$. Lea$t that way you bloke$ know where We$tie$ $tand.

Magpies certainly wouldn't have been in those 50 clubs, imagine the number of empty cans and bottles he would have had to take to the recycling depot.

Yes, GOLD that is mate.....really funny stuff.

50 clubs......50

Clearly the best player to leave the AFL this year, I am sure that any club worth a pinch of salt would have made the call to him. Just between SANFL,WAFL and VFL there are nearly 30 clubs and ALL would have made some sort of contact.

[nickname]

Good new$ i$ he only $poke to 50 club$. Lea$t that way you bloke$ know where We$tie$ $tand.

Yes, #1 out of those 50 I'd have thought.

[Booney]

...and Westies "great reputation and professionalism" was what won him over. Well done by you blokes.

Good recuit by the way.

[wycbloods]

Geez hasn't taken you long Booney.

We finally sign someone and we are paying him too much because i am sure everyone knows the details of his contract .

Well, we know he spoke to "at least 50 clubs" and has only decided mid-December on where to sign. I'm sure he was weighing up his on-field options.

Sorry for having a chuckle.....

Maybe he just liked the club and its senior players????????

Chuckle all you like we'll laugh at you next year

[Big Phil]

IMO, a great pick up for the Bloods, I know Central were a club linked to Brad and were keen on him from what I heard...

As long as his knee he recently had reconstructed holds up, I think he will be a very good goal kicking forward for the Bloods in 2011...

Well done Westies...

[Big Phil]

With Brad Fisher signing for West Adelaide today, he now becomes the 3rd player B.Fisher to be on the Bloods list...

- Ben Fisher

- Brayden Fisher

- Brad Fisher


Spelly, IF the 3 lads play together in the same team next year (assuming the other 2 Fisher's stay with the club) will this be a first in league history to have 3 players with the same initial and spelling of surname to play alongside each other?