Skipworth returning to Eagles

[Mickyj]

And perhaps if he is from Geelong let him talk to couch .You know geelong mates together .

Nah won't work, Couchey lives with Grima & Kirkby, so he'd defecting to the Bays and this "new recruit" from Geelong will then join
his ex VFL team-mates at the Bay

I am pretty sure the club is aware of that threat .

[Punk Rooster]

sorry guys not going to put his name out there so other clubs get a whiff

it will unfold in time who it is

in regards to Skippy..... interesting that someone earlier said "who would be happier.... the Eagles or North" ..... as i first heard about it from someone high up in North before I heard it from the Eagles?

Are North chasing him with the enticement that Ben Hart may coach them next year?

team mates at the Crows and Ben's dad is Skippy's manager....

although the Eagles are confident he will return to them as I understand......

Skipworth @ North?
Where would this leave me? like a cat with a piece of buttered toast strapped to it's back- suspended in mid-air & spinning around....

[Mickyj]

sorry guys not going to put his name out there so other clubs get a whiff

it will unfold in time who it is

in regards to Skippy..... interesting that someone earlier said "who would be happier.... the Eagles or North" ..... as i first heard about it from someone high up in North before I heard it from the Eagles?

Are North chasing him with the enticement that Ben Hart may coach them next year?

team mates at the Crows and Ben's dad is Skippy's manager....

although the Eagles are confident he will return to them as I understand......

The midfielder i think you are talking about is being flown down by the Central District Football Club next weekend to enjoy the Grand Final atmosphere and be lured into playing for the Dogs in 2009. If it is the same guy the Dogs nearly had him this season but fell through in the last minute.

I hope this is not another case of being out bid (by whatever means ) by Centrals for a player again!! And surely the Eagles are chasing more than one(currant or former) VFL Player .
Because if the club is not those who take the responsibility for recruiting should be shown the frigging DOOR!!!!
I for one have had enough of missing the final series !!!
Lift your game WWT.

[holden78]

Mickyj Im sure by now the Board is well aware of how much vitriol they can exspect next year if a big improvement isnt forthcoming with both recruits & a serious tilt at another flag ! People who normally say very little at games etc. will be on the warpath , especially because of our last 2 years going 3rd now 6th ( didnt it feel so much worse than that ? ) . Even you wont be so accommodating when it comes to your little friend on our Board , I suspect ! Eagles fans are small in number , but quite nasty when annoyed , & the Board will wear the flack in a big way if Ron isnt given a fair crack re recruits .

[Mickyj]

Mickyj Im sure by now the Board is well aware of how much vitriol they can exspect next year if a big improvement isnt forthcoming with both recruits & a serious tilt at another flag ! People who normally say very little at games etc. will be on the warpath , especially because of our last 2 years going 3rd now 6th ( didnt it feel so much worse than that ? ) . Even you wont be so accommodating when it comes to your little friend on our Board , I suspect ! Eagles fans are small in number , but quite nasty when annoyed , & the Board will wear the flack in a big way if Ron isnt given a fair crack re recruits .

CD can not be blamed for recruits Holden .
Really it should have been worse felt very much like Bruce winters last year to me .
And the club needs to wake up re the age of WWT players .Its a wonderful thing to have players 30 plus playing.BUT in the overall scheme of a year those players(yes I am a fan of those guys) were to old to injury prone and to slow .But what were the selectors to do with recruits who went home and others being project players.
Not a good year at Oval ave on the field .Except for the seconds etc who would have thought the two's would be playing in the finals.Well done two's .
2008 a year to be forgotten
2009 a year to be in the GF and winning it no matter how it is done!!

[centrecirclelegend]

if you were at the game last Saturday you would have noticed that Ron wasn't there....

thats because he was in Melbourne......

[Mickyj]

if you were at the game last Saturday you would have noticed that Ron wasn't there....

thats because he was in Melbourne......

No I couldn't get there and i am sitting here sick amp; Damn stomach bug.
Good to hear that about Ron and the above post by me was not aimed at knocking Ron .

[spell_check]

Mickyj Im sure by now the Board is well aware of how much vitriol they can exspect next year if a big improvement isnt forthcoming with both recruits & a serious tilt at another flag ! People who normally say very little at games etc. will be on the warpath , especially because of our last 2 years going 3rd now 6th ( didnt it feel so much worse than that ? ) . Even you wont be so accommodating when it comes to your little friend on our Board , I suspect ! Eagles fans are small in number , but quite nasty when annoyed , & the Board will wear the flack in a big way if Ron isnt given a fair crack re recruits .

CD can not be blamed for recruits Holden .
Really it should have been worse felt very much like Bruce winters last year to me .
And the club needs to wake up re the age of WWT players .Its a wonderful thing to have players 30 plus playing.BUT in the overall scheme of a year those players(yes I am a fan of those guys) were to old to injury prone and to slow .But what were the selectors to do with recruits who went home and others being project players.
Not a good year at Oval ave on the field .Except for the seconds etc who would have thought the two's would be playing in the finals.Well done two's .
2008 a year to be forgotten
2009 a year to be in the GF and winning it no matter how it is done!!

Only Colville was over 30 this year.

This is a list of ages for the players who played in the last third of the year as of the 1st of this month:
Colville 32
Cicolella 29
Passador 29
Dabrowski 27
P.Fiacchi 27
Klun 27
McGregor 27
Powell 27
Hentschel 25
McKenzie 25
Grocke 24
Jarrad 24
Treeby 24
Wright 24
D.Redden 23
Corbett 22
Symmons 22
Pavlich 21
Rimington 21
Roberts 21
Salter 21
P.Stewart 21
Geddes 20
Hier 20
Fitzgerald 20
Lee 19
Daniel 18
Hall 18
Petrenko 18
Broadbent 18
Staple 18
Goldsworthy 17

Then there are other players who did not play League towards the end of the season but will be in the mix next year:
Schwarze 24
R.Fiacchi 24
Fairclough 19
J.Redden 17

[Mickyj]

Mickyj Im sure by now the Board is well aware of how much vitriol they can exspect next year if a big improvement isnt forthcoming with both recruits & a serious tilt at another flag ! People who normally say very little at games etc. will be on the warpath , especially because of our last 2 years going 3rd now 6th ( didnt it feel so much worse than that ? ) . Even you wont be so accommodating when it comes to your little friend on our Board , I suspect ! Eagles fans are small in number , but quite nasty when annoyed , & the Board will wear the flack in a big way if Ron isnt given a fair crack re recruits .

CD can not be blamed for recruits Holden .
Really it should have been worse felt very much like Bruce winters last year to me .
And the club needs to wake up re the age of WWT players .Its a wonderful thing to have players 30 plus playing.BUT in the overall scheme of a year those players(yes I am a fan of those guys) were to old to injury prone and to slow .But what were the selectors to do with recruits who went home and others being project players.
Not a good year at Oval ave on the field .Except for the seconds etc who would have thought the two's would be playing in the finals.Well done two's .
2008 a year to be forgotten
2009 a year to be in the GF and winning it no matter how it is done!!

Only Colville was over 30 this year.

This is a list of ages for the players who played in the last third of the year as of the 1st of this month:
Colville 32
Cicolella 29
Passador 29
Dabrowski 27
P.Fiacchi 27
Klun 27
McGregor 27
Powell 27
Hentschel 25
McKenzie 25
Grocke 24
Jarrad 24
Treeby 24
Wright 24
D.Redden 23
Corbett 22
Symmons 22
Pavlich 21
Rimington 21
Roberts 21
Salter 21
P.Stewart 21
Geddes 20
Hier 20
Fitzgerald 20
Lee 19
Daniel 18
Hall 18
Petrenko 18
Broadbent 18
Staple 18
Goldsworthy 17

Then there are other players who did not play League towards the end of the season but will be in the mix next year:
Schwarze 24
R.Fiacchi 24
Fairclough 19
J.Redden 17

Well ok one player who was 30 .and to think my lad told me that weeks ago
must be the stomach bug amp;

[Columbo]

Mickyj Im sure by now the Board is well aware of how much vitriol they can exspect next year if a big improvement isnt forthcoming with both recruits & a serious tilt at another flag ! People who normally say very little at games etc. will be on the warpath , especially because of our last 2 years going 3rd now 6th ( didnt it feel so much worse than that ? ) . Even you wont be so accommodating when it comes to your little friend on our Board , I suspect ! Eagles fans are small in number , but quite nasty when annoyed , & the Board will wear the flack in a big way if Ron isnt given a fair crack re recruits .

Holden..Does this mean you have made contact with the club to pass on your feelings?

Its great to see that supporters are annoyed by the performance this year because it shows that "our club" has developed a winning culture. IMO a winning culture is something that money can't buy and it starts at the top and filters down to the kids comming through the junior grades and ultimately ends up with the supporters having bragging rights at work and school on Mondays. Our best recruits for next year might be right under our noses playing in Preliminary Finals in the Under 19's and Reserves this weekend, where they will be working hard to continue the winning culture. I have seen comments from North supporters in other threads regarding the players they have lost from there successful Reserves and Junior teams a few years ago because they couldn't see a future at their club, maybe spending big money on gun recruits doesnt guarantee success and a winning culture long term, after all we finished ahead of North this year and knocked them out of the reserves last weekend, even though they had won 4 more games than us during the year.

[spell_check]

And following on from Columbo, I'm sure the players will appreciate it if we can get quite a bit of support on Sunday.

[cd]

As I stated previously on this site and in a PM in 2007 to Holden I admire the passion for the club and have asked Holden to contact me to volunteer to be on committees, to help out, to assist officially - my offer remains as does my offer to meet with Holden face to face to discuss his concerns - Yet to be contacted.

Members are always welcome to be in contact directly with me giving name and contact details and are always given the courtesy of a direct reply and respect for being in contact. Which is also the case for any contact with the CEO or President.

I do share the disappointment of 2008 season and will be doing all i can to support the club to get back to top 3 spot (minimum) in 2009.

Once again i say - Holden please be in touch - with your passion rather than get angry volunteer to assist the club.

[MightyEagles]

As I stated previously on this site and in a PM in 2007 to Holden I admire the passion for the club and have asked Holden to contact me to volunteer to be on committees, to help out, to assist officially - my offer remains as does my offer to meet with Holden face to face to discuss his concerns - Yet to be contacted.

Members are always welcome to be in contact directly with me giving name and contact details and are always given the courtesy of a direct reply and respect for being in contact. Which is also the case for any contact with the CEO or President.

I do share the disappointment of 2008 season and will be doing all i can to support the club to get back to top 3 spot (minimum) in 2009.

Once again i say - Holden please be in touch - with your passion rather than get angry volunteer to assist the club.

I volunteer wth the juniors CD, when are you going to come see me to get some doughuts.
I'll be in the timekeepers box on Sunday.

[Mickyj]

As I stated previously on this site and in a PM in 2007 to Holden I admire the passion for the club and have asked Holden to contact me to volunteer to be on committees, to help out, to assist officially - my offer remains as does my offer to meet with Holden face to face to discuss his concerns - Yet to be contacted.

Members are always welcome to be in contact directly with me giving name and contact details and are always given the courtesy of a direct reply and respect for being in contact. Which is also the case for any contact with the CEO or President.

I do share the disappointment of 2008 season and will be doing all i can to support the club to get back to top 3 spot (minimum) in 2009.

Once again i say - Holden please be in touch - with your passion rather than get angry volunteer to assist the club.

I volunteer wth the juniors CD, when are you going to come see me to get some doughuts.
I'll be in the timekeepers box on Sunday.

I'll be there sunday at this stage for both Eagles games

[eaglehaslanded]

Any more news on this rumour ???

[centrecirclelegend]

will come if Essendon don't draft him with their last pick

[Mickyj]

Any more news on this rumour ???

I asked about the lad on the VFL site but no one has responded .Cheep that is

[MightyEagles]

Any more news on this rumour ???

I asked about the lad on the VFL site but no one has responded .Cheep that is

Why would you do that?

[spell_check]

will come if Essendon don't draft him with their last pick

Is that likely to happen?

[ferret]

Essendon have been teasing Skippy again..........it should be once bitten twice shy with him.