GWS signings

[RogueSwan]

...has anyone seen this? I thought it was funny

Nicely done.
I find it amusing that the Dees, their fans and to some extent, the media are labelling Scully as disloyal. I wonder how McDonald and Miller feel about that?

[Xie Shan]

has anyone seen this? I thought it was funny

It's brilliant, beautifully written and performed. I don't blame Scully for taking the money, no young player in his position could turn down an offer like that, but it's at best a psychological blow for a club trying to rebuild. Melbourne will recover and will no doubt be compensated, but losing a player who was supposed to help lead the side out of the football wilderness will surely hurt in the short-term.

[R-1]

They're getting 2 first round picks for the price of one. Not too shabby really.

[SimonH]

Good player, but he ain't no Gazza.

I know it's early days, but they seem a long way behind the Suns. No equivalent yet of Bock, Harbrow, Fraser, Brennan, Rischi, Brown. AT least get a couple of experienced defenders.

Is Folau the oldest player on their list?

As far as I recall, they're ahead of where the Suns were (in terms of recruitment of existing AFL players) at the same time last year. Their list development story still has plenty of time to run.

[ScottH]

James McDonald joins GWS

[ugg]

We are no longer the oldest list in Sydney

[stellation]

I really like the move, very smart by GWS.

[R-1]

I love the return of the player-coach role. Especially if they get Power and Cornes as well.

[ugg]

Barry Hall reveals on TFS that he rejected GWS approach after he retired from the Dogs.

[liz]

It will be interesting to see the moves of Brisbane and Port. Even though Power, Cornes and Brogan have retired from their clubs (or been retired), as I understand it, GWS doesn't have unfettered access to them due to the "one player per club" rule. If they take these players as uncontracted signings, they are effectively barred from getting any other players from these clubs unless the clubs agree. So while it is hard to imagine either Brisbane or Port being petty enough to bar the players lining up for GWS next year, they may well land up trading them to GWS so that GWS doesn't use up its allocation from that club on low value signings. Or they refuse to trade with GWS and thus protect the rest of their list from being raided next year.

[stellation]

Barry Hall reveals on TFS that he rejected GWS approach after he retired from the Dogs.

Well that'll put some pro-Swans, anti-GWS, anti-Baz folks in an awkward position- do you believe him because it's a kick to GWS, or do you not believe him because it's Barry?