SANFL Player Movements - 2015 / 2016

[arcadefire]

Advertiser article mentions that Essendon have contacted West Adelaide about some of their players

[Second Team]

Advertiser article mentions that Essendon have contacted West Adelaide about some of their players

Where does it say that. Take bloody Norwood players.

[Jim05]

Advertiser article mentions that Essendon have contacted West Adelaide about some of their players

Where does it say that. Take bloody Norwood players.

Only allowed to take 1 player from each side max. I know Zac O'Brien's name is high on the list at Essendon, havnt heard many other SANFL players names mentioned

[DOC]

Advertiser article mentions that Essendon have contacted West Adelaide about some of their players

Where does it say that. Take bloody Norwood players.

It says it in the article, The west official quoted is Andrew Marks.

[Mark_Beswick]

I cant access the article - I refuse to pay $$$ for Murdochs rag and the online story is blocked for me as a result: Jim05 > is it in this article it mentions 1 player per club max?

[DOC]

ESSENDON has contacted reigning SANFL premier West Adelaide as it begins its nationwide search for 10 top-up players to bolster its depleted list this year.

The AFL Commission granted the Bombers permission to add to its squad after the Court of Arbitration for Sport handed down season-long anti-doping bans to 12 Essendon players this week.

West football manager Andrew Marks said a Bombers official called him on Wednesday night to “touch base” about three players.

Marks would not reveal the identity of the players.

But with Essendon tipped to target players who were recently on AFL lists, captain Chris Schmidt (ex-Brisbane/Adelaide) and recruits Trent Stubbs (Collingwood) and Zac O’Brien (Brisbane) might come under consideration.

“They were just inquiring about some of our players ... and how they were training,” Marks said.



“There was nothing in concrete, nothing definite, just ‘how are they going?’”

Officials from Central District, Glenelg, Sturt, North Adelaide, Norwood, South Adelaide and Woodville-West Torrens yesterday told The Advertiser they had not been contacted by the Bombers.

. AFL spokesman Patrick Keane said Essendon would be allowed to sign only one player from any club, though it could recruit multiple players from the Bombers’ VFL side.

The league has not set a timeline for Essendon to sign the 10 players but the club was expected to do so in the next fortnight.

Marks said the Bloods had not yet discussed the prospect of losing one of its best players midway through pre-season.

“It’s all happened so quickly,” he said.

Player manager Michael Doughty, of Elite Sports Properties, expected Essendon to recruit mature footballers with AFL experience.

He identified Sturt’s Brodie Martin, Scott McMahon and Aidan Riley, North’s Matt McDonough and Central’s Nick Holman as players who met that criteria.

All five were on AFL lists last season.

Roosters chief executive Greg Edwards said his club had not heard from Essendon and was unsure if it would.

“Fingers crossed we can keep our squad together,” Edwards said.

Earlier this week, the SANFL released a statement saying Essendon needed to contact the league or clubs during the recruitment process, rather than players directly.

Essendon recruited the Eagles’ Jared Petrenko and North’s Mitch Clisby among 13 its top-up players for the 2015 NAB Cup while 26 Bombers sat out the competition amid the drugs saga.

[Mark_Beswick]

Thanks DOC

[Jim05]

I cant access the article - I refuse to pay $$$ for Murdochs rag and the online story is blocked for me as a result: Jim05 > is it in this article it mentions 1 player per club max?

Havnt read the article, just knew that the 1 player per club rule was announced by the club yesterday

[stan]

I cant access the article - I refuse to pay $$$ for Murdochs rag and the online story is blocked for me as a result: Jim05 > is it in this article it mentions 1 player per club max?

Havnt read the article, just knew that the 1 player per club rule was announced by the club yesterday

Yep only 1 from each club. I would say O'Brien would be odds on at West.

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[Dogwatcher]

I wouldn't be surprised if Kyle Presbury is one of those who disappears to Essendon as a top-up player.

Clearly my assumption was wrong here.

[oyster]

I cant access the article - I refuse to pay $$$ for Murdochs rag and the online story is blocked for me as a result: Jim05 > is it in this article it mentions 1 player per club max?

Havnt read the article, just knew that the 1 player per club rule was announced by the club yesterday[/quote

I don't see why there should be only 1 player from each of the SANFL clubs? The SANFL clubs should be happy to promote their players to playing the highest level possible. The SANFL clubs should want their players to achieve the highest level they can personally play. It's about the players welfare and not about the SANFL club surely.

[RB]

It's pretty late in the off season to be losing players, and it would give the other clubs an advantage if multiple players were taken from one club at this late stage.

[johntheclaret]

I cant access the article - I refuse to pay $$$ for Murdochs rag and the online story is blocked for me as a result: Jim05 > is it in this article it mentions 1 player per club max?

Havnt read the article, just knew that the 1 player per club rule was announced by the club yesterday[/quote

I don't see why there should be only 1 player from each of the SANFL clubs? The SANFL clubs should be happy to promote their players to playing the highest level possible. The SANFL clubs should want their players to achieve the highest level they can personally play. It's about the players welfare and not about the SANFL club surely.

There shouldn't be any bloody players from any SANFL clubs.
Why should SANFL clubs suffer because of Essendon's drug cheats. **** em off, they have a reserves team, let them choose players from there.

[Magellan]

I don't see why there should be only 1 player from each of the SANFL clubs? The SANFL clubs should be happy to promote their players to playing the highest level possible. The SANFL clubs should want their players to achieve the highest level they can personally play. It's about the players welfare and not about the SANFL club surely.

I'm guessing oyster doesn't have a genuine allegiance to an SANFL club.

[Hazydog]

Yep - the AFL obviously very concerned about the impact to State League clubs by limiting to one player from any club, and having have to have played in the AFL within the last two years.

Further inspection of the fine print however reveals that both criteria can be ignored if the AFL sees fit to approve... will be very interesting to see how that pans out.

[Magellan]

Yep - the AFL obviously very concerned about the impact to State League clubs by limiting to one player from any club, and having have to have played in the AFL within the last two years.

Further inspection of the fine print however reveals that both criteria can be ignored if the AFL sees fit to approve... will be very interesting to see how that pans out.

[Grahaml]

I cant access the article - I refuse to pay $$$ for Murdochs rag and the online story is blocked for me as a result: Jim05 > is it in this article it mentions 1 player per club max?

Havnt read the article, just knew that the 1 player per club rule was announced by the club yesterday[/quote

I don't see why there should be only 1 player from each of the SANFL clubs? The SANFL clubs should be happy to promote their players to playing the highest level possible. The SANFL clubs should want their players to achieve the highest level they can personally play. It's about the players welfare and not about the SANFL club surely.

There shouldn't be any bloody players from any SANFL clubs.
Why should SANFL clubs suffer because of Essendon's drug cheats. **** em off, they have a reserves team, let them choose players from there.

Why should a player miss out on an opportunity because an SANFL club can't cope with replacing 1 player? Would hate to tell a young kid I was trying to deny his chance at a dream job.

[Jim05]

Yep - the AFL obviously very concerned about the impact to State League clubs by limiting to one player from any club, and having have to have played in the AFL within the last two years.

Further inspection of the fine print however reveals that both criteria can be ignored if the AFL sees fit to approve... will be very interesting to see how that pans out.

From what I understand there will be very few if any taken from the SANFL. A heap of guys from our VFL side are trying out and there is 4 or 5 senior guys being spoken to such as Crowley, Kelly etc

[Hazydog]

Yep - the AFL obviously very concerned about the impact to State League clubs by limiting to one player from any club, and having have to have played in the AFL within the last two years.

Further inspection of the fine print however reveals that both criteria can be ignored if the AFL sees fit to approve... will be very interesting to see how that pans out.

From what I understand there will be very few if any taken from the SANFL. A heap of guys from our VFL side are trying out and there is 4 or 5 senior guys being spoken to such as Crowley, Kelly etc

Time will tell I guess - although I thought Worsfold was quoted as saying he'd prefer blokes who had been in the AFL system (from a fitness base perspective) so not sure that the VFL players would meet that criteria?

[oyster]

I don't see why there should be only 1 player from each of the SANFL clubs? The SANFL clubs should be happy to promote their players to playing the highest level possible. The SANFL clubs should want their players to achieve the highest level they can personally play. It's about the players welfare and not about the SANFL club surely.

I'm guessing oyster doesn't have a genuine allegiance to an SANFL club.

Actually I do.

I would prefer that the young player realises his potential and his dream of playing in the AFL rather being held back because of some rule.

Let the young players realise their dream of playing at the highest possible level. All leagues outside of the AFL are meant to be feeder leagues to the AFL, so that players can fulfil their dreams of playing in the highest competition in the land. It would be selfish of SANFL clubs to hold players back