West Coast supporters are offended and dissatisfied after a large three-club commerce between the Blues and Richmond was confirmed, turning on their very own membership’s social media channel.
Carlton has landed itself with the third decide within the draft and Liam Baker is now an Eagle.
The transfer will even see Blues ahead Matt Owies be a part of Baker in heading to Perth, together with West Coast choosing up picks 12 and 73 – all for giving up decide 3.
The Eagles confirmed the Owies deal will contain a three-year contract with West Coast, whereas the membership retain decide 12.
Together with decide 3, Carlton will obtain picks 63 and 68 – and can give decide 14 to Richmond for Baker’s transfer to the Eagles.
However the transfer has not gone down properly with Eagles followers, who took to social media to voice their frustration.
Some labelled it as being “taken benefit of” within the “worst commerce within the membership’s historical past” – whereas different supporters are even threatening to cancel their memberships.
It was set to be an thrilling yr for the membership, with new coach Andrew McQualter taking the reins and Harley Reid getting into his second yr after being the highest decide final yr – together with a reasonably sturdy draft hand.
However the common consensus is that they’ve now traded most of their benefits away.
Earlier, earlier than the commerce was confirmed, Kane Cornes had an attention-grabbing analogy, evaluating the Eagles membership to a state of affairs to a scene from a nature documentary.
“While you’ve acquired a giant wildebeest carcass, and each animal recognized to man is simply coming and choosing it off,” Cornes stated on AFL Commerce Radio.
“You begin with the lions and so they get the primary go. They get all the good things and take all of the meat off the bone.
“After that, the hyenas come and take the scraps – then all of the birds begin and so they take the scraps of the scraps.
“West Coast are the wildebeest on the bottom and the 17 different golf equipment are simply choosing them off.”
Co-host, Sam Edmund additionally joked that he might already see the wave of anger coming from West Coast supporters.
“If I used to be the West Coast Eagles, I’d be locking all doorways at HQ,” he stated.
“Presumably with armed safety employed as properly to guard themselves from their military of supporters.
“Are the Eagles being fleeced on this commerce interval? They acquired burnt on the Barrass take care of Hawthorn on Friday, when (decide) 14 went off the desk.”
In the meantime, the Herald Solar is reporting that the Eagles are once more excited by fringe Brisbane midfielder Deven Robertson.
The WA product solely featured twice this yr at AFL after knocking again a transfer to the Eagles final season.
