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Perth - fan disappointment thread

LOL at this premature thread

Greenwood.

OH NOES cat nation are disappoint. there there kitty cats here's some Fancy Feast to tide you over.

Perth has some drawbacks when it comes to recruiting. Its not necessarily about the appeal of joining a club with a winning culture, professionalism or playing in a great venue in front of huge crowds.

Some free agents, apart from better money on offer, might bypass Perth because they want to go to a club that still wants to prove itself. A chance to create new success at a club that is desperate for it, rather than one just has just had a ton of success recently.

Then you factor in cost of living, the appeal of other cities rather than living in Perth, and the appeal of not having to fly too long distances during the season, and they could be considered more appealing than playing for the Wildcats from a free agents point of view.

This is my favourite thread of the year

I have it on the good authority of anonymous posters here that DJ and Gliddon are Perth bound. Expect an announcement any second now.

Any team in the league had a chance to pick up Boone, he was here for half the season before but chose not to, as far as imports go Boone was budget and just wanted to get back to Melbourne and play.

"Boone was a low cost import."

Rubbish. Boone was a known quality player and I'll bet he does not come cheap. Any team in the league would have him in a heartbeat.

Prather was top $ and Ware wasn’t budget either but Boone was a low cost import.

Yeah, but replacing Knight = LOL

Stiendl was such a lazy signing, "oh he's in town because his girlfriend is playing in Perth for the WNBL Lynx so let's sign him as we are now a body down" was so amateurish and pathetic.

Perth ditched Webster why would he go back there. Bad move by Cats early in last pre-season.

100% chance that Corey Webster won’t be back at Perth. He’s in a Europe and they will need to move on.

Now they had a wake up call and yet still doing nothing about it.

I warned you all. Gleeson eroding all the goodwill the club built up. Also the club went cheap by not replacing Marvin with a real GM instead using a place holder in Troy. So of course nothing is being done.

Ughh ... the Wildcats screw up yet again.
I don't know how much longer I can continue to be a fan of this team. All they ever do is disappoint.

Ultimately, I think this is healthier for the league. Perth were in the mix this season and will be again - they've got the money and professionalism to lure someone back from Europe or get decent imports. And if they don't, then someone else can have a turn in the playoffs.

It's useful for Brisbane to get wins on the board so the NBL can extricate themselves from ownership and so they can hopefully lift their crowds.

If Perth get Kay, they will have regained a Matt Knight-type and be fine. Hawks might get decimated and not even have enough fans or expectation to start a fan disappointment thread...