James Harmes

[Grantysghost]

He’s going to have to bring plenty of stuff to the table for me to get around him.

Get a kick.
Hit the scoreboard.
Make life hard for the opposition, frequently.
Start a fight every now and then.

Good luck to him, but it’s a worry.

Especially when Demons fans say he's cooked. I mean he was playing at Casey right....(9 games this year for AFL side and Oliver was out for a while)

Give that man 4 years ! (please that can't be true).

[Bulldog4life]

Especially when Demons fans say he's cooked. I mean he was playing at Casey right....(9 games this year for AFL side and Oliver was out for a while)

Give that man 4 years ! (please that can't be true).

Link?

[angelopetraglia]

"James Harmes has signed a three-year deal with the Western Bulldogs through to the end of 2026. Had one year remaining with Melbourne."


Callum Twomey

[jazzadogs]

He's in my top 5 (bottom 5?) least liked players in the comp. Fritsch #1 obvs. And I'm not sure he's played a good AFL game in a few years?

Would have preferred to take a ping at Sullivan.

It's gonna take me some time to warm to this.

[soupman]

3 years is crazy. Again I see the merit in recruiting a mid who is a bit more defensive minded, and also means we aren't fully reliant on Libba to provide a harder edge, but man is Harmes really the best version of that we could get?

[Grantysghost]

Link?

3 years, still 2 too many.

[Dancin' Douggy]

It's hard when your club signs players you've always had a deep dislike of. Lobb and now Harmes. but meh what are you gonna do.

As far as Harmes' toughness goes, it's a bit of 'K Mart tough' in my opinion.

[Bulldog Revolution]

"James Harmes has signed a three-year deal with the Western Bulldogs through to the end of 2026. Had one year remaining with Melbourne."


Callum Twomey

Id suspect/hope its a renegotiated 3 year deal - not a 1+3

[whythelongface]

Yep, I don?t want to be negative, but I just can?t help it. Since our season finished, nothing we have done since has given me any hope for 2024. I literally can?t wait to see the first spud get announced for the coaches box.

I get that it is hard to be positive about a lot of decisions but surely the Naughton long term deal put at least a smile on your face. Even if it was only for a moment.

[The Underdog]

The sooking on this site is out of control you'd think Bont left the club the way some people are carrying on.

Harmes is what he is. I don't give a shit if he is a good bloke or not to be honest I'm not inviting him over for drinks. If he brings some hardness to our very soft underbelly all well and good.

Assistants sure we've missed out but who other than Leppa have we had a genuine crack at and who has given us an outright no?

It?s funny, the general discourse in the wider AFL world seems to be that this is a decent deal for the Dogs. I don?t necessarily feel that way, but it gives a bit of perspective.

[Dancin' Douggy]

This just reeks of us getting distracted on the way to the shops. Were we chasing Harmes? Does he fill a specific need? Or did we just take him because he happened to be there in the clearance bin, and we were the first customer. It’s utterly underwhelming and doesn’t fill me with any other feeling than ‘yeah whatever’.

[bulldogsthru&thru]

It?s funny, the general discourse in the wider AFL world seems to be that this is a decent deal for the Dogs. I don?t necessarily feel that way, but it gives a bit of perspective.

Yeah I'm hearing a lot of positivity from non dogs fans......

[GVGjr]

This just reeks of us getting distracted on the way to the shops. Were we chasing Harmes? Does he fill a specific need? Or did we just take him because he happened to be there on the way to the shops. It’s utterly underwhelming and doesn’t fill me with any other feeling than ‘yeah whatever’.

I'm warming to this trade just a bit and it's just the 3 year deal that I need to work out why we would head in that direction.

[bulldogsthru&thru]

I'm warming to this trade just a bit and it's just the 3 year deal that I need to work out why we would head in that direction.

I've seen the club website mention defensive minded a bit. It's good that we've identified that as a need but also not a great sign we have confidence in our existing players to knuckle down in that area.

[The Underdog]

Yeah I'm hearing a lot of positivity from non dogs fans......

Mentioned it to an Essendon supporter at work who was disappointed they didn’t get him last year and was pretty positive about it.