WOOF welcomes Caleb Poulter to the Kennel

[GVGjr]

Moves from Footscray to the Western Bulldogs

[Mofra]

Re: WOOF welcomes Caleb Poulter to the Kennel

Interesting choice.
Good luck to him, second chance saloon club - joins with Gardner and Hamling

[soupman]

Re: WOOF welcomes Caleb Poulter to the Kennel

Odds of him debuting this week must be at least 5050 knowing Beveridge.

[EasternWest]

Re: WOOF welcomes Caleb Poulter to the Kennel

Odds of him debuting this week must be at least 5050 knowing Beveridge.

JOD out Poulter in. Book it.

[The Adelaide Connection]

Re: WOOF welcomes Caleb Poulter to the Kennel

If nothing else I love how we continue to reward those coming through the Footscray system. Will mean that players will continue to see it as a very real option when trying to get on an AFL list and that can only be a positive to the programme.

[lemmon]

Re: WOOF welcomes Caleb Poulter to the Kennel

If nothing else I love how we continue to reward those coming through the Footscray system. Will mean that players will continue to see it as a very real option when trying to get on an AFL list and that can only be a positive to the programme.

Terrific point - I also think it's something we're probably proactively dangling in front of players we're interested in: 'Put a good 6 or 12 months together at Footscray, let us get a closer look at you and you're right in the frame for being drafted to the main list'.

I'm not sure if anyone else is leveraging their state league team in the same way, but it must be a huge carrot for mature-age guys on the cusp of the draft.

Haven't seen much of Caleb but here's hoping for a long future in the red, white and blue.

[weltschmerz]

Re: WOOF welcomes Caleb Poulter to the Kennel

He's a tall rangy winger who's got a booming kick and knows how to tackle. From reading Collingwood fan discussions, the issues that led to him being delisted seemed to be more mental, that he lacked some competitive spark and didn't seem to have his head in the game. Being delisted and needing to push for a second chance could well have lit that spark.

[Eastdog]

Re: WOOF welcomes Caleb Poulter to the Kennel

Welcome Caleb Poulter. Hope he goes well with us.

[bulldogtragic]

Re: WOOF welcomes Caleb Poulter to the Kennel

So in 2020 as part of the Treloar trade they had pick 30 & then 31 (from us). Using pick 30 on Poulter. So we pretty much got that pick back now.

Realistically the odds for success are low looking at the MSD. But he’s got another chance to live out his dreams. So I hope for him, and for us, he takes the opportunity.

If they want to shuffle the board (ie Baker to HBF for JJ), I can see him playing ASAP like Gardner did.

[macca]

Re: WOOF welcomes Caleb Poulter to the Kennel

He's a tall rangy winger who's got a booming kick and knows how to tackle. From reading Collingwood fan discussions, the issues that led to him being delisted seemed to be more mental, that he lacked some competitive spark and didn't seem to have his head in the game. Being delisted and needing to push for a second chance could well have lit that spark.

He had some intense competition to get into the collingwod side, so he could be a good smokey

good luck to him and its good to have a story to give him a second chance.

Is he going to play first year ? I hope so.

[weltschmerz]

Re: WOOF welcomes Caleb Poulter to the Kennel

He'll either be number 25, which is the only one we have free from 1-44, or he can stick with the 54 from VFL, which is a good number.

[bulldogtragic]

Re: WOOF welcomes Caleb Poulter to the Kennel

He'll either be number 25, which is the only one we have free from 1-44, or he can stick with the 54 from VFL, which is a good number.

Time to bring back Lin Jong’s #46. I miss it.

[hujsh]

Re: WOOF welcomes Caleb Poulter to the Kennel

Well the bright side here is it feels like we have a fair bit of depth in the wing position when it was a huge question mark pre-season. Baker and Williams have nailed down the spot with Scott (and Lobb?) rotating through and Poulter as someone who has been good enough to play at AFL level. Maybe even R Smith if he gets fit. To me that's not 5 superstar wingmen but 5 options who can all play the role form and fitness allowing.

[BornInDroopSt'54]

Re: WOOF welcomes Caleb Poulter to the Kennel

He'll either be number 25, which is the only one we have free from 1-44, or he can stick with the 54 from VFL, which is a good number.

Don't I know it!

[BornInDroopSt'54]

Re: WOOF welcomes Caleb Poulter to the Kennel

Wiki already updated:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caleb_Poulter