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Kye Turner any good? Must be the first player to come to Willi from Port since Billy Swan in 1989

If he can stay injury free he will be ok for you guys. 
 

Port had signed Dominic Bendedo from Western Bulldogs bringing the total of number of players who have played AFL to 8. As Digs has correctly said in the past playing AFL is no guarantee of VFL success, it’s abut hit and miss - sometimes they shine like Highmore did last season and other times they fail to deliver like Patrick Kerr. From what I’m gathering Port is trying to target players who are match fit rather than taking a punt on players who may be stand outs on their day but have a history of injuries. 

More AFL rejects are negatives rather than positives Mega,

Not many John Bairds around !

"Kye Turner any good? Must be the first player to come to Willi from Port since Billy Swan in 1989"

Groin inuries have really held him back. Has only played 11 games in 3 years. Hard to tell how good he is.

Played 2 games for Frankston in 2022

Drafted by Melb 2023 0 games

Played 6 games with Casey 2023

Played 3 games for Port 2024

Interesting comment Digs. A good percentage are no good at VFL and look past it but not sure I agree it’s the majority. I think it’s a mixed bag generally speaking- some are stand outs like Templeton and some you consider them lucky to have got to AFL. It would be a interesting exercise to list a few dozen Ex AFL players and go through the list and see what percentage were successful ie top 10 players of the club they went to.

Thanks for the stats Bearsman, Plappy must think he has something to offer if they can keep him fit and healthy but he hasn't got a great history with injuries 

Ben Jolley was ex-AFL, he stuck around a while and played a few games, most of them very good 

A true Port Melbourne great. May of played at lesser known clubs as well - not sure !

very droll, you thinking of Essendon, perhaps? 

Hugh Trigg has signed for Port - what are your thoughts Digs ? At least the North Ballarat boys are going to another club that you love, can he make the step up ? 

Unable to comment Mega.

Don't know much about him,

Macca must see something in him !