Preview Round 1: Essendon vs Hawthorne, MCG, Saturday 16/03/24 @ 1:45 PM

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P Money said:
Big difference between owing Heppell a 'debt of gratitude' and owing him additional contracts and a spot in the senior side.
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Yeah some people have clearly just read the headline.

P Money said:
Something the previous administration got wrong with a whole bunch of saga players which was to the detriment of the team and set us back even further than we would have been otherwise.

Let's see which way Brad Scott sees it.
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On the other hand, how far back would a class action from said saga players against the club have set us?
 
Beerfish said:
Yeah some people have clearly just read the headline.


On the other hand, how far back would a class action from said saga players against the club have set us?
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Yeah it was a classic rock and hard place situation. As much as I am annoyed at the previous administration (Xavier et al) for their lack of focus on actually being a good team that wins games of football, they did manage to hold the fabric of the club together about as well as you could hope for. Not many players really took the club to task (there were a small number) and broke ties with the club completely, in fact the vast majority of them stayed with the team for the duration of their playing days and continue to have involvement. It really could have been a moment that irreversibly tore the soul out of the club. Let's just hope we are finally over that now. I can see why people are triggered by headlines of 'We owe Dyson Heppell'...
 

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P Money said:
Big difference between owing Heppell a 'debt of gratitude' and owing him additional contracts and a spot in the senior side. Something the previous administration got wrong with a whole bunch of saga players which was to the detriment of the team and set us back even further than we would have been otherwise.

Let's see which way Brad Scott sees it.
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Yep couldn’t we just say thank you? Or even send a fruit & veg box or similar
 
bombreys said:
Completely disagree - no individual should ever come before the club. And I don’t think it’s about respect either - he wouldn’t have played for any other team in the comp last year. We gave him in inflated contract and at least 2 extra years than a ‘normal’ player would have received. He’s received a lot of respect. Giving him automatic games is not respectful to anyone.

I want to be clear - Heppell was very good for us at one time. He copped a hell of a lot during the saga. But he’s so far passed it now, it’s sad to watch. It’s nothing to be ashamed of, father time catches up with us all.
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Who said anything about giving him automatic games?
 

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Good to see Sam frost get a game, he is beyond useless
 
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