News Farewell Scully, KMarshall, Narkle, FEvans, Clurey

[Peninsula Boy]

McEntee might be in trouble if there is a guy in the draft or that we can rookie in the draft.

 

[raptalia]

Someone (can't remember who) wrote that Scully would likely be delisted if Hinkley wasn't remaining. Anyone write that?

I thought it but don't remember posting it. Or did I think that about any one of half a dozen other players? I can't remember but it sounds like something I would think and might post.

 

[raptalia]

McEntee might be in trouble if there is a guy in the draft or that we can rookie in the draft.

McEntee will be in trouble if Ken departs at the end of 2025 and Mc Entee is uncontracted. I cannot decide which will cause me the biggest melt, re signing Ken or re signing Jed McEntee.

Offering Mc Entee a two year contract is possibly the most puzzling decision I can remember in our AFL era. It just edges out re signing Hinkley before last year's finals had been decided.

 

[Peninsula Boy]

McEntee will be in trouble if Ken departs at the end of 2025 and Mc Entee is uncontracted. I cannot decide which will cause me the biggest melt, re signing Ken or re signing Jed McEntee.

Offering Mc Entee a two year contract is possibly the most puzzling decision I can remember in our AFL era. It just edges out re signing Hinkley before last year's finals had been decided.

I wasn't happy about the McEntee resigning.

With his two other mediocre partners in crime gone in Fevans and Narkle, and Joe Richards supposedly a good player and Benny Barrett coming in, the future is looking like dim.

It was just another symptom of the coaching and admin staff drinking their own bath water.

The lack of accountability has really allowed the narcissistics who run the club to do as they like and continually justify their poor decision making by actually doubling down on their errors and ruining our chances of winning.

At this point in time, they are just hoping to win it all. Koch said as much as that at the B&F speech.

 

[PowerLil]

I thought it but don't remember posting it. Or did I think that about any one of half a dozen other players? I can't remember but it sounds like something I would think and might post.

It was Coobk001 thanks to Ford Fairlane .

 

[Hodges 153!]

Yes. 100%.

Depends on whether he negotiates a settlement. There's no reason to believe he has negotiated anything other than asking Port to delist him so he can move to another club.

Yeah I think you are correct, as far as I know Tom asked to be released from his contract,

He may not play on although asking to be released from his contract suggests he has a commitment from another club to take him on.

Cool that Clurey ripped up his own contract.

He didn't ask to be released, have a commitment from another club, or "rip up his own contract".

His time at AFL level may be up, but let's put to bed the idea he was the one to do the walking away.

 

[FishingRick04]

Yes, I can confirm that Scully himself personally thought his best chance of remaining was if Ken stayed. He obviously did, but unfortunately for him it didn't matter. He found out on Friday that he was gone.

Scully was told he just doesn't have that competitive mongrel and work ethic they want. They tried to get it out of him, but he didn't exhibit it and they don't believe he will make it based on that. To be honest, looks like he'll just be the next Redden, Mitch Harvey type, that will probably go onto have a good SANFL career but just might not have been up to AFL.

When clubs make these decisions this is the thing we don’t see,‘personality. Maybe he needs the age cut to pull his finger out!

 

[JimmyBC]

I'd blame Schulzenfest on McEntee still being here, they stick fat with any player old mate goes after hard.

 

[Steve Dore]

He didn't ask to be released, have a commitment from another club, or "rip up his own contract".

His time at AFL level may be up, but let's put to bed the idea he was the one to do the walking away.

So the club is lying?

"In addition, contracted defender Tom Clurey has decided to seek other opportunities to extend his playing career.."

Port Adelaide farewells a further five

Port Adelaide farewells Tom Clurey, Quinton Narkle, Francis Evans, Tom Scully and Kyle Marshall.

www.portadelaidefc.com.au

 

[TeeKray]

He may not play on although asking to be released from his contract suggests he has a commitment from another club to take him on. Either way I can't get my head around the club having to pay him for a contract he is not fulfilling.

It's not like the club desperately wanted to keep him but he wanted to leave. It's mutually beneficial. He would only have agreed to be released from the contract on the proviso that the club pay him should he not be picked up by another club. Otherwise he would've just sat there and collected another ~400-500k to play SANFL as he did this year.