GAJ & Bomber mend their bridges at Bob Davis funeral.

[Blue and Gold Blood]

[Dwayne]Now was that seating situation deliberate?[/Dwayne]

I bet Dwayne wanted to break out the hundreds and thousands sandwiches after seeing this. This is the firestarter.

i lol'd

 

[yodellinhank]

Oh come on, wake up. Bomber said in a press conference that he was "burnt out" and would take time AWAY from footy. Then goes and signs with Essendon, not to mention he was in talks with the Bombers for most of 2010. As for Gaz, well he always knew he was going to leave Geelong, and the deal was done before the start of 2010, he should have just said it straight up, "Boys, i'm going". The whole season last year was f***** and the Geelong football club had to pay for it because of those 2 guys.

Bomber didn't say it in a press conference. Brian Cook did.

Also, Geelong were pretty aware of the fact they would lose Gary. To keep him would have meant offloading other players earlier. He was on 550K or something ridiculous in his last season at the cats and they were already busting the arse out of the cap.

Brian Cook said that he was confident of keeping Gary at times during the year, but since admitted he knew both offers would be weighed up against each other at the 11th hour and it is obvious the cats were always going to struggle.

Again, Gary is made to look the bad guy to appease fans who would have been angry if the club had simply said "there is no way we can keep this team together, Gary is the sacrifice rather than 3 or 4 others."

 

[yodellinhank]

What does what he considered doing in 2007 got to do with how he departed last year? He didn't leave in 2007 and led Geelong through one of the greatest eras the club has ever seen. Thats fact. What he considered doing is conjecture.

The burn out story was devised by Brian Cook to make him look bad? I just have to laugh because that sounds like something out of Days of our Lives. More conjecture on your part.

The facts are: he wanted out. he wasn't man enough to tell Geelong upfront. he said he was burnt out and needed time away from the game, then signs with Essendon.

Hey its worked out well for both clubs, so good luck to Bomber. But no amount of story telling can hide the fact that the way he departed was a downright shame, for himself and for Geelong.

I raise 2007 as evidence that the Geelong board would have to be deaf dumb and blind not to realise that Bomber heading back to Essendon was a possibility at some stage.

They acted completely dumbfounded by his decision. The key word being acted. Much like your days of our lives stars.

Brian Cook is often argued as being the best in the business... do you really think he would be so stupid not to see the writing on the wall when murmurings had been around since at least late April 2010?

 

[bisazc887]

With the filty arrogance of bomber i wouldnt blame garry if he never wanted a bar of him. Most arrogant tool in footy bar none