I'm fed up with watching our premiership greats playing their final games in a foreign jumper.
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I'm fed up with watching our premiership greats playing their final games in a foreign jumper.
Yardie
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I would recommend not going over to the trade thread then........
What are we getting back for breust this year?
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TheBrownDog
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It was his decision to go
Smith had a three year offer from us when we were down and chose to go to Geelong when they were up. This was after having played with us over our golden era and winning 3 flags.
There may be no loyalty left in football and apparently the players owe us nothing. But the act of turning his back on our club when things looked grim and going to our biggest rivals, who build their club on free agents and were in a window - will never sit well with me.
Good luck and good riddance.
There may be no loyalty left in football and apparently the players owe us nothing. But the act of turning his back on our club when things looked grim and going to our biggest rivals, who build their club on free agents and were in a window - will never sit well with me.
Good luck and good riddance.
Mercy Seat
Norm Smith Medallist
He left with our blessing in the end. We poached a zillion players over the last decade or so, we’ve done pretty well to have only lost a few in that time. In Smith’s case, I don’t think we would have had much use for a 34 year old wingman this year and probably takes a spot of a josh Ward or Weddle who we’d prefer to be pumping games into.
I get the playful animosity whilst he was in Cats colours however now that he’s hung up the boots, it’s worthy of celebrating all he did contribute.
Changa10
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Yeah, this always amuses me. Watching Freo v Bris on the weekend was the perfect example. Freo fans booing Lachie Neale whilst Luke Jackson was running around dominating, along with Jaeger, James Aish, and Jordan Clark all traded from other clubs. Never makes any sense to me, no matter how disappointed I get when one of our great players leaves and plays elsewhere.
Steven Tyler
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If you ain’t with us, you’re against us
Mercy Seat
Norm Smith Medallist
We have terabytes of content on our board of other players we should try poach each year. Another club does it and the player becomes ethically the devil.
As I said, I get the playful rubbing of these guys once they’re in opposition colours, but blokes who left on good terms who contributed to years of joy surely deserve our respect when they hang up the boots.
Sixpence
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It's all well and good to quote loyalty, but he said himself that he just wasn't enjoying his footy the last year or two with us. Is he supposed forego happiness just to appease people he doesn't know?
I don't like that he went to the Cats either, but he owes us nothing and made a choice that was best for him.
(I will say, my view on Buddy is somewhat different, but Isaac didn't go to a team that had just beaten us in a GF!)
Jet_black
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Take solace that his daughter follows the Hawks
Izzy was great for hawthorn.
Could almost forget he went to play for Geelong. In the end he did the right thing by himself and he has another premiership medallion and a norm smith to show for it.
Fans are a fickle lot - can we forgive Jeans for coaching Richmond? He will be remembered as a Hawthorn great and he remains St Kildas only premiership coach. I think we can forgive him for Richmond and St Kilda because he gave us much joy as our coach.
Izzy was great for hawthorn.
Could almost forget he went to play for Geelong. In the end he did the right thing by himself and he has another premiership medallion and a norm smith to show for it.
Fans are a fickle lot - can we forgive Jeans for coaching Richmond? He will be remembered as a Hawthorn great and he remains St Kildas only premiership coach. I think we can forgive him for Richmond and St Kilda because he gave us much joy as our coach.
Mercy Seat
Norm Smith Medallist
Just on smith, looks like we sent some precious cargo down to the cattery for the occasion….
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Kouta is on the front bar. He doesn’t look to have aged at all
Steven Tyler
Brownlow Medallist
Pity he didn’t play in 2008!
Dewnior
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Thanks for the memories Issy. I'll forgive your move to the Cats if you deliver us lots on sons.
well said
The hands of stone
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It would have been nice for them to get to see what consecutive cups look like for once
Don't necessarily agree with that argument, I accept it if the player had been through tough times eg. Hodge, Mitchell tough then good or Bruest good then tough but Issy just up and left for a bitter rival when he had an offer on the table from us after just enjoying massive success, maybe we didn't have an alleged 'house and land' package.
However, I do accept that COVID strained/destroyed a lot of long term relationships.
Dodo.And Dodoro keeps on keeping on…Teflon coated.
Dodoro and Mahoney weren't talking, was that the story?And Dodoro keeps on keeping on…
Steven Tyler
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G0ats
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I can’t watch Geelong games, unless they’re losing.
