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GWS 12pm Press conference today - Scully Signed
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Yeah, we're just punters watching entertainment.
This is their lives and their futures.
I have no issue with any player who wants to further his own career, in whatever way they want
Lance, you are spot on and the clubs voiced their concerns but the AFL did it anyway.
Hopefully Hurley signs early for you guys so you don't have to go through this.
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Why is it wrong?
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Trengoves better anyway
Trengoves better anyway
That's ignorant. The "nuffies" are like the shareholders in a company, and you owe them everything because they are the reason that you are allowed to play the game you love and are good it. At a minimum, you owe them your honesty.
Clubs agreed to it so they cant whinge
What about Carlton and Collingwood then???
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Everything that these expansion clubs are currently entitled to was agreed upon by ALL clubs, if you want to blame someone blame the clubs for allowing such concessions to these franchises in the first place.
Rubbish, if we weren't the worst side in 2009 I'll go jump. Someone had to get the first pick and we were leading after the final siren before Jordan McMahon (bless his soul) kicked truly. If he had missed, we'd lose Scully without having Trengove.
You have got to be kidding. Add Goodes to the list of those booed too.
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Tom Scully has already sold out aged 20. His reputation has taken a massive hit IMO.
It's one thing to take the money on offer, but the way he has gone about it has been poor. Really poor. It seems he did not have the guts to tell Stynes and Lyon face to face.
Hopefully we use the compensation picks well and come up on top, because if we do we may look back in 10 years time and laugh at the circus $cully created. Here's hoping.
I just wish we had taken Dustin Martin and Trengove with our picks. Hindsight is a wonderful thing, but overlooking Martin due to alleged character issues is both ironic and sad.
It's one thing to take the money on offer, but the way he has gone about it has been poor. Really poor. It seems he did not have the guts to tell Stynes and Lyon face to face.
Hopefully we use the compensation picks well and come up on top, because if we do we may look back in 10 years time and laugh at the circus $cully created. Here's hoping.
I just wish we had taken Dustin Martin and Trengove with our picks. Hindsight is a wonderful thing, but overlooking Martin due to alleged character issues is both ironic and sad.
Melbourne deserve a damn good pick for the kid, sad to lose him at such an early stage.
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woulda coulda....
What DID happen is Melbourne tanked, almost openly, in an attempt to rort the system (an endeavour which they succeeded at).
Now supposedly (and I don't know this for fact as it is a rumour), Scully took exception to what he perceived as an unprofessional approach by several of his team mates.
A new club comes knocking with an unholy amount of money and the promise of state of the art facilities and a professional approach.
He goes, and the karma train has deservedly smacked Melbourne.
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Because the club puts time, work, effort, matches, and money into a young player and doesn't even get the chance to reap the benefits.
I loathe Melbourne with a passion, but even I would say that this is a massive flaw in the system. I've got no problem with the expansion clubs poaching other players, but there should have been some sort of age limit, at least around the 24, 25yo age mark. They get to rape the drafts already, and have all their zone selection bizzo as well, so it's not as if there's going to be such a dearth of young, developing talent at the clubs.
For what it's worth, though, GWS need to be nasty, and need to have sustained success, since they face the bigger challenge. GC were a bit more respectable, picking up older hands and discards, with the exception of Harbrow (I think).
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sad for dees fans, as he was part of something that gave them hope. I wonder if its purely money or he didnt like melbourne, the city and the club? i dont know, just from a pure fan point of view its sad and i feel for the fans. I just wish there was a way to cut the long drawn out bullshit we get fed, we are led to believe he made up his mind after the visit yesterday? yeah right, why lie?
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There'll be cucumber sandwiches flying everywhere man.
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Re: GWS 12pm Press conference today
Great news for GWS.
Great news for GWS.
No it wasn't agreed, protecting the kids out of their first contract was sought but rejected by the AFL.
Look, I understand that it's for the good of the game and I understand that the AFL need GWS and GCS to succeed and then all the other clubs will benefit. I just hate it when the AFL pisses on our backs and tries to tell us it's raining.
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Would love to see Brendan Goddard stroll out at 12pm today
Would love to see Brendan Goddard stroll out at 12pm today
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It's not that he went. It's how he's gone about it. Lost all respect for the kid. No problem that he took the money.
If you'd been through the last few years like we have, you'd want the picks to. They were essential, but most importantly they were unavoidable. We were just awful.
That's a lovely offer from GWS, but MFC lost by asking price alone. Part of a rebuild is creating a professional environment and forging your own culture. He's sold out and wasn't strong enough to part of it. Was never going to be easy the first few years at Melbourne.
I still think legacy and how you are remembered means alot.
I have no problem with Scully taking the money and leaving, What i do have a problem with is the way he went about it just told lie after lie even yesterday at the airport, Also atleast have the balls to tell the club face to face dont wait until you are in Syd until someone gives them a ring.
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Hehe, yeah - or any number of other players.
Hehe, yeah - or any number of other players.
So the players who have zero input in where they are sent to are being forced to stay for longer.
Won't owe his bank manager anything either.
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