News Izak Rankine, Gold coast holding Rankine to Ransom- #FreeIzak

[Scorpus]

Mod note:

Opposition posters making outlandish trade suggestions to bait the Crows board will be considered trolls and dealt with in the usual manner

No one wants a repeat of the Gibbs thread

 

[Bearded Clam]

The media fronted up to Tex about his phone calls to Jake. Come on, you are being beyond one-eyed on this.

hey.. I will admit that I have been living on the gold coast for the past 20 (and only joined bigfooty just after the Lever trade) years so I didnt exactly get much info from that period.. now I’m on bigfooty I hear it all!

all I remember clearly was Tex demanding a pay cut..

 

[Brett Cummings]

So you’re not sure what he said and he’s still a dick?

I saw him in media saying they spoke to him trying to convince him to stay. They'd be telling him all kinds of bs including the quote I just posted.

 

[George Kramer]

I saw him in media saying they spoke to him trying to convince him to stay. They'd be telling him all kinds of bs including the quote I just posted.

So you don’t know what he said….

 

[Brett Cummings]

So you don’t know what he said….

I never said he said that quote. I just said I saw him saying they're trying to convince him to stay.

 

[Bearded Clam]

I’m relaying what Dillon said, someone asked what he said…

i’m confused now..

I was under the impression this was the same “fathers have been talking“ info you have been alluding to over the past couple of days on here..

is that something different altogether

 

[George Kramer]

I never said he said that quote. I just said I saw him saying they're trying to convince him to stay.

And what is wrong with that? You wouldn’t want Tex and Sloane trying to convince Rachelle to stay?

 

[George Kramer]

i’m confused now..

I was under the impression this was the same “fathers have been talking“ info you have been alluding to over the past couple of days on here..

is that something different altogether

No that was Crows dads and months ago and nothing to do with Rankine but Nicks.

I’m relaying what Dillon said tonight and that Rankine almost pulled out of the deal. A players dad spoke to him as have senior players.

 

[Brett Cummings]

And what is wrong with that? You wouldn’t want Tex and Sloane trying to convince Rachelle to stay?

I wouldn't be saying "you won't be able to cope with the pressure". I'd simply say we love you as a player and person and we'd love you to hang around. That's as far as it should go.

 

[George Kramer]

I wouldn't be saying "you won't be able to cope with the pressure". I'd simply say we love you as a player and person and we'd love you to hang around. That's as far as it should go.

But again, you don’t know what they have said to him unless you have quotes.

 

[Brett Cummings]

But again, you don’t know what they have said to him unless you have quotes.

If what is being said is true then they're a bunch of a holes.

Like telling him "he'd be under pressure"
Or getting a players dad to talk to him.

The inviting family up to watch the game was a joke too. As if they wouldn't invite them up any weekend.

 

[Bearded Clam]

And what is wrong with that? You wouldn’t want Tex and Sloane trying to convince Rachelle to stay?

are Tex and sloane gonna give 100k each a year out of their own salary to make up the difference if the crows are offering Rachele $600k a year and another club has $800k on the table?

i’m fine with suns players hassling the lad to convince him to stay if the money was the same.. what I think is rotten is them hassling him when there is clearly a huge amount of money on the line that wont go into Rakines bank if he did turn down the crows offer..

I’d feel like a bit of a flog putting pressure on a guy thats suppose to be a mate/team mate doing something like that..

 

[Big Dub]

Saw this . God only knows if there is truth too it

Seems a pretty low bar win. " every man and his dad asked him to stay. In the end he said he wasn't going to stay"

 

[George Kramer]

Actually reading Dillons comments, by dad I think he said a Gold Coast players dad was with Dillon who is away and passed on the info, but the way he said it it’s a bit vague

 

[Scorpus]

Are there any stories about literally any of the other players set to move about the club begging them to stay?

 

[LoBu]

It's like when you break up and your girlfriend comes over and seduces you and then wants to get back together.
She's acting so nice that you almost give in, but you remember the past year and that you're never going to make the finals so you stay strong.

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[Burtonsgottago]

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West Coast is prepared to select Izak Rankine if he falls through to the pre-season draft, according to SEN SA host Michelangelo Rucci.

The out-of-contract Gold Coast forward is attracting interest from Adelaide, who are reportedly prepared to make the 22-year-old their highest paid player on a long-term contract.

Should Rankine request a trade to Adelaide and a deal between the Crows and Suns couldn’t be agreed, Rucci says the Eagles are waiting in the wings and ready to swoop.

“The trade has to be done, Gold Coast are going to demand a fair bit,” Rucci told SEN SA’s The Run Home.

“Who’s going to have the number one pick in the pre-season draft? North Melbourne, but you don’t expect them to go down that path. Number two is West Coast.

“I’m hearing West Coast are quite prepared to call Rankine’s name in the pre-season draft if they have to.

“They (Crows) have to do the deal.”

Eagles prepared to select forward in pre-season draft

“They have to do the deal.”

www.sen.com.au

Rucci propaganda... yawn….the guy has never got anything positive to say regarding the Crows

 

[Burtonsgottago]

Stopped reading at Michelangelo.

Any Port jealousy come through in the article?

I can’t believe Rucci makes a living from doing what he does…. Go and do something useful

 

[GROTTO]

I can’t believe Rucci makes a living from doing what he does…. Go and do something useful

Probably posts on Bigfooty as his other part time gig.

Surely he must read Bigfooty.

In all seriousness if youre a full time AFL journo you would surely read forums just to get an idea of what the fan base are thinking.

 

[Crow till I die]

I can’t believe Rucci makes a living from doing what he does…. Go and do something useful

He lives here in footy season and then in italy in the off season from memory. I'd take that lifestyle in a heartbeat

 

[Redline]

We won't get him and the media will turn in us calling him the missing peice of the puzzle.

It would be Lukosius Dad talking to Dillon. That's how he got the story first.

 

[Mego Red]

Probably posts on Bigfooty as his other part time gig.

Surely he must read Bigfooty.

In all seriousness if youre a full time AFL journo you would surely read forums just to get an idea of what the fan base are thinking.

Rucci used to post here in the past.

 

[Burtonsgottago]

Saw this . God only knows if there is truth too it

Oh no… now we might have to pay him more money

 

[Burtonsgottago]

yeah, I remember when Lever wanted out..

the crows said nothing to the media about any of it.. they kept it private and in house.. they didnt have players fronting up to the media saying s**t like Miller has about how they are gonna go around Rankine’s place and hassle him to stay..

and the media pretty much 100% backed allowing lever to go home… they were all aboard..

If Miller wants to still play alongside Rankine maybe we should recruit him too?

 

[LeftyLuke]

I can’t believe Rucci makes a living from doing what he does…. Go and do something useful

That applies to the whole football media pretty much.

 

[Burtonsgottago]

W

He lives here in footy season and then in italy in the off season from memory. I'd take that lifestyle in a heartbeat

Winter all year round