Player Watch Josh Rachele - Sent To The Gulag!

[1970crow]

a professional athlete contracted for another 5 years probably on 700-800k / year refusing to play, therefore breaching contract and not getting paid.

Do you really think that’s likely to happen? Any precedents in the AFL?

No way he's on 700-800k, more like 550k. It's irrelevant whether it's happened, but at least one player has stood out a year after not being traded. Reality is that a deal would get done and we'd accept a discount.

 

[Gtowncrow]

Certainly appears to be the case with yet another going public with Smith now joining Fog and Tex it seems

Which means "the club" has sanctioned this position and public comments.

Things are not so rosy it seems.

It also seems an appropriate end to a failed year.

 

[Mr MysteryGuest]

opposition cubs would be smelling blood in the water

 

[King Elvis]

This does appear to be leadership group driven

Murphy, shouldn't get a game.
ROB, dropped.
Smith, dropped and selfish.

Laird in the media - plays the most selfish, petulant footy you can imagine.

Leadership is reflective of environment - ours is full of losers. Nicks is the Coach, the buck SHOULD stop with him.

**** this loser Club - I hope we lose by 20 goals on the weekend.

 

[Executive Landlord]

Even if they plan to trade him they have just destroyed his trade worth ****ing lmao

 

[1970crow]

Massive conflict of interest when most of your "leadership" group shouldn't feel secure in their own positions.

Especially after the entire footy world has said they failed to lead the group out from the Rankine hit. They should all be dropped. But reality is that the coaching group set these tasks for them.

 

[whitey_1975]

We’re wasting talent

No doubt, we just need the younger up and coming talent to force change. It may never happen otherwise, and then we may just end up being shit for ever

 

[Owen_AFC97]

Rachele shouldn’t bother turning up to Unley on Saturday. If I was him I would go on a Friday night bender down Hindley St and let them know about it as well. A few drunk texts to Nicks and Kelly at 4AM, let them know how he really feels.

 

[King Elvis]

Club has seriously misread the room here, they deserve to get absolutely battered for it.

What're the management emails?

 

[The Karma Bus]

Lever and the rest of them sitting back with a cigar in their mouth, watching, laughing.

 

[Multiballz]

opposition cubs would be smelling blood in the water

Hope we cop a pile on.
How's about them optics AFC?

Morons.

 

[dogs105]

What're the management emails?

mricciuto@clueless****s.com

 

[King Elvis]

Adam Kelly talks like he's Clarkson or Hardwick.

Another unaccountable loser who wouldn't be in the role anywhere other than our shitheap.

 

[Owen_AFC97]

Lever and the rest of them sitting back with a cigar in their mouth, watching, laughing.

They knew the club had a loser stench to it despite leaving when we were legitimate contenders.

 

[1970crow]

Waiting for the Tex re-signs new story to cover this farce any moment now

Yep, long may this s**tstain of a culture continue. Sign him for 2, I hear there's a 3rd round forward we'll draft in 2025. If we don't have Tex to mentor him, might as well just shut up shop.

 

[DukeX]

Imagine being in this year's draft crop, being excited about starting your football career. You'd want to stay well the f*ck away from our club. You'd be tanking any interview they had with you too

 

[Bugga1962]

**** nicks and those other trash ass coaches / administrators. They've not even had the slightest bit of success and they are going to sit back and publicly shame a highly invested and talented player acting like they know how a successful club is run.

Whatever they think should be done they should do the opposite disgrace and a laughing stock. Wheres the accountability for their performances? Shit coach with a historically bad record and trash treatment of youth.

NICKS NEEDS TO GET THE **** OUT OF THE CLUB and why when balme said he's openly happy to help have we not organised this? Like a bunch of punk teens at a party who have locked us out and now they are trashing the place

 

[Rank]

opposition cubs would be smelling blood in the water

The club just loves being the laughing stock of the comp. What a bunch of ****ing losers

 

[mick500]

Imagine being in this year's draft crop, being excited about starting your football career. You'd want to stay well the f*ck away from our club.

We were meant to be getting Lukosius next year as well lol. He should probably rethink that.

 

[1970crow]

This does appear to be leadership group driven

They don't do anything without the influence or rubber stamping of the coaching group. This would 100% be a club decision with the pissant leadership group being used as the tool.

 

[1970crow]

Then they should be fired,

Shame on Smith Laird Fog and Tex every one of them that threw a player under the bus publicly, just atrocious leadership. Handle it in house, don't run to the media and Lynch a teammate.

They're being controlled from above, nothing is more certain.

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

opposition cubs would be smelling blood in the water

• G Cornes
• Lyon
• ex-West Coast defender whose name escapes me.

Need a media pile on.

 

[King Elvis]

Adam Kelly released a statement about being a team first club. Can’t be bothered finding it but hopefully the last in his role at the club.

Meaningless bullshit, actions speak louder than words - and that's before this debacle.

Everyone get on social media and hammer the club for this, **** them.

 

[El Doederino]

 

[Bugga1962]

Signed that peanut to a 2 year extension to avoid bad pr but was willing to cop this amount of bad press because Rachele just had to be dropped no matter the uproar