Liam Jurrah found not guilty

[jenny61_99]

Just read on twitter.

@NickMcCallum7: BREAKING NEWS -Jury in the trial of ex AFL star Liam Jurrah has announced a verdict of NOT GUILTY #7NewsMelb

 

[Tulip]

Wow, wonder what happens next.

 

[spudmaster]

Am pleased for his sake.
Wonder if we'll see him returning to footy next year via the draft?

 

[Powersurj]

Start training with the Magpies be playing by round 12ish

 

[jerry springer]

good on him,but I cant see a AFL team giving him another chance. Pity

 

[Bluelegs]

Good to hear. Hope he can get his life back on track and if all goes well maybe, and it is a big maybe, we'll see him back on the footy field one day.

 

[LeverPuller]

Officially slightly annoyed.

Melbourne should get comp'd if he ends up at any other club, we put up and took all the bad press for him to walk out on us. Port were all too happy to try and jump on him when we had to cut him loose even though it was arguable if we wanted to.

 

[half_back_flank]

Am pleased for his sake.
Wonder if we'll see him returning to footy next year via the draft?

Still has a heap of issues to work through.

 

[Obese Arachnid]

Officially slightly annoyed.

Melbourne should get comp'd if he ends up at any other club, we put up and took all the bad press for him to walk out on us. Port were all too happy to try and jump on him when we had to cut him loose even though it was arguable if we wanted to.

Not sure if serious but suspect you are.

WOW!!!

 

[Max Power 83]

Officially slightly annoyed.

Melbourne should get comp'd if he ends up at any other club, we put up and took all the bad press for him to walk out on us. Port were all too happy to try and jump on him when we had to cut him loose even though it was arguable if we wanted to.

Calm down there Striker. This isn't about Melbourne.

Liam has a looooong way to go repairing his life. Football is a very minor concern.

 

[half_back_flank]

Officially slightly annoyed.

Melbourne should get comp'd if he ends up at any other club, we put up and took all the bad press for him to walk out on us. Port were all too happy to try and jump on him when we had to cut him loose even though it was arguable if we wanted to.

Spare me, he played reserves games for Collingwood the year he was drafted. If anything you jumped on him after we found him.

You knew the risks (coming from a remote community) before you picked him up for basically nothing.

 

[worthy]

Good to hear. Hope he can get his life back on track and if all goes well maybe, and it is a big maybe, we'll see him back on the footy field one day.

Hope so, he needs a Nulla chance to have a crack at it.

 

[Obese Arachnid]

Hope so, he needs a Nulla chance to have a crack at it.

I like 'em when there that bad.

 

[worthy]

I like 'em when there that bad.

It was quick

 

[Bluelegs]

Officially slightly annoyed.

Melbourne should get comp'd if he ends up at any other club, we put up and took all the bad press for him to walk out on us. Port were all too happy to try and jump on him when we had to cut him loose even though it was arguable if we wanted to.

Honestly it's the best outcome of a very very shitty situation. Bad luck for us but to expect anything for it is silly. I just hope he can work out any issues he's having with his personal life and I hope this saga will put light on the serious problems that are taking place within remote indigenous communities. To see this guy return to the field at all for any club would be a great outcome and ending to a very trying story. However, if Jurrah was to request a return to Melbourne I would hope that both the AFL and other teams would understand the situation and wouldn't hinder that outcome if it came to that.

 

[Underdog]

Incorrect info...

 

[Bluelegs]

You want compensation because you're too weak to deal with the media and were not willing to stick by him?

GTFO

Actually the situation was the exact opposite of that even if the media might've left those details out recently, Melbourne stuck by Jurrah the whole way, he left Melbourne to be with his family. I'm actually fairly sure the club paid for both his bail and his defence.

 

[Obese Arachnid]

It was quick

It's cool, I still find bad jokes from movies such as The Naked Gun hilarious.

Drebin: What are his chances Doc? ( After Nordberg had been shot multiple times & is in hospital)
Doctor: He's 50/50, although there's only a 5% chance of that.

 

[Tulip]

I concede I made a mistake. Doesn't change the argument about the absurdity of requesting compensation.

Don't agree with compo either. Doubt he'll ever play again anyway.

 

[Forward Press]

Here's a slightly more substantial source:

http://au.news.yahoo.com/local/nt/a/-/local/16413647/liam-jurrah-found-not-guilty/

Also I probably don't need to remind posters that although a thread about Jurrah's trial will naturally involve discussion of how Melbourne FC dealt with it, this does not justify personal attacks and insults or give an open licence to sink the boots into Melbourne. Thanks.

 

[Donakebab]

Good to hear. Hopefully he can pull the rest of his shit together and get his life back on track, however he won't play another game for an AFL club.

 

[Bluelegs]

Good to hear. Hopefully he can pull the rest of his shit together and get his life back on track, however he won't play another game for an AFL club.

People would've said the same thing about Krakouer

 

[Hap Hapablap]

media two weeks ago made him seem guilty as **** after two witnesses statements.

good to see though how he comes back from all this drama

 

[the distributer]

People would've said the same thing about Krakouer

True, ultimately it's up to Liam where he goes from here, ''if'' he wants to make a go of it in the AFL he needs to stay off the piss and show the clubs that he's serious, if he does those things he'll get another crack, i wish him luck.

 

[Donakebab]

People would've said the same thing about Krakouer

I'm sure they did, however they are two completely different people from different backgrounds with different circumstances. I stand by my comment.