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They should add a Toll and make a killing with the exodus
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Even if they make decent use of their picks they are looking at 3-5 years in the bottom 4 like North
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If I was running footy at St Kilda and this really was about Josh having his 'one last time in the red, white and black' moment, I wouldn't have been waiting for the AFL to deny this request.
Unless the banner was going to be decorated with gigantic dollar signs for the game, I guess.
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What’s the worse that can happen a fine? I would have just approved it
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And now apparently wants to leave for a massive payday and the supposed prospect of greater success? Hardly makes him 'model clubman' material in my eyes.
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How do you feel about Jeremy Cameron and Patrick Dangerfield?
Big fan of both. Did they ask to run through the banner with their family prior to their final games at their former clubs?
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By your definition they are “hardly model clubman material”.
Unless you are of the belief that every player should be enslaved to the random club that drafted them until the end of their playing days, I can’t see why you wouldn’t want to celebrate what a player like Battle achieved at the club and wish him well.
Battle clearly has an affinity for st kilda otherwise why would he want to bring his daughter on to the ground for what looks like his final game there? It is exactly the same at Zac tuohy bringing his kids into the ground for his final game at Geelong. He isn’t a one club player either.
Jez wanted to head closer to home. Danger was absolutely coming home. And they didn't request a send-off from the clubs they had decided to exit, and also signed for significantly less than they could have earned elsewhere on the open market.
And Tuohy was retiring, not heading off to another club for more football. Hardly the same thing in my eyes.
In the end, Battle is absolutely entitled to seek a bigger contract and the lure of big finals. That's not an issue at all. I just don't understand what part of that story warrants the send-off that has until now been reserved for milestone moments or retiring players.
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Dees or Pies tonight?
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Times have changed. The one club player is becoming more rare every year. Every player should be able to celebrate if they have spent significant time at a club.
Have you ever left a job?
If so, Did you have a send off?
I've left a job before, yes. Strangely enough, I was never invited to run through a banner as I departed, with or without my children. Still, if they had asked me to do so, I certainly would have declined. Just not my cup of tea, I'm afraid.
What you're advocating is not entirely outlandish, of course. It's simply not happened that way in footy up till now, as I recall. And I for one see no reason to change that approach. Milestones and retirement still seem to me to be the only appropriate times to invoke the 'family festival' on the field.
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Looking after players even when they are leaving is how you attract good players to your club. Thought this would be obvious
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Richmond fans are losing their shit at the change in start time for their match tomorrow
They're especially upset that they'll either miss the end of the clash against GC or have to miss the start of the Storm match that they also want to attend
They're especially upset that they'll either miss the end of the clash against GC or have to miss the start of the Storm match that they also want to attend
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