To be fair, there are some clubs that sign players who clearly don't want to be there..
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Play Nice Tippett Nominates Sydney - Part II
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To be fair, there are some clubs that sign players who clearly don't want to be there..
We can't get in the ear of a contracted player and convince him to leave - you put him on the table in a trade you initiated by tapping up one of our out of contract players.
It's not like we were going to say 'Here's Armstrong, take it or LJ will walk to the PSD'. No-one would stoop that low.
If you were so desperate to keep LJ, why did you put him on the trade table after you resigned him? What magical blackmail card did we play to force you to part with him? Maybe Steven Trigg's wife worked as the PA to his manager?
In your defence, it wasn't a premiership year for you guys so there wouldn't have been enough Sydney supporters around to generate 100 pages.
Yeah you can. In any case, read through that thread where all those quotes came from. Updates from faith saying Adelaide were pushing for Johnston.
He's got us there. I mean there's already three Sydney supporters on this page who joined in 2007, the year after we....wait.
Pity nobody at Adelaide shares your view...not the club nor even the fans.
They even like to Quote young Lewis for reality and accuracy ...makes for better reading than your pathetic pebble throwing.
Have a quick read of what Lewis actually said when drafted, as quoted by an Adelaide fan. He was more than a little keen to go home at the first chance too.
Based on the childish rubbish Adleaide have been dishing up re Tippett, you;d be reaching for the shotgun after him.
Thanx for your valuable input
Yes they always sign extensions knowing they just dont fit in
Whom you obviously rated as so untouchable you traded him for Armstrong and steak knives out of pure fear he would stand out of the game and not honour his contract, such was his desire to move back to Adelaide after recently signing a new contract?
Perhaps he decided that a club who offers a two year extension and then puts you on the trade table for a fringe half-back isn't as attractive an option as you first thought.......Pity nobody at Adelaide shares your view...not the club nor even the fans.
They even like to Quote young Lewis for reality and accuracy ...makes for better reading than your pathetic pebble throwing.
Have a quick read of what Lewis actually said, as quoted by an Adelaide fan.
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Yes they always sign extensions knowing they just dont fit in
So, why did Sydney trade him then, seeing as he was contracted?
And for the record, we offered Armstrong a contract, so I'm not sure why people were saying he was going to be delisted.
Well, you see, just like with Jolly we wanted to help him get where he wanted to be with a minimum of fuss.
Right...
I'm sure you would have been just as accomodating had he been your highest paid player at the time too.
You work on that "perhaps" stuff.
We'll work on reality thanks.
Dont bother trying to get my attention again with your 12yo trolling.
Or you needed the picks we were offering so you could sneak Walsh out from under St. Kilda's nose and threw LJ in to get it done knowing you had someone lined up to take his place.
But no, no, please keep going with this fantasy of how we tapped up a freshly contracted player that had no way of joining us other than you trading him, purely out of the goodness of your hearts, and not in any way so you could finalise poaching one of our players and snaffle one from the Saints as well.
Right...
I'm sure you would have been just as accomodating had he been your highest paid player at the time too.
I'd be more concerned about why my club is making guy who wants to be elsewhere, our highest paid player.
How dare we try to replace a young forward with a young forward. Anything else?
If you want to troll, at least do yourself the courtesy of executing it properly.
Maybe there is a sub-board on the Sydney forum you could practice on. I would suggest the Bay but you don't appear to have the aptitude for the amount of research required.
I'd be equally as concerned about my club, which prides itself on its culture, making a new guy who has had nothing to do with its success the highest paid player on its list.
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what if you highest paid player strung your club along for 3 years, made them look like absolute fools after deciding on a totally different club, in turn screwing the club that put so much time and effort into him, and have his manager come out and try to make sydney be nice and make sure everything went fine and dandy.
would you be alright with that and be willing to make sure everything went smoothly?
would you be alright with that and be willing to make sure everything went smoothly?
No, and I never suggested I would be.
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Im amazed at how many pages this has got. Hoepfully this crap ends soon.
Likewise. The Adelaide supporters haven't been painting a pretty picture of themselves throughout this whole saga. I hope it's sorted soon so they can save some face a bit once it quietens down.
If he is the highest paid, that's the name of the game when it comes to getting a quality KPF in this league. When luring a player you always need to offer more than what they could get somewhere else, no one just leaves for sun and surf.
Tippett isn't worth 800K-1M per year, but the success he could possibly bring to the club is and that's why it's a risk worth taking. He might well be a dud for the next 6 years or so, but we won't find out by paying him unders.
Why replace him if he's under contract? Just don't trade him. Your point is redundant.
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i would say we have quite good reason to be incredulous at all involved. tippett, sydney, management, everyone. and any other supporter would be in the same situation if/when it happens to their club.
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