News Tom Clurey signs for Southern Districts NTFL & Katamatite

[Bump Bailey]

 

[Peninsula Boy]

Tom, mate, you're lucky to have been paid by the club for the last two years.

I cannot wait for the day where one of our players retires and thanks the club and says, I probably could've held on for a few more years but I've won a couple of flags and the young guys coming through need to play for the good of the team.

 

[Nemisis]

Tom, mate, you're lucky to have been paid by the club for the last two years.

I cannot wait for the day where one of our players retires and thanks the club and says, I probably could've held on for a few more years but I've won a couple of flags and the young guys coming through need to play for the good of the team.

BOO! I think Tom was hard done by in the last few years. He put the effort in - B&F Maggies. It's a mystery that he couldn't get one game in two years.

 

[Coobk001]

I don’t think clurey was ever going to be the answer.

I think he had a good period for us 2017-2020 but feels like a really long time ago since he played decent AFL for us.

We’ve probably got some extra versatility with Luko who can play back too if desperate, I’ve always thought finlayson could be an option too down back, Xavier Walsh another. Bergman and Burton can play tall if they had too.


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Depth is depth. Clurey as depth is better than selecting Xavier Walsh.

Ultimately his long contract was a mistake, he should've been delisted at least a year ago, but given our current list position, it would have made sense to hold him to see out his contract.

Ultimately I understand the delisting though, because we have a lot of players to filter out in the next couple years, and don't want to hit next year's draft with too many slots to fill.

It's a worry though for our performance this yeah so hopefully Aliir and BZT stay healthy

 

[El_Scorcho]

Tom, mate, you're lucky to have been paid by the club for the last two years.

I cannot wait for the day where one of our players retires and thanks the club and says, I probably could've held on for a few more years but I've won a couple of flags and the young guys coming through need to play for the good of the team.

Tom was part of the best defence we've had in the Hinkley era in 2020.

He didn't get replaced by a young guy coming through (we don't have any young KPDs), he got replaced by 2nd tier mature age types who we paid a kings ransom for who aren't definitively better than Clurey's best footy.

Are we 100% sure Clurey couldn't have played better footy than say, Ratugolea this year? I'm not anti Ratugolea as a KPD, I think he's solid depth, but we already had Clurey on the list and didn't need to spend half a first rounder on him.

 

[Peninsula Boy]

I don't know if people remember but in the last off season, a season in which he played one game, we actually traded to get two of his position remembering that he couldn't make the team and was considered backup even then.

He was depth at best and the contract was poor work by the club.

The only thing Clurey could be upset about was that he wasn't gifted games like Jonas was.

The idea that in the twilight of his career he was going to make it on the wing after playing KPD is fools gold.

And we've been trying to get off his contract for a while but we couldn't even wangle a 4th rounder out of a club.

 

[Doctor Feel]

Too timid 4 me

 

[Duckimus Prime]

I don't know if people remember but in the last off season, a season in which he played one game, we actually traded to get two of his position remembering that he couldn't make the team and was considered backup even then.

He hurt his back early in the season and was out injured for the rest of the year.

 

[1954]

I don't know if people remember but in the last off season, a season in which he played one game, we actually traded to get two of his position remembering that he couldn't make the team and was considered backup even then.

He was depth at best and the contract was poor work by the club.

The only thing Clurey could be upset about was that he wasn't gifted games like Jonas was.

The idea that in the twilight of his career he was going to make it on the wing after playing KPD is fools gold.

And we've been trying to get off his contract for a while but we couldn't even wangle a 4th rounder out of a club.

Agreed re Jonas PB, his continued selection when he was beyond cooked and at least 2 years past his use by date was ridiculous.

It was just more signs of the weak entity the club had become under the current regime, as regardless of what role a player had back when we were a real footy club they would have got a tap on the shoulder when their time was up!

 

[RangaInTeal]

Agreed re Jonas PB, his continued selection when he was beyond cooked and at least 2 years past his use by date was ridiculous.

It was just more signs of the weak entity the club had become under the current regime, as regardless of what role a player had back when we were a real footy club they would have got a tap on the shoulder when their time was up!

No, we would have had winners able to see he wasn’t fit to retain the skipper tag and made things far easier, earlier.

But yes, I agree!

 

[Peninsula Boy]

Agreed re Jonas PB, his continued selection when he was beyond cooked and at least 2 years past his use by date was ridiculous.

It was just more signs of the weak entity the club had become under the current regime, as regardless of what role a player had back when we were a real footy club they would have got a tap on the shoulder when their time was up!

You can also take a look at the corpse of Charlie Dixon holding on for dear life to stay relevant in the side but over at Geelong Tom Hawkins gets the tap on the shoulder from Round 15 onward.

Hawkins is a Hall of Famer while Chuck is Chuckee.

 

[Willsy10]

You can also take a look at the corpse of Charlie Dixon holding on for dear life to stay relevant in the side but over at Geelong Tom Hawkins gets the tap on the shoulder from Round 15 onward.

Hawkins is a Hall of Famer while Chuck is Chuckee.

Didn't Hawkins have a season ending foot injury?

He tried to come back but was always a long shot. That why he made the call early to retire.

He is also 2 and a bit years older than Dixon.

Not sure how it was similar, besides the fact that they both ultimately hung up the boots at the same time.

 

[Steve Dore]

Didn't Hawkins have a season ending foot injury?

He tried to come back but was always a long shot. That why he made the call early to retire.

...

Correct.

"Hawkins has not played since round 15 due to a foot injury and confirmed on Tuesday that his 18-season career will come to an end when the Cats' 2024 campaign concludes."

Tomahawk says farewell: Top Cat announces retirement

Tom Hawkins announces his retirement from the AFL

www.afl.com.au

 

[Doctor Feel]

It doesnt seem all that likely clurey still ends up at WC?

 

[RossFC]

 

[TazD]

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[shewho]

So we are dangerously low on key defender depth and paying Tom his full 2025 salary NOT to be that depth.

 

[RossFC]

So we are dangerously low on key defender depth and paying Tom his full 2025 salary NOT to be that depth.

The wording the club used made it sound like Clurey wanted out of his contract. It's possible we only paid a portion or nothing at all.

 

[EskimoPAFC]

Northern Timid Football League

 

[Schulzenfest]

This all makes very little sense. Why did we delist Tom when he was contracted KPD depth and not replace him? Why did Tom leave a guaranteed place on an AFL list if he didn't have a new gig lined up? I assume we're still paying him, why are we still paying Tom if he chose not to play for us anymore? And if we're not still paying him, why on earth did he give that money up?

Both sides are worse off as a result of how this played out. Lose/lose.

 

[RossFC]

This all makes very little sense. Why did we delist Tom when he was contracted KPD depth and not replace him? Why did Tom leave a guaranteed place on an AFL list if he didn't have a new gig lined up? I assume we're still paying him, why are we still paying Tom if he chose not to play for us anymore? And if we're not still paying him, why on earth did he give that money up?

Both sides are worse off as a result of how this played out. Lose/lose.

I reckon he didn't want to waste another year playing for a wooden spoon quality reserves team with no hope of getting picked for the AFL side.

He'd rather give the contract up, and try and get a gig at West Coast, or at worst play at the currently top of the ladder NTFL side and maybe win a flag there.

 

[JimmyBC]

This all makes very little sense. Why did we delist Tom when he was contracted KPD depth and not replace him? Why did Tom leave a guaranteed place on an AFL list if he didn't have a new gig lined up? I assume we're still paying him, why are we still paying Tom if he chose not to play for us anymore? And if we're not still paying him, why on earth did he give that money up?

Both sides are worse off as a result of how this played out. Lose/lose.

Perhaps he's burn't out on certain people and the idea of doing another pre-season here with little to no chance of playing seniors was his meh point.

 

[Butters and Pepper]

Southern Districts are obviously after a classy wingman.

 

[TeeKray]

This all makes very little sense. Why did we delist Tom when he was contracted KPD depth and not replace him? Why did Tom leave a guaranteed place on an AFL list if he didn't have a new gig lined up? I assume we're still paying him, why are we still paying Tom if he chose not to play for us anymore? And if we're not still paying him, why on earth did he give that money up?

Both sides are worse off as a result of how this played out. Lose/lose.

Why did we delist him? Because he's so far down our depth chart that he's no realistic chance of getting a game (they've literally preferred using Bergman as a key defender to playing Clurey).

Why did he choose to leave without a new club lined up? Because nobody wanted to trade for him and his best chance was to be a delisted free agent.

Why are we still paying him? Because it frees up a list spot for someone who we actually want to play or develop.

 

[Chrizzt]

Clurey wanted to be delisted in case a SSP opportunity arose