Apparently Ah Chee is keen on joining the Suns to play with his brother.
Bluemour Discussion Thread VI (cont. in Part VII)
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Kelly is official, dream over
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Assumed the same a few weeks back, just spitballing names (and as I said, he'd be last on my list anyway).
You think we had the dream. Go to the North board.
Not sure how they were so confident of not just getting Kelly, but just as sure they'd see Martin.
No harm done with not getting Kelly now. In two years time will be better anyway.
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For some weird reason I wasn't excited to land him, I'd rather bring in lever for Gibbs , and either play lever or weitering forward!
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There is a higher chance of me coming out of retirement than Wines playing for Carlton.
He is exactly what we need but we are not going to get him.
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One thing is fo sho is their salary cap constraints will be interesting ... they were bloody big numbers other clubs were pushing about ...........
Doesn't mean that's what they gave him. Kelly could be staying on the cheap to win a flag knowing he'll cash in in a big was 2 yrs from now. He'll probably get a bigger contract offer in 2 yrs than he would be offered now, I'm sure the cap will continue to rise.
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You think we had the dream. Go to the North board.
Not sure how they were so confident of not just getting Kelly, but just as sure they'd see Martin.
No harm done with not getting Kelly now. In two years time will be better anyway.
yeah, one of their mods said it was a huge slap in the face to St Kilda and the blues lol
Must have been kidding surely.
The guys there have dedicated threads that have topped 10K in posts for Kelly & Martin.
They were going to be the saviours.
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phew...dodged a bullet there.
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Then I'm with AZUL ... I was never fond of this chase in the first place. Sure I would not knock back a player of his ability, however, this wqas the perfect time to make a statement, to stand for something as a player .......
5 years @ GWS would have told me he is a committed individual, loyal to his paycheck and colors.....
2 Years tells me .... SEAGULL.
But hey he is young and I would probably have done the same (If I had the AFL talent he does). Just reeks of highest bidder type stuff, and that is not what I want from my football club.
Dodged a bullet? Butcher the footy?
The kid is a jet - wouldn't be potting him now he chose to stay. Would take him in a heartbeat but he chose to stay and now we move on.
The kid is a jet - wouldn't be potting him now he chose to stay. Would take him in a heartbeat but he chose to stay and now we move on.
It's amusing some NM posts complain about GWS paying Kelly more money, when the whole NM strategy was based on buying Kelly's signature.
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I think this is how the check of their salary cap will go:
Gil McLachlan: Hi Tony, this is Gil, just ringing to check if the GWS are under the salary cap after signing up all your players.
Tony Shepherd (GWS Chairman): Yes we are Gil.
Gil McLachlan: Thanks Tony, I'll send Ken Wood for his Long Service Leave to the South of France then. Sorry to trouble you and good luck for the rest of the finals series (hangs up - and makes another call).
Gil McLachlan: Hi Peter, Gil here, about the umpires for this weeks preliminary finals ........
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I was being sarcastic. I am very flat about not getting him. Timing was perfect for us
I don't agree with this assessment.
He obviously wants to win a flag with the team he's at now.
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You think we had the dream. Go to the North board.
Not sure how they were so confident of not just getting Kelly, but just as sure they'd see Martin.
No harm done with not getting Kelly now. In two years time will be better anyway.
So many people have mentioned that we would be better off getting Kelly in two years' time....
In 2 years he'll still be 2 years away from being a free agent*
And he'll still be young enough and good enough that the asking price (trade wise) will be little changed from this year. All we would have done is missed out on two years of his services, in a time when we desperately need some midfield support^. Especially if Gibbs leaves.
I'm not upset we missed out on him, you can't get every target. I just don't understand this 'better to get him in two years' argument.
*unless they change the rules as per AFLPA's wishes
^ the only other argument I can see is 'Let's not get FAs yet because it will only push us up the ladder. Let's bank better picks and THEN get the FAs at the end'. I see the logic in that one, but the club does't look keen to rebuild by deliberately spending half a decade at the bottom of the ladder.
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albert proud.. maybe not him actually, just googled.
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