No Oppo Supporters Re-signing Tex, Danger and Sloane *** Crows Only ***

[alex_is_on_fire]

Ease up turbo.


Players come and go, but the club we love will always be here. That is the great thing about Aussie Rules. A champion team needs more than one player. It is not like Basketball where LeBron James leaves Miami and they go back to being irrelevant.


If we want to be a champion team, we need to build a team that is not reliant on one player.

yeah, like we have been close to relevant for close to a decade.

 

[alex_is_on_fire]

I am relaxed mate are you? He doesn't have to sign until the end of the season. You are the one having a panic attack about him not signing and you "hate the sight of him". He hasn't left, he may not leave, stop jumping at shadows.

When he leaves, I hope you are this nonchalant about it.

 

[Doctor B]

When he leaves, I hope you are this nonchalant about it.

You are 100% certain he will leave?

 

[alex_is_on_fire]

You are 100% certain he will leave?

95%

And have said so over a number of months.

 

[1970crow]

I wonder how many other Geelong-born players not playing for Geelong there are. I wonder how they feel seeing everyone and their dog falling over themselves to bring this one particular player home...

It's not just them. Imagine if you are trying to sign a contract at your club, but you find out that you're being put back while the club is negotiating with a premium a-grader. That would get your heckles up and question your commitment to the club.

The talk is we haven't put a contract in front of Danger (no idea re Sloane/Dougie), but if you're one of those blokes and you hear that Jeremy Cameron has turned down $1m per year at a club that hasn't yet signed you, then you might be a bit miffed. Now, each and every unsigned player might have been inside knowledge on the overall strategy. But I doubt this us the case. I'll move to another paragraph.

Noble has probably effed this up. He's been at the club the entire time that we've been ordinary. The people that valued his input are either gone or new enough to not have worked it out yet. He signed (appol's again AFC979810 ) Mackay for 4 years whilst we were waiting on JR to be able to come on board. Apart from the Bulldogs wanting him, I cannot see a single thing that he's got right. Tex signing aside, although we've had Jezza say no whilst Danger and Rory remain un-signed.

He must be the next guy to go. He weaselled his way to the top under Trigg and it's time he went elsewhere.

 

[Doctor B]

When he leaves, I hope you are this nonchalant about it.

IF he leaves I will be as p!553d off as anyone. Until the press conference where it's announced he is staying/going we really don't know what will happen.

 

[alex_is_on_fire]

IF he leaves I will be as p!553d off as anyone. Until the press conference where it's announced he is staying/going we really don't know what will happen.

Yeah and history never repeats itself.

 

[Doctor B]

Yeah and history never repeats itself.

Just try to deal in facts, not what ifs!
He is contracted until the end of the season.

 

[alex_is_on_fire]

Just try to deal in facts, not what ifs!
He is contracted until the end of the season.

Ha ha ha ha

And i'm the naive one.

 

[Pdub]

If Danger goes to Geelong, we'll match and take Nakia Cockatoo and their first pick.

 

[alex_is_on_fire]

If Danger goes to Geelong, we'll match and take Nakia Cockatoo and their first pick.

God help us all now.

Learn the rules please and understand a few draft precedents.

 

[alex_is_on_fire]

in 25 years, have we ever re-signed a Victorian after they have become an All Australian player?

 

[Doctor B]

And i'm the naive one.[/QUOTE]

Ha ha ha ha

And i'm the naive one.

I didn't imply or say that you are naive.

 

[Golumless]

It's not just them. Imagine if you are trying to sign a contract at your club, but you find out that you're being put back while the club is negotiating with a premium a-grader. That would get your heckles up and question your commitment to the club.

The talk is we haven't put a contract in front of Danger (no idea re Sloane/Dougie), but if you're one of those blokes and you hear that Jeremy Cameron has turned down $1m per year at a club that hasn't yet signed you, then you might be a bit miffed. Now, each and every unsigned player might have been inside knowledge on the overall strategy. But I doubt this us the case. I'll move to another paragraph.

Depends on the a-grader and how your squad status. I don't think you'd be that fussed if you were moved back a bit if you were in Sloane/Dangerfield as you're position here isn't in danger and your potentially closer to a flag.

If you were lets say where Wright is currently, well your have the potential to really lose with an premium a-grader coming in and would be pissed

Whilst we haven't put a contract down in front of Danger and Sloane, both of them would be in loop with what we are trying to do and what we plan to offer them if we attract an A grader and if it doesn't seem likely we will attract one. Who knows with Douglas as he isn't in the leadership group.

Noble has probably effed this up. He's been at the club the entire time that we've been ordinary. The people that valued his input are either gone or new enough to not have worked it out yet. He signed (appol's again AFC979810 ) Mackay for 4 years whilst we were waiting on JR to be able to come on board. Apart from the Bulldogs wanting him, I cannot see a single thing that he's got right. Tex signing aside, although we've had Jezza say no whilst Danger and Rory remain un-signed.

He must be the next guy to go. He weaselled his way to the top under Trigg and it's time he went elsewhere.

Firstly, Mackay on 4 years well internally you know he is rated and if he was in Sando's plans at the time then arguably Noble has done the right thing by signing him long term as it would be based of the coaches wishes. Now you could argue Mackay might of got an extra year due to our outside stocks being terrible, but that's for another debate. 400k isn't much in the AFL world anymore either and if it finally clicks (a miracle... praise the lord) well, it's a bargain

This brings to the second point and that is Nobles main strength and that's been recruiting, which arguably has been the only part of the club we've done a decent job in for the past couple of years.

Jezza we did our due dilligence, we offered him the money that we'd be happy to pay (if the media is believed) and did everything in our power to make it happen (you'd like to believe so after offering 8m x 7yrs), it wasn't meant to be.

Tex was an important signing because having your new captain unsigned is a very bad look (worse than now...) and apparently he was happy to take a paycut regardless so... that was spot on. With Danger and Sloane, one thing keeps coming back to me and that was this post by the man himself:

I'm just saying there is so much to play out and it makes sense for both parties to not sign till later in the year, EVEN IF they are 100% committed to the club. Tex is an anomaly and that's why we love him/wanna boof him.

in 25 years, have we ever re-signed a Victorian after they have become an All Australian player?

Yes, B.Rielly. (Squad of 40 counts man)

 

[alex_is_on_fire]

Yes, B.Rielly. (Squad of 40 counts man)

Technically, well played .

 

[Pdub]

God help us all now.

Learn the rules please and understand a few draft precedents.

what are you babbling about?

 

[Samcro24]

in 25 years, have we ever re-signed a Victorian after they have become an All Australian player?

Have we ever not?

 

[alex_is_on_fire]

what are you babbling about?

We will not get that idiot trade you suggested.

 

[Pdub]

We will not get that idiot trade you suggested.

Dangerfield is worth 2 first round picks every day of the week, he's a top 5 player in the competition and has a good 7 years left in him. Geelong won't have 2 first round picks so we will take their first and the kid they picked first last year, a kid who pre-draft wanted to get picked up by an SA club.

 

[alex_is_on_fire]

Dangerfield is worth 2 first round picks every day of the week, he's a top 5 player in the competition and has a good 7 years left in him. Geelong won't have 2 first round picks so we will take their first and the kid they picked first last year, a kid who pre-draft wanted to get picked up by an SA club.

yeah ok.

Nice dream but Won't happen.

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

in 25 years, have we ever re-signed a Victorian after they have become an All Australian player?

We signed up Carey

 

[Red mist]

Considering parking the bus in here tonight too. Game day threads getting tetchy.

 

[spenze]

yeah ok.

Nice dream but Won't happen.

As much as everyone needs to ease up with the snide name calling, Alex is absolutely right here, as much as Danger is worth, we will get a pittance back for him whether we match the offer or not. Our best shot was last year at trade time, the club should have called him out then and there but even that may have seen us short changed if he only wanted to deal one club.

In saying that...I am certain he is staying. Unfortunately my info is almost as bad as the girlfriend of the guy who collects the garbage on the street that Danger lives said...well it is a lot better than that but it may as well be that

 

[Scorpus]

in 25 years, have we ever re-signed a Victorian after they have become an All Australian player?

No, but our non-Victorian All Australian players are few and far between.

 

[alex_is_on_fire]

No, but our non-Victorian All Australian players are few and far between.

And this won't change until we find a way to convince someone like Dangerfield to hang around.