Retired #45: Conor McKenna ☘️ - Returning to the AFL to play with Brisbane - 17/11

[bigdog43]

Prove it.

Hang on, I thought the brother was moving to Brisbane to "make the transition easy"?

What preceded what?

I am looking forward to your answer because I want to give you a score out of 10 as a storyteller.

Happy for your mods to message me.

 

[Lore]

Happy for your mods to message me.

Feel free to pm me with the details

 

[FlyingV]

Happy for your mods to message me.

Haha, just leave please.

 

[DapperJong]

Happy for your mods to message me.

Well, certainly a 0/10 for storytelling. No beginning middle or end.

 

[Towno78]

You bloody beauty!
All Australian by 2019.

 

[Beerfish]

Happy for your mods to message me.

I'd also be happy for them to thread ban you for talking s**t.

This is how it happened.

• Club made player an offer
• Player received offer from other club(s)
• Player/manager negotiated with current club which he enjoyed playing at and preferred to stay at if possible
• Club and player came to an agreement
• Everyone was happy

 

[JuniorWatch]

His brother was preparing to move to Brisbane with his girlfriend, I can assure you that. The offer was substantial from Brisbane and Essendon decided to match it. As of two weeks ago Conor was happy heading to Brisbane.

Mate he just signed for 4 years and no one gives 0 sh!ts about what happened in negotiations.
Can we just get on with comparing him with Andrew Mcleod and predicting various types of glory?

 

[Lore]

Stop quoting him please

 

[VelvetSledge]

Stop quoting him please

This. Let's revel in guiness, clovers, the many wonderful and creative ways you can cook potatoes, and irish cream.

Up the *in' Oirish!

 

[ScrappyCoCo]

Gee we have some exciting talent at EFC...but there is something about Connor that I really love. Quickly becoming one of my favorites. Rapt he has signed.

 

[84859300]

McKenna for 4 more!

The big dog sure had us all worried

Essendon contract negotiations right now...

 

[Lore]

 

[vast]

Nice.

 

[Duckworth]

Feel free to pm me with the details

Soooooo... anything?

 

[YEMOC NAYR]

Wasnt too long ago people were baffled at how he was even in the team. Now hes getting 4 years. A great turn around and a great signing for us

 

[Kakkle]

Wasnt too long ago people were baffled at how he was even in the team. Now hes getting 4 years. A great turn around and a great signing for us

Was truly embarrassing. At least some people were able to put their hands up though.

 

[Lore]

Soooooo... anything?

More of a choose your own adventure.

 

[MightyDon]

Tree Fiddy

Well it was about this time I noticed that this girl scout was about 8 stories tall and was a crustacean from the protozoic era!

 

[foj1]

You people need to understand that this is a great effort by the club and he was seriously on the way out
Lots of money was offered and we ponied up more than we would have thought and for a longer period
Still a great signing

 

[Lore]

You people... aye.

Apparently he's playing for Ireland in the International Rules series Should make IR more interesting than it usually is...

edit: found a quote:

He’s got a busy off-season – he’s going to represent Ireland in the International Rules series, which will be wonderful for him.

http://www.essendonfc.com.au/news/2017-09-13/dons-secure-key-plank

 

[Old Campaigner]

Was truly embarrassing. At least some people were able to put their hands up though.

i was one of them. he looked for all the world like one of those guys who had all the physical attributes you could ask for in a footy player but none of the game sense and footy smarts needed to put it all together. what a difference 6 months makes, hey

 

[Blind Turn]

You people need to understand that this is a great effort by the club and he was seriously on the way out
Lots of money was offered and we ponied up more than we would have thought and for a longer period
Still a great signing

And rightly so.

His qualities are exactly what we need and very hard to find. His age and his high ceiling equate to a biggish money contract. Not the sort of money mid-20 yo players with years of proven quality would demand but certainly in the best 8-14 at the club. He's a fantastic signing for us.

 

[MightyDons4]

Was truly embarrassing. At least some people were able to put their hands up though.

Was also bizarre given the way he ended 2016.

 

[Laverde2Smack]

You people need to understand that this is a great effort by the club and he was seriously on the way out
Lots of money was offered and we ponied up more than we would have thought and for a longer period
Still a great signing

No he wasn't on the way out. As I said about a week ago the $ side of things was never an issue it was the length of his contract. He was after more security which is what he got.

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[Phone]

Man what are people getting upset about anyway. Just the mere idea that Conor was more than willing to move clubs if the offer was better? Well it seems like we did change our offer to reflect this and so now he's staying. Good for Conor.