Less money from GWS you mean.What rubbish.
He has stayed for less money.
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Less money from GWS you mean.What rubbish.
He has stayed for less money.
That is always going to be the official line.Apparently the Multicultural Ambassador income was payable even if he went to another Club.
That is always going to be the official line.
We don't know whether behind closed doors it was mentioned that it would be more if he stayed or subject to review if he left.
I do find it interesting that after Gil commented that he wanted him to stay, and he suddenly signed on that you have Matthews and Gil both coming out and saying Gil and the AFL had nothing to do with the decision.
They might be telling the truth but the AFL has their hand in every deal that happens, they have to sign off on them all.
Be interesting to see if Eddie or anyone else starts dropping comments about it next time their club is linked to a GWS player
AFL was involved under the table. If this happened at any other club, there would be blue murder. Serious questions should be asked of the AFL about the deal to keep Coniglio at the Giants, considering how much they want to keep him there. If you think it's as simple as GWS offering Coniglio a deal he couldn't refuse, and the AFL didn't do anything shady to keep him a Giant, then I'm Buddy Franklin.
Even Gil isn't silly enough to...
That is always going to be the official line.
We don't know whether behind closed doors it was mentioned that it would be more if he stayed or subject to review if he left.
I do find it interesting that after Gil commented that he wanted him to stay, and he suddenly signed on that you have Matthews and Gil both coming out and saying Gil and the AFL had nothing to do with the decision.
They might be telling the truth but the AFL has their hand in every deal that happens, they have to sign off on them all.
Be interesting to see if Eddie or anyone else starts dropping comments about it next time their club is linked to a GWS player
2 months ago all the noise out of GWS was that he was about to sign any day now.'Suddenly' signed on is what we think according to media reports.
For all we know for weeks he had just been getting his i's dotted and t's crossed.
I bet you're popular on the Hawthorn board.It irks me that hawks fans are whining. He’s loyal and loves his club. A few marketing bucks maybe but so what? He’s a marquee player. Conspiracy theories like that are the last refuge of idiots and suckers.
What if his knee injury is worse than he's letting on, and the club's he were talking to wanted a full medical?2 months ago all the noise out of GWS was that he was about to sign any day now.
That went really, really quiet and we started getting Cameron complain about how other clubs were talking to his players.
Looked very much like he was just waiting for the Giants season to end to announce he was leaving.
Next minute, Gil says he hopes he stays, his manager says in an interview post signing that Steven came to him on the weekend and said work something out and he's signed on Monday.
I'd say that is pretty sudden wouldn't you?
Apparently the Multicultural Ambassador income was payable even if he went to another Club.
why do you think other clubs all offered more?I posted this in another thread in response to a claim his “ambassador” role was worth $800k from the AFL
I couldn’t find a list of multicultural ambassadors for this year but the most recent I could find (before Coniglio’s last contract extension) in 2017 they were:
Dayne Zorko (Brisbane Lions),
Dyson Heppell (Essendon),
David Zaharakis (Essendon),
Jake Kolodjashnij (Geelong),
Adam Saad (Gold Coast SUNS),
Tom Nicholls (Gold Coast SUNS),
Stephen Coniglio (GWS GIANTS),
Christian Salem (Melbourne),
Majak Daw (North Melbourne),
Jimmy Toumpas (Port Adelaide),
Bachar Houli (Richmond),
Aliir Aliir (Sydney Swans),
Nic Naitanui (West Coast),
Lin Jong (Western Bulldogs)
Jason Johannisen (Western Bulldogs)
Sabrina Frederick-Traub (Brisbane Lions),
Darcy Vescio (Carlton),
Helen Roden (Collingwood)
Akec Makur (Susan) Chuot (Fremantle)
(And for a number of years up until 2016.... Paul Puopolo (Hawthorn) for those tin-foil-hat wearing Hawthorn supporters out there)
To suggest that just one of those players is getting 800k for their role in this program is beyond laughable.
Or, I want an investigation (and I want there to be equal outgrage from the keyboard warriors) about every other one of these “so called ambassadors” and the financial deals they have with their club if they’re all getting 800k
Other clubs offered more - he stayed for reasons other than money.
But I suppose, tin-foil’s gotta tin-foil - and salt’s gotta salt - that’s just the way it is. Conspiracies exist beyond the realm of fact.
Truth bombOne of the more pathetic threads in recent memory....
GWS have managed their list better than most. They've let go;
Scully
Treloar
Shiel
Lobb
Adams
Boyd
McCarthy
Steele
All of whom were on decent coin.
Throw in a heap of s**t trucks to Carlton and it's called list management.
Because he’s a bloody good player and a really good person and they wanted him at their club.why do you think other clubs all offered more?
Tin foil hat time. If you've got some evidence then share with us.AFL was involved under the table. If this happened at any other club, there would be blue murder. Serious questions should be asked of the AFL about the deal to keep Coniglio at the Giants, considering how much they want to keep him there. If you think it's as simple as GWS offering Coniglio a deal he couldn't refuse, and the AFL didn't do anything shady to keep him a Giant, then I'm Buddy Franklin.
2 months ago all the noise out of GWS was that he was about to sign any day now.
That went really, really quiet and we started getting Cameron complain about how other clubs were talking to his players.
Looked very much like he was just waiting for the Giants season to end to announce he was leaving.
Next minute, Gil says he hopes he stays, his manager says in an interview post signing that Steven came to him on the weekend and said work something out and he's signed on Monday.
I'd say that is pretty sudden wouldn't you?