Scandal Lachie Neale affair

[WillHayward]

Jeez, it really cuts you up that people are talking about this, huh?

Couldn't care less
But I mostly come here for the laughs.

Not the amateur Sunday school sermons from the self proclaimed moral do gooders from the local parish of the small minds

 

[TheJanuaryMan]

Sometimes you live long enough to see yourself become the villain.

Who is the bad guy in all this? Well, that depends. What is worse, cheating on your partner, or using your children as pawns to get back at your cheating partner?

Of all involved in this saga, you are the one that really ought to be staying off social media the most

 

[1970crow]

So Jules is the bad guy in all this? smh

Easy enough to turn into one, wouldn’t be the first and wouldn’t be the last. I see you weren’t able to dispute what I actually posted though.

 

[WillHayward]

Oh no, please don’t drag Darcy Fort into this.

I'm still worried the big O is ok

Big fella has to sleep with one eye open

 

[1970crow]

The alternative is her being blamed for it and the media hounding her that she is trying to get Lachie to go back to Perth instead of staying in Brisbane…

Ok, so she only went public to avoid exactly that from occurring.

 

[1970crow]

**** oath, leverage them for all the money they're worth.

Doubtful Lachie Dirty campaigner Neale really cares about his kids anyway.

He definitely doesn’t value Jules or their relationship.

 

[1970crow]

Interesting... you could be right - another take....

Note what I am going to say is hearsay and ‘talk’…

My mate, a lawyer with two years of experience, believes that the buzz at his firm is all about how Jules's actions are very well coordinated, restrained and perfectly timed.

He believes that Jules currently has a team of lawyers drafting her online statements and actions to strengthen her legal case.

Trying to highlight her hurt and pain regarding the ‘assumed’ allegations – saying minimal / as little as possible. Avoiding a dogfight about what ‘exactly happened’ and keep Jules's reputation clear.

Lachie is being pressured to fold and pay up. The club wants this sorted quickly, avoiding media attention and ensuring it doesn't affect his performance.

My mate is even talking about a possible 50% to 75% of Lachie’s assets. He believes they will emphasise that Jules was consistently loyal to the relationship, dedicated all of her time to the kids/family, went through stress/pain during the rounds of IVF, and transformed her life for Lachie and family, including her career, her lifestyle and her location. Not to mention the stress and mental pain she endured and will endure.

He reckons 75% is very much on the table, given the children and how her whole life and world will need to change moving forward rather then a 50% deal / offer from Lachie.

Note – If this is true… Go Jules take him to the cleaners

Looking forward to your feedback – but this could be all talk…

Mate went through something akin to the above. He was a terrible husband, but to be fair, she wasn’t much better. She set everything up, he arrived home from work on his birthday and she’d cleaned what she and the 2 kids needed from the house. He did cop spousal maintenance for a few months courtesy a lazy judge, but after it was all done, assets were split 50:50. He had to liquidate his firm because it was the only asset that afforded a wildly ridiculous expectation.

 

[Blackhawk42]

Sometimes you live long enough to see yourself become the villain.

Who is the bad guy in all this? Well, that depends. What is worse, cheating on your partner, or using your children as pawns to get back at your cheating partner?

Who is the bad guy?

I mean... one is the direct result of the other, so whoever infringed first. Obviously.

 

[Unfazed]

Sometimes you live long enough to see yourself become the villain.

Who is the bad guy in all this? Well, that depends. What is worse, cheating on your partner, or using your children as pawns to get back at your cheating partner?

How has Jules used the children as pawns?

 

[subtropicalhawk]

She stated she had been betrayed ‘in the most unimaginable way’.

In fairness it’s all conjecture… what if the “unimaginable” part involved her mum … or even grandma…

 

[FootBallORSoccer]

When there's kids involved I think a 50/50 starting point is never on the table. It's always 60/40 with 60% to the mother and upwards from there if she can justify it.

No wrong or right answer here…

My mate has been telling me... It varies significantly in contributions to the family or family assets (financial, time, effort, etc.) as well as children’s factors such as age, number, and needs (e.g., disabilities). This is not looking into other factors, such as either party’s direct needs…

Lachie’s 50% share of the assets alone would be a significant amount, and an offer to settle may be presented.

Legal cases can be long and arduous.

However, people rarely agree, and fighting ensues… Parties try to out-lawyer and badmouth each other.

My mate strongly believes Jules will be pushing for 75%

* Again here-say / words from my legal mate

 

[PowerfulPies2023]

No wrong or right answer here…

My mate has been telling me... It varies significantly in contributions to the family or family assets (financial, time, effort, etc.) as well as children’s factors such as age, number, and needs (e.g., disabilities). This is not looking into other factors, such as either party’s direct needs…

Lachie’s 50% share of the assets alone would be a significant amount, and an offer to settle may be presented.

Legal cases can be long and arduous.

However, people rarely agree, and fighting ensues… Parties try to out-lawyer and badmouth each other.

* Again here-say / words from my legal mate

When your mate told you this did you go Whooo ahhh!!!!!!! Whooo ahhhh!!!!!!

 

[mpal6]

No wrong or right answer here…

My mate has been telling me... It varies significantly in contributions to the family or family assets (financial, time, effort, etc.) as well as children’s factors such as age, number, and needs (e.g., disabilities). This is not looking into other factors, such as either party’s direct needs…

Lachie’s 50% share of the assets alone would be a significant amount, and an offer to settle may be presented.

Legal cases can be long and arduous.

However, people rarely agree, and fighting ensues… Parties try to out-lawyer and badmouth each other.

My mate strongly believes Jules will be pushing for 75%

* Again here-say / words from my legal mate

Fully expecting Jules to start at 90-95 and drop back to 85 after a long lawyer pockets filling battle

 

[Polymath]

How has Jules used the children as pawns?

Wait for the family law situation to unfold. You will see. We got a small preview by the fact she immediately moved back to WA with the kids. They have a life and a routine in Brisbane, not to mention that is where their father must live for his work. Lachie could have moved out of the family home and Jules stayed there. Moving back to WA was out of spite. Did she have to make a calculated response to the media? Did she have to make those public comments on those posts? All very calculated. Those poor kids.

 

[Antomonic]

Lachie will be in for an interesting 2026.
In some ways I thought Brisbane functioned better without him in the team. The midfield and style of fast ball movement doesn’t exactly suit him anymore. You’d think Fages would want McLuggage, Ashcroft x2, Dunkley and Bailey to be the centrepieces of the midfield for the next few years - also perhaps Fletcher if he progresses from a wing. Plus Annable in the next two or three. So as good as he is there will be a natural squeeze and it’s not unforeseeable that it becomes a bit like Jack Steele

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where he just gets pushed out with his age. Put on top of that a very messy family situation which looks irreparable and you wonder how on earth you’d perform at a high level.

 

[PowerfulPies2023]

Wait for the family law situation to unfold. You will see. We got a small preview by the fact she immediately moved back to WA with the kids. They have a life and a routine in Brisbane, not to mention that is where their father must live for his work. Lachie could have moved out of the family home and Jules stayed there. Moving back to WA was out of spite. Did she have to make a calculated response to the media? Did she have to make those public comments on those posts? All very calculated. Those poor kids.

Did Lachie have to cheat on his wife and best friend? Did Tess have to cheat on her husband and best friend?

She moved back to Perth because that's where her true home is and I bet she wanted to be with friend and family during a hard time and not be in a place which would give her bad memories.

Go and check your instagram now you pollywaffle.

 

[BillyElliott]

Wait for the family law situation to unfold. You will see. We got a small preview by the fact she immediately moved back to WA with the kids. They have a life and a routine in Brisbane, not to mention that is where their father must live for his work. Lachie could have moved out of the family home and Jules stayed there. Moving back to WA was out of spite. Did she have to make a calculated response to the media? Did she have to make those public comments on those posts? All very calculated. Those poor kids.

Maybe Daddy Neale should have thought of that before shagging his wife's best friend.

And the other adulterer could have thought of her own son & own husband before cheating with her best friends's husband.

No sympathy for either of them.

Perfectly acceptable for Jules & the kids to want to be in WA over Xmas around her own family & friends.

How do you know that Tess & her husband haven't broken up, may divorce, have a custody battle, split assets & she has plans to take their son to a different state from him?

 

[StingBitten]

The AFL is a private school league. This was spoken of a bit when Max Gawn first arrived on the scene - the fact he not only went to public school but worked part time at domino’s was completely unheard of.

Now, how many players come from wealthy families and how many received scholarships for their footballing abilities, you’d probably have to do your own research on that one.

There’s also the fact that being an elite athlete takes more than natural talent and a desire to play at the top level. There is a level of professionalism required that is nurtured far more in the private school system than in the public. Brodie Holland spoke of this years ago, and of the need to take a harder look at mature age recruits. He was coaching in the Victorian country leagues and he said there were players that would be a walk up start to any AFL team any day of the week. The reality was, when they 17-21, without the guidance and pressure of the elite pathways, they were off drinking piss, smoking cones and trying to root birds, same as everyone else. When the party was finally over and they decided to focus on their footy, they’d missed the boat at the draft and clubs didn’t want to know them.

Bit late to the party here but this is a very interesting post.

I've grown up working-class but had a nephew recently go through sports at the elite private school level in Perth.

What I noted was that yes - the facilities were above-average, the standard of coaching above-average, plus the pastoral support.

But the true difference was the standard of parenting - I'd never seen such committed coordination between multiple parents in managing/supporting their kids through training, games and collective commitment. Every additional camp/program had engagement and commitment from the students, monitored heavily by the parents.

But you know what? Parents could do the exact same thing in the public education system for similar results if they truly wanted to. Collective commitment and shared-values in the shittiest school would shape standards far better than a well-resourced British version of Christianity-school can on name alone.

What I'm seeing at the public primary school level though (with my own kids) are a mixture of parents that give a full-shit, half a shit and not a shit at all. There's still too much parental me-time, sinking piss together at kids Christmas Carol's, dropping kids off at practice and picking them up later once they're finished at the gym. The parents who are heavily invested in their kids are shit-scared of what they've seen and putting down deposits at whatever priveleged school they can afford.

If parents are public high schools were as heavily invested in their kids, they wouldn't be smoking cones and rooting birds at 17-21 because they'd have had a solid foundation from their parents and community.

 

[BillyElliott]

Bit late to the party here but this is a very interesting post.

I've grown up working-class but had a nephew recently go through sports at the elite private school level in Perth.

What I noted was that yes - the facilities were above-average, the standard of coaching above-average, plus the pastoral support.

But the true difference was the standard of parenting - I'd never seen such committed coordination between multiple parents in managing/supporting their kids through training, games and collective commitment. Every additional camp/program had engagement and commitment from the students, monitored heavily by the parents.

But you know what? Parents could do the exact same thing in the public education system for similar results if they truly wanted to. Collective commitment and shared-values in the shittiest school would shape standards far better than a well-resourced British version of Christianity-school can on name alone.

What I'm seeing at the public primary school level though (with my own kids) are a mixture of parents that give a full-shit, half a shit and not a shit at all. There's still too much parental me-time, sinking piss together at kids Christmas Carol's, dropping kids off at practice and picking them up later once they're finished at the gym. The parents who are heavily invested in their kids are shit-scared of what they've seen and putting down deposits at whatever priveleged school they can afford.

If parents are public high schools were as heavily invested in their kids, they wouldn't be smoking cones and rooting birds at 17-21 because they'd have had a solid foundation from their parents and community.

You think private school kids aren't doing drugs & having sex?

Silvagni's say hi, by the way.

 

[HoldMyBeer]

Women should get the lions share if she's got the kids, which is usually the case.

 

[spenze]

I need a haircut, might message her

 

[Unfazed]

Wait for the family law situation to unfold. You will see. We got a small preview by the fact she immediately moved back to WA with the kids. They have a life and a routine in Brisbane, not to mention that is where their father must live for his work. Lachie could have moved out of the family home and Jules stayed there. Moving back to WA was out of spite. Did she have to make a calculated response to the media? Did she have to make those public comments on those posts? All very calculated. Those poor kids.

Those "poor kids" have a dog for a father. Luckily they seem to have a decent mother.

 

[Boots73]

If Lachie does want to be a part of the kids life in the next couple of years and calls time on Brisbane.

I don't see the Eagles or Freo touching him.

Does anyone think he would get picked up by Freo or WC ?

 

[mpal6]

If Lachie does want to be a part of the kids life in the next couple of years and calls time on Brisbane.

I don't see the Eagles or Freo touching him.

Does anyone think he would get picked up by Freo or WC ?

In a blink.

 

[PowerfulPies2023]

If Lachie does want to be a part of the kids life in the next couple of years and calls time on Brisbane.

I don't see the Eagles or Freo touching him.

Does anyone think he would get picked up by Freo or WC ?

Of course they would if he's still performing. He's a gun player. I'm not disputing that.