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

[Andronicus]

Do we have to keep paying him then?

 

[11kgm]

Well our season over already this has been a terrible year for us

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[Burzum]

He really didn't like the idea of playing forward.

 

[Lore]

Its hidden on the efc app/website with no fanfare

Yeah, and they might have got it from there. But the speed with which it's gone up, and McGowan's article on the AFL website which is similarly bereft of further details, implies that they got the news before it went to the club website. Might also be some sort of AFL official media mailing list.

 

[Lore]

He really didn't like the idea of playing forward.

Except he's apparently been begging for that opportunity for a while

 

[Lore]

Do we have to keep paying him then?

Depends whether he's on leave or broke his contract

 

[Howard Moon]

I like how it says away indefinitely (classic journo hyperbolic term) then follows up with, expected to play Feb 27th

Well...that seems a little more definite than indefinitely to me...

 

[essendon]

What's the next headline....been a fantastic preseason for the wrong reasons....a very different feel to rd 1 this year...dont know how others out there are feeling...

 

[Maddogm]

What's the next headline....been a fantastic preseason for the wrong reasons....a very different feel to rd 1 this year...dont know how others out there are feeling...

It's all a ruse to temper our expectations

 

[Howard Moon]

It's all a ruse to temper our expectations

Consider them tempered.

 

[Mikevk123]

I don’t think I’ve felt this lacklustre before a season since the dark days..

 

[Lore]

I don’t think I’ve felt this lacklustre before a season since the dark days..

If I enjoy this season as much as I enjoyed that one, then I don't mind.

 

[JT_the_Man]

Oh ffs

 

[the PILL]

This has a paticular sting to it...

I just pray that it was not the club that drove him out with the amateur game scolding, he gathers his thoughts and gets the bug back to play the worlds greatest sport in front of big crowds at The G again...

 

[freddy mercury]

Ah well, good luck to him. There is more to life than football, all the best, Sir.

 

[TheBrightSide]

Homesickness and family reasons according to the club statement.
Yikes.

 

[Emissary]

Some of the boys are really flying this preseason...

... literally.

 

[srobbo]

Will be back for marsh series app. Let the lad let his hair down for a few weeks, so long as he delivers onfield.

On the cusp of being an A grader of the comp, so lets work with him when we can if it means we keep him.

 

[Bjchan13]

Dont mind at all. If you stop players doing this sort of thing they wont want to play at all. Especially players from the opposite side of the world. Hopefully he's fresh for round 1.

 

[Darealrath]

Hope the family reasons aren't too serious and it's 'just' a case of homesickness.

Been worried for a while that his county are in his ear to come back and play given they are one of the most likely challengers for the All-Ireland.

 

[The Prosecutor]

That club statement is worrisome. It comes off as we're being prepared for a potential permanent leave of absence.

From the sounds of it, we're equal parts hopeful he'll back for the pre-season games and hopeful he'll be back at all.

 

[The Prosecutor]

Dont mind at all. If you stop players doing this sort of thing they wont want to play at all. Especially players from the opposite side of the world. Hopefully he's fresh for round 1.

The problem is it's three times within the last seven months now, and this leave is indefinite.

 

[quotemokc]

If he isn't playing R1 McGrath better be in the back pocket.

 

[EnolaGay]

Does make you wonder if his 'move forward' (where we have depth) is to prepare us and the backline for life without Conor.

 

[Drummer_19]

That statement makes it seem much worse than if they'd just not addressed it at all.