CAMPO...Regrets I`ve had a few!!!!!!!!!!

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The greedy prick played in a premiership for us and has been very overpaid for his last 4 or 5 season.
How easy will it be to boo the prick now ,cant wait.
 

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The greedy prick played in a premiership for us and has been very overpaid for his last 4 or 5 season.
How easy will it be to boo the prick now ,cant wait.
settle buddy.

It's hard to make a call on Campo unless you know him as an individual and exactly what has gone on. Most of the players at Carlton seem to think he is a pretty good bloke and he has given us good service as a player for 11 years.

Personally I'm glad he has moved. his time at carlton was up. he might play some decent football at the bombers but they wont win a flag with him. after his career is over he will always be welcomed back at Carlton and he should be treated that way. but you are right in a sense, now he is at an opposition club he is fare game.
 

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settle buddy.

It's hard to make a call on Campo unless you know him as an individual and exactly what has gone on. Most of the players at Carlton seem to think he is a pretty good bloke and he has given us good service as a player for 11 years.

Personally I'm glad he has moved. his time at carlton was up. he might play some decent football at the bombers but they wont win a flag with him. after his career is over he will always be welcomed back at Carlton and he should be treated that way. but you are right in a sense, now he is at an opposition club he is fare game.
You make a good point Kooly however the sentiment is that he has walked out on the club at a time of need... He is doing this for himself and not for the benefit of the club. I also still respect Campo for the service he has given us but when you compare him to someone like Lappin then Loyalty is distinctly highlighted as the key difference... We need leaders around the club to help rebuild the Blues, where will Campo be?
 

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You make a good point Kooly however the sentiment is that he has walked out on the club at a time of need... He is doing this for himself and not for the benefit of the club. I also still respect Campo for the service he has given us but when you compare him to someone like Lappin then Loyalty is distinctly highlighted as the key difference... We need leaders around the club to help rebuild the Blues, where will Campo be?
it works both ways Blue 70. if campo was completely finished as a player the club probably wouldn't hestitate to delist him. We have to be very careful when talk about issues of loyalty in football because as far i can see there is a hell of alot of it. We don't for certain know the full details behind campo walking out. the guy has been at the club for 11 years and the decision would have benn been tough. There would be more too it than Campo just wanting more money.
 

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it works both ways Blue 70. if campo was completely finished as a player the club probably wouldn't hestitate to delist him. We have to be very careful when talk about issues of loyalty in football because as far i can see there is a hell of alot of it. We don't for certain know the full details behind campo walking out. the guy has been at the club for 11 years and the decision would have benn been tough. There would be more too it than Campo just wanting more money.
Kooley it's still dissapointing that he has left the club after so long, if he left due to potential success elsewhere then you have to question how much he loves the club when we need all the good players we can get right now. Remember we handed him a premiership medallion in his first season, we dropped Troy Bond to bring Campo into the team in the Preliminary Final.

If he left for money then he needs to have a look at himself. He has been paid well above his value for the best part of 4 r 5 years....

If there was any possibility of him returning to the club I would support that but will remain dissapointed with his decision to leave.
 

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who really cares,

he made his decision to leave the club,
football today is a business players come and go. as they say one door closes and another opens

look at the positive, at least 2006 will see walker get more game time in 2006

campo will always be a carlton premiership player, so lets not dwell on the negatives.
 

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who really cares,

he made his decision to leave the club,
football today is a business players come and go. as they say one door closes and another opens

look at the positive, at least 2006 will see walker get more game time in 2006

campo will always be a carlton premiership player, so lets not dwell on the negatives.
exactly.

played many a fine game for carlton Campo but i think most carlton people realise that for carlton to move forward campo laeving the club isn't such a bad thing.
 
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I couldn't agree more with Scotty leaving it opens the door for a Jordan Russell to play half back.

I'm disappointed Scotty has left but he probably has done us a favor frees up some cash in the salary cap & we don't lose to many experinced players at the one time.

If Essendon think Scotty will help them make the eight they are kidding themselves.
 

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You make a good point Kooly however the sentiment is that he has walked out on the club at a time of need... He is doing this for himself and not for the benefit of the club. I also still respect Campo for the service he has given us but when you compare him to someone like Lappin then Loyalty is distinctly highlighted as the key difference... We need leaders around the club to help rebuild the Blues, where will Campo be?
Why is Lappin loyal, he walked out of St Kilda.

That makes them about equal now on loyalty terms.
 

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Why is Lappin loyal, he walked out of St Kilda.

That makes them about equal now on loyalty terms.
Absolute crap...........he was a bit of a party boy back then, as a lot of the St.Kilda boys were at the time.

St.Kilda were the ones that instigated his departure, not Lappin.
 

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Good player for the club for a long time and good luck to him at the bombers, but realistically it's saving the club a lot of money with him gone. If we get Lappin onto the vet list next year we'll have a fair bit more room in the cap.
 

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They didn't let him train with Essendon and so it will be interesting to see whether they move the #16 off next season or suspend it for a year like they usually do. I don't think the club is too happy with Camporeale's decision.
 
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He's been a good player for a long time but he was pretty much useless to us now anyway, only a year or 2 left so not really a great loss, considering the next 2 years most likely will be pretty bleak anyway. Dont know why essendonwant him though, I dont think they will be much chop for the next while. I really thought maybe someone like Adelaide would want him, they are getting close and might start to top up for the next few years
 

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Absolute crap...........he was a bit of a party boy back then, as a lot of the St.Kilda boys were at the time.

St.Kilda were the ones that instigated his departure, not Lappin.
Yeh Yeh!

Its absolute truth crap and at the end of the day both will have not played all their games at Carlton.

Lappin played Carlton like a finely tuned violin.
 

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Its absolute truth crap and at the end of the day both will have not played all their games at Carlton.
Buckley or Clement didn't play all their games at Collingwood either, so what is your point?
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Lappin played Carlton like a finely tuned violin.
How so? He's now worse off after Ron Joseph knocked an offer of 850K for 2 seasons.
http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/footy/common/story_page/0,8033,17123009%5E19762,00.html
Good to see the average IQ of a Piesfan didn't go up when you chose to follow them. :cool:
 

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Buckley or Clement didn't play all their games at Collingwood either, so what is your point?

How so? He's now worse off after Ron Joseph knocked an offer of 850K for 2 seasons.
http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/footy/common/story_page/0,8033,17123009%5E19762,00.html
Good to see the average IQ of a Piesfan didn't go up when you chose to follow them. :cool:
My point was that one poster was claiming that Lappin is loyal when Campo isnt yet Lappin did exactly the same thing having been a Saint. Rose coloured glasses.

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You make a good point Kooly however the sentiment is that he has walked out on the club at a time of need... He is doing this for himself and not for the benefit of the club. I also still respect Campo for the service he has given us but when you compare him to someone like Lappin then Loyalty is distinctly highlighted as the key difference... We need leaders around the club to help rebuild the Blues, where will Campo be?
As for the other point, it just sound to good to leave out. ;)
 

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Has anyone asked campo what it felt like to lose the 99 preliminary by one point.....

Its no longer campo.....its just "camp".
 

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My point was that one poster was claiming that Lappin is loyal when Campo isnt yet Lappin did exactly the same thing having been a Saint. Rose coloured glasses.



As for the other point, it just sound to good to leave out. ;)
Goalpie - Lappin has been paid a 3rd of what Campo has received over the past 3 to 4 years and was approached by Richmond 3 years ago with what was a significantly better offer than what he accepted at Carlton at the time. He was under the promise that it would be made up to him during the next contract... That is why he negotiated hardball this time around...

Even in his press statement he emphasised the fact that he was happy to be continuing as a loyal Carlton Man - All I saw in the Campo article was how hard it was for him this year, that if he had another year like 05 he would retire and that how he had to put his family first in contract considerations??? Didnt see any comments in respect to how he wants to repay the club and supporters and assist our young kids in becoming good players and restoring the club to it's rightful place.....Lappin mentioned all of the above!

There's the difference in respect in my view!!!
 

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Goalpie - Lappin has been paid a 3rd of what Campo has received over the past 3 to 4 years
Lappin was never the player Camporeale was in his prime. Campo probably didn't deserve the money he was on after his performances in the past 3 years but when he actually signed that lucurative deal he was one of the premier running midfielders in the competition. if we didn't want there were plenty other clubs who did.
 

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Lappin was never the player Camporeale was in his prime. Campo probably didn't deserve the money he was on after his performances in the past 3 years but when he actually signed that lucurative deal he was one of the premier running midfielders in the competition. if we didn't want there were plenty other clubs who did.
Your point has some substance to it Kooley, however what I am trying to express here is that we have a player (Camporeale) paid way above his value over the past 3 - 4 years, and we have a player (Lappin) paid below what his market value is over the past 3 or 4 years and when things get tough who walks on the club?????? Not the player who has been paid below market value but the one who was overpaid - It is an honour not a right to play for the Blues and he should be paying us back in time of need.

Note: Campo was a good player and I was one of his biggest supporters, but he was good in the days when Ratten, Kouta, Bradley & Brown were all in their prime......
 

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campo's problem is that he is a front runner, downhill skiier if you like, especially as time passes him by. When we needed a lift when we have been in trouble, campo is usually as close to the hard ball as justin murphy is.

i put campo up there in having no heart and being the softest player i have ever seen with justin murphy and simon beaumont. make houlahan look tough.

as they say campo, dont let the door hit you on the way out!!
 

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Camporeale has been a very good player for Carlton over the past decade and in turn has been very well rewarded for his services. The club should be congratulated for sticking to its guns and finally doing what is right for the future of the club by offering him a salary that is consumate with his present form and value to the playing group.

If you are going to hang on to the older players they should be club leaders and play by example and IMHO he doesn't fall into that category and as a player he is well and truly past his used by date and Essendon is welcome to him.
 

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Yeh Yeh!

Its absolute truth crap and at the end of the day both will have not played all their games at Carlton.

Lappin played Carlton like a finely tuned violin.
Definitely the other way around. The club came out ahead on this deal. We could single out several Pies that didn't play all their games at one club. Buckley and Clement as already mentioned and add both Roccas to that list, Blake Caracella, Shane Wakelin, Shane Woewodin. The list goes on forever. One club players will be few and far between from herein. Nature of the beast.
 
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