News Chris Davies departs for Carlton

[Ford Fairlane]

Ahahaha!

 

[GremioPower]

Ahahaha!

 

[VineValerian]

Chris Davies fears nothing but fear itself.

Chris Davies IS fear

 

[Festerz]

Never met Davies on a one to one basis but everything I have seen of him in terms of public presentations and interviews exudes elite professionalism, commitment and confidence.

In one of my previous working roles I was required to make assessments of an organisation's prospects prior to investment. Experience taught me to look for the one person in the organisation who was most critical to the organisation's performance and to make that the focus of the assessment. Almost invariably the pivot point for most successful organisations was not the head honcho or figurehead but the 2IC who simply doesn't have time to fall for the spin and the BS that is generated above him/her.

In Chris Davies I reckon we have one of the best in the business. And AFL House simply doesn't deserve him. Great to hear that he has decided to stay.

 

[RossFC]

Ahahaha!

While I am absolutely shattered that we are in lockdown and there won't be a sea of black and white for Boaks 300th at Adelaide Oval, the news about Davies + him tweeting a Costanza gif has made my day.

 

[Enviable Tradition]

While I am absolutely shattered that we are in lockdown and there won't be a sea of black and white for Boaks 300th at Adelaide Oval, the news about Davies + him tweeting a Costanza gif has made my day.

Brilliant!

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[RussellEbertHandball]

Looking forward to more Summers of George

Seeing as CD tweeted a GIF of George, the other day I thought of this great Costanza quote to go with the look on his face in the above tweet. Can't find a GIF or short video so here is the meme.

 

[Jojay]

Anyone else just hear Caro on 5 double crow?

Basically intimidated "not to count our chickens yet" regarding CD staying put. Apparently AFL a big wrap for him.

 

[DaTBird187]

Anyone else just hear Caro on 5 double crow?

Basically intimidated "not to count our chickens yet" regarding CD staying put. Apparently AFL a big wrap for him.

As long as CD goes "I'll take your job, but Port Adelaide get the bars".

 

[bomberclifford]

Anyone else just hear Caro on 5 double crow?

Basically intimidated "not to count our chickens yet" regarding CD staying put. Apparently AFL a big wrap for him.

So the AFL is trying to weaken one of their clubs by poaching their key operational staff?

Sounds about right.

 

[Jojay]

So the AFL is trying to weaken one of their clubs by poaching their key operational staff?

Sounds about right.

It was pretty bizarre. She said he's a young man and he won't be at Port forever - he has to move interstate if he wants to further his career bla bla bla

What a sour puss. She needs to suck on more lemons

 

[backtozero]

Caro lost all credibility when she got all Helen Lovejoy over our unruly crowd behaviour.

 

[Enviable Tradition]

It was pretty bizarre. She said he's a young man and he won't be at Port forever - he has to move interstate if he wants to further his career bla bla bla

What a sour puss. She needs to suck on more lemons

So basically a Victorian who can't believe someone doesn't want to move to Victoria...

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[PowerBaz]

It was pretty bizarre. She said he's a young man and he won't be at Port forever - he has to move interstate if he wants to further his career bla bla bla

What a sour puss. She needs to suck on more lemons

Or Eddie

 

[Port 2004]

So basically a Victorian who can't believe someone doesn't want to move to Victoria...

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Why is she even on radio anyway. She has become irrelevant.

 

[Festerz]

Basically intimidated "not to count our chickens yet" regarding CD staying put. Apparently AFL a big wrap for him.

What Caro is effectively saying is that Gil and his AFL mates will do a Geelong, don their Armani suits, fly into Adelaide (when borders re-open) and make an offer that CD can't refuse, marching out of town with his name on a contract the same day. The irony that Caro makes this claim on the eve of Boaky's 300th game with us seems to be lost on her.

And this is the way it rolls with the Melbourne based AFL journos. They have long accepted that AFL House and its larger clubs will always get their way in a supposedly national competition. The subservience of lesser clubs like Port Adelaide is assumed, their players and employees simply biding their time in a backwater just waiting for the call from the east to sail off to the promised land.

The fact that CD has made it clear in his twitter feed as recently as yesterday that he has made the decision to stay at Alberton matters not one jot

This is the arrogance of the AFL and the Melbourne based journos who have become beholden on AFL House for their survival.

As Mick Warner pointed out in his book released last month, the AFL has gone from an organisation employing just 76 people in 2000 to having 795 on its staff in 2020 (before the covid cost cutting). It is an organisation that has become drunk on the power and revenue stream generated on the media broadcast and advertising deals and is more than happy to see traditional clubs like PAFC stay on the poverty line forever to (in the words of one of Warner's sources) reinforce the Docklands dictatorship.

Well I reckon and hope CD sees through that sham and stays with our club. But if he does happen to wake up one morning to find a horse-head on his bed and packs his bags to join the AFL House gravy train then there may well be a silver lining for us. Because I reckon he would turn that bloated self centred bureaucracy into finally being accountable to club members across all states, as is so desperately needed.

/end rant.

 

[snozulu]

What Caro is effectively saying is that Gil and his AFL mates will do a Geelong, don their Armani suits, fly into Adelaide (when borders re-open) and make an offer that CD can't refuse, marching out of town with his name on a contract the same day. The irony that Caro makes this claim on the eve of Boaky's 300th game with us seems to be lost on her.

And this is the way it rolls with the Melbourne based AFL journos. They have long accepted that AFL House and its larger clubs will always get their way in a supposedly national competition. The subservience of lesser clubs like Port Adelaide is assumed, their players and employees simply biding their time in a backwater just waiting for the call from the east to sail off to the promised land.

The fact that CD has made it clear in his twitter feed as recently as yesterday that he has made the decision to stay at Alberton matters not one jot

This is the arrogance of the AFL and the Melbourne based journos who have become beholden on AFL House for their survival.

As Mick Warner pointed out in his book released last month, the AFL has gone from an organisation employing just 76 people in 2000 to having 795 on its staff in 2020 (before the covid cost cutting). It is an organisation that has become drunk on the power and revenue stream generated on the media broadcast and advertising deals and is more than happy to see traditional clubs like PAFC stay on the poverty line forever to (in the words of one of Warner's sources) reinforce the Docklands dictatorship.

Well I reckon and hope CD sees through that sham and stays with our club. But if he does happen to wake up one morning to find a horse-head on his bed and packs his bags to join the AFL House gravy train then there may well be a silver lining for us. Because I reckon he would turn that bloated self centred bureaucracy into finally being accountable to club members across all states, as is so desperately needed.

/end rant.

The make an offer he can't refuse and horse head quotes reminded of this old soothers ad

 

[It Just Is]

Gil might be spineless but he isn’t stupid. His tenure is publicly judged on the performance of the GM football and he would understand he needs a hard campaigner with a thick skin in the role.

 

[Enviable Tradition]

What Caro is effectively saying is that Gil and his AFL mates will do a Geelong, don their Armani suits, fly into Adelaide (when borders re-open) and make an offer that CD can't refuse, marching out of town with his name on a contract the same day. The irony that Caro makes this claim on the eve of Boaky's 300th game with us seems to be lost on her.

And this is the way it rolls with the Melbourne based AFL journos. They have long accepted that AFL House and its larger clubs will always get their way in a supposedly national competition. The subservience of lesser clubs like Port Adelaide is assumed, their players and employees simply biding their time in a backwater just waiting for the call from the east to sail off to the promised land.

The fact that CD has made it clear in his twitter feed as recently as yesterday that he has made the decision to stay at Alberton matters not one jot

This is the arrogance of the AFL and the Melbourne based journos who have become beholden on AFL House for their survival.

As Mick Warner pointed out in his book released last month, the AFL has gone from an organisation employing just 76 people in 2000 to having 795 on its staff in 2020 (before the covid cost cutting). It is an organisation that has become drunk on the power and revenue stream generated on the media broadcast and advertising deals and is more than happy to see traditional clubs like PAFC stay on the poverty line forever to (in the words of one of Warner's sources) reinforce the Docklands dictatorship.

Well I reckon and hope CD sees through that sham and stays with our club. But if he does happen to wake up one morning to find a horse-head on his bed and packs his bags to join the AFL House gravy train then there may well be a silver lining for us. Because I reckon he would turn that bloated self centred bureaucracy into finally being accountable to club members across all states, as is so desperately needed.

/end rant.

The look on Eddie's face when he walzedd into AFL house with a list of demands only to leave with a black eye and his tail between his legs would almost be worth it.

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[Lockhart Road]

Gil might be spineless but he isn’t stupid. His tenure is publicly judged on the performance of the GM football and he would understand he needs a hard campaigner with a thick skin in the role.

Gil might be stupid but he isn’t spineless. His tenure is publicly judged on the performance of the GM football and he would understand he needs a thick campaigner with a hard skin in the role.

Fixed it for you.

CD doesn’t qualify.

 

[Festerz]

Gil might be spineless but he isn’t stupid. His tenure is publicly judged on the performance of the GM football and he would understand he needs a hard campaigner with a thick skin in the role.

Need to take a look at the career path of Gil himself to understand what matters in AFL House.

It's the money and the commercial deals that take centre stage in the AFL these days - something that Wayne Jackson understood when he recruited Gil in the first place.

Footy takes a back seat to the money. Reckon that might be the key downside to someone like CD.

 

[Valentino]

What Caro is effectively saying is that Gil and his AFL mates will do a Geelong, don their Armani suits, fly into Adelaide (when borders re-open) and make an offer that CD can't refuse, marching out of town with his name on a contract the same day. The irony that Caro makes this claim on the eve of Boaky's 300th game with us seems to be lost on her.

And this is the way it rolls with the Melbourne based AFL journos. They have long accepted that AFL House and its larger clubs will always get their way in a supposedly national competition. The subservience of lesser clubs like Port Adelaide is assumed, their players and employees simply biding their time in a backwater just waiting for the call from the east to sail off to the promised land.

The fact that CD has made it clear in his twitter feed as recently as yesterday that he has made the decision to stay at Alberton matters not one jot

This is the arrogance of the AFL and the Melbourne based journos who have become beholden on AFL House for their survival.

As Mick Warner pointed out in his book released last month, the AFL has gone from an organisation employing just 76 people in 2000 to having 795 on its staff in 2020 (before the covid cost cutting). It is an organisation that has become drunk on the power and revenue stream generated on the media broadcast and advertising deals and is more than happy to see traditional clubs like PAFC stay on the poverty line forever to (in the words of one of Warner's sources) reinforce the Docklands dictatorship.

Well I reckon and hope CD sees through that sham and stays with our club. But if he does happen to wake up one morning to find a horse-head on his bed and packs his bags to join the AFL House gravy train then there may well be a silver lining for us. Because I reckon he would turn that bloated self centred bureaucracy into finally being accountable to club members across all states, as is so desperately needed.

/end rant.

Why would they wait for CD to fly back to Adelaide when he is Hubba Bubba'ing right under their noses?

 

[Festerz]

Why would they wait for CD to fly back to Adelaide when he is Hubba Bubba'ing right under their noses?

True. Very true.

The on again off again plans to shift Port to Victoria had nothing to do with covid. It was in fact all part of a very cunning plan by Gil to recruit CD.

And the SA Govt refusal to allow our teams to train here this week was clearly a part of that plan. SA Emergency Coordinator Commissioner Stevens is a Crows fan after all.

This is a scandal!!

 

[Lockhart Road]

Need to take a look at the career path of Gil himself to understand what matters in AFL House.

It's the money and the commercial deals that take centre stage in the AFL these days - something that Wayne Jackson understood when he recruited Gil in the first place.

Footy takes a back seat to the money. Reckon that might be the key downside to someone like CD.

Downside? In the eyes of AFL House, you mean.

I’ve had recent exchanges with Chris focused on making money for the Club, and he’s squarely on the wavelength.

Don’t tell Gil.

 

[Valentino]

Wrapped that the 3 Musketeers will be part of Trav's history making milestone.

Pretty sad that Robbie and to a lesser extent Hammer won't be.

The band is not back together yet.