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LB2Snake said:
Think it’s drawing a fairly long bow to question our commitment to Maj. We were pretty supportive for a very long time.
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Think Marley's point is after all that to let him go with barely a word. And if you think about it its poor, especially cos he was struggling in the hub and missed his kids first birthday. I flew home from my dad's deathbed to be with my youngest kid on her first birthday. (Dad hung one for me to get back next day too, cheers old man.)

Then again consodering how Rhyce finished the year and the strain he was under I also understand why things weren't necessarily up to standard. All up it has been a shitful year, not just on the footy front.
 
LB2Snake said:
But in fairness we are taking what Marley said as gospel....it might have been 10-15 mins with Maj. Also, a hell of a lot can be said in 3 minutes. A convo is a 2 way street too. Some players might have sat there in silence. Maybe ya don’t keep talking if the recipient is quiet. I dunno, none of us do. Marley sounds a bit deluded and bitter IMO. Durds is kidn, I’m amazed he was the least bit surprised.
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It seemed to me that he singled out that particular issue with Maj cos he thought it needed mentioning. The rest of what he said seemed alot less critical despite his disappointment. That might just be me reading stuff into it tho.
 
ferball said:
It seemed to me that he singled out that particular issue with Maj cos he thought it needed mentioning. The rest of what he said seemed alot less critical despite his disappointment. That might just be me reading stuff into it tho.
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I got that impression too. With what Maj has been through the last few years you can understand why his mates are protective of him.
 

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ferball said:
Think Marley's point is after all that to let him go with barely a word. And if you think about it its poor, especially cos he was struggling in the hub and missed his kids first birthday. I flew home from my dad's deathbed to be with my youngest kid on her first birthday. (Dad hung one for me to get back next day too, cheers old man.)

Then again consodering how Rhyce finished the year and the strain he was under I also understand why things weren't necessarily up to standard. All up it has been a shitful year, not just on the footy front.
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Sorry to hear about ya dad there Ferbs.
I actually don’t really mind what Marley said.....I think though, when a club has paid you in excess of 300K for what 4 years was it, you could be a little more classy. To say he had no idea how many wins we’d had was completely bizarre, so he’s probably the last bloke to be questioning anyone’s professionalism
Anyway, we will never really know, whole thing is pretty weird but I’m wrapt we are re-jigging and there hasn’t been anyone I’ve been surprised to see let go. Maj was everyone’s favourite, but there comes a time.
 
Marley may have a few extra curricular activities that contributed to hid bizarre behaviour. (Just speculating tho, havent heard anything to support that.)
 
While I don't argue that the delisting interviews might not have gone as long as they should have, I find it hard to believe that "two to three minutes" was how long they lasted.

Even Cunners would knock out a 5 minute convo for something like that.
 
 

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Hojuman said:
Collingwood the big draft winners according to Rendell.
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I'm still waiting who they got 'sweet revenge on', as reported a couple of times. The whole Collingwood had a cunning plan during the trade period and draft narrative is amusing to a point. Their supporters seem to have swallowed it.
 
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