oh sorry mate, for some reason I was unable to respond to you for a little while. My bad though.
Are you saying O'Meara isn't the club?
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/a...s/news-story/7de67ba75cf35bf746c431ead0114b43
The reason for the deadline of the bye there was that it coincided exactly with the training block that he was supposedly doing.
So there's JOM himself implying he'll be back after the bye. Now how about the coach:
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/a...n/news-story/d02bd3fcedc83c43383d4348292c6556
So the coach also mentions the bye. Again, not sure why he'd specifically say "the bye" if he didn't mean he'd play after the bye, but that's how weasel words work isn't it.
Then there was this from O'Meara himself as the messenger, back in April:
http://www.afl.com.au/news/2017-04-17/super-cautious-hawks-set-to-regain-omeara
So there's JOM himself telling the faithful that he'll be back waaay back on Easter Monday.
Then there's Clarkson saying he'll only miss a week after the Round 3 injury.
He ended up missing 3 weeks.
So we've gone from Easter Monday.
To when the training block up to the bye is complete.
To now, sometime after the bye.
And you still think that your club is being completely honest with you and every word they say is true even though just a simple look through past statements
clearly shows a pattern or implying or outright stating that he'll be back on a certain date, then moving the goalposts.
The simple fact is, footy supporters chug the kool aid. Like you and your mates are doing right now.
Good luck to the kid, hope we see him soon but I would almost put money on the fact he won't play again this year and that will be almost 3 full seasons out of the game. I may well be wrong but that's the way it looks from where I'm sitting.
Maybe the Hawks shouldn't have pushed to get him playing meaningless preseason games to placate the membership base