.....HendoMANIA!!!!

[WaynesWorld19]

Look I was as disappointed and pissed off as most when he left.

But you can't argue he didn't leave for personal reasons...

Yes i certainly can!!!

Ready to sign with the Crows ......and then mysteriously is homesick, wants to return home, and almost as quickly chooses Hawthorn as club of choice

Of course hawthorn played no role in Gunstons sudden longing for home

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

Getting slightly off topic here, but I've posted elsewhere about my concerns with trying to shoehorn Tex, Jenkins, Lynch and Johnston into the same forward line next year. Assuming Hendo goes, can Johnston play the third tall/loose half back role? I didn't catch all of yesterday's SANFL prelim, but he seemed to marshal things pretty well back there.

The more I think about it, the more similarities I see between Johnston and Andrew Mackie. He would obviously also be capable of swinging forward in an emergency.

I didn't see the game (though assume he played well given the result), but like your thinking.

We need to build flexibility into our team - Lynch, Otten & Hendo can already play forward/mid/back, so having Johnston play both ends just adds to this & improves his chances of being in the team.

 

[Allefgib]

Yes i certainly can!!!

Ready to sign with the Crows ......and then mysteriously is homesick, wants to return home, and almost as quickly chooses Hawthorn as club of choice

Of course hawthorn played no role in Gunstons sudden longing for home

So he went to the Hawks who offered him nothing he was personally interested in?

 

[WaynesWorld19]

So he went to the Hawks who offered him nothing he was personally interested in?

$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

 

[Allefgib]

$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

So someone trying to secure their future has less valid personal reasons than someone wanting to be closer to their troubled brother?

 

[WaynesWorld19]

So someone trying to secure their future has less valid personal reasons than someone wanting to be closer to their troubled brother?

not saying that !!!! .......I am saying STOP LYING! .......SICK OF HOMESICKNESS being used as an excuse .....it's the new RSI of the footy world

It takes away & waters down the genuine cases

 

[Allefgib]

not saying that !!!! .......I am saying STOP LYING! .......SICK OF HOMESICKNESS being used as an excuse .....it's the new RSI of the footy world

It takes away & waters down the genuine cases

Fair enough. Still personal reasons.

 

[WaynesWorld19]

Fair enough. Still personal reasons.

not talking Henderson ......was talking Gunston

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

Fair enough. Still personal reasons.

There are some personal reasons which are for compassionate reasons ... & some which are clearly not...

 

[The Crows Truth]

not saying that !!!! .......I am saying STOP LYING! .......SICK OF HOMESICKNESS being used as an excuse .....it's the new RSI of the footy world

It takes away & waters down the genuine cases

Did you ever study English?

 

[Drugs Are Bad Mackay?]

So which corner am I in Carl?

I gather the 4th one...

You're the referee

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

You're the referee

That's your role now

I'm happily retired.

 

[Allefgib]

not talking Henderson ......was talking Gunston

I know.

 

[Allefgib]

There are some personal reasons which are for compassionate reasons ... & some which are clearly not...

Compassionate clearly different to personal.

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

Compassionate clearly different to personal.

Compassionate is a sub-set of personal

 

[Allefgib]

Compassionate is a sub-set of personal

Agreed.

 

[Bicks]

There are disingenuous reasons and genuine reasons for wanting to be closer to family, Ricky's are GENUINE.

 

[Drugs Are Bad Mackay?]

Anyone listening to SEN this morning?

Apparently Henderson's manager was on and threw some doubt on the claims that family reasons are an issue. Anyone hear this?

 

[Allefgib]

There are disingenuous reasons and genuine reasons for wanting to be closer to family, Ricky's are GENUINE.

I assume you mean some people say they want to be closer to family when they don't mean it?
As opposed to making a judgement call on why someone might want to be closer to their family and putting your own 'worth' on those reasons onto other people?

 

[Allefgib]

Anyone listening to SEN this morning?

Apparently Henderson's manager was on and threw some doubt on the claims that family reasons are an issue. Anyone hear this?

No - keen to hear about it though.

 

[TheMetricSystem]

No - keen to hear about it though.

Maybe club issues, much like the others that are open to being traded.

 

[Bicks]

I assume you mean some people say they want to be closer to family when they don't mean it?
As opposed to making a judgement call on why someone might want to be closer to their family and putting your own 'worth' on those reasons onto other people?

Look all I know is I have a friend with close ties to the Ballarat Miners [basketball] that knows the Hendersons and Ricky's brother has certainly been in his share of strife...one can only surmise this as a likely reason for wanting to be closer to family/mother.

 

[azza77]

Anyone want to do me a favour on behalf of this board and flick Sando/harper/noble/chapman or whoever and email and ask WHY THE **** are we shopping this bloke around?!?

Yes i know, he supposedly has family issues with his brother and his mum is struggling according to all reports. But if henderson has come out and said that he is willing to stay unless a good deal for the club can be found, then surely his personal issues are that bad....yet. Im in no way trying to speak on henderson's behalf and obviously no one has any idea on how much he really is struggling, but why are we not trying to work things out with him sort of like what Port did with Boak, istead of throwing him straight to the wolves???

I may be overreacting a little here but im sure any crows supporter is just as sick as I am of watching talented/promising players leave the club for whatever reason. I will admit that Henderson has become a favourite of mine and has gone from 0 to hero (well maybe not that far, but semi-hero ) throughout the course of his career. As a supporter ive watched him come out of nowhere from an extremely raw basketball recruit to someone who IMO looks like becoming a serious talent for this club, and i would absolutely HAAAATE for him to leave now, right as he appears to be peaking. I remember my friends showing me this crows magazine once where all the players down at the club tipped Henderson to be the next big thing for AFC, so obviously he has some talent.

I think what seems to be pissing me off the most about this whole situation is that every corner I turn im reading reports of crows shopping Henderson around, but yet im reading 0 ****ing stories of the club trying to work with both him and his family to solve the issue/s at hand. If hes so highly rated by many at the club, then why are we willing to let him go without even blinking an eyelid?!?

I swear to god if Crows have their minds set on trading back into the 2nd round and they are using Henderson's "issues" as a sort get out of jail card so that it appears to fans that we get a win-win out of this situation I will not be happy. If we were to lose Henderson due to Trigg being an incompetent ****wit then I will be ****ing ropable with the club.

An elusive 2nd round pick is not what the club needs right now. Given the considerably young average age of our list already, the last thing we need is another "promising" youngster that we consistently throw in and out of the side based on god knows what selection policies. Any man and his dog can see that we have an up and coming list and are with the right age balance, and trading out a 25 year old who seems to finally have found his home and performing his role damn well is not going to help our chances at all.

Dont get me wrong, if Henderson does in fact seriously want to return home then by all means we should aim for a high 2nd round pick and run based on previous events that have occurred. However something just doesnt sit right with this whole situation to me for some reason, something smells fishy. From what ive read it comes across to me that the crows could be trying to capatilise on his go home factor. I could be wrong and I hope I am, but thats my view atm and I cant seem to comprehend why the club would want to do such a thing which is obviously frustrating me. I would very much at least like to see the club try to work work with him and actually retain one of our more exciting players for once.



Ohh and for all of you saying that Hendo's role is easy and could be replaced without any trouble, please give me a list of players that quick, agile, tall, a great field kick, an accurate and long kick for goal and good at reading the contest. Im all out of ideas but apparently these players grow on trees... Henderson is a very rare breed of player, having a player with his athletic ability and height, combined with his footskills is something we should treasure, not throw away at the first chance we get. Some are shipping off Henderson to other clubs already while at the same time calling for Smith to move to the midfield in 2014... so tell me, who is going to give us that run and drive down back like we witnessed with Henderson???? Sorry to sound harsh but Brent Reilly is simply not the answer, plain and simple, cannot stand anymore of that bloke in AFC colours. CEY is nowhere near ready yet and will never have the footskills that Hendo does, the only thing he can draw level with is build and athletic ability. People on here are quick right him off with excuses that hes inconsistent and plays a easy role, but there is literally no one else that can perform his role and be anyhwere near as damaging that Henderson can be out of the backline.

So yes, sorry for the massive rant. Obviously I do not know the extent of Henderson's personal situation, but I just cannot believe both the clubs and some supporters stance on this situation. How about trying to retain our players just for once!! Espcially as players with Hendo's athleticism and skillset are about as rare as they come.

But yeah lets trade at the first opportunity that presents itself him and be forced to bring back good ol' Brent Reilly

 

[Bacon8]

Anyone want to do me a favour on behalf of this board and flick Sando/harper/noble/chapman or whoever and email and ask WHY THE **** are we shopping this bloke around?!?

Yes i know, he supposedly has family issues with his brother and his mum is struggling according to all reports. But if henderson has come out and said that he is willing to stay unless a good deal for the club can be found, then surely his personal issues are that bad....yet. Im in no way trying to speak on henderson's behalf and obviously no one has any idea on how much he really is struggling, but why are we not trying to work things out with him sort of like what Port did with Boak, istead of throwing him straight to the wolves???

I may be overreacting a little here but im sure any crows supporter is just as sick as I am of watching talented/promising players leave the club for whatever reason. I will admit that Henderson has become a favourite of mine and has gone from 0 to hero (well maybe not that far, but semi-hero ) throughout the course of his career. As a supporter ive watched him come out of nowhere from an extremely raw basketball recruit to someone who IMO looks like becoming a serious talent for this club, and i would absolutely HAAAATE for him to leave now, right as he appears to be peaking. I remember my friends showing me this crows magazine once where all the players down at the club tipped Henderson to be the next big thing for AFC, so obviously he has some talent.

I think what seems to be pissing me off the most about this whole situation is that every corner I turn im reading reports of crows shopping Henderson around, but yet im reading 0 ****ing stories of the club trying to work with both him and his family to solve the issue/s at hand. If hes so highly rated by many at the club, then why are we willing to let him go without even blinking an eyelid?!?

I swear to god if Crows have their minds set on trading back into the 2nd round and they are using Henderson's "issues" as a sort get out of jail card so that it appears to fans that we get a win-win out of this situation I will not be happy. If we were to lose Henderson due to Trigg being an incompetent ****wit then I will be ****ing ropable with the club.

An elusive 2nd round pick is not what the club needs right now. Given the considerably young average age of our list already, the last thing we need is another "promising" youngster that we consistently throw in and out of the side based on god knows what selection policies. Any man and his dog can see that we have an up and coming list and are with the right age balance, and trading out a 25 year old who seems to finally have found his home and performing his role damn well is not going to help our chances at all.

Dont get me wrong, if Henderson does in fact seriously want to return home then by all means we should aim for a high 2nd round pick and run based on previous events that have occurred. However something just doesnt sit right with this whole situation to me for some reason, something smells fishy. From what ive read it comes across to me that the crows could be trying to capatilise on his go home factor. I could be wrong and I hope I am, but thats my view atm and I cant seem to comprehend why the club would want to do such a thing which is obviously frustrating me. I would very much at least like to see the club try to work work with him and actually retain one of our more exciting players for once.



Ohh and for all of you saying that Hendo's role is easy and could be replaced without any trouble, please give me a list of players that quick, agile, tall, a great field kick, an accurate and long kick for goal and good at reading the contest. Im all out of ideas but apparently these players grow on trees... Henderson is a very rare breed of player, having a player with his athletic ability and height, combined with his footskills is something we should treasure, not throw away at the first chance we get. Some are shipping off Henderson to other clubs already while at the same time calling for Smith to move to the midfield in 2014... so tell me, who is going to give us that run and drive down back like we witnessed with Henderson???? Sorry to sound harsh but Brent Reilly is simply not the answer, plain and simple, cannot stand anymore of that bloke in AFC colours. CEY is nowhere near ready yet and will never have the footskills that Hendo does, the only thing he can draw level with is build and athletic ability. People on here are quick right him off with excuses that hes inconsistent and plays a easy role, but there is literally no one else that can perform his role and be anyhwere near as damaging that Henderson can be out of the backline.

So yes, sorry for the massive rant. Obviously I do not know the extent of Henderson's personal situation, but I just cannot believe both the clubs and some supporters stance on this situation. How about trying to retain our players just for once!! Espcially as players with Hendo's athleticism and skillset are about as rare as they come.

But yeah lets trade at the first opportunity that presents itself him and be forced to bring back good ol' Brent Reilly

I'll start it for you:

Dear Triggy,

Why aren't you releasing personal information about Hendo's family to the media?

Thanks
Russo

 

[Campbell's Chunky]

The family issues are wrong, but he does have some issues which is probably best not to divulge on here.