As there seems to be a lot of talk about Surjan in the team selection thread, I figured he deserves his own thread to talk about all the conspiracy theories surrounding him.
"Report": Jacob Surjan turned up to preseason unfit and overweight (presumably due to laziness).
Now I've seen this mentioned countless times in many different threads, but I still can't find any article mentioning this. Where did this report come from? Was it just a conspiracy theory that's just built up to now become a fact, or is there some evidence online somewhere? Did this come off the back of his demotion from vice captain?
Rumour: Jacob Surjan did a fitness test with Freo in the offseason.
This rumour makes little sense, but it seems to have gathered steam over the last coupla weeks. Where did this one come from? Not only was he coming back from injury, therefore the timing is ridiculous for this story, but he's still got a whole year left on his contract (or more? I don't know the specifics, but's he's at least contracted for this year obviously).
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So basically, on top of these, is the constant suggestion that Surjan is unfit and that's why he's not guaranteed a spot in our 22. Is this stemming from any actual evidence, or is it mere guesswork from posters because of the "report" from the preseason, combined with the fact he was subbed off a couple of games in a row?
If you honestly believe that Surjan's form isn't up to it and you're happy for him to be left out of the team because of that, then that's perfectly okay.
But I'm sick of seeing these stories going around with nothing to actually back them up, so I was wondering if someone could help me as to where their origins lie.
"Report": Jacob Surjan turned up to preseason unfit and overweight (presumably due to laziness).
Now I've seen this mentioned countless times in many different threads, but I still can't find any article mentioning this. Where did this report come from? Was it just a conspiracy theory that's just built up to now become a fact, or is there some evidence online somewhere? Did this come off the back of his demotion from vice captain?
Rumour: Jacob Surjan did a fitness test with Freo in the offseason.
This rumour makes little sense, but it seems to have gathered steam over the last coupla weeks. Where did this one come from? Not only was he coming back from injury, therefore the timing is ridiculous for this story, but he's still got a whole year left on his contract (or more? I don't know the specifics, but's he's at least contracted for this year obviously).
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So basically, on top of these, is the constant suggestion that Surjan is unfit and that's why he's not guaranteed a spot in our 22. Is this stemming from any actual evidence, or is it mere guesswork from posters because of the "report" from the preseason, combined with the fact he was subbed off a couple of games in a row?
If you honestly believe that Surjan's form isn't up to it and you're happy for him to be left out of the team because of that, then that's perfectly okay.
But I'm sick of seeing these stories going around with nothing to actually back them up, so I was wondering if someone could help me as to where their origins lie.
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