ok, I just have to get this off my chest.
I cannot ******* believe how unprofessional and immature Cochrane and the Gold Coast have been in this situation. I don't know where O'Meara will end up, but really, it's also not even that relevant at the moment.
The facts are these: Gold Coast have acted like complete *******s over this situation. Complaining that they invested so much blood and treasure in O'Meara blah blah blah.
This is THE SAME CLUB that was more than happy to poach players from almost every other club in the league in their formative years. Players who the other clubs had invested FAR MORE in than GC have done so with O'Meara.
How exactly do GC think clubs felt losing players they'd invested so much in, of the calibre of:
- Ablett
- Rischitelli
- Fraser
- Brown, etc
and that's not even taking into account the knock on effects such as the inflationary pressure they put on all clubs lists.
And the very club who came into being with the imprimatur to pillage every other clubs lists for no cost to itself has the gall to sook and cry and act like this when it happens on a far smaller scale to them?!
The hypocrisy is astounding. Hey GC, at least you get the opportunity to trade for them. We can't just sign them up and laugh at you (well, maybe one of us can

).
Your entire club is built on the hard work of other clubs. Shut the **** up and act like adults for chrissakes. Starting to become apparent why no-one wants to be there, isn't it. No mirrors at Gold Coast, clearly?