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Belnakor said:
The CEO shouldn't be dabbling in specific trades. he should set the direction and delegate.
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My point exactly! Rosich as the CEO intentionally placed himself into a position where he was dabbling. He was in an operational role during trade week. A big no no from my perspective and he had the ultimate authority regarding his placement into that position at the very least.

Bell can't be absolved completely in this situation but Rosich as List Manager during trade week was stupid.
 
raffrox said:
My point exactly! Rosich as the CEO intentionally placed himself into a position where he was dabbling. He was in an operational role during trade week. A big no no from my perspective and he had the ultimate authority regarding his placement into that position at the very least.

Bell can't be absolved completely in this situation but Rosich as List Manager during trade week was stupid.
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Rosich was absolutely also involved in hiring a grossly unqualified football GM so yeah i'm not covering for him at all.

Both of them are responsible, but i think the trade itself was fine. The problem was the way we managed him post the trade.
 
Belnakor said:
Both of them are responsible, but i think the trade itself was fine. The problem was the way we managed him post the trade.
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JFC. How could you possibly think this knowing what we know now?

Jesse isn't up to it. We suspected it because we threatened to back out. He just got shipped off basically for free and you think this isn't 99.9% to do with what is in Jesse's head?

The trade was awful, just awful decision making.
 

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FreoRicci said:
Bennell couldn’t and still couldn’t get on the Park.
Hogan on the other hand was always highly professional in terms of fitness and came back from lockdown In great shape. 2 years vs Bennell’s 5 is hugely out balanced.
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Not sure Hogan and highly professional should be used in the same sentence.
 
Joao said:
JFC. How could you possibly think this knowing what we know now?

Jesse isn't up to it. We suspected it because we threatened to back out. He just got shipped off basically for free and you think this isn't 99.9% to do with what is in Jesse's head?

The trade was awful, just awful decision making.
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There was plenty of sound reasoning to make the trade. To say otherwise isn't accounting for all the details and possibly ye olde 20/20 hindsight.

They never seriously considered backing out of the trade. That is evident in the wording of Bell's statement.

It's also arguable that the club made the wrong calls regarding Hogan's rehab. It could also be argued keeping Hogan running around in dinky nothing scratchies for as long as they did did no one any favours.
 
beetz said:
Far out I vaguely remember such an incident at Leopold. I’m going back 15+ years! I remember Bell and another patron in a push and shove near the pool tables before both being held back. Nothing more than that though and not sure what it was over.
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****. Small world!!? And thank you for witnessing something that actually happened. Yep, right near the pool tables. Bouncers had to throw him out

The funniest thing was , McManus got involved at the end and said and I quote " oi, leave him alone, he's a good captain."

Classic McManus
 
Cesoir said:
I once saw a pensioner dude drop a $2 coin on the pavement in Subiaco. As he bent down to pick it up Belly crash tackled him to the ground and ran off with the $2 - then he gave it to a couple of chicks to impress them. If you don't believe me ask him, then come back and apologise to me for doubting me.

He's not such a good guy after all hey?
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How you feel now ****wit?

Got it substantiated 🖕
 
J Docker said:
Who are you bf police? Why you taking his side? All I wanted to do was have my two cents on an incident that happened between myself and Peter Bell years back which may cast some doubt over his character!! But no every second flog with a keyboard has to come on and disagree for the sake self preservation or maybe just to be a troll. Who knows but the mind just fu**in boggles at some of you here!!
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About 10 years ago on the cliffs overlooking Uluwatu, at a dear friends wedding, an old friend put his finger in my chest and told me to pick up the sunglasses i had accidentally knocked off his head, when I said no, my girlfriend at the time (who was dancing with me), reached down to pick them up for him and sensing what she was about to do I swiftly toe-poked them out of her grasp and over the edge of said cliffs, angered he shoved me in the chest and then I acted out of character and held one of the 14 margherita glasses i'd recently emptied to his throat and marched him backwards until our dear friends overpowered me...


...nothing like that had happened before or since... I worked hard so that those demons would lose their desperate grip on my spirit...

...the people I met at that wedding for the first and last time would have a pretty wildly inaccurate idea of the kind of character I possess.

Those that know me intimately know the truth.

I guess what I'm saying J Docker is dont discount the chance that maybe you met Belly at his absolute lowest of lows and that seeing your arsecrack hanging out actually immediately precluded a turning point in his life, one for which he will be eternally grateful for.
 
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Ghost Pig said:
About 10 years ago on the cliffs overlooking Uluwatu, at a dear friends wedding, an old friend put his finger in my chest and told me to pick up the sunglasses i had accidentally knocked off his head, when I said no, my girlfriend at the time (who was dancing with me), reached down to pick them up for him and sensing what she was about to do I swiftly toe-poked them out of her grasp and over the edge of said cliffs, angered he shoved me in the chest and then I acted out of character and held one of the 14 margherita glasses i'd recently emptied to his throat and marched him backwards until our dear friends overpowered me...


...nothing like that had happened before or since... I worked hard so that those demons would lose their desperate grip on my spirit...

...the people I met at that wedding for the first and last time would have a pretty wildly inaccurate idea of the kind of character I possess.

Those that know me intimately know the truth.

I guess what I'm saying J Docker is dont discount the chance that maybe you met Belly at his absolute lowest of lows and that seeing your arsecrack hanging out actually immediately precluded a turning point in his life, one which he will be eternally grateful for.
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That was YOU? You prick, I loved those sunglasses and I'll never forgive you.
 

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raffrox said:
My point exactly! Rosich as the CEO intentionally placed himself into a position where he was dabbling. He was in an operational role during trade week. A big no no from my perspective and he had the ultimate authority regarding his placement into that position at the very least.

Bell can't be absolved completely in this situation but Rosich as List Manager during trade week was stupid.
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arsesmart said:
There was plenty of sound reasoning to make the trade. To say otherwise isn't accounting for all the details and possibly ye olde 20/20 hindsight.

They never seriously considered backing out of the trade. That is evident in the wording of Bell's statement.

It's also arguable that the club made the wrong calls regarding Hogan's rehab. It could also be argued keeping Hogan running around in dinky nothing scratchies for as long as they did did no one any favours.
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I'm not going back over this again in full but if you really think it was hindsight you can find my posting history.

At least Taylor and I and possibly others shared reservations over trading for him with the foot.

At least me and possibly others mentioned concerns with his mentality given almost all of his good performances came against lesser teams (especially 2018) and his inability to convert from >40m

Then once he got here and we found out about the mental health/off field crap I immediately called the club out of the horrible decision to trade for him and I reckon you could probably find a post from me in early/mid 2019 saying he'll be a bust.

I am giving zero latitude to the decision makers on this one. Exactly zero.

I don't blame Jesse and I have no idea re his rehab so I won't comment.
 
Belnakor said:
I saw Peter Bell at a grocery store in Fremantle yesterday. I told him how cool it was to meet him in person, but I didn’t want to be a douche and bother him and ask him for photos or anything.
He said, “Oh, like you’re doing now?”
I was taken aback, and all I could say was “Huh?” but he kept cutting me off and going “huh? huh? huh?” and closing his hand shut in front of my face. I walked away and continued with my shopping, and I heard him chuckle as I walked off. When I came to pay for my stuff up front I saw him trying to walk out the doors with like fifteen Milky Ways in his hands without paying.
The girl at the counter was very nice about it and professional, and was like “Sir, you need to pay for those first.” At first he kept pretending to be tired and not hear her, but eventually turned back around and brought them to the counter.
When she took one of the bars and started scanning it multiple times, he stopped her and told her to scan them each individually “to prevent any electrical infetterence,” and then turned around and winked at me. I don’t even think that’s a word. After she scanned each bar and put them in a bag and started to say the price, he kept interrupting her by yawning really loudly.
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We've gone full Reddit.
 

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Cesoir said:
I once saw a pensioner dude drop a $2 coin on the pavement in Subiaco. As he bent down to pick it up Belly crash tackled him to the ground and ran off with the $2 - then he gave it to a couple of chicks to impress them. If you don't believe me ask him, then come back and apologise to me for doubting me.

He's not such a good guy after all hey?
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Rubbish. Belly never tackled
 

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