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Just remember - he CAN'T have signed anywhere else. It's impossibleAnd butch has replied that he thinks someone has best them to it today....
FWIW if Boak does leave I think Port will do well out of it in terms of picks/players they get . You always do well at the trade table...... Brooks for pick 8, Bode for pick 11 or something like that....your trading team must have been laughing at those trades. I don't think Port have been screwed once at the trade table ( not including Stevens cos there was no trade there)
The days of 'Brooks for pick 6' and 'Bode for pick 12' are long gone. High draft picks are no longer traded so easily. At this point though, I'm not concerned with potential trades for Boak, I'm concerned about our vice captain and current acting captain meeting with representatives of an opposition team during the season. Would any opposition club be as ballsy with a Collingwood player? I think not. It makes us look weak - the vultures don't even need to circle, they can just take what they want.
I see this as Geelong finding out that Boak is on the verge of re-signing here and that this is their last ditch attempt to get him to come over.
1) I do now believe that we require a complete renovation or makeover - gut the place from top to bottom, retain the foundations and ensure we get a damn good site supervisor to oversee the project!
2) I'm not happy that Boak is talking to these guys but hey that's exactly what our club should be doing in our current state.
3) If he decides to go then so be it but no disrespect to the cats or Boak, it will be on our terms ie: we will get him back to Victoria but for the best price. Therefore Geelong will need to put something pretty enticing to the PAFC even if they think it may be slightly overs. There's more than just a couple of clubs that would want his services, no!
4) Refer point 1.
Statement from the club. Looks like Boak is expected to play this weekend and it will be business as usual, despite this whole situation descending into a farce.
No they aren't. Both Bode and Brooks had value when we traded them. They both had potential and were on the upwards slope so to speak.The days of 'Brooks for pick 6' and 'Bode for pick 12' are long gone. ...
What Geelong have done that is disrespectful is go public in their chase. It puts Port and Boak in a difficult position because it makes public what has been for many a long year done with a nod and a wink. Port can't really complain about Geelong doing something publicly that every club has been doing privately forever and a day. It is a desperate act by Geelong.
I agree with all of your post except this... from what I've read it seems the Geelong representatives were spotted at Adelaide Airport by a news crew. I'm certain we didn't issue a press release detailing plans of our meeting. Your players busted Ablett meeting with McKenna on the Gold Coast and subsequently it became public. As you said, these type of meetings would happen every year, especially among players who request a trade to a specific club (Ball to Collingwood, Gibson to Hawthorn, Ebert to Port among others). The fact our visit today became unintentionally public is through no fault of Geelong's.
I agree with all of your post except this... from what I've read it seems the Geelong representatives were spotted at Adelaide Airport by a news crew. I'm certain we didn't issue a press release detailing plans of our meeting. Your players busted Ablett meeting with McKenna on the Gold Coast and subsequently it became public. As you said, these type of meetings would happen every year, especially among players who request a trade to a specific club (Ball to Collingwood, Gibson to Hawthorn, Ebert to Port among others). The fact our visit today became unintentionally public is through no fault of Geelong's.
I don't really have an issue with Geelong doing what they did. Just looking out for their own interests. I wish Port did a bit more of that. Not sure Geelong fans would be happy if someone did it to them though.
I'm pretty sure we didn't send our coach and some players over when negotiating with Ebert, Carr, etc. One thing for a meeting with an official, quite another to send a playing group over.There is only one cub acting unprofessionally here and it isn't Port. Sure we would like them to make a strong statement but could you imagine the snickering behind cupped hands hidden among faux coughing if Port cried foul about a club talking to a not yet out-of-contract player? It is an unspoken given in the AFL environment.
You think we didn't do it with Brad Ebert? Freo with Josh Carr? Hawthorn with Shaun Burgoyne? Adelaide with Scott Thompson? That those players woke up after Mad Monday and thought I think I would like to change clubs next year. I wonder who would have me? Those wheels were well in motion long before that decision was made.
What Geelong have done that is disrespectful is go public in their chase. It puts Port and Boak in a difficult position because it makes public what has been for many a long year done with a nod and a wink. Port can't really complain about Geelong doing something publicly that every club has been doing privately forever and a day. It is a desperate act by Geelong.
But are we sure that he did meet with them in person? Could've just been meeting with his manager, or (unlikely, but not impossible) could've been here for a completely unrelated reason.
Probably very true, all we all want is for our own clubs to do what is in their own best interests.... But what is in our best interest isn't always what is in yours and visa versa...I don't really have an issue with Geelong doing what they did. Just looking out for their own interests. I wish Port did a bit more of that. Not sure Geelong fans would be happy if someone did it to them though.