The Sloane Ranger said: ↑
I agree with M23
People need to stop going on a roller coaster ride based on Chinese whispers and unfortunately the 3 weeks trade period has escalated people's emotions
At this point of time I still hold trust in Noble & co, Noble has made a public threat to send Yippett to the draft, we are yet to accept pick 22 and we know there are other interested parties, outside of this the rest is just pure speculation
Jenny61 said:
I think there is logic in the thought that if we were prepared to accept pick 22, wouldn't we have done it by now? Clearly we are still trying to get a better offer.
I also think we've been quite different with our approach this year, where normally we try to do things behind the scenes, there is a whole lot of breast beating going on as it is being played in the media - first with Trigg with the "not honouring the handshake agreement because he's not gone home to QLD", then Blucher with his "they should accept pick 22 thats a good deal", then Ireland with "we are not giving up a premiership player, or mitchell", then Noble with "we'll send him to the draft", then GWS entering the fray "we've got a shit load of low picks and we want him", and finally Blucher with "Tippett is still in control". It will be interesting to see how the next stage plays out.
Good summary Jenny. Very sensible and I think you are right. We do all need to stay clam and be patient. When I step back and look at this process dispassionately, without all the emotion connected to Tippett, I'm still hopeful that we will come out of this OK. I reckon I can see what the club is doing and its fine given the trickiness of the circumstances.
Having said that, we actually have no hard evidence whatsoever that the club are going to accept pick 22/3 - only hearsay - and that's no disrespect to FAITH, Hodra or Beartoo - I love hearing what they have to say - but until we hear directly from the club we really don't know anything at all - except to have a lot of fun strategising (sort of !) and discussing possible tactics.
So lets all chill and keep this in perspective - we are talking about football which is not life and death, (yeah I know... I know!)...so lets just enjoy it and have fun - and the sun will come up tomorrow - and the club and life as we know it will be there in the morning.
