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Was already a brief mention in the Hun n 7 news that it was just a load of internet fake, according to Colonwood. Reckon if it had of been real the media would have been wetting themselves all over the place with excitement, yet it's barely rated a mention or denial since the post was put up.
More than likely that the bloke who posted it was living out a personal fantasy, but I can think of better places to get some action happening than hiding in a dingy crapper.
Hawthorn have delisted Chad Wingard after just resigning him in September with the expectation of selecting him as a rookie in the rookie draft. They’ve also delisted Cooper Stephens, who they just recruited from Geelong 12 months ago, with the same expectation.
Crickey - what weight does that give modern day contracts - are they bec meaningless
The hawks are probably hoping someone does a “Hugh Greenwood” on them and pick Wingard up.
Seems weird.
If the blokes are contracted then the club would still be liable to pay out their contracts if they delist them. Our footy contracts are nowhere near as rubbery as the Yankie sports contracts. Wouldn't think that delisting then rookieing a player would in any way alter an already existing contracts requirements.
Maybe if another club was to pick up the delisted player in the draft you could mitigate the amount required to pay out his contract by just covering any shortfall between his previous contract and his new contract, but that sort of thing would kinda damage the trust and loyalty values that clubs love to spruik.
and yet Colonwood won the flag this year off dudding Grundy, Treloar, & Stephenson. I agree the principle stinks but it didn't seem to effect the harmony at that club this year at least
Interesting listening/reading the washup of the draft. Apparently North and GC are on their way to superclub status.
Picture for a moment what a prelim or grand final crowd between these 2 looks and sounds like at the G..... the AFL freebie and propaganda machine will have to be stuck in overdrive!
Picture for a moment what a prelim or grand final crowd between these 2 looks and sounds like at the G..... the AFL freebie and propaganda machine will have to be stuck in overdrive!
Yeah nah I can’t actually seeing gc winning it, GWS had a far better established team who made at least 2, maybe 3 prelims and got through to the big dance once and still couldn’t do it.
norf, well they are at least 5 to 6 years away at the earliest - best to just lol I reckon.
The odds for either team getting their are slim, both well can’t see it.
So yes I agree with your post @TrialByVideo and while we at it, let’s lol at the afl media cause this is the fluff they live on.
norf, well they are at least 5 to 6 years away at the earliest - best to just lol I reckon.
The odds for either team getting their are slim, both well can’t see it.
So yes I agree with your post @TrialByVideo and while we at it, let’s lol at the afl media cause this is the fluff they live on.
At least in Melb. there'd be a few randoms who'd wander in for a look, especially if they could get some late discounted fill the seats tickets. Just imagine a prelim between Mold Coast n #Lolnorf at Mold Coasts home ground, no-one would bother turning up except the support staff.
GC, not sure, they have a nice balanced list IMO. Get the gameplan right and make their home ground a fortress and they could get there.
North IMO are in complete no mans land. I know they are getting a great wrap in the press, but talk about midfield heavy!! They have Larkey forward then who? Who's their next best tall forward? If Larkey goes down, even with their midfield they could win the spoon. Then look at their tall defence, who do they have? Is Biggie going to take them to the GF!! They have seriously missed the boat in drafting when they have completely missed talls. It was one of the reasons why IMO they should have been looking to trade back in this years draft and try and get Curtin and another player through the door. Whilst I really like McKercher (and his chat at the draft showed he's a really good kid too), I would have considered trading that pick back, say to Melbourne for Pick 7 and 13. They could have added Duursma to their forward line, Curtin to their backline and then they could have even traded again, lets say with Geelong for Pick 10 (that they traded to the Bombers) to get up 3 spots and get Caddy. For their list build I reckon Caddy and Curtin as a duo would have been worth much more to them than McKercher even though I think he will be very good, just purely due to the midfield strength that North have. They are falling into the trap of a great midfield, an ok and risky forward line and a crapshoot in defence. You don't win premierships without a defence.
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