A premiership comes before Gold Coast for Riewoldt

saintm · Post: # 513879Post **saintm** » Thu 31 Jan 2008 4:50pm

Nick has been visiting the Gold Coast today for the AFL's 2008 launch and this is what he had to say:-

http://www.realfooty.com.au/news/news/f ... 31786.html

Apologies - tried to copy the article but it wouldn't work!!

st_Trav_ofWA · Thu 31 Jan 2008 5:01pm

i understand theres spin put on that by the journos but still didnt like the idea of roo running after we win the flag ....

The Peanut · Post: # 513893Post **The Peanut** » Thu 31 Jan 2008 5:17pm

st_Trav_ofWA wrote:i understand theres spin put on that by the journos but still didnt like the idea of roo running after we win the flag ....

... The journo's don't have a clue whats happening around the clubs and couldn't give a toss either. Need a story! - "why don't we ask Nick Riewoldt again about going back to the Gold Coast? ... thats a question isn't it?"

What can Nick think ... "I can't say outright 'I will never go there' because cause of the folks ... I guess I'll just have to tell them the same as I told the last 50 journo's that have asked that question."

Roo is concentarting on a Premiership at our club - not thinking about the Gold Coast.

Sometimes I think we should just line the journo's up and ...

savatage · Post: # 513894Post **savatage** » Thu 31 Jan 2008 5:18pm

YET AGAIN, I still see no issue or nothing that indicates cause for concern.

Journalists are constantly looking for "bites' & frankly they're getting stuff all.

I urge all saints fans, stop with the f**king paranoia already.

saintspremiers · Thu 31 Jan 2008 5:25pm

The Peanut wrote:
st_Trav_ofWA wrote:i understand theres spin put on that by the journos but still didnt like the idea of roo running after we win the flag ....
... The journo's don't have a clue whats happening around the clubs and couldn't give a toss either. Need a story! - "why don't we ask Nick Riewoldt again about going back to the Gold Coast? ... thats a question isn't it?"

What can Nick think ... "I can't say outright 'I will never go there' because cause of the folks ... I guess I'll just have to tell them the same as I told the last 50 journo's that have asked that question."

Roo is concentarting on a Premiership at our club - not thinking about the Gold Coast.

Sometimes I think we should just line the journo's up and ...

we should send the journo's to a very dodgy curry joint along with the whole Indian cricket side!

iwantmeseats · Thu 31 Jan 2008 6:26pm

Well what he says supposedly, is in quotes , so I take it as said.

It says to me, we win flag , he goes...no question. If that is what he actually said, its almost gaureenteed, sadly.

Solar · Post: # 513928Post **Solar** » Thu 31 Jan 2008 6:44pm

get us a flag and he could go play on the moon for all I care....

I JUST WANT A FLAG!

iwantmeseats · Thu 31 Jan 2008 6:54pm

Solar wrote:get us a flag and he could go play on the moon for all I care....

I JUST WANT A FLAG!

I struggle to understand that. If wewon the flag next year, I would still very much care if we kept reiwoldt or anyon else. Statements like that make no sense.

Flag is won, now what the hell, the team can fall apart, whatever....what is that about?

st_Trav_ofWA · Thu 31 Jan 2008 7:00pm

iwantmeseats wrote:
Solar wrote:get us a flag and he could go play on the moon for all I care....

I JUST WANT A FLAG!

I struggle to understand that. If wewon the flag next year, I would still very much care if we kept reiwoldt or anyon else. Statements like that make no sense.

Flag is won, now what the hell, the team can fall apart, whatever....what is that about?

exactly i want more then one flag
i want an continued success one flag then back to the bottom is not good enuff

Behind Play · Thu 31 Jan 2008 7:06pm

Just strengthens my opinion on who should be captain this season......and it isn't Nick.

kickittokosi!!!! · Thu 31 Jan 2008 7:21pm

[/quote]Just strengthens my opinion on who should be captain this season......and it isn't Nick.

On the contrary, i think the captaincy would only strengthen Nick's ties to the club.
However, don't think it would be a big issue.
If i was to pick a player who enjoyed more than any other their time at St Kilda with his mates, Riewoldt would have to be it.

kickittokosi!!!! · Thu 31 Jan 2008 7:24pm

sorry, haven't worked out "quoting" yet.

plugger66 · Post: # 513950Post **plugger66** » Thu 31 Jan 2008 7:41pm

Solar wrote:get us a flag and he could go play on the moon for all I care....

I JUST WANT A FLAG!

Im with you. If anyone here could guarantee a flag and then we lose Rooy I would take it in a heartbeat. Firstly we have won one flag in 110 years and secondly losing any player isnt end of a club. Look at Plugger when he left.

dcstkfc · Post: # 513955Post **dcstkfc** » Thu 31 Jan 2008 7:50pm

I'd love Nick to stay, but if he wins us a flag he can do whatever floats his proverbial boat.
It'll be his loss when we win again the next year.

savatage · Post: # 513956Post **savatage** » Thu 31 Jan 2008 7:50pm

Saying the right things to not offend the Gold Coast local journalists is how I read it.

I read it quite positively but if the rest of you quiver & tremble & stress about little issues like this then by all means be my guest.

sainter35 · Post: # 513959Post **sainter35** » Thu 31 Jan 2008 8:18pm

He's basically committed himself to our footy club until at least 2011.

It will be a long 3 seasons if you want to spend every waking moment stressing out over whether he will leave our club one day.

Dis Believer · Thu 31 Jan 2008 8:23pm

Pure journalistic dross. Space filler on a slow news day. The Carey thing has no new angles and no WCE or cats players have breached social standards or laws in the past 48 hours so they need something to fill their word quota.

Solar · Post: # 513964Post **Solar** » Thu 31 Jan 2008 8:34pm

plugger66 wrote:
Solar wrote:get us a flag and he could go play on the moon for all I care....

I JUST WANT A FLAG!
Im with you. If anyone here could guarantee a flag and then we lose Rooy I would take it in a heartbeat. Firstly we have won one flag in 110 years and secondly losing any player isnt end of a club. Look at Plugger when he left.

totally agree with you, heck we still see stewart as a champion and he left the club after we won a flag.... hell I would seel my soul to see us win a flag!

rogerwa · Post: # 513968Post **rogerwa** » Thu 31 Jan 2008 8:41pm

with solar on this one...happy to see roo leave with 150-200 games & a flag than play 300 & walk away with nothing

team>>>>daylight to individual

Eastern · Post: # 513974Post **Eastern** » Thu 31 Jan 2008 8:54pm

rogerwa wrote:with solar on this one...happy to see roo leave with 150-200 games & a flag than play 300 & walk away with nothing

team>>>>daylight to individual

Can you make that 220 games and 2 flags

!!

Quixote · Post: # 513981Post **Quixote** » Thu 31 Jan 2008 8:59pm

Some posters really need to read harder:

"I'm not going to rest until St Kilda wins a premiership and supporters don't have anything to worry about as far as that goes."

What's the freaking problem??

stinger · Post: # 514005Post **stinger** » Thu 31 Jan 2008 10:44pm

another article on the same subject...

"Gold Coast AFL team pushed back to 2011

January 31, 2008 - 6:08PM

The AFL's plan to have a team playing on the Gold Coast has been pushed back another year until 2011.

The AFL initially slated a Gold Coast-based 17th franchise to be part of the 2010 premiership after the Kangaroos rejected a $100 million proposal to relocate to Australia's sixth-largest city.

But with AFL broadcasting and commercial operations manager Gillon McLachlan saying the licence would be awarded to a consortium by the end of this year, he conceded an additional 12 months is required for the new club to be built from scratch.

"I think that a licence would need somewhere in the order of two years once it was awarded to get organised and set up for the bounce of the ball," McLachlan told reporters at the launch of the AFL's 2008 Gold Coast program.

"That's when we start talking about 2011."

The AFL's failure to secure a deal to redevelop Carrara Stadium remains a key stumbling block for a new team, which also requires the approval of at least five of the 16 existing clubs.

"We'll continue to work with the stakeholders to try and get a stadium up," said McLachlan.

"We cannot have a team up here without a stadium and we've said that consistently.

"It's a big part of the puzzle."

McLachlan said the proposal for a Gold Coast-based team would be rubber-stamped at the AFL Commission's next meeting in mid February.

By the end of March an announcement will be made on the process and criteria for awarding the 17th licence.

McLachlan rejected accusations the AFL had been dragging the chain in keeping Gold Coast people informed about its plans for a new team.

"It's entirely fair and reasonable given the Kangaroos late in the year decided they weren't going to come (to the Gold Coast) and that's a decision for their board," he said.

"Now we've worked up another plan and I think the actual timing is pretty quick.

"If the Gold Coast is getting impatient then please, I'd like to say we're working productively through it."

McLachlan said the AFL was confident the 16 clubs would support the introduction of a Gold Coast team, which would be given draft concessions and salary cap allowances to ensure its competitiveness from the outset.

St Kilda co-captain and Gold Coast product Nick Riewoldt, who attended Thursday's launch, would be a prime target for the new team but the star forward, while not ruling out a move back home, said he remained focus on winning a premiership for the Saints.

"I'm not going to rest until St Kilda wins a premiership and supporters don't have anything to worry about as far as that goes," said Riewoldt, who recently re-signed with the club until the end of 2010.

McLachlan said there was plenty of interest from the business community in setting up a Gold Coast AFL team, which is certain to receive heavy financial backing from Riewoldt's old club Southport Sharks.

But he warned the proposed venture would need support from government, the corporate sector and the public to succeed.

"AFL teams turn over an average $30 million. They're big business," McLachlan noted.

"For a licence to work, we need everyone behind it.

"That's why we can't go from the Kangaroos to a 17th licence overnight. We're working up the plan."

Â© 2008 AAP

Saints Premiers 2008 · Thu 31 Jan 2008 10:49pm

even if we do lets say in 2010...and he does go...we will still get something damn good for him in return...he would be what...28-29???

in the prime of his career as he has been for the past few years now...

if we get a flag then everything will get sorted...it would be a shame for him to go...

3 seasons is an eternity away...who knows if we win one this year or next...roo will want to acheive the same success with the same core again???

i dont see him or any of the other guns around that age seemingly buggering off once the job gets done once

bigcarl · Post: # 514013Post **bigcarl** » Thu 31 Jan 2008 10:53pm

Behind Play wrote:Just strengthens my opinion on who should be captain this season ... and it isn't Nick.

then you'll probably be disappointed. i heard it's been decided and it's a good decision imo.

i heard roo's speech at the b & f clinched it

RBnW · Post: # 514021Post **RBnW** » Thu 31 Jan 2008 10:59pm

Quixote wrote:Some posters really need to read harder:

"I'm not going to rest until St Kilda wins a premiership and supporters don't have anything to worry about as far as that goes."

What's the freaking problem??

and he will not stop at 1 flag either he will play his days out with the Saints...and he should be our captain in 2008.....all quality on and off the paddock.....