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barks4eva wrote:
Thomas gave up second round draft selections for Ackland and Guerra and a third round draft choice for McGough for example
rodgerfox wrote:
What does Thomas has to do with this?
Rendell and Thomas made the call to draft Ackland and Guerra.
It was Thomas's decision 100% to draft McGough.
I thought the coach didn't do the trades? I thought that's what the Football Manager does?
Are you saying that in your opinion, the coach has no input into this, no clear direction as to the types of player's he wants and just willy nilly leaves it up to someone else to decide for him?
plugger66 wrote:
Can I say the bit about losing the player group is maybe the biggest lot of crap you have written and that is saying something. That is a completely untrue statement.
He lost the group that much that most of the leadership group went around to his house the night he was sacked to console him. please dont type lies which otherwise please do not type anymore.
What I wrote was directly relayed from a player > FACT
You have your head so far in the sand you wouldn't know the drum even if you had a brass band up ya
The FACT of the matter is Thomas played favourites and had his darling's that he looked after like he was a second father, and IMO a ploy merely to ingratiate himself with the player's he thought were untouchable so that by a logical extension it protect's his own power base, which fortunately counted for diddly squat in the end, but this love affair did NOT extend to the WHOLE LIST.
In actual fact there were only about 3 or 4 players who were really "IN".
These players had only ever had one coach and previously knew of nothing else, they've since cottoned on to what it actually means to have a fair dinkum coach with tactics, a gameplan and the basic fundamentals.
I happen to know that there were many players who were rapt to see him gone, surprised but delighted all the same.
Anyway he's gone, can we please move on
oh that's right there's that little matter of the legal action
Disnt bother answering the bit about the most of the leadership going to his place after he was sacked. Just more lies, sex and videotape.
barks4eva wrote:
Are you saying that in your opinion, the coach has no input into this, no clear direction as to the types of player's he wants and just willy nilly leaves it up to someone else to decide for him?
We're still on page 3, so I'll offer this - Grant Thomas couldn't coach a pig to be dirty (thanks Tony) and Ross Lyon can coach AFL footballers to play as a superior unit.
To the active critics of Ross the Boss - F*** you, and I look forward to you chowin' down on the H pie as the year progresses.
I know it's hard to believe, but we're now a well run, well coached footy club. Personally, I love it. But, I understand how the vesteds find it so hard to accept. Sad. Success isn't important, it's reputations, yeah? Pillocks.
'I have no new illusions, and I have no old illusions' - Vladimir Putin, Geneva, June 2021
Oh, and by the way, having a belly full of grog once a week ain't as sad as spending one's entire day, after day, after day, bitchin' on a footy supporter website.
If that's the lot, a drink sounds positively enticing.
'I have no new illusions, and I have no old illusions' - Vladimir Putin, Geneva, June 2021
