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Our own that broke our hearts...
Another dumb list - guys that left us to play well elsewhere or dumped us for no apparent reason;
Tony Lockett -went to share the goal square with a pig? Why why why Tony?
Joel Smith- wanted dollars with one leg
Barry Hall-Cant think of any thing nice to say
Luke Penny- kept us hoping
Cayden Beetham- high draft pick didnt like the footy culture? WTF
James Begley- Watson said he was a future captain, went to the Crows!
Aussie Jones -I loved watching him play he denied me another couple of seasons.
Spida Everett- Stupid oaf cost us a fortune in legal bills and never got it together for us
Nicky Winmar- I know it wasnt his choice but he should have been retired so I didnt have to witness his bulldog jumper
Ian Stewart -before my time but having to hear old tigers supporters tell me about their great Stewie. Grrr
Big Carl Ditterich- as above
And a list of our hand me downs should go here, guys we dumped only for them to go s*** somewhere else but Im struggling to come up with more than;
David Sieracowski -West coasts own gutter crawler
Tony Lockett -went to share the goal square with a pig? Why why why Tony?
Joel Smith- wanted dollars with one leg
Barry Hall-Cant think of any thing nice to say
Luke Penny- kept us hoping
Cayden Beetham- high draft pick didnt like the footy culture? WTF
James Begley- Watson said he was a future captain, went to the Crows!
Aussie Jones -I loved watching him play he denied me another couple of seasons.
Spida Everett- Stupid oaf cost us a fortune in legal bills and never got it together for us
Nicky Winmar- I know it wasnt his choice but he should have been retired so I didnt have to witness his bulldog jumper
Ian Stewart -before my time but having to hear old tigers supporters tell me about their great Stewie. Grrr
Big Carl Ditterich- as above
And a list of our hand me downs should go here, guys we dumped only for them to go s*** somewhere else but Im struggling to come up with more than;
David Sieracowski -West coasts own gutter crawler
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I thought Joel Smith was basically forced to leave, the Saints thought his leg would never recover.
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Jamie Shanahan, the club couldn't pay him anymore as they were trapped by the salary cap after playing in a Grand Final.
Already had a deal with Melbourne, refused to be traded to them so that Melbourne could take him for FREE with the No1 pick in the pre season draft.
Already had a deal with Melbourne, refused to be traded to them so that Melbourne could take him for FREE with the No1 pick in the pre season draft.
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Ian Stewart at the time.
I was young and naive at the time so didn't understand the rumours, but if what I heard were true, now I would have preferred him traded to Melbourne Demons so he would go straight to hell.
Does anyone know the facts?
I was young and naive at the time so didn't understand the rumours, but if what I heard were true, now I would have preferred him traded to Melbourne Demons so he would go straight to hell.
Does anyone know the facts?
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Re: Begley
His best mate was killed in the Bali bombings and asked to go home.happy feet wrote:I think James Begely's sister died and he needed to go home and was released on compassionate grounds - entirely understandable.
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So Plugger, why?plugger66 wrote:Was a great bloke. Not sure Saints players would say that now.Mr Magic wrote:James Begley I think is a bit tough on your list.
I believe he was terribly affected by the death of his mate in the Bali bombing and mentally needed to go home.
Was a genuinely nice bloke.
Not sure that he is the good bloke he was. May be a touch ahead of himself these days.Mr Magic wrote:So Plugger, why?plugger66 wrote:Was a great bloke. Not sure Saints players would say that now.Mr Magic wrote:James Begley I think is a bit tough on your list.
I believe he was terribly affected by the death of his mate in the Bali bombing and mentally needed to go home.
Was a genuinely nice bloke.
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Oops, I misunderstood what you posted.plugger66 wrote:Not sure that he is the good bloke he was. May be a touch ahead of himself these days.Mr Magic wrote:So Plugger, why?plugger66 wrote:Was a great bloke. Not sure Saints players would say that now.Mr Magic wrote:James Begley I think is a bit tough on your list.
I believe he was terribly affected by the death of his mate in the Bali bombing and mentally needed to go home.
Was a genuinely nice bloke.
I thought you were saying that the Saints players had changed their minds about him back then.
I've met him a number of times (not in the last 3 years) and he was a delightful, respectful, compassionate young man. He certainly wasn't 'ahead of himself' back then.
Sad to hear if true.
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Re: Our own that broke our hearts...
Yep that broke every1s heart. We all loved him. Would have won the premiership in 97 if he'd still played for us. Out Heatley, in Lockett = 10 goal win and Tony copped at 10week suspension for teaching Pittman not to stand infront of Loewe.gringo wrote: Tony Lockett -went to share the goal square with a pig? Why why why Tony?
Was sad to see him go. I got the impression that the Hawks could offer him more $$$ and that Joel was weary of breaking back into a midfield consisting of Harvey, Burke, Winmar, Jones, Brown, Lappin, Sziller and others gone... no issues theregringo wrote: Joel Smith- wanted dollars with one leg
Rather Dal Santo... Pr!@kgringo wrote: Barry Hall-Cant think of any thing nice to say
Couldn't give a stuff about Cayden... when u look at who was taken after him in the draft... thats when it hurtsgringo wrote: Cayden Beetham- high draft pick didnt like the footy culture? WTF
That move ended his career too... was looking great for us late in his last season... no winners heregringo wrote: James Begley- Watson said he was a future captain, went to the Crows!
Glad we got Gehrig but was sad to see him go. Had a lion's heart Seira and could have played some nice footy for us if he stayedgringo wrote: David Sieracowski -West coasts own gutter crawler
Re: Our own that broke our hearts...
David Sieracowski -West coasts own gutter crawler[/quote]
Glad we got Gehrig but was sad to see him go. Had a lion's heart Seira and could have played some nice footy for us if he stayed[/quote]
I never understood Tim Watson's reluctance (bordering on refusal) to give Siera a decent hitout as a key forward. The times I saw him play at the very least you always got a contest.
Glad we got Gehrig but was sad to see him go. Had a lion's heart Seira and could have played some nice footy for us if he stayed[/quote]
I never understood Tim Watson's reluctance (bordering on refusal) to give Siera a decent hitout as a key forward. The times I saw him play at the very least you always got a contest.
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Begley never lost his love for the Saints - even whilst still a crows player!!! 2005 QF at AAMI the Saints win an epic, who does Begley sit with?? (he was out injured) with Tony Brown, Glen Elliott and Anthony Harvey in the StKilda reserved seat area. Barracking like mad for .... US!!!Mr Magic wrote:James Begley I think is a bit tough on your list.
I believe he was terribly affected by the death of his mate in the Bali bombing and mentally needed to go home.
Was a genuinely nice bloke.
He is a decent bloke who wishes he stayed with the saints.
I want to stand for something. I'm a loyal person and I think at the end of my career it will be great to look back and know that I'm a St Kilda person for life.
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he know works for freoyipper wrote:Begley never lost his love for the Saints - even whilst still a crows player!!! 2005 QF at AAMI the Saints win an epic, who does Begley sit with?? (he was out injured) with Tony Brown, Glen Elliott and Anthony Harvey in the StKilda reserved seat area. Barracking like mad for .... US!!!Mr Magic wrote:James Begley I think is a bit tough on your list.
I believe he was terribly affected by the death of his mate in the Bali bombing and mentally needed to go home.
Was a genuinely nice bloke.
He is a decent bloke who wishes he stayed with the saints.
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If he wanted to stay with us (Begley that is) he could of.......not sure how the death of a mate forced him to go home, and how it would have helped him recover.......many people have mates unfortunately die prematurely.....its a part of life one must learn to deal with it, as horrible as it sounds........88 australians died that day..........
He left the saints because he wanted to go home (and we got zilch for him).....like many interstate recruits.......he was far from any good anyway.....played about 70 games total.....IMO one of the more underwhelming players we have recruited
He left the saints because he wanted to go home (and we got zilch for him).....like many interstate recruits.......he was far from any good anyway.....played about 70 games total.....IMO one of the more underwhelming players we have recruited
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Not a popular opinion here BigMart but I agree entirely.BigMart wrote:If he wanted to stay with us (Begley that is) he could of.......not sure how the death of a mate forced him to go home, and how it would have helped him recover.......many people have mates unfortunately die prematurely.....its a part of life one must learn to deal with it, as horrible as it sounds........88 australians died that day..........
He left the saints because he wanted to go home (and we got zilch for him).....like many interstate recruits.......he was far from any good anyway.....played about 70 games total.....IMO one of the more underwhelming players we have recruited