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That won't silence the doubters until he puts pen to papersaintbrat wrote:they forgot to follow through with his manager who has told GWS he isn't available- as he has also told any others who may look
reported last week........ i
and didn't watch the football last night where he was asked 'are you leaving the Saints'- NO
a lot of brownlow medal winners have been traded. lockett. judd. greg williams. gerard healy. ian stewart. gavin wanganeen. brian wilson. shane woewodin! someone obviously does trade these champions.St Lenny wrote:You dont trade champions.
In the case of most of these there was not a lot of choice with the club losing the player.bergholt wrote:a lot of brownlow medal winners have been traded. lockett. judd. greg williams. gerard healy. ian stewart. gavin wanganeen. brian wilson. shane woewodin! someone obviously does trade these champions.
Life Long Saint wrote:In the case of most of these there was not a lot of choice with the club losing the player.bergholt wrote:a lot of brownlow medal winners have been traded. lockett. judd. greg williams. gerard healy. ian stewart. gavin wanganeen. brian wilson. shane woewodin! someone obviously does trade these champions.
Lockett, Woewodin and Healy were offered more money than their current club could offer.
Wanganeen & Judd had the "go home" factor.
Not sure about Diesel and Stewart.
Wilson was traded three times, BTW...Once from Footscray to North Melbourne after playing 9 games then from North To Melbourne after playing 39 games. Then from Melbourne after 154 games and a Brownlow Medal to St Kilda where he played 7 games. I am not sure that he was a champion at any stage when he was traded. He certainly wasn't when he came to our team. He just fell into line with some of our bizarre "quick fix" type recruiting decisions of that era!
what did he get up to off field?borderbarry wrote:Yabbee Jeans got rid of Ian Stewart because of his off field behaviour apparently. Would'nt he of been handy in the 1971 Grand Final against Hawthorn!
Didn't he like playing Dress Up?defacto wrote:what did he get up to off field?borderbarry wrote:Yabbee Jeans got rid of Ian Stewart because of his off field behaviour apparently. Would'nt he of been handy in the 1971 Grand Final against Hawthorn!
ANDBigMart wrote:He's a huge chance to leave
wouldnt believe anything GWS sayBigMart wrote:He's a huge chance to leave
Just going on a process of elimination. Most big names are mentioned as possibles have resigned except Goddard and Cloke.... Cloke not on GWS list.
yeh theres plenty of others that were signed sealed and delivered to gws that never ended up there. perfect example taylor walker. no one saw the phil davis move coming.BigMart wrote:So was Tom Scully and Brendon Goddard
Normally where there's smoke.....
sounds reasonable - this way the club can come back and say:defacto wrote:yeh theres plenty of others that were signed sealed and delivered to gws that never ended up there. perfect example taylor walker. no one saw the phil davis move coming.BigMart wrote:So was Tom Scully and Brendon Goddard
Normally where there's smoke.....
how i see the goddard situation: the club knows they are in the best position to bargain. if we lose him we get very good compo picks in a super draft. they have offered him a fair contract but are not going to break the bank to secure the future of 1 player. goddards team has counter offered with something thats above what the club wants and is prepared to pay. the club has moved on and is going to secure the rest of the talent and will come back to goddard with the same offer. it will be up to goddard to take it or leave it.
do i think he's already signed to gws: no.
do i think he will end up at gws: who knows. i dont think goddard knows this yet. i think his preferred option is to stay a saint and get a good deal that would still be below what GWS would pay him. problem this amount is still above what the saints are prepared to pay.
good pointBigMart wrote:Glass half full till the end eh.....
FWIW
I see a positive either way...
He's a great player worth keeping... And for once I'd like to keep a Star
But, we are regenerating a team, and losing an Star can be a catalyst to doing so.
Thats my view also.BigMart wrote:Glass half full till the end eh.....
FWIW
I see a positive either way...
He's a great player worth keeping... And for once I'd like to keep a Star
But, we are regenerating a team, and losing an Star can be a catalyst to doing so.