Everitt, back on board

[Bowey Boy]

Just on Ten talking “us”.

[longtimesaint]

Spuds was an unusual character but has always been Saints.
His son is in the father son program.

[longtimesaint]

Meant Spida

[skeptic]

Worst decision of the GT era was moving Spida on when he did...
Everite didn’t do himself any favours in his last year or so but he really was the missing ingredient in 04

[ausfatcat]

Worst decision of the GT era was moving Spida on when he did...
Everite didn’t do himself any favours in his last year or so but he really was the missing ingredient in 04

Didn't he ask to be traded?

[shanegrambeau]

Worst decision of the GT era was moving Spida on when he did...
Everite didn’t do himself any favours in his last year or so but he really was the missing ingredient in 04

Didn't he ask to be traded?

What I thought too.
Mind, hard to tell, being encouraged to leave vs wanting to anyway.

I blame Paul Salmon

[ausfatcat]

Worst decision of the GT era was moving Spida on when he did...
Everite didn’t do himself any favours in his last year or so but he really was the missing ingredient in 04

Didn't he ask to be traded?

What I thought too.
Mind, hard to tell, being encouraged to leave vs wanting to anyway.

I blame Paul Salmon

Not many articles remain from that period but found a little snippet

"We have always said, whether Spider stays or goes, we would be in a better position," Thomas said. "He didn't want to be at our club and whether we find new players or draft new players, we will have people who want to be at our club."

https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/eve ... duq8s.html

[shanegrambeau]

Worst decision of the GT era was moving Spida on when he did...
Everite didn’t do himself any favours in his last year or so but he really was the missing ingredient in 04

Didn't he ask to be traded?

What I thought too.
Mind, hard to tell, being encouraged to leave vs wanting to anyway.

I blame Paul Salmon

Not many articles remain from that period but found a little snippet

"We have always said, whether Spider stays or goes, we would be in a better position," Thomas said. "He didn't want to be at our club and whether we find new players or draft new players, we will have people who want to be at our club."

https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/eve ... duq8s.html

Well, I accept that on face value but might add, (Spiders don't like being told to play boy scouts) and (fashionable at the time skip over to a Hawthorn, Collingwood or Carlton)

[supersaints2]

Is he selling raffle tickets????

[skeptic]

Worst decision of the GT era was moving Spida on when he did...
Everite didn’t do himself any favours in his last year or so but he really was the missing ingredient in 04

Didn't he ask to be traded?

What I thought too.
Mind, hard to tell, being encouraged to leave vs wanting to anyway.

I blame Paul Salmon

Not many articles remain from that period but found a little snippet

"We have always said, whether Spider stays or goes, we would be in a better position," Thomas said. "He didn't want to be at our club and whether we find new players or draft new players, we will have people who want to be at our club."

https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/eve ... duq8s.html

Interesting.

Don’t know why I always thought he was moved on under the guise of improving the team culture.
Perhaps they didn’t try too hard to encourage him to stay?

Either way, was a bad outcome for both parties

[Vortex]

Don’t know why I always thought he was moved on under the guise of improving the team culture.

Just another of a long list of myths given manure by you...tabloid level.

[WellardSaint]

It looks like I'm taking a pot shot at him, but there was a game vs Doggies where we had been leadimg and the Dogs were making a late charge- after a Doggies goal, Spida dragged his feet to the centre bounce with shoulders slumped like 'we're gonna lose'

[Bowey Boy]

Who was ruck in 2004 and 2005?

[skeptic]

It looks like I'm taking a pot shot at him, but there was a game vs Doggies where we had been leadimg and the Dogs were making a late charge- after a Doggies goal, Spida dragged his feet to the centre bounce with shoulders slumped like 'we're gonna lose'

Are you thinking of the infamous Max Hudghton tears game in 2000 after we gave up a 5 odd goal lead?

[shanegrambeau]

It looks like I'm taking a pot shot at him, but there was a game vs Doggies where we had been leadimg and the Dogs were making a late charge- after a Doggies goal, Spida dragged his feet to the centre bounce with shoulders slumped like 'we're gonna lose'

Are you thinking of the infamous Max Hudghton tears game in 2000 after we gave up a 5 odd goal lead?

We cried for Maxy that day. How we needed that win after such a terrible season. How close we were and denied. Love Maxy and he is higher than mortal men. Lyon dropping him just orrible.

[Ghost Like]

Don’t know why I always thought he was moved on under the guise of improving the team culture.

Just another of a long list of myths given manure by you...tabloid level.

Another contribution that no one knows which way you swing. Was Spider moved on or did he want to leave? Read again, those quotes by GT & tell me how you interpret them, knowing the person if you actually do.

[oboe]

Glad he was moved along - disgusting individual who ended up stuffing Hawthorn as well. Don't care how talented somebody is or was, he was a bogun that was involved in a nasty dirty situation. Now, how come we have not been involved in any Covid Breaches this year - unlike most other clubs? Answer - no nobs like Everitt anymore. Great Player, crappy team mate and human being.

[skeptic]

Don’t know why I always thought he was moved on under the guise of improving the team culture.

Just another of a long list of myths given manure by you...tabloid level.

Another contribution that no one knows which way you swing. Was Spider moved on or did he want to leave? Read again, those quotes by GT & tell me how you interpret them, knowing the person if you actually do.

I'm an unabashed GT fan and don't think I've ever posted about this before. And regardless of whether Spider was pushed or jumped, the club facilitated moving him on. We would have kept him if we wanted to. The emphasis of the time was all about positive culture and youth. I don't think GT was a big Spider fan

Very weird response... smacks of emotion. Kind of like when he swore last year that we would make the finals and Richo's contract was going to be extended. Some of us make observations based on what we see or results... others feel the vibe of personal preferences is equally as good

[Saintmatt]

Worst decision of the GT era was moving Spida on when he did...
Everite didn’t do himself any favours in his last year or so but he really was the missing ingredient in 04

Didn't he ask to be traded?

What I thought too.
Mind, hard to tell, being encouraged to leave vs wanting to anyway.

I blame Paul Salmon

Not many articles remain from that period but found a little snippet

"We have always said, whether Spider stays or goes, we would be in a better position," Thomas said. "He didn't want to be at our club and whether we find new players or draft new players, we will have people who want to be at our club."

https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/eve ... duq8s.html

Interesting.

Don’t know why I always thought he was moved on under the guise of improving the team culture.
Perhaps they didn’t try too hard to encourage him to stay?

Either way, was a bad outcome for both parties

He was. Spider - by his own admission - was out of control in his last season. So was Barry Hall. They both played their last game v the Dawks where Hall kicked one late to win it for us. They spent the night by themselves in the corner of the old Moorabbin Social Club whilst the rest of the team got amongst it.

[saynta]

It looks like I'm taking a pot shot at him, but there was a game vs Doggies where we had been leadimg and the Dogs were making a late charge- after a Doggies goal, Spida dragged his feet to the centre bounce with shoulders slumped like 'we're gonna lose'

Are you thinking of the infamous Max Hudghton tears game in 2000 after we gave up a 5 odd goal lead?

We cried for Maxy that day. How we needed that win after such a terrible season. How close we were and denied. Love Maxy and he is higher than mortal men. Lyon dropping him just orrible.

Yep, cost us big time.

[The Craw]

Everitt's effort in Stewie Leowes farewell game was a dead set disgrace.

Disrespected one of the icon's of the club .... unforgivable.

[Impatient Sainter]

Think Everitt and Carlisle might be very similiar in personality - selfish....

[perfectionist]

Peter was a great player, not too dissimilar to Rowan with his ability to take the centre knockout and then sprint into the forward arc ready to be a tall in a subsequent marking contest. He was a very accurate kick for goal with 61% accuracy - as good as almost all. He and Lazar were the perfect combo - whereas Peter ran forward, Lazar ran back and became our 'loose man in defence' and took many contested marks, then moved it on quickly and the attack was off. When Stan has been asked about the loss of Peter in the 1st semi costing us the flag, he has always said, it wasn't the loss of No 10, but the loss of No 9. Both went down in the space of less than 30 minutes - Lazar in the last 5 minutes of the final H&A game against Port and Peter in the first 15 minutes of the very next game, the 1st semi. Unbelievable.

[SaintPav]

Everitt's effort in Stewie Leowes farewell game was a dead set disgrace.

Disrespected one of the icon's of the club .... unforgivable.

What did he do?

[saynta]

Peter was a great player, not too dissimilar to Rowan with his ability to take the centre knockout and then sprint into the forward arc ready to be a tall in a subsequent marking contest. He was a very accurate kick for goal with 61% accuracy - as good as almost all. He and Lazar were the perfect combo - whereas Peter ran forward, Lazar ran back and became our 'loose man in defence' and took many contested marks, then moved it on quickly and the attack was off. When Stan has been asked about the loss of Peter in the 1st semi costing us the flag, he has always said, it wasn't the loss of No 10, but the loss of No 9. Both went down in the space of less than 30 minutes - Lazar in the last 5 minutes of the final H&A game against Port and Peter in the first 15 minutes of the very next game, the 1st semi. Unbelievable.

I was a big fan. Remember seeing him play in a reserves final out at Waverley in 1992, the day we played the dogs in the seniors.

Miserable wet day too, as I remember.