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Bing & Rankine both in the same draft ..... both highly rated
St Kilda & Adelaide come calling ..... one decides to stay citing the group are close and want to stay together ..... the other stays quiet and waits and eventually says he wants out and looks likely to find a way out
Fk you AFL and your wank ambassador payment scheme
Bing did his knee. Best for everyone if he takes the big money Gold Coast have offered him to recover and make sure he is over it and it won’t be an ongoing issue before we make our play.
Banger9798 wrote: ↑Wed 24 Aug 2022 7:29am
And one of them has a twin brother playing for the team he was a fanatical fan of his whole life - how did we miss him again?
Is that a serious question.
We didn't miss him we only had one pick in the top 6 where he was selected and used it on Max.
Some people on this site need to get a little bit of perspective you cannot blame everything on the club.
Signed until his free agency kicks in when he may be able to write his own ticket .
I still think he will stay if they develop as they have a nice core of players who have bought in (it can turn quickly though)
As said before too there is an assumption that being a brother , and a twin also, that they want to play together - perhaps they want to establish their own individual careers. Wakelins went seperate ways, 1 was a premiership player and the other we let walk and played in GF's
What about the packed the GC players had to stay together Rankin just blue that apart.
So bing might be gettable GC did ok without him so not that big a loss if he goes to us.
Banger9798 wrote: ↑Wed 24 Aug 2022 7:29am
And one of them has a twin brother playing for the team he was a fanatical fan of his whole life - how did we miss him again?
Is that a serious question.
We didn't miss him we only had one pick in the top 6 where he was selected and used it on Max.
Some people on this site need to get a little bit of perspective you cannot blame everything on the club.
Not, how did we miss drafting him, but trading for him.
If Adelaide manage to extract Rankine and yet we can't do the same with Bing - despite what you would think would be overwhelming reasons to come - how have we missed that??
He'd be a) coming home b) coming to the team he supported, and c) playing with his twin brother.
Any one of those is a reason used by other players for a move, he's got all 3 and staying
Strategically they should have taken both Kings & set their forward line up for the next decade and most likely kept the two of them together.
Brook and Marni would have no doubt moved as well and the Suns would have had two generational players had they developed them properly.
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There's only one rule in the jungle! When the LYON's hungry, he eats!
D.B.Cooper wrote: ↑Wed 24 Aug 2022 7:34pm
The biggest F#ck up was by Gold Coast!
Strategically they should have taken both Kings & set their forward line up for the next decade and most likely kept the tow of them together.
Brook and Marni would have no doubt moved as well and the Suns would have had two generational players had they developed them properly.
I remember thinking that back before the draft, and it was the first thing i thought when Rankine requested out.
Ultimately it worked better for us i think, because if the kings both went to GC, we would have taken Luko, who is good, but not Max King good.
D.B.Cooper wrote: ↑Wed 24 Aug 2022 7:34pm
The biggest F#ck up was by Gold Coast!
Strategically they should have taken both Kings & set their forward line up for the next decade and most likely kept the two of them together.
Brook and Marni would have no doubt moved as well and the Suns would have had two generational players had they developed them properly.
Great post & thinking .Get both Kings keep them happy & you have a platform for 10 years
Banger9798 wrote: ↑Wed 24 Aug 2022 7:29am
And one of them has a twin brother playing for the team he was a fanatical fan of his whole life - how did we miss him again?
Is that a serious question.
We didn't miss him we only had one pick in the top 6 where he was selected and used it on Max.
Some people on this site need to get a little bit of perspective you cannot blame everything on the club.
Not, how did we miss drafting him, but trading for him.
If Adelaide manage to extract Rankine and yet we can't do the same with Bing - despite what you would think would be overwhelming reasons to come - how have we missed that??
He'd be a) coming home b) coming to the team he supported, and c) playing with his twin brother.
Any one of those is a reason used by other players for a move, he's got all 3 and staying
We didn't miss trading for him either.
He has never been available to trade as he signed a new contract.
Rankine is reportedly getting ridiculous money to move to the Crows. Bing got a pay rise and was always going to remain loyal the GCS. He is a quality kid and it shows through his loyalty to GCS. He would have been nice, but 1 extra player doesnt garuntee team sucess.
D.B.Cooper wrote: ↑Wed 24 Aug 2022 7:34pm
The biggest F#ck up was by Gold Coast!
Strategically they should have taken both Kings & set their forward line up for the next decade and most likely kept the tow of them together.
Brook and Marni would have no doubt moved as well and the Suns would have had two generational players had they developed them properly.
I remember thinking that back before the draft, and it was the first thing i thought when Rankine requested out.
Ultimately it worked better for us i think, because if the kings both went to GC, we would have taken Luko, who is good, but not Max King good.
No. It was widely reported that they were going to chose Connor Rozee until Lethlean stepped in and overruled the pick and they chose Max.
Holder of unacceptable views and other thought crimes.
Well Rankine won't be able to holiday at the Gold Coast. And no more schoolies events for him. No more surfing in warm water.
I think Adelaide has a nice arts festival though.
Paton will pants him next year.
Bing chose money over his dream.
I don’t care how much coin, that was his choice
And frankly our club supporting that also showed how money wins the day. No passionate pleas to get him to screw the money, our full support. Says it all.
When you compare that to Trevor Barker who won a car and handed it over for the club to sell, speaks volumes on what is possible in this world over money.
So all in all, not that big a dream really. Sell out
falka wrote: ↑Mon 29 Aug 2022 7:50pm
Bing chose money over his dream.
I don’t care how much coin, that was his choice
And frankly our club supporting that also showed how money wins the day. No passionate pleas to get him to screw the money, our full support. Says it all.
When you compare that to Trevor Barker who won a car and handed it over for the club to sell, speaks volumes on what is possible in this world over money.
So all in all, not that big a dream really. Sell out
Lets face it,the whole comp is about the coin nowadays.u want to see some passion ? Do yourself a favour and go watch suburban footy .real people real footy!
falka wrote: ↑Mon 29 Aug 2022 7:50pm
Bing chose money over his dream.
I don’t care how much coin, that was his choice
And frankly our club supporting that also showed how money wins the day. No passionate pleas to get him to screw the money, our full support. Says it all.
When you compare that to Trevor Barker who won a car and handed it over for the club to sell, speaks volumes on what is possible in this world over money.
So all in all, not that big a dream really. Sell out
Lets face it,the whole comp is about the coin nowadays.u want to see some passion ? Do yourself a favour and go watch suburban footy .real people real footy!
I agree and someone can transcend it but they won’t because none of them have learned to think. Spoon fed and brainwashed. Starts with Private Schools and Player Managers.
