Unsubstantiated rumour about Michael Gardiner - retirement?

Red · Post: # 468018Post **Red** » Tue 02 Oct 2007 3:50pm

Just heard that Gardiner will be announcing his retirement soon

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GrumpyOne · Post: # 468020Post **GrumpyOne** » Tue 02 Oct 2007 3:51pm

Red wrote:Just heard that Gardiner will be announcing his retirement soon

Source?

SENsei · Post: # 468021Post **SENsei** » Tue 02 Oct 2007 3:51pm

You kidding?

Great recruit he ended up being.

Saints Premiers 2008 · Tue 02 Oct 2007 3:52pm

f***...

now i have to change my avatar

saintbrat · Post: # 468024Post **saintbrat** » Tue 02 Oct 2007 3:52pm

he gave his toe for us . Literally

B W and R all over · Tue 02 Oct 2007 3:52pm

Not exactly a slow news day, footy-wise is it?

ausfatcat · Post: # 468029Post **ausfatcat** » Tue 02 Oct 2007 3:54pm

would be very very disappointed if true, seemiing as he was given anther year and should be ready to start training again soon.

Red · Post: # 468031Post **Red** » Tue 02 Oct 2007 3:55pm

His surgeon is mine. Foot is no good

Solar · Post: # 468035Post **Solar** » Tue 02 Oct 2007 3:56pm

Red wrote:His surgeon is mine. Foot is no good

um red, if that is true then I would be pretty upset at my surgeon for passing that information on to another patient....

of course if it's not

Post: # 468038Post **n1ck** » Tue 02 Oct 2007 3:57pm

Sad if true.

Could have been a missing link for us.

Saints Premiers 2008 · Tue 02 Oct 2007 3:57pm

[quote="Red"]His surgeon is mine. Foot is no good[/quote

f***

this annoys me more than even sammy going down for good

i saw gardiner helping us taking our game to the next level so to speak

ah bugger f*** s***

Spinner · Post: # 468047Post **Spinner** » Tue 02 Oct 2007 4:00pm

Red wrote:Just heard that Gardiner will be announcing his retirement soon

Bull-s***.

Id be sueing the surgury right about now if true.

True Blue Sainter · Tue 02 Oct 2007 4:00pm

Would be a huge disappointment...

all the hope I had (and alot of us had) of Gardiner finally fixing his feet and returning to his AA form of 2003 - Gone. Vamoosed. Vanished.

Can't believe it !! DAMN..
What salary was he on? $150k?

We need a ruckman. And need a GOOD one if this is true.

Otiman · Post: # 468053Post **Otiman** » Tue 02 Oct 2007 4:03pm

I don't believe a word of this.

saintly · Post: # 468062Post **saintly** » Tue 02 Oct 2007 4:07pm

there is no source to this rumour. and its only a rumour, wait and see.

st.byron · Post: # 468088Post **st.byron** » Tue 02 Oct 2007 4:21pm

If true, am completely unsurprised. Hasn't had any real impact at AFL level for four years and was a GOP with limited skills at Claremont. Grasping at straws to ever have considered him a solution to our rucking issues.
If it's not true and he's not retiring, then I still think the same thing. Will prove to be of no value to STKFC whatsoever.

saintsrus · Post: # 468095Post **saintsrus** » Tue 02 Oct 2007 4:24pm

Seriously how could a doctor release this info to a patient about another patient, what a load of crap

Red · Post: # 468099Post **Red** » Tue 02 Oct 2007 4:25pm

Nobody said the information came from the doctor

Grrrrr · Post: # 468101Post **Grrrrr** » Tue 02 Oct 2007 4:26pm

The doctor didn't say Gardiner is to retire, he may have remarked that "his foot is no good".

Big deal. The footy world knew this anyway.

How is that breaching doctor-patient relationships?

Beej · Post: # 468106Post **Beej** » Tue 02 Oct 2007 4:29pm

Comes as no surprise. I can't remember the last time he played footy it was that long ago.

Bit of a panic-signing by Ross Lyon which didn't work out.

No loss at all.

saint24601 · Post: # 468121Post **saint24601** » Tue 02 Oct 2007 4:41pm

Aside from the odd nightclub sighting is there any evidence that he even actually came on board in the first place?

"The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convicing the world he didn't exist............and like that - he's gone."

bigred · Post: # 468133Post **bigred** » Tue 02 Oct 2007 4:56pm

What a load of horse s***.

Eastern · Post: # 468236Post **Eastern** » Tue 02 Oct 2007 5:54pm

Red wrote:His surgeon is mine. Foot is no good

Medical records passed on under jubious circumstances? Are you Dylan Howard? !!

saintsRrising · Tue 02 Oct 2007 5:55pm

Red wrote:Nobody said the information came from the doctor

in that case.......perhaps get ready for your source to get friendly with the CH7 source...

Doctors take a dim view of people accessing what are meant to be private records.

Oh When the Saints · Tue 02 Oct 2007 5:56pm

I had heard something very different to this - that the club were confident he would play next year.

Not a "reliable" source, but one who has been right in the past.

It would surprise me, put it that way.

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