Goose gone ...

BelfastSaint · Thu 29 Oct 2009 5:25pm

Delisted today ..

Bardon Saint · Thu 29 Oct 2009 5:27pm

Defender Matt Maguire has been delisted, while Zac Dawson and Luke Miles have been elevated off the Rookie list. Read on for more details of our latest list changes.

http://www.saints.com.au/season2009/new ... fault.aspx

chook23 · Post: # 853636Post **chook23** » Thu 29 Oct 2009 5:28pm

When confirmed

Does not surprise given the horrific injuries and their effect

cut down

sad

Bardon Saint · Thu 29 Oct 2009 5:30pm

Damn, I didn't want to see that happen. Not even for a trade. Thanks Goose.

HarveysDeciple · Thu 29 Oct 2009 5:31pm

Burst onto the scene in 2003. Was outstanding in 2004 and 2005.

Struggled in 2006, was starting to find his best form, then suffered horrendous broken leg.....game over. Very sad.

SainterK · Post: # 853640Post **SainterK** » Thu 29 Oct 2009 5:32pm

Sad news, all the best to Matt....someone may pick him up in the draft

saint66au · Post: # 853644Post **saint66au** » Thu 29 Oct 2009 5:35pm

Hope he gets another chance...real shame he didnt get that 100th but was just one the cruel blows fate threw him

All the best Goose...thanks for some great footy

evertonfc · Post: # 853645Post **evertonfc** » Thu 29 Oct 2009 5:37pm

What I don't get is that Drain said he would have played against Hawthorn had he not tweaked his hamstring. That was barely a few weeks before the end of the season.

Since then, we've lost a Grand Final and lost one of the greatest defenders in the club's history. You'd have thought there was a spot for him. Extremely disappointing. Reckon this tugs at the fabric of the club just a little bit.

Occasionally - though rarely - you need to reward great clubmen and give them a little leeway because of what they can ultimately offer. Maguire deserved one more year - if he couldn't get it right in that 12 months, then it would have been acceptable to release him.

Sure this decision wasn't taken lightly, but with the club in desperate need of decent, tall defenders, this makes for a bizarre decision.

In Ross We Trust, but please, perspective is a good thing.

thirty-seven!? · Thu 29 Oct 2009 5:37pm

Very disappointing...

Could he be picked up as a rookie under the new rules:

"Under several changes approved by the commission on Monday, the rules have been relaxed to allow an extra two rookies on to every club's list, with mature-age rookies allowed not only to have played an infinite number of senior games but also paid over the odds in rookie terms. Any contract worth more than the minimum rookie payment would result in the additional money being included in the total player payments."

Moccha · Post: # 853647Post **Moccha** » Thu 29 Oct 2009 5:37pm

Hawthorn or Carlton might take a punt on him

dcstkfc · Post: # 853648Post **dcstkfc** » Thu 29 Oct 2009 5:38pm

Thanks for everything Goose.

All the best for the future.

SainterK · Post: # 853649Post **SainterK** » Thu 29 Oct 2009 5:39pm

evertonfc wrote:What I don't get is that Drain said he would have played against Hawthorn had he not tweaked his hamstring. That was barely a few weeks before the end of the season.

Since then, we've lost a Grand Final and lost one of the greatest defenders in the club's history. You'd have thought there was a spot for him. Extremely disappointing. Reckon this tugs at the fabric of the club just a little bit.

Occasionally - though rarely - you need to reward great clubmen and give them a little leeway because of what they can ultimately offer. Maguire deserved one more year - if he couldn't get it right in that 12 months, then it would have been acceptable to release him.

Sure this decision wasn't taken lightly, but with the club in desperate need of decent, tall defenders, this makes for a bizarre decision.

In Ross We Trust, but please, perspective is a good thing.

Maybe he wants to try his luck in the draft, we did offer him a 12 month contract didn't we?

emma · Post: # 853650Post **emma** » Thu 29 Oct 2009 5:41pm

Maybe he requested this? Didn't think he could break into the side and thought he'd take a chance in the draft?

S.A Saint · Post: # 853651Post **S.A Saint** » Thu 29 Oct 2009 5:41pm

The GOOSE is cooked OFFICIALLY...

All the best Matty....

chook23 · Post: # 853652Post **chook23** » Thu 29 Oct 2009 5:42pm

evertonfc wrote:What I don't get is that Drain said he would have played against Hawthorn had he not tweaked his hamstring. That was barely a few weeks before the end of the season.

Since then, we've lost a Grand Final and lost one of the greatest defenders in the club's history. You'd have thought there was a spot for him. Extremely disappointing. Reckon this tugs at the fabric of the club just a little bit.

Occasionally - though rarely - you need to reward great clubmen and give them a little leeway because of what they can ultimately offer. Maguire deserved one more year - if he couldn't get it right in that 12 months, then it would have been acceptable to release him.

Sure this decision wasn't taken lightly, but with the club in desperate need of decent, tall defenders, this makes for a bizarre decision.

In Ross We Trust, but please, perspective is a good thing.

very weakened team that day v Hawks

plenty at all clubs played after that round and delisted

very tough business,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

has been injured and attempting to come back for a long time.........

body a huge risk at afl level now

in footy terms at afl body/pace gone

sad as I mentioned above

MCG-Unit · Post: # 853653Post **MCG-Unit** » Thu 29 Oct 2009 5:42pm

evertonfc wrote:What I don't get is that Drain said he would have played against Hawthorn had he not tweaked his hamstring.

That was barely a few weeks before the end of the season.

Since then, we've lost a Grand Final and lost one of the greatest defenders in the club's history.

You'd have thought there was a spot for him. Extremely disappointing. Reckon this tugs at the fabric of the club a little bit.

Just occaisionally, you need to reward great club men and give them a little leeway because of what they can ultimately offer.
Maguire deserved one more year - if he couldn't get it right in that 12 months, then it would have been acceptable to release him.

Sure this decision wasn't taken lightly, but with the club in desperate need of decent, tall defenders, this makes for a bizarre decision.

In Ross We Trust, but please, perspective is a good thing.

Couldn't agree more.......
I hope he gets picked up in one of the drafts

Maybe the bolded part could apply to Ball as well

evertonfc · Post: # 853654Post **evertonfc** » Thu 29 Oct 2009 5:44pm

SainterK wrote:Maybe he wants to try his luck in the draft, we did offer him a 12 month contract didn't we?

Well I certainly hope we did, it's the least he deserves. He'll get a go somewhere else and I suspect he could do very well.

Maybe someone else has offered him better coin already; there is that possibility and in that case you can't really blame anyone. Still, I'd be shattered if the club has cut him outright.

How is Leigh Fisher still on the list, by the way?

chook23 · Post: # 853655Post **chook23** » Thu 29 Oct 2009 5:45pm

evertonfc wrote:
SainterK wrote:Maybe he wants to try his luck in the draft, we did offer him a 12 month contract didn't we?
Well I certainly hope we did, it's the least he deserves. He'll get a go somewhere else and I suspect he could do very well.

Maybe someone else has offered him better coin already; there is that possibility and in that case you can't really blame anyone. Still, I'd be shattered if the club has cut him outright.

How is Leigh Fisher still on the list, by the way?

contracted

Saint Bev · Post: # 853657Post **Saint Bev** » Thu 29 Oct 2009 5:45pm

Not happy about this, though not totally surprised, just tops of a s*** day.

Bardon Saint · Thu 29 Oct 2009 5:46pm

I was hoping that goose would be our number 1 back-up tall defender now that hudghton has gone. Who will fill this spot now?

bigcarl · Post: # 853659Post **bigcarl** » Thu 29 Oct 2009 5:47pm

sad day. he was going to be anything. tough, courageous.

perhaps he's been let go for his own good.

S.A Saint · Post: # 853660Post **S.A Saint** » Thu 29 Oct 2009 5:47pm

Bardon Saint wrote:I was hoping that goose would be our number 1 back-up tall defender now that hudghton has gone. Who will fill this spot now?

thats a good question...if say zac or fisher went down..not sure who from our back stocks could step up and fill in the roles...Miles maybe

SainterK · Post: # 853662Post **SainterK** » Thu 29 Oct 2009 5:52pm

evertonfc wrote:
SainterK wrote:Maybe he wants to try his luck in the draft, we did offer him a 12 month contract didn't we?
Well I certainly hope we did, it's the least he deserves. He'll get a go somewhere else and I suspect he could do very well.

Maybe someone else has offered him better coin already; there is that possibility and in that case you can't really blame anyone. Still, I'd be shattered if the club has cut him outright.

How is Leigh Fisher still on the list, by the way?

I think he may be going somewhere else....which is fine of course.

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/st ... 22,00.html

St Kilda has all-but brokered a deal with Fremantle for quick midfielder Brett Peake, 26, who requested a trade after five years with the Dockers.

Injury prone St Kilda defender Matt Maguire has been offered a one-year deal to stay.

Maguire, who has attracted interest from several clubs, has played just 14 senior games in the past three seasons due to three serious leg and foot fractures.

evertonfc · Post: # 853664Post **evertonfc** » Thu 29 Oct 2009 5:54pm

So Leigh Fisher signed a three-year deal at the end of 2007?

It's the only way he could be contracted for 2010.

That can't be right. Surely.

saint66au · Post: # 853666Post **saint66au** » Thu 29 Oct 2009 5:57pm

Lovely..the Facebook announcement is already full of "Why is Raph on the list still and we cut Goose"???

Gawd some people should have to sit an exam before being let into games