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Im really glad the club has taken the initiative in chasing big Robbie!

By the sounds of it, he was very impressed with our presentation, so good news all round!

The Ox has hinted for weeks he'll be a demon, lets keep our fingers crossed!

But well done Chris Connoly and the boys who met him at the meeting!

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    im pretty sure simon buckley and shane valeenti wud have been one of the 8 young blokes as they played sandringham dragons together

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    im pretty sure simon buckley and shane valeenti wud have been one of the 8 young blokes as they played sandringham dragons together

    Im not sure about Valenti but Buckley was definately in there, Garland and Sylvia were as well. I heard that Sylvia really dominated the conversation, discussing how great the club, people, fans are. Heard on the radio that he spoke with passion about his team.

    All this 150 years celebration stuff has been great for our teams spirit. With Brock and now hearing Sylvia with this, seems like it enlightened a fire in the boys stomachs, they all seem to really love the club lately.

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    Its good we are doing things like this. After all it isnt going to be huge bucks that lures Robbie to Melbourne. We need to make up for that somewhere.

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    Great to hear reports the boys dressed up in their suits and presented really well along with the Powerpoint Presentation. Must of really made an impression on young Robbie. Well Done Dees.

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    During coverage of the Freo v St. Kilda game on radio (SEN?), some Perth commentators - including Freo directior Ben Allan - were discussing the presentation.

    - They were very unimpressed with the MFC's conduct, given the season hasn't finished.

    - Ben Allan sounded very angry about it all, and the other Perth commentator said it was 'disgusting'.

    - Apparently it was supposed to be an informal meeting, and Warnock was surprised to find the players etc in attendance.

    - The commentators laid the blame at the feet of Warnock's manager, who apparently manages someone connected to Melbourne (can't remember who, an official iirc - CC?), but had a shot at Warnock for agreeing to the meeting.

    Edit: Allan made an effort to be diplomatic, but refused to comment 'from a personal POV', and it was clear he was annoyed. From a Freo perspective, he said the Club was 'confident' of retaining Warnock.

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    During coverage of the Freo v St. Kilda game on radio (SEN?), some Perth commentators - including Freo directior Ben Allan - were discussing the presentation.

    - They were very unimpressed with the MFC's conduct, given the season hasn't finished.

    - Ben Allan sounded very angry about it all, and the other Perth commentator said it was 'disgusting'.

    - Apparently it was supposed to be an informal meeting, and Warnock was surprised to find the players etc in attendance.

    - The commentators laid the blame at the feet of Warnock's manager, who apparently manages someone connected to Melbourne (can't remember who, an official iirc - CC?), but had a shot at Warnock for agreeing to the meeting.

    Edit: Allan made an effort to be diplomatic, but refused to comment 'from a personal POV', and it was clear he was annoyed. From a Freo perspective, he said the Club was 'confident' of retaining Warnock.

    Was Tim Gosage one of the commentators Rogue? One scribe this morning on SEN suggested the Mfc players had come back from a function, dressed....(perhaps tongue in cheek)

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    Having had Thompson, Farmer, and Longmuir taken from us by Adelaide and Freo recently i couldn't give a rats about them.

    Oh and by the way, when did Carlton start talking to Judd?

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    Having had Thompson, Farmer, and Longmuir taken from us by Adelaide and Freo recently i couldn't give a rats about them.

    Oh and by the way, when did Carlton start talking to Judd?

    Good point Redleg......F-ing good point.

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    Good point Redleg......F-ing good point.

    And further who are the two fine upstanding teams allegedly making offers to J. Brown who is still playing at the moment?

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    During coverage of the Freo v St. Kilda game on radio (SEN?), some Perth commentators - including Freo directior Ben Allan - were discussing the presentation.

    Oh, how I would love to have heard that segment. The WA Foxtel footy commentators are straight out of the West Coast and Fremantle cheer squads - the most biased and inept commentary teams ever assembled. It's pretty hard to take them seriously at the best of times, but as Redleg has pointed out, their hypocrisy is comical.

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    Oh, how I would love to have heard that segment. The WA Foxtel footy commentators are straight out of the West Coast and Fremantle cheer squads - the most biased and inept commentary teams ever assembled.

    Absolutely.

    Bailey's view on the Warnock presentation is here:

    http://afl.com.au/News/NEWSARTICLE/tabid/2...px?newsId=65835

    Harvey's view is here:

    http://afl.com.au/News/NEWSARTICLE/tabid/2...px?newsId=65828

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    Harvey really is a halfwit, isn't he. He's trying to sell the Freo situation to Warnock and he comes up with this:

    "He probably understands he's still evolving as a player and he's probably going to play with a guy (Sandilands) that hopefully asserts himself into a dominant ruckman for a period of time.

    "And Robbie can play along with that for many years to come and that's the striking thing that he should be looking forward to at this stage."

    So Warnock "should be looking forward to" being the second string ruckman and playing limited minutes behind Sandilands "for a period of time", eh Harvs?

    I don't know if the idea of being second string ruckman for the next 8 years is really what Robbie wants to do. It certainly isn't going to be the driving force behind keeping him in WA.

    If that's the ace up his sleeve then I hope he's already holding 4 Jacks.

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    Being number 2 to Aaron Sandilands is barely helping him.

    At least the MFC can offer him a position as our number one ruckman.

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    I don't know if the idea of being second string ruckman for the next 8 years is really what Robbie wants to do.

    Haha, yeah.

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    Harvey really is a halfwit, isn't he. He's trying to sell the Freo situation to Warnock and he comes up with this:

    "He probably understands he's still evolving as a player and he's probably going to play with a guy (Sandilands) that hopefully asserts himself into a dominant ruckman for a period of time.

    "And Robbie can play along with that for many years to come and that's the striking thing that he should be looking forward to at this stage."

    So Warnock "should be looking forward to" being the second string ruckman and playing limited minutes behind Sandilands "for a period of time", eh Harvs?

    I don't know if the idea of being second string ruckman for the next 8 years is really what Robbie wants to do. It certainly isn't going to be the driving force behind keeping him in WA.

    If that's the ace up his sleeve then I hope he's already holding 4 Jacks.

    Fremantle can squawk as much as it likes. If they think they're innocent in terms of poaching players then they might want to consider names like Troy Longmuir and Jeff Farmer ... or even Troy Simmonds.

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    Harvey really is a halfwit, isn't he. He's trying to sell the Freo situation to Warnock and he comes up with this:

    "He probably understands he's still evolving as a player and he's probably going to play with a guy (Sandilands) that hopefully asserts himself into a dominant ruckman for a period of time.

    "And Robbie can play along with that for many years to come and that's the striking thing that he should be looking forward to at this stage."

    So Warnock "should be looking forward to" being the second string ruckman and playing limited minutes behind Sandilands "for a period of time", eh Harvs?

    I don't know if the idea of being second string ruckman for the next 8 years is really what Robbie wants to do. It certainly isn't going to be the driving force behind keeping him in WA.

    If that's the ace up his sleeve then I hope he's already holding 4 Jacks.

    Fremantle can squawk as much as it likes. If they think they're innocent in terms of poaching players then they might want to consider names like Troy Longmuir and Jeff Farmer ... or even Troy Simmonds.

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    Fremantle can squawk as much as it likes. If they think they're innocent in terms of poaching players then they might want to consider names like Troy Longmuir and Jeff Farmer ... or even Troy Simmonds.

    I wouldn't have thought any team is "innocent" in terms of trying to poach certain players from opposition clubs if it suits them.

    And trying to play the victim to the big bad bad Demons just makes the Dockers look as hypocritical as they are.

    I am thrilled that the club is being proactive in trying to get someone that they want and as long as no specific laws are broken then so be it.

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    two words for Harvey!!

    Poor Diddums !!

    Poor Harvey..poor him !! lol Someone hand him a towel..he's still wet behind the ears !! :lol::rolleyes:

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    Probably CC getting some of his own back on Freo and Harvs. :lol:

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    It's about time we got ruthless. We've been the 'nice club' and easy to deal with in recent times. Where's that got us? Don't accept mediocrity Demons, leave that to Harvey and his wannabes.

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    He was told;

    " You can stay at Freo and be the #2 ruckman or come to Melbourne and be the #1 "

    your name makes sense in this thread hehe

    do it for robbie (warnock )

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