How is that pedantic?

Melbourne is his home. Gold Coast was his home. There's a clear difference.

Look the word up in the dictionary and you will find out how.

If you really want to debate this titan, it would be an argument on the definition and word "home".

Not the place where he is currently living.

There is a clear difference...

Do we have an agreement on this?

both fair and reasonably balanced post. I would agree with your line of thinking. i think i read on here a little while back that he was looking forward to next year in teh red/blue. someone had some also input that gold coast 17 had these colors as well. i think he'll stay at dees next season in my opinion.

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Its all speculation Stevey whatever twist you make on it. I could rattle up a whole raft of "facts" that would make a compelling case for Rich or any other interstate player. I dont bother with it. I do apologise I did not highlight the sarcasm brackets on the Rich commment. I will be more obvious with you.

But its people like you that whip up a storm in a teacup on it. Thats why its overused and misused and you have given a good example of it. Well done.

I bid you a whatever as well.

Stevetheman, how can you possibly say that Petterd is the more likely to leave and then not factor in what GC17 wants?

What they are willing to offer is the biggest influencing factor for any player and that is driven by what they desire to bring to their list.

Of course Petterd has one more individual factor making GC17 more appealing.

But that doesnt necessarily make him find it more desirable than a player who has only the one reason to go, in the form of money, especially if they are offered twice as much as him.

It's very simple.

Even if Petterd desperately wants to be there and makes up his mind to go, it is still dependent on GC17 wanting him and if they were able to convince a Jamar or Frawley to sign on, then they wouldn't.

Disregarding GC17 serves your point, but it makes the argument utter nonsense.

Bah.

It's all semantics.

...but you're still wrong.

(and Petterd spent a lot of his years growing up in Hobart. His family

might be there and he might like the sun, but in the scheme of things he has only been there for a small fraction of his life)