Not your greatest moment sir.

Why?

You don't think its any surprise that he tells Fremantle he wants to go home to Melbourne - and suddenly they trump Essendon's offer by 1 year?

It obviously worked - 4 years at $600k per season.

They have beaten Essendon's offer by 1 year.

It's the Matthew Pavlich school of contract negotiation.

Edited September 21, 201014 yr by Mr Untouchable

Contrition is not a weakness - some (most) in our society think it is.

It's healthy.

It means you're not a sociopath.

Just putting it out there...

Why?

Because "returning to Victoria" implies that one is leaving for family/homesick reasons, as opposed to coin/terms.

Bit of a stretch there H.

He's not respsonsible for what you read into it.

And telling them that to get them to meet his asking price, is still telling them that.

Bit of a stretch there H.

He's not respsonsible for what you read into it.

And telling them that to get them to meet his asking price, is still telling them that.

The words will announce imply certainty ("will" as opposed to "could"), and it's certainly not a stretch to expect that if it's certain to be announced then it's locked in. To now turn around and claim that this was the expected result is a backflip that the OP has done just to try and save some face because his mail was bad.

Bit of a stretch there H.

He's not respsonsible for what you read into it.

And telling them that to get them to meet his asking price, is still telling them that.

It's more of a stretch to assume that Mundy actually informed Fremantle of his intentions to "move back to Victoria", as stated by the poster. This hasn't been confirmed at all.

You're happy not to question this proclamation ? Looking at what's presented before me, I'm more inclined to believe that the said posters assertions did not in fact play out as he stated they would.

Mundy will today announce (or at least tell Freo) that he is returning to Victoria.

This is the post I think you're referring to H?

If not, I'm confused.

But this is perfectly reasonable.

Mundy could have told Freo that he is planning to return to Victoria, his decision is made up.

The Dockers in turn fall for his bluff and cough up the extra cash he has asked for.

Fairly plausible.

The announcement bit was over the top, but he qualified it in the brackets.

This is how I read it.

Contrition is not a weakness - some (most) in our society think it is.

It's healthy.

It means you're not a sociopath.

Just putting it out there...

as long as that's good for the gander, I'm with you rpfc

This is the post I think you're referring to H?

If not, I'm confused.

But this is perfectly reasonable.

Mundy could have told Freo that he is planning to return to Victoria, his decision is made up.

The Dockers in turn fall for his bluff and cough up the extra cash he has asked for.

Fairly plausible.

The announcement bit was over the top, but he qualified it in the brackets.

This is how I read it.

Of course he could have said it, but we've no way of knowing whether he did say it, which is my point.

I find it more plausible that he didn't say it, as most interstate players that have made up their mind to return to their native state have done just that. He knew that he would have been well compensated by Freo before bothering to say "I'm returning home to Victoria" (unless you talk me out of it ), especially as this isn't his first contract negotiation while he's resided in W.A.

You with me.

I'm with you.