Scully and his mates

[GawnWithTheWind 604]

Firstly, if you hate Scully threads.... then find another one... I want to discuss this topic

One thing that has been on my mind is Tom Scully and his friends at the club.

I follow alot of the players twitter accounts and they are regularly talking with each other and posting status's about hanging out with each other etc.

One thing I have noticed is Tom's name never comes up in these status, they never say he is with them when they do things together. It seems that watts, trenners, tap and morton all go for dinner together, wouldn't scully normally be in that group? He is never mentioned on Blease's account either, who I thought was his best mate?

Do you think its true that the senior players don't want anything to do with him until he commits? That attitude would be pushed onto our younger group too.. If Tom's decision has not been made yet, this would not be helping..

Its childish if true...

Anyone know anything about this?

[Little Richard 6,216]

Firstly, if you hate Scully threads.... then find another one... I want to discuss this topic

One thing that has been on my mind is Tom Scully and his friends at the club.

I follow alot of the players twitter accounts and they are regularly talking with each other and posting status's about hanging out with each other etc.

One thing I have noticed is Tom's name never comes up in these status, they never say he is with them when they do things together. It seems that watts, trenners, tap and morton all go for dinner together, wouldn't scully normally be in that group? He is never mentioned on Blease's account either, who I thought was his best mate?

Do you think its true that the senior players don't want anything to do with him until he commits? That attitude would be pushed onto our younger group too.. If Tom's decision has not been made yet, this would not be helping..

Its childish if true...

Anyone know anything about this?

Didn't know much about this but it is a little disturbing. Is he a bit of an introvert or loner maybe?

[Strawbsodwyer 0]

I was thinking the same thing, according to twitter trenners was cooking a meal and no mention of sculls being invited nor is he mentioned in any of the other social activities the players get up to (i.e. catching up for lunch/dinner/golf/xbox). Make of it what you will.

[The Big Ticket 94]

Nonsense. He's an introvert.

Fair enough too, at least he's concentrating on his football.

Edited May 30, 2011 by BattlerBailey

[Axis of Bob 11,219]

Alternatively, instead of the disclaimer, you cold just add it to one of the many other Scully threads. That gives us less threads that we have to ignore.

How about this one:

[Chook 14,998]

He's what you call a football nerd. He probably sits in his basement at nights going over old footage of himself and writing down all the ways he could improve. Methodical to say the least, Tom Scully has no time for such petty contrivances we mere mortals refer to as "socialising."

Either that or he spends all his time "girl-talking" with Sheeds.

Edited May 30, 2011 by Chook

[The Chazz 4,077]

I am of the belief that all the players taken in the draft that year still catch up for dinner once a week. I know that Tapscott is massive on ensuring the newer players are a tight group, and I can't see that Scully wouldn't be included in this. I have as much to back that last comment up with as you do your initial post!

I'd be interested to know how many players Judd socialises with.

[Guest Guy Rigoni]

saw him with a few of the boys before the Roos game at Docklands, didn't seem to be an outsider.

[Dee-licious 1,949]

Nonsense. He's an introvert.

This is a really good point. Not wanting to read anything into it all but it would be very un-introvert like for him to be on twitter, heading for tea every week and being overally social. Plus he still hangs out with high school mates which does eat into socialising time. Remember Trenners and Tappy are from SA.

[the_russian 17]

From Sam Blease Twitter:

1st game in 3 years, finally get to play with me boy sculls! Can't wait to get out there with him. #goscorps

[Deetective Sgt. Taggert 388]

Maybe he's just like me and thinks Twitter is a crock of Sh!t...he should stick to Demonland!

[Deetective Sgt. Taggert 388]

From Sam Blease Twitter:

1st game in 3 years, finally get to play with me boy sculls! Can't wait to get out there with him. #goscorps

For a moment I was excited thinking he was talking about the Essendon game!

[Friday 71]

Why would you mention his name if you were a melbourne player anyway?

Then you would have halfwits asking every 30 seconds - is he staying or going?

And that's just the herald sun twitter crew - robbo, jay clark, ralphy etc

[DeeSpencer 24,795]

From Blease:

productive day off, a bit of touch work and then a walk in the bay with the sculldog!

Maybe he reads demonoland?

Edited May 30, 2011 by the master

[Rogue 585]

From Sam Blease Twitter:

1st game in 3 years, finally get to play with me boy sculls! Can't wait to get out there with him. #goscorps

Zing.

[the_russian 17]

For a moment I was excited thinking he was talking about the Essendon game!

Probably should have mentioned it was before the Casey game

[DeeZee 7,299]

I heard a rumour that his best mate, Ryan Bastinac is also being courted by GWS.

Interesting that both havent played this year.

Big bucks and a chance to play footy with your best mate, makes sense.

[QueenC 74]

Maybe he's just like me and thinks Twitter is a crock of Sh!t...he should stick to Demonland!

Oh wouldn't he love it in here !!!

And he isn't the only player on the roster that doesn't get Twittered about......

So me thinks this is probably and unfortunately another very long bow

[Bhima 0]

Scully and Blease seem to definately be close mates at the club. Living near Swan street I have seen Sculls and Blease chatting outside the same cafe on several occasions. I've also seen Sculls catching up with some bloke at 'Gloria Jeans' cafe (seriously, what is the world coming to). I couldn't make out who Scully was talking to...probably sheedy come to think about it.

At training scully is incredibly focussed and doesn't seem too interested in chatting or trying to crack jokes...he knows what he wants and single mindedly goes about achieving it. People keep talking about how loyal Tom is, I reckon he would have a bunch of really close mates and isn't worried about trying to fit in and be socially popular - he just wants to be successful and anyone that wants success will gain his respect. He doesn't strike me as arrogant in the FIGJAM Nathan Buckley mould, but anything less that absolute dedication isn't good enough for Tom. He doesn't drink, he is super serious, thus he might not be hanging with the twitter crowd - but I have no doubt the boys love him lining up on game day and have huge respect for him.

For the conspiracy theorists out there - There is interesting footage from last season in the rooms after a game (can't remember which round - one of our few wins for the year). As the boys are coming down into the rooms to sing the song, Brent Moloney is whooping and hollering right next to Scully, who looks completely disinterested in that sort of behaviour. They sing the song next to each other and after the song Moloney actually grabs Scully on the chest in a celebratory fashion, but he's also trying to get some emotion out of Scully, to which Scully responds with a shake of the hand. To me it looks like Scully just doesn't like that type of carry on, it's always the bigger picture with Tom. It struck me as strange at the time, read into it what you will.

We can make up as many conspiracy theories as we like, but we have no idea what's really going on. I bloody hope he stays - he is going to be the next Dane Swan/Joel Selwood.

[rpfc 28,052]

Threads like this make baby Jesus cry.

You are reading far too much into twitter @daveytrain1 ok? #cryingJesus

[Guest Artie Bucco]

What I read into that: Scully is focused on a higher level of success than a bloke like Beamer.

One win, even a really good win, is nothing to get too excited about.

The ultimate success is the goal, and even then, the focus would move onto the next flag.

Not that Beamer doesn't desire a higher level of success, just that it has been a long time for him without much success other than a big win.

Same as for Rivers, Green, Davey, etc.

I wonder if this has made them slip into a mindset that is slightly different to that of a bloke like Scully, where a single win means more than maybe it should.

[DeeSpencer 24,795]

Anyone heard the story that on mad Monday Scully was at a pub and walked passed some smokers. He caught a bit of passive smoke so immediately went home and went for a 5km run to punish himself for copping second hand smoke. Not sure if its true or not. If it is it's a fanatical commitment to being the best, which is either very good or crazy.

[dees189227 12,236]

Funny you bring this up because I was listening to mmm on friday night and they had Jack Grimes in the box and Garry actually asked him about this. He said to Jack about rumours going around that Tom doesnt sit with the other injured players and instead sits on his own. Garry said to Jack please tell me that isnt true.

Jack said its rubbish because they sat together at the nth game and the saints game. I guess these stories will go around until Tom makes an announcement on what he is doing.

[QueenC 74]

Funny you bring this up because I was listening to mmm on friday night and they had Jack Grimes in the box and Garry actually asked him about this. He said to Jack about rumours going around that Tom doesnt sit with the other injured players and instead sits on his own. Garry said to Jack please tell me that isnt true.

Jack said its rubbish because they sat together at the nth game and the saints game. I guess these stories will go around until Tom makes an announcement on what he is doing.

Honestly I went to an all girls high school and the rumour mongering wasn't this painful.....

And we were experts !!!

[Kento80 83]

Not sure how much there is to this either, and not sure how much I care to be honest, but t has got me thinking. Whilst there is most likely nothing to the twitter theory, I have noticed a definite reduction in twitter mentions of him. During preseason there were constant mentions from Jonesy about training hard with "my boy Sculldog" etc, etc. However, since the whole Eddie on the radion incident, they have been virtually nonexistent. It might be a case of bored, worried supporters conjuring fanciful notions, but for those of us who follow the boys on twitter, there's really no denying that the mentions have dried up. The question is whether it means anything. I prefer to believe it means nothing, and sure hope so as it would be incredibly childish.