The Scullduggery Thread

[rumpole 511]

I didn't know about Dad's offer: Scully

TOM Scully says he was unaware his father had been offered a job at Greater Western Sydney until after he officially joined the club.

The Herald Sun this month published a letter of offer to Phil Scully, dated November 2010.

Yesterday AFL chief Andrew Demetriou said it was a "stroke of genius" to lure Scully Sr and Jr to the Giants.

"It was after I was signed to the Giants that he was offered a deal. As you know the rest is history," Scully said.

Really?

[Whispering_Jack 29,158]

Oh dear.

[Sir Why You Little 36,587]

This is what Victorian Clubs are up against now 'landers....The whole filthy deal...sanctioned as a stroke of Genius by the Fat Controller himself.

Quite incredible how the mind of a white collar psychopath works.....but we got one.

Proof is in the above.

[RalphiusMaximus 6,012]

OK, I admit it. I was wrong on this issue. It's becoming more and more obvious that Tom had, if not signed, then made the decision to change teams before this season had started. I backed him in all year on the assumption that someone with his reported good character would not be capable of playing such a dishonest game. To those who called it, my apologies and well done on picking it early.

[The Third Eye 252]

What Tom is saying is that the offer was made to Phil after Tom signed.

If the offer was made to Phil in November 2010 then Tom signed before then.

What a tangled web ...

[beelzebub 23,192]

Andrew Demetriou says hi. & congratulations, well done !!!

[digby wolf 1]

OK, I admit it. I was wrong on this issue. It's becoming more and more obvious that Tom had, if not signed, then made the decision to change teams before this season had started. I backed him in all year on the assumption that someone with his reported good character would not be capable of playing such a dishonest game. To those who called it, my apologies and well done on picking it early.

I was at the wharf hotel after the St Kilda game at Docklands. Jamar, scully and Trengove came after the game to be interviewed etc. Jamar and Trengove stayed around later mixing with the supporters which was great. I spotted scully scurrying away like a little mouse directly after being interviewed and I remember thinking then that the bloke seemed to be disconnected from the club in some way.

Anyway after that I was reasonably sure he was going.

[Freddy Fuschia 729]

Kevin Bartlett - the AFL is lies.

[Macca 16,603]

OK, I admit it. I was wrong on this issue. It's becoming more and more obvious that Tom had, if not signed, then made the decision to change teams before this season had started. I backed him in all year on the assumption that someone with his reported good character would not be capable of playing such a dishonest game. To those who called it, my apologies and well done on picking it early.

You've got nothing to apologise for , Ralphius . In the end we all lost .

The people who thought he was "gone" early haven't won in any way . I was one of them and I don't feel like I've got had a victory in any way .

[Sir Why You Little 36,587]

OK, I admit it. I was wrong on this issue. It's becoming more and more obvious that Tom had, if not signed, then made the decision to change teams before this season had started. I backed him in all year on the assumption that someone with his reported good character would not be capable of playing such a dishonest game. To those who called it, my apologies and well done on picking it early.

Don't feel bad Ralph, not even the biggest cynics would have thought it would have been this filthy in its dealings....i wish somebody had..

[Whispering_Jack 29,158]

Leaving aside Scully's comments which are reflective of his lack of maturity and his naievity, Demetriou's statement is a complete disgrace and unbecoming of a CEO of what should be the most prestigious organisation in Australian sport. Truly appalling.

[Chook 14,988]

Leaving aside Scully's comments which are reflective of his lack of maturity and his naievity, Demetriou's statement is a complete disgrace and unbecoming of a CEO of what should be the most prestigious organisation in Australian sport. Truly appalling.

I agree. Even if it were a stroke of genius, I don't think it's his place to comment on stuff like this.

EDIT: Was/were. Yes, I am a grammar Nazi - even to my own posts.

[Whispering_Jack 29,158]

Of all the journalists and all the football administrators in the land there is not one man with the cohunas to stand up and expose the shameful collusion between the AFL and GWS and the connivance of those involved in the Scully Scandal but there is one woman who today does make a statement - A Giant miscue lost in the crowd

Caroline Wilson. I salute you!

[RedsoxMan 144]

Caroline Wilson is spot on

"It also hardly requires ''genius'' to sign a footballer on the ridiculous sum that Scully will earn to play football."

I would add the MFC tried to sign Scully since the the start of 2010 - We signed 3 first year player then including Trengove.

I think he was never part of MFC, who knows, maybe he was already contacted by GWS then, or at least, he was interested in the money he thought he could make with the introduction of the 2 new clubs!!

[Diablo Deemon 220]

We have to stoop to their level if we don't raid this shambles in 2 years time we wont have performed our jobs properly.

2 years to find the weak links 2 years to steal their top end youth we must put these amateurs to the sword.

[Robbie57 2,001]

Of all the journalists and all the football administrators in the land there is not one man with the cohunas to stand up and expose the shameful collusion between the AFL and GWS and the connivance of those involved in the Scully Scandal but there is one woman who today does make a statement - A Giant miscue lost in the crowd

Caroline Wilson. I salute you!

Spot on.

[DeeZee 7,296]

All Demetriou has done here is make himself look the fool.

Everyone can see right through his "stroke of genius" statement.

[45HG 1,539]

Caro is, as she usually is when it comes to off-field issues, on the money.

[dees64 104]

What concerns me is why the MFC have remained silent?

I just think if this was the filth player Eddie would be making noise!

I know it want change anything but at least show some anger!

[pitmaster 3,442]

Of all the journalists and all the football administrators in the land there is not one man with the cohunas to stand up and expose the shameful collusion between the AFL and GWS and the connivance of those involved in the Scully Scandal but there is one woman who today does make a statement - A Giant miscue lost in the crowd

Caroline Wilson. I salute you!

Or the cojones (pro: co-ho-knees) for that matter, Jack.

A fine article which had me reading extracts aloud to the family and the dog.

Edited November 25, 2011 by pitmaster

[Redleg 39,998]

Finally a footy journo says it like it is. Well done Caro. She is a main reason I like Footy classified as well.

[Guest melbman]

What concerns me is why the MFC have remained silent?

I just think if this was the filth player Eddie would be making noise!

I know it want change anything but at least show some anger!

Each time $cully opens his mouth he does far more harm to himself and GWS than the Dees could ever hope to achieve. We could possibly escape with issuing some small statements but at the moment we stand head and shoulders above him/them. If we speak, our message could in the minds of people who don't watch these things closely just wrongly end up bundled into the same basket of mistrust that GWS live in.

[beelzebub 23,192]

Leaving aside Scully's comments which are reflective of his lack of maturity and his naievity, Demetriou's statement is a complete disgrace and unbecoming of a CEO of what should be the most prestigious organisation in Australian sport. Truly appalling.

Its all of that and EXPECTED. This has been a con job from day one. Some of us intimated this was likely to be the case a vvery long time ago.. We called it conspiracy etc . It just seemed the likely method operandi should the League be determined to apply force majeur.

Im not surprised one iota. Its a 3 ringed circus with an AFL ring masater in every event. Vlad runs the league, hes effectively choreographing the puppets at GWS , he runs the system that provides the players , he runs the method of allocating the players. So why is anyone really or truly surprised to realise that there was always a back game in motion ?

Years back the clubs relinquished effective control of their environment...this is the result.

[DeeZee 7,296]

Totally agree here.

Best to bide our time and then raid them of the homesick boys in a couple of years...in the meantime signing Pattons Dad as a bootstudder.

[Guest Jackie]

http://www.theage.co...1125-1nz9c.html

Check out the body language on the new recruits. They all appear to be looking for the nearest exit.