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Posted
6 minutes ago, Wiseblood said:

We're reading too much into it I'd say.  

I am getting more confident that we are becoming a club that players won't want to leave, unless they are not getting a game.

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Posted (edited)

Very good get DA - it sure does!

The complete relevant excerpt: "...Kent wants to secure his future in Melbourne beyond 2016. “I want to play some good footy and get my name out there (i.e., in context of bolded sentence, in (= at) Melbourne). Obviously, I’d love to stay at the Dees for as long as I can. I’m out of contract so there’s no pressure on me to perform or anything like that, but it’s in the back of my head and you think about your contract"...". Still not sure about that last sentence - possibly a misspoke as supposed earlier. It's not like he isn't performing!! Possibly he meant that if he hasn't given good reason for a new contract already, this year won't add much?

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Added last sentence
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Posted
5 minutes ago, Timothy Reddan-A'Blew said:

Very good get DA - it sure does!

The complete relevant excerpt: "...Kent wants to secure his future in Melbourne beyond 2016. “I want to play some good footy and get my name out there (i.e., in context of bolded sentence, in (= at) Melbourne). Obviously, I’d love to stay at the Dees for as long as I can. I’m out of contract so there’s no pressure on me to perform or anything like that, but it’s in the back of my head and you think about your contract"...". Still not sure about that last sentence - possibly a misspoke as supposed earlier. It's not like he isn't performing!! Possibly he meant that if he hasn't given good reason for a new contract already, this year won't add much?

Yeah, it's Dean Kent, hardly a wordsmith. 

The fact that he said all this before a ball was bounced makes a big difference, he's never put a block of form like this together before. 

No one looks like they're enjoying this team form more than him IMO, nothing to see here. 

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Posted

I suspect it's a transcription issue and Kent is praising the club's approach. 

Try adding an ellipsis.

I’m out of contract so . . . there’s no pressure on me to perform or anything like that, but it’s in the back of my head and you think about your contract"

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Posted
1 hour ago, Redleg said:

2019
Jones 27, Melksham 24

2018
Brayshaw 19, Petracca 19, Gawn 23, Garland 26 (UFA),

2017
Dunn 27, Hogan 20, Viney 20, Lumumba
 28, Kennedy-Harris20, Salem 19, Vandenberg 23, Neal-Bullen 19, Stretch 18, Kennedy* 21, Bugg* 23, Oliver18, Weideman18, King18, Hulett18


2016
Trengove 22, Dawes 26, Grimes 25 (RFA), Watts 24 (RFA), Vince 29, Tyson* 21, Kent 21, M Jones 27, Spencer 25 (UFA), T McDonald22, Terlich 25, Jetta 25, Garlett 25, Frost 21,Newton 22, O McDonald 19, Pedersen 28, King ®19, White ®18, Smith ®20, Hunt 19, Harmes 19, Michie 23,

 

RPFC posted this earlier this year. If correct this is his last year.

Viney can now be updated to 2020.

Didn't Vince extend for another year?

Posted
9 minutes ago, Skuit said:

I suspect it's a transcription issue and Kent is praising the club's approach.

Try adding an ellipsis.

I’m out of contract so . . . there’s no pressure on me to perform or anything like that, but it’s in the back of my head and you think about your contract"

Skuit, I AM IMPRESSED! I used them in my own post (and often do in my 'job') but never knew they had a name.

And you are onto something there, definitely.

I leave this day a wholer person...*

(* These hanging points have a different name?? DK may also have 'spoken' the points, too, here - the 'pregnant pause'?)

Posted

Amazing how much people will read in to a simple comment from a player for whom public speaking clearly isn't a strength. Purely a case of a country lad mincing his words.

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Posted
1 hour ago, Redleg said:

2019
Jones 27, Melksham 24

2018
Brayshaw 19, Petracca 19, Gawn 23, Garland 26 (UFA),

2017
Dunn 27, Hogan 20, Viney 20, Lumumba
 28, Kennedy-Harris20, Salem 19, Vandenberg 23, Neal-Bullen 19, Stretch 18, Kennedy* 21, Bugg* 23, Oliver18, Weideman18, King18, Hulett18


2016
Trengove 22, Dawes 26, Grimes 25 (RFA), Watts 24 (RFA), Vince 29, Tyson* 21, Kent 21, M Jones 27, Spencer 25 (UFA), T McDonald22, Terlich 25, Jetta 25, Garlett 25, Frost 21,Newton 22, O McDonald 19, Pedersen 28, King ®19, White ®18, Smith ®20, Hunt 19, Harmes 19, Michie 23,

 

RPFC posted this earlier this year. If correct this is his last year.

Viney can now be updated to 2020.

I believe this to be true also, but the free agents update from the afl only lists Dunn. Any chance they have made a huge cockup and posted the wrong year?

Posted
1 hour ago, Redleg said:

2019
Jones 27, Melksham 24

2018
Brayshaw 19, Petracca 19, Gawn 23, Garland 26 (UFA),

2017
Dunn 27, Hogan 20, Viney 20, Lumumba
 28, Kennedy-Harris20, Salem 19, Vandenberg 23, Neal-Bullen 19, Stretch 18, Kennedy* 21, Bugg* 23, Oliver18, Weideman18, King18, Hulett18


2016
Trengove 22, Dawes 26, Grimes 25 (RFA), Watts 24 (RFA), Vince 29, Tyson* 21, Kent 21, M Jones 27, Spencer 25 (UFA), T McDonald22, Terlich 25, Jetta 25, Garlett 25, Frost 21,Newton 22, O McDonald 19, Pedersen 28, King ®19, White ®18, Smith ®20, Hunt 19, Harmes 19, Michie 23,

 

 

Still some big names we have to sign by the end of the year. I heard Garlett isn't too far from signing on for another few years but it's guys like McDonald and Tyson that will most certainly attract the most interest from opposition clubs. Despite that, I think both will resign.

 

Posted
3 minutes ago, MrReims said:

I believe this to be true also, but the free agents update from the afl only lists Dunn. Any chance they have made a huge cockup and posted the wrong year?

That was the 2017 free agency list not 2016.

Posted (edited)
41 minutes ago, Timothy Reddan-A'Blew said:

Skuit, I AM IMPRESSED! I used them in my own post (and often do in my 'job') but never knew they had a name.

And you are onto something there, definitely.

I leave this day a wholer person...*

(* These hanging points have a different name?? DK may also have 'spoken' the points, too, here - the 'pregnant pause'?)

*Aposiopesis is the rhetorical device. Marked by an ellipsis. If you're using an ellipsis for your 'job' be sure to enter spaces between the ellipsis points.

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Posted

WOW! (sorry,all, I haven't left the day yet...)

Ellipsis I recognised as a word; but aposiopesis? NO WAY! Of course, my Mammoth Macquarie confirms it.

Thanks for the ellipsis advice - I had been negligent in this regard.

And, now; it may be wise if you and I draw down the curtain on this erudition. Our Demonland colleague natives will be getting restless (= pizzed)

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Posted

I can't believe the hysteria over a simple quote. What is Demonland becoming? Twitter?! Everyone is outraged about everything!

Skuit's grammatical correction explains the context of the quote perfectly. Kent was basically saying that, yeah, he's out of contract, but the wonderful coaching group aren't heaping pressure on him or threatening him to perform (as we know they've done to other underperforming players who are OOC). This is likely due to his interrupted pre-season coming off hamstring surgery last year. Essentially, he's saying the club aren't putting the pressure on him in a contract year, probably because they're pretty happy with his progress.

However, it's always in the back of his mind that he's OOC and he needs to perform if he wants a good value contract.

It's not that difficult.

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Posted

Dear Lord, this thread has lost the plot.

Skuit is 100% all over it:

13 hours ago, Skuit said:

I suspect it's a transcription issue and Kent is praising the club's approach. 

Try adding an ellipsis.

I’m out of contract so . . . there’s no pressure on me to perform or anything like that, but it’s in the back of my head and you think about your contract"

It's two sentences.

First, Kent says "I'm out of contract".

Then, he talks about how, though there is no external pressure being put on him to perform (because he's out of contract), nonetheless it's in the back of his head and he thinks about it.

Posted

He may have said this.

"I’m out of contract. So, there’s no pressure on me. . .  to perform. . . or anything like that, but it’s in the back of my head, and . . . you think about your contract."

Punctuation makes a difference. Specially when I get it wrong.

 

Posted
13 hours ago, Demon Jack said:

Still some big names we have to sign by the end of the year. I heard Garlett isn't too far from signing on for another few years but it's guys like McDonald and Tyson that will most certainly attract the most interest from opposition clubs. Despite that, I think both will resign.

 

You might want to buy a keyboard that comes with a hyphen.

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Posted
1 hour ago, ManDee said:

He may have said this.

"I’m out of contract. So, there’s no pressure on me. . .  to perform. . . or anything like that, but it’s in the back of my head, and . . . you think about your contract."

Punctuation makes a difference. Specially when I get it wrong.

 

....but...he's not out of contract.....at least not until october (or is it november?)

should be "I will be out of contract at end of year. So......"

Posted (edited)
6 minutes ago, daisycutter said:

....but...he's not out of contract.....at least not until october (or is it november?)

should be "I will be out of contract at end of year. So......"

Yes, but they are his words. It is after all a transcript of a quote.  So perhaps...

"I’m out of contract?. . . so, there’s no pressure on me to perform. . . or anything like that, but it’s in the back of my head, and . . . you think about your contract."

 

Edit: Semantics will drive us all crazy. 

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Posted
2 minutes ago, ManDee said:

 Semantics will drive us all crazy. 

:rolleyes:

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