Seems like there is a lot more to this than what it seems.

seems like Collingwood were the big winners of that trade

Clark= gone

H = MIA

Varcoe = solid best 22 player.

Pies seem to shaft us on every trade we do with them.

Maybe payback for the Glen McLean deal some years ago.

Edited December 6, 20168 yr by Redleg

Perhaps, but I'd like to continue consistently shafting them on the field more.

 

16 hours ago, poita said:

I can't believe we are still indulging this sociopath. As soon as he was cleared to play by our doctors we should have told him to report to the club for training in a suitable condition. Failing to do should have resulted in his contract being terminated immediately.

I work bloody hard to earn a small fraction of Lumumba's annual income. I deeply resent that a portion of my membership fees (however small) is paying for him to sit on his lazy arse, whilst his fellow players are busting their guts on the training track. It also makes me sick that we turfed a great club man like Grimes so that this bludger can stay on the list.

I realise from the number of "likes" you have a lot of support. But there's a lot of supposition in your post.

It is interesting that HL has apparently been cleared to play and also feels he can play, yet is not training, even non contact training.

They have obviously agreed he will not play for us again and it must be purely a monetary consideration. 

 

22 minutes ago, Redleg said:

It is interesting that HL has apparently been cleared to play and also feels he can play, yet is not training, even non contact training.

They have obviously agreed he will not play for us again and it must be purely a monetary consideration. 

 

Sounds accurate to me Mr. Leg but from the length of time this is taking it suggests to me there is a big gap between what HL wants and what the MFC is prepared to pay.

57 minutes ago, Redleg said:

It is interesting that HL has apparently been cleared to play and also feels he can play, yet is not training, even non contact training.

They have obviously agreed he will not play for us again and it must be purely a monetary consideration. 

 

let us hope he doesn't employ any of the essendon lawyers or this could take 4 years to resolve 

3 hours ago, Redleg said:

Pies seem to shaft us on every trade we do with them.

Maybe payback for the Glen McLean deal some years ago.

I still hold out hope for Ben Kennedy.

I get the impression now that The MFC decided a long time back that H was not going to play for us again. 

Weeks ago i thought this was all Harry driven, now i have changed sides. The MFC have been calling the shots

otherwise he would be training to trigger that 4th year

1 minute ago, Bombay Airconditioning said:

I still hold out hope for Ben Kennedy.

So do i. He is still young

54 minutes ago, daisycutter said:

let us hope he doesn't employ any of the essendon lawyers or this could take 4 years to resolve 

and he would end up with the same result

2 hours ago, Bombay Airconditioning said:

I still hold out hope for Ben Kennedy.

IMO if we are a good side he is playing with Casey. 

7 minutes ago, Redleg said:

IMO if we are a good side he is playing with Casey. 

100% agreement.

Pardon my ignorance, and if it has already been answered, but if HL does quit can we upgrade a rookie (in addition to the one I assume we can upgrade at season's start)?

3 hours ago, Bombay Airconditioning said:

I still hold out hope for Ben Kennedy.

 

1 hour ago, Redleg said:

IMO if we are a good side he is playing with Casey. 

 

59 minutes ago, old dee said:

100% agreement.

All good sides have 'at least OK' players in the sidelines pressuring and providing depth, so if BK can even only reach that level on a regular basis then he is contributing. 

He may yet prove sceptics wrong and do more 

36 minutes ago, monoccular said:

 

 

All good sides have 'at least OK' players in the sidelines pressuring and providing depth, so if BK can even only reach that level on a regular basis then he is contributing. 

He may yet prove sceptics wrong and do more 

His performances at the Pies were exactly the same as with us. I have a couple of pie supporter mates who tell me what we get is what we saw last year.

On top of that IMO he is too short.

When you are short you have to very good to compensate and he is average.

 

6 hours ago, La Dee-vina Comedia said:

I realise from the number of "likes" you have a lot of support. But there's a lot of supposition in your post.

I liked it because the content gave me a good belly laugh, regardless of what Poita was supposing.

6 hours ago, old dee said:

His performances at the Pies were exactly the same as with us. I have a couple of pie supporter mates who tell me what we get is what we saw last year.

On top of that IMO he is too short.

When you are short you have to very good to compensate and he is average.

 

My memory is shot but do we concur that the former player known as the Prince played his best football in 2010 as a half back operating behind the Malthouse forward press in their premiership year? He had time and space to run and be noticed and deliver the ball to a forward. In recent years with us that time and space has diminished due to the evolution of modern footy and so has H's impact. 

5 minutes ago, Earl Hood said:

My memory is shot but do we concur that the former player known as the Prince played his best football in 2010 as a half back operating behind the Malthouse forward press in their premiership year? He had time and space to run and be noticed and deliver the ball to a forward. In recent years with us that time and space has diminished due to the evolution of modern footy and so has H's impact. 

Earl  my comment was in reference to Kennedy.

10 hours ago, Bombay Airconditioning said:

I still hold out hope for Ben Kennedy.

Please don't hold your breath BA

The consensus seems to be that we have regrettably retained a self-indulgent, petulant, self-absorbed list clogged who is overwhelmed by his innate sense of self-importance.

Having purged myself of that alliterative load of drivel, the basic equation is:

1.  What does the Club need to cough up to get H to sign a Release & Indemnity and retire post-haste?

2. How soon thereafter can we upgrade one of our rookies?

Given he was "expected" to return but hasn't I wonder how many of the boys have noticed/care he isn't there. 

18 hours ago, old dee said:

Sounds accurate to me Mr. Leg but from the length of time this is taking it suggests to me there is a big gap between what HL wants and what the MFC is prepared to pay.

Who cares about h he is not in the best 30 let alone top 22

6 hours ago, old dee said:

Please don't hold your breath BA

At lest Ben is better then Jimmy

3 hours ago, don't make me angry said:

At lest Ben is better then Jimmy

Finishing a long shift.

 

Jimmy who?