Farewell Jack Watts

[Gator 17,449]

44 minutes ago, daisycutter said:

thread has run it's course

there is nothing new being posted that hasn't been posted before ad nauseum

please refrain from boring repitition

OK.

Fun fact.

In 153 games Watts has never kicked 5 goals in a game.

In just over half a season starting as a forward (round 9) Tom McDonald has already kicked 5 goals in a game.

 

[hardtack 10,626]

1 hour ago, Mazer Rackham said:

How about someone accuses someone else of being a Nazi or fascist?

Or accuses a public figure of criminal behaviour.

Those are good reliable thread enders.

Yes, it's time to invoke Godwin's Law (as opposed to Goodwin's Law).

Edited October 26, 2017 by hardtack

[hemingway 7,631]

2 hours ago, TGR said:

First, the poll should be changed to "Do we trade Jack Watts for pick 31 and salary discounting for 2 years".

 

I realise he didn't have the "eye of the tiger".  I realise he aint someone I'd go to war with.  The whispers now are that "he couldn't accept feedback inside the club". 

 

But if Goodwin's/club is 100% honest, they stated that he should explore his options, and if the right deal came up, then the club would have a look at it.  What the club really meant was "he is gone, we will take the best deal we can get".  The leadership may have even gone to the club and gave a green light for trading him, but again, the deal has to be right.  It wasn't.

 

 

For a club that may push in 2018/19, I'd rather a player that can play multiple positions (forward, pinch-hit ruck +/- back), as a relatively mobile tall; even if he was considered a 'depth' player hereon...than pick 31 and some salary.

 

 

The great thing that Port did, was have the strength to say here is pick 31, and by the way, you will pay part of his salary.  That is pushing a bargain to its limits.  Something we cannot say we did.  No balls in negotiation....no brains either.

Some relevant points and ones that I agree with,  but Goodwin and Co are making a Statement about standards, establishing good role models, setting the right examples, and establishing what they see as winning behaviours. 

[At Least I Saw a Flag 5,274]

7 hours ago, daisycutter said:

thread has run it's course

there is nothing new being posted that hasn't been posted before ad nauseum

please refrain from boring repitition

A matter of greater concern is your grammar abuse.

Please refrain from using apo's'trophe's in pronoun's. 

 

[daisycutter 29,737]

1 hour ago, bingers said:

A matter of greater concern is your grammar abuse.

Please refrain from using apo's'trophe's in pronoun's. 

 

got me, right between the eyes. will give myself an uppercut immediately 

[Biffen 12,947]

3 minutes ago, daisycutter said:

got me, right between the eyes. will give myself an uppercut immediately 

Technically ,you cannot uppercut yourself either. Your knuckles would be facing away from you, which would make it  misdirected jab-of which I know much about.

[daisycutter 29,737]

1 hour ago, Biffen said:

Technically ,you cannot uppercut yourself either. Your knuckles would be facing away from you, which would make it  misdirected jab-of which I know much about.

i'm double jointed, biffo. easy peasy

[Skuit 10,031]

18 hours ago, McQueen said:

Tracc forgot to tag Watts into the post.

That's the issue.

But the real issue is that jack was wide open and all alone on the insta-lead and Trac just didn't have the vision to see him right there in space on the friend's-list. #it'snotjacksfault

[ProperDee 1,698]

Watts was on thin ice early in the season with his lackadaisical attitude. Him choosing to fly off to Byron Bay for a week promoting Skwosh when he was essentially directed to remain in Melbourne and  rehab properly was the final straw.  He was gone from that point. 

From my POV I am very pleased to have a coach at our club who isn’t scared of setting standards for all players and then enforcing them when they don’t comply. If players don’t want to have a team first mentality then the team doesn’t want them. 

See ya Jack. I hope the door didn’t bruise your arze on the way out.

NEXT!

 

[TGR 1,367]

1 hour ago, ProperDee said:

Watts was on thin ice early in the season with his lackadaisical attitude. Him choosing to fly off to Byron Bay for a week promoting Skwosh when he was essentially directed to remain in Melbourne and  rehab properly was the final straw.  He was gone from that point. 

From my POV I am very pleased to have a coach at our club who isn’t scared of setting standards for all players and then enforcing them when they don’t comply. If players don’t want to have a team first mentality then the team doesn’t want them. 

See ya Jack. I hope the door didn’t bruise your arze on the way out.

NEXT!

 

As opposed to Hogan’s professionalism in WA smoking darts.

Setting standards?  My arze.

 

 

[ProperDee 1,698]

1 hour ago, TGR said:

As opposed to Hogan’s professionalism in WA smoking darts.

Setting standards?  My arze.

 

 

Same old Ron.  Looking to shoot people down at every opportunity.  Hogan had more than one reason for "smoking darts". There was ONE photo of him smoking ONE cigarette, right?  Current AA forward line player is well know to have a puff.  Hasn't done him any harm.

Anyway, doesn't matter because JW is gonski.  Maybe we can offload you to Richmond in the draft?  You've always loved 'em.

[jnrmac 20,185]

2 hours ago, TGR said:

As opposed to Hogan’s professionalism in WA smoking darts.

Setting standards?  My arze.

 

 

Do you want a photo of what Watts gets up to when not at the club?

[TGR 1,367]

34 minutes ago, ProperDee said:

 

Anyway, doesn't matter because JW is gonski.  Maybe we can offload you to Richmond in the draft?  You've always loved 'em.

You guys once laughed at Richmond.

[hardtack 10,626]

3 hours ago, TGR said:

As opposed to Hogan’s professionalism in WA smoking darts.

Setting standards?  My arze.

Well, you've certainly lowered your standards with that comment.

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2 hours ago, ProperDee said:

Same old Ron.  Looking to shoot people down at every opportunity.  Hogan had more than one reason for "smoking darts". There was ONE photo of him smoking ONE cigarette, right?  Current AA forward line player is well know to have a puff.  Hasn't done him any harm.

Anyway, doesn't matter because JW is gonski.  Maybe we can offload you to Richmond in the draft?  You've always loved 'em.

Any kiddies reading Demonland, please don't take this literally! ProperDee means (I hope) "hasn't done any harm to his ability to play football very well".  

[faultydet 7,619]

3 hours ago, jnrmac said:

Do you want a photo of what Watts gets up to when not at the club?

Now THIS is more to my liking.

Go on..........

[sue 9,142]

If anyone has anything NEW to say about Watts can they please start a new thread because this one is best put on ignore (do we have that option?)

[Skuit 10,031]

7 hours ago, TGR said:

You guys once laughed at Richmond.

Still do.

[Nasher 33,617]

How funny though - we get told on here about how the players were spewing and we'd see the fallout - nekminnut Watts' best mate at the club extends forever, when the old contract still had a year to run. Lol!

It's one of those things though that probably originates from a partial truth. Most likely some of the players were upset and disappointed but understood why it happened, but in the great game of Chinese Whispers, it became "the players are upset".

[Mazer Rackham 14,971]

Forty plus blokes on the list and then there are all the support staff. Not everyone is going to like everyone. In every club there will be players who don't like the coach, or don't like the captain, or don't like the fitness guy, or, or, or ....

It's in losing clubs where we hear about it. GCS, Brisbane. Whispers coming out of North now.

Winning has an amazing way soothing the dissent and keeping it at trace levels.

We see it in political parties. They are periodically "in turmoil" and riddled with "infighting" ... until the moment they win an election. Suddenly they are unified and all happy campers.

[thevil1 421]

Anyone else excited about us playing Port next year? I can't wait!!! 

[Bobby McKenzie 2,385]

8 hours ago, thevil1 said:

Anyone else excited about us playing Port next year? I can't wait!!! 

Are you excited at watching Jack demolish us and kick the winning goal ah la Collingwood, Revenge is sweet.

[Mazer Rackham 14,971]

7 hours ago, Bobby McKenzie said:

Are you excited at watching Jack demolish us and kick the winning goal ah la Collingwood, Revenge is sweet.

Jack is red and blue all the way through.

Knowing that such an event was not only possible, but inevitable, he would drop himself to the SANFL the Thursday before.

[Mazer Rackham 14,971]

The tatts and moccies he acquires in Port, or more likely, Elizabeth, will be all for show and to cover up his true allegiance.

[thevil1 421]

8 hours ago, Bobby McKenzie said:

Are you excited at watching Jack demolish us and kick the winning goal ah la Collingwood, Revenge is sweet.

Your hilarious!! 

You a Melbourne supporter still or just a Watts supporter these days? 

We will smash that soft as butter Port side from pillar to post. I hope Jack plays well, nothing against him, but Port will be this years flop, plenty of pre season hype, talked up as flag favourites, but ultimately they'll only bully the lesser teams & do nothing in finals. Hinkley has just doubled down on down hill skiing football. 

Edited October 28, 2017 by thevil1