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Sam Weideman Re-signs Until 2021

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From our newsbreaker @Dee Zephyr Fantastic news. Weight off my shoulders From Sam: “I’m a Demon through and through now,” he said.  “I love the club, I love the players and I love

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'Massive relief' as Weideman signs on http://melbournefc.com.au/news/2019-06-07/massive-relief-as-weideman-signs-on

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He has been unfairly wearing the blame that rightly belongs to about five others for that loss. Should have been well over by the time he took that kick.

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From our newsbreaker @Dee Zephyr

Fantastic news.

Weight off my shoulders

From Sam:

“I’m a Demon through and through now,” he said.  “I love the club, I love the players and I love the supporters, so it’s a team that I’m going to be barracking for the rest of my life, so I can’t wait for the years to come.”

Hope that Eddie reads that!

It sounds like the contract negotiations have taken a real toll which might explain why his form has dropped off this year.

Now that the load is lifted he can just focus on footy!

Really look forward to his development and being a major cog in our team.

Time to get behind him!

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“It was a massive weight on my shoulders,” he said.

“It was a lot of pressure which I didn’t really enjoy too much. It affected me quite hard mentally and affected my footy as well."

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What a real shame to hear about the massive pressure on Sam with all the talk about his contract. Why did it have to drag on and cause him ill effects mentally? It should not have played out that way. If his manager allowed this to happen to try and get a bigger deal, it was doing the young man a great disservice. 

Now he has signed on I hope he can finally concentrate on his football and relax more with peace of mind. Good luck Sam.

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Great to hear he’s signed on again. We’ve got bugger all tall forwards on our list now, so it’s a relief that Sam’s sticking around. I’m a fan and think he’s got the talent and attributes to be a really good tall forward for us. His form late last year showed that.

Keep working hard Weid and the rewards will come!

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4 minutes ago, Dame Gaga said:

What a real shame to hear about the massive pressure on Sam with all the talk about his contract. Why did it have to drag on and cause him ill effects mentally? It should not have played out that way. If his manager allowed this to happen to try and get a bigger deal, it was doing the young man a great disservice. 

Now he has signed on I hope he can finally concentrate on his football and relax more with peace of mind. Good luck Sam.

I guess a bit of perspective.... He is in his early 20s, being told one thing from his manager, another from his friends and family, and something else from the club. Not to mention it's the biggest financial decision the kid has ever made.

I can see why these things drag out, I guess it reaffirms the need for a true core of good people around you to make good decisions. 

Super glad he has re signed and looking forward to see what he can produce in the back half of the year!

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27 minutes ago, Lucifer's Hero said:

From our newsbreaker @Dee Zephyr

Fantastic news.

Weight off my shoulders

From Sam:

“I’m a Demon through and through now,” he said.  “I love the club, I love the players and I love the supporters, so it’s a team that I’m going to be barracking for the rest of my life, so I can’t wait for the years to come.”

Hope that Eddie reads that!

It sounds like the contract negotiations have taken a real toll which might explain why his form has dropped off this year.

Now that the load is lifted he can just focus on footy!

Really look forward to his development and being a major cog in our team.

Time to get behind him!

I have always been sceptical above the Weid's ability. However in the last part of 2018 he show some talent. Like most of the team his 2019 has been less than special, I watched him a couple of weeks ago at Williamstown and thought he played like an AFL talent that day. Felt sorry for him last weekend always thought he was a good kick for goal and wore the blame for losing the game when it should have been well over before he took that kick. With his tenure now out the road I hope he fulfills the trust the FD have shown in him. We sure as hell need him to reel of some multiple goal games.

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3 minutes ago, TeamPlayedFine39 said:

All is forgiven from last Saturday!

Great work dees- great work Sam!

He has been unfairly wearing the blame that rightly belongs to about five others for that loss. Should have been well over by the time he took that kick.

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6 minutes ago, old dee said:

He has been unfairly wearing the blame that rightly belongs to about five others for that loss. Should have been well over by the time he took that kick.

Tongue in cheek.

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A very open, frank interview with Sam.  It is really sad he went thru all this The dark side of AFL

About his early form drop off:

Weideman’s form, or lack thereof, came as media associated an enormous price tag with the former first-round draft pick.

“There was a point where I didn’t really want to leave the house too much because I was probably thinking about what other people were thinking of me,” he said.

He wasn't our worst in the first month but he took a lot of heat and I think largely because mainstream media went burko over his supposed contract claims.

About Social media and some supporters:

“I think there’s a lot of passion coming out in their comments and I don’t think they understand the power it can have on the players and how much effect it can have,” Weideman said.  “We don’t go searching for these sorts of comments­­­­ but sometimes they’re quite direct and unavoidable.

It explains why he deleted his twitter and instagram accounts a month ago.

To some extent I blame mainstream media for kicking up a frenzy about a vague report of what his manager supposedly wanted for this next contract.  Then social media 'heroes' went to work.

We have already lost Tom Boyd from the game.  Sam seems to be made of stern stuff but would hate for him to be engulfed by the dark forces that made him 'not want to leave the house'.

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24 minutes ago, old dee said:

He has been unfairly wearing the blame that rightly belongs to about five others for that loss. Should have been well over by the time he took that kick.

It was a real team effort to convert so poorly for a half of footy

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“It was a lot of pressure which I didn’t really enjoy too much. It affected me quite hard mentally and affected my footy as well."

This comment doesn’t instil confidence to be frank. It may sound harsh but this is a brutal game which doesn’t care much for sensitive souls. There’s ALWAYS going to be pressure of one kind or another. Some guys lap it up, others it eats them up and spits them out.

There’s nowhere to hide for worriers and second guessers patrolling an AFL forward line.

Sam’s challenge over the next 24 months, whether in the seniors or at Casey, is to transform his mindset from WORRIER to WARRIOR. Success is not going to ‘just happen’ for him as we can plainly see.

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It was a real team effort to convert so poorly for a half of footy

Exactly cr. It wasn't entirely Sam's fault we lost on Saturday, he was just one of a number of players who did not convert. He was just the last who missed.

I collectively blame the team, not Sam alone, for last weekend's lost.

Happy to have him sign on for another 2 years, regardless of the miss. Whether we won or lost wouldn't have made much difference to our season outcome, as it's already a lost year.

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Success is not going to ‘just happen’ for him as we can plainly see.

Nor will it 'just happen' for the rest of the team. This season is an example of getting way ahead of ourselves (Footy Department included).

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Nor will it 'just happen' for the rest of the team. This season is an example of getting way ahead of ourselves (Footy Department included).

For forks sake - you're either winding folk up with that comment, or fail to understand the nuances of how delayed pre seasons, surgeries, and having half your 22 in essence a vfl team impacts on form. That stuff is far more relevant than a vague notion of 'getting ahead of themselves'.

I'd love to see (and then debate you on) what you view as the indicators, that they 'got ahead of themselves....'

 

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4 minutes ago, Matsuo Basho said:

This comment doesn’t instil confidence to be frank. It may sound harsh but this is a brutal game which doesn’t care much for sensitive souls. There’s ALWAYS going to be pressure of one kind or another. Some guys lap it up, others it eats them up and spits them out.

There’s nowhere to hide for worriers and second guessers patrolling an AFL forward line.

Sam’s challenge over the next 24 months, whether in the seniors or at Casey, is to transform his mindset from WORRIER to WARRIOR. Success is not going to ‘just happen’ for him as we can plainly see.

You can always come up with some negativity about the club and players. What have you achieved in a sporting sense to make such comments?

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35 minutes ago, old dee said:

He has been unfairly wearing the blame that rightly belongs to about five others for that loss. Should have been well over by the time he took that kick.

And on top of that, he has IMO the biggest out for a player missing a shot to win the game. In my book, if you take a contested mark to win the game but miss the shot, it's all good. He gave himself the opportunity. I thought the same about Max in Round 1 last year, even though that shot was even easier. He took the mark that no one else could.

If it weren't for Wiedeman's great contested mark, we wouldn't have had a chance anyway.

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This comment doesn’t instil confidence to be frank. It may sound harsh but this is a brutal game which doesn’t care much for sensitive souls. There’s ALWAYS going to be pressure of one kind or another. Some guys lap it up, others it eats them up and spits them out.

There’s nowhere to hide for worriers and second guessers patrolling an AFL forward line.

Sam’s challenge over the next 24 months, whether in the seniors or at Casey, is to transform his mindset from WORRIER to WARRIOR. Success is not going to ‘just happen’ for him as we can plainly see.

Mmmm, no need to have real human experiences such as strong emotions eh.... in an industry where you are scruitinised internally by your own club and externally by pundits - week in week out...

Frankly, on this occasion - you sound like the worst kind of 'Lifecoach...' who get's their slogans and soundbites from the airport bookstore.

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