2 hours ago, Wiseblood said:

We're really scraping the bottom of the barrel if we're putting any credence into what Ricky Nixon has to say.  The bloke struggles to sit the right way on toilet seat.

nixon doesn't sit on toilet seats......toilet seats sit on nixon

1 hour ago, titan_uranus said:

Has this been announced? Did I miss this?

Yes.

2 hours ago, titan_uranus said:

Lol @praha

You're just posting whatever suits your doomsday, hyperbolic, OTT negative outlook.

No Brisbane in the frame = we can't prise him out of Collingwood. Then Brisbane show up = Brisbane has "gone past us".

If we were Brisbane you'd be critical of our 0-2 straight sets home finals exit. You'd note that we had no injuries all year (which probabilities suggest won't happen again in 2020), and you'd note that our fixture only had one repeat game against the top 8 and in our 9-game winning streak we only beat two top 8 sides, one of which was a faltering Geelong by 1 point.

Brisbane looked good this year. We looked just as good last year. Both young, both taken ages to make finals. 

Never mind the inaccuracy of calling Tomlinson a Frost replacement (by the way, if the media reports are true we'll be paying Tomlinson less than what Frost wants, and we get a draft pick out of trading Frost with no pick needed to get Tomlinson).

The first post strengthens the argument of the second.

1. I don't think he'll be leaving Collingwood. 

2. If he does and he choose Brisbane over us, it's an indictment.

How hard is that to read? Way to build your own narrative for a few forum likes. Didn't take you for a Gestapo lapdog.

4 minutes ago, praha said:

2. If he does and he choose Brisbane over us, it's an indictment.

 

Well it's not, but anyway..................

54 minutes ago, Redleg said:

Yes.

Pleasing news!

Source/link?

2 minutes ago, praha said:

The first post strengthens the argument of the second.

1. I don't think he'll be leaving Collingwood. 

2. If he does and he choose Brisbane over us, it's an indictment.

How hard is that to read? Way to build your own narrative for a few forum likes. Didn't take you for a Gestapo lapdog.

Says the poster who's developed a "doom spiral" narrative and takes every opportunity/topic to repeat it.

I just can't stand the way any piece of news is, for you, another example of the club being on its knees. Maybe you've just gone off a cliff in terms of your optimism/confidence in the club, and whilst that's understandable I find your arguments at times to be anything other than convincing.

Just now, Baghdad Bob said:

Well it's not, but anyway..................

Yep it really isn’t. Let’s not forget he’s not leaving a basket-case, he’s leaving Collingwood, the second biggest club in the land. He’s leaving for the club that offered him the best contract in terms of length and money. No indictment at all.

10 minutes ago, praha said:

The first post strengthens the argument of the second.

1. I don't think he'll be leaving Collingwood. 

2. If he does and he choose Brisbane over us, it's an indictment.

How hard is that to read? Way to build your own narrative for a few forum likes. Didn't take you for a Gestapo lapdog.

I'll try and avoid being a smart [censored].

But in my opinion it is a completely ridiculous assertion that if Elliot cthose lions over us it is in any way an indictment on us. 

Baghdad bob sums up the reasons why a couple of (his) posts back

Elliott is a RFA so Collingwood have the right to march a rivals offer and retain Elliott. There’s reports that Collingwood have increased their offer, are these perhaps incorrect given the above or are they attempting to get Elliott to re-sign before he accepts a rival teams contract? 

20 minutes ago, titan_uranus said:

Maybe you've just gone off a cliff in terms of your optimism/confidence in the club, and whilst that's understandable I find your arguments at times to be anything other than convincing.

Yes titan, I have. Great clubs don't lose the battles we lose. It's as simple as that. Very happy to be proven wrong by yourself and others. I mean that. Go back if you can be bothered and see my posts after our round 1 loss to Port. I was very much in battle with the likes of SWYL and a few others who constantly belittled the club at the time. This year has completely broken me. It arguably started after our loss to Hawthorn in round 4-5 2018 but 2019 was a huge burn for me and this club. I'm sorry but the burden of expectation and proof and risen for me now. 

14 minutes ago, binman said:

I'll try and avoid being a smart [censored].

But in my opinion it is a completely ridiculous assertion that if Elliot cthose lions over us it is in any way an indictment on us. 

Baghdad bob sums up the reasons why a couple of (his) posts back

you have to get into the mfcss spirit of things to understand

36 minutes ago, praha said:

The first post strengthens the argument of the second.

1. I don't think he'll be leaving Collingwood. 

2. If he does and he choose Brisbane over us, it's an indictment.

How hard is that to read? Way to build your own narrative for a few forum likes. Didn't take you for a Gestapo lapdog.

Godwin's Law?

2 minutes ago, Ethan Tremblay said:

Elliott is a RFA so Collingwood have the right to march a rivals offer and retain Elliott. There’s reports that Collingwood have increased their offer, are these perhaps incorrect given the above or are they attempting to get Elliott to re-sign before he accepts a rival teams contract? 

What other reports are there other than Toot Toot Chicken Nixon?

10 minutes ago, Demonland said:

What other reports are there other than Toot Toot Chicken Nixon?

Apologies I should have said Nixon’s report. I suppose my point was that I don’t believe Collingwood would have increased their offer as they know Elliott is exploring his rights as a free agent.. Surely they’d hold off and see what offer he accepts then match it if they want to. Therefore I don’t believe Collingwood have increased their offer.

Edited October 6, 20195 yr by Ethan Tremblay

4 minutes ago, Ethan Tremblay said:

Apologies I should have said Nixon’s report. I suppose my point was that I don’t believe Collingwood would have increased their offer as they know Elliott is exploring his rights as a free agent.. Surely they’d hold off and see what offer he accepts then match it if they want to. Therefore I don’t believe Collingwood have increased their offer.

Not necessarily. Ideally Elliott wants to stay a Pie. Say the sticking point is just the 2 to 3 years. Collingwood might offer 3 at 500k per year and hope he accepts rather than have to match 3 (and maybe option for 4) at 600K per year. 

7 minutes ago, Ethan Tremblay said:

Apologies I should have said Nixon’s report. I suppose my point was that I don’t believe Collingwood would have increased their offer as they know Elliott is exploring his rights as a free agent.. Surely they’d hold off and see what offer he accepts then match it if they want to. Therefore I don’t believe Collingwood have increased their offer.

Gut feel is he would stay at Collingwood for less (per year), and word gets around in AFL circles so Pies wouldn't be in the dark about his other offers as they come in. Would think they would up their offer as part of the negotiation, knowing that as long as it's not massively less he will want to stay. Then at the very end they can match the final offer if they wish.

 

20 minutes ago, Ethan Tremblay said:

Elliott is a RFA so Collingwood have the right to march a rivals offer and retain Elliott. There’s reports that Collingwood have increased their offer, are these perhaps incorrect given the above or are they attempting to get Elliott to re-sign before he accepts a rival teams contract? 

Sorry ET but he is unrestricted according to afl.com So pies have to join the bidding if they want him

6 minutes ago, Demonland said:

Not necessarily. Ideally Elliott wants to stay a Pie. Say the sticking point is just the 2 to 3 years. Collingwood might offer 3 at 500k per year and hope he accepts rather than have to match 3 (and maybe option for 4) at 600K per year. 

I thought that could be the case and slightly covered off on that in my initial post.

So if an RFA announces they are going to explore free agency their current club can make them an offer anytime? I thought they had to wait and see if he accepted a rival clubs offer then match it.

Edit: Irrelevant now as grey wolf has brought to my attention Elliott is a UFA. 

Edited October 6, 20195 yr by Ethan Tremblay

3 minutes ago, grey wolf said:

Sorry ET but he is unrestricted according to afl.com So pies have to join the bidding if they want him

Yep correct, disregard my posts! 

5 minutes ago, Ethan Tremblay said:

Yep correct, disregard my posts! 

All of them?

 

7 minutes ago, Ethan Tremblay said:

Yep correct, disregard my posts! 

if you dare

9 minutes ago, Ethan Tremblay said:

Yep correct, disregard my posts! 

At the risk of being a fan boy I wont disregard all of your posts.

5 minutes ago, Demonland said:

All of them?

 

Just the ones where I attempt to actually be serious. So all 4.

From Elliott’s Instagram Story. 

 What can we divine?

* He’s in Queensland ❌
* The sarong has alot of maroon in it ❌

* There is red and blue in the Uno game ✅

2 minutes ago, Demonland said:

From Elliott’s Instagram Story. 

 What can we divine?

* He’s in Queensland ❌
* The sarong has alot of maroon in it ❌

* There is red and blue in the Uno game ✅

I think he’s gone from Pies judging by the cover of the UNO cards. I see numbers 2,3 and 4. No number 5, wild card is tricky to decipher though.

6 minutes ago, Demonland said:

From Elliott’s Instagram Story. 

 What can we divine?

* He’s in Queensland ❌
* The sarong has alot of maroon in it ❌

* There is red and blue in the Uno game ✅

Hey @faultydet lives there..... should get him to head down to the lagoon and get in his ear.

Edited October 6, 20195 yr by ding