Shane will be interviewed on This is your Sporting Life on SEN at 10.00am.

Should be of interest to all of us especially with the possibility of his son Taj coming to the club as a father/son selection in the next draft.

Interesting story about how we recruited him and how he worked hard on his game to become a Brownlow Medalist and then how we lost him due to financial and salary cap issues. 

It never seemed right to me that he played out his career at Collingwood.

Brief mention of his family but not of the fact that Taj could be in the AFL system next year.

One of the worst decisions ever made by the MFC. 

He should have NEVER been traded. 

Disgusting decision.  

I had forgotten Woey went off with a hammy in the 2000 GF.

Essendon were the best team all year but we had Whelan miss through injury, Brad Green get punched in the throat by that thug Wallace and Woey do a hammy.

They were young at the time but all the best players of a generation at Melbourne.

At least if someone punches Oliver or Petracca this year they will cop it back harder.

49 minutes ago, Wrecker46 said:

I had forgotten Woey went off with a hammy in the 2000 GF.

Essendon were the best team all year but we had Whelan miss through injury, Brad Green get punched in the throat by that thug Wallace and Woey do a hammy.

They were young at the time but all the best players of a generation at Melbourne.

At least if someone punches Oliver or Petracca this year they will cop it back harder.

Not so sure.

Petracca is no hard man, and every time someone beats Oliver in a physical contest he throws himself on the ground pretending to spew.

10 minutes ago, faultydet said:

Not so sure.

Petracca is no hard man, and every time someone beats Oliver in a physical contest he throws himself on the ground pretending to spew.

I pity anyone trying to get between Clayton Oliver and a premiership on grand final day.

6 minutes ago, Chook said:

I pity anyone trying to get between Clayton Oliver and a premiership on grand final day.

I love his contest, don't get me wrong. And he is definitely not soft. I just would not characterize him as someone who will belt a bloke back for whacking him. 

Just now, faultydet said:

I love his contest, don't get me wrong. And he is definitely not soft. I just would not characterize him as someone who will belt a bloke back for whacking him. 

On grand final day, he won't care. He'll just get the ball and get the ball and keep doing that until we win.

2 hours ago, DemonOX said:

One of the worst decisions ever made by the MFC. 

He should have NEVER been traded. 

Disgusting decision.  

Terrible! Particularly after the handshake agreement to take less money 

1 hour ago, Wrecker46 said:

I had forgotten Woey went off with a hammy in the 2000 GF.

Essendon were the best team all year but we had Whelan miss through injury, Brad Green get punched in the throat by that thug Wallace and Woey do a hammy.

They were young at the time but all the best players of a generation at Melbourne.

At least if someone punches Oliver or Petracca this year they will cop it back harder.

And Farmer had broken ribs😔

Troy Simmonds got a nice whack in the windpipe too.

Never had respect after that, at all for the thug that did that, before he was a very good footballer. No respect for him or his causes after that. Tainted !

2 hours ago, Spirit of the Demon said:

Troy Simmonds got a nice whack in the windpipe too.

Yeah, you can see Troy waving when Long’s hips got X-rayed the next week.

3 hours ago, faultydet said:

Not so sure.

Petracca is no hard man, and every time someone beats Oliver in a physical contest he throws himself on the ground pretending to spew.

I didn't mean if a thug like Wallace hit Petracca in this finals series Petracca would hit him back. But whoever did will have it coming back to them. Viney is sharpening his elbow with pool chaulk at the moment.

Oliver is 21 votes off the most coaches votes ever with 3 games to go. I don't think that's from throwing himself on the ground and pretending to spew.

4 hours ago, faultydet said:

Not so sure.

Petracca is no hard man, and every time someone beats Oliver in a physical contest he throws himself on the ground pretending to spew.

Watching closely, I reckon Oliver gets a lot of whack's all day long, many in the guts and ribs.

In a physical contest he goes in hard. When hit off the ball cheaply and unexpectedly, I'm not concerned if he does go down.

3 hours ago, Demons11 said:

Terrible! Particularly after the handshake agreement to take less money 

I haven't read/heard anything recently; my recollection was that they asked him to take less money, he said no, they organised a trade, then he called up and said "I would have taken less money if you needed!" but they considered it too late. I'd be interested to know the other story?

4 hours ago, faultydet said:

Not so sure.

Petracca is no hard man, and every time someone beats Oliver in a physical contest he throws himself on the ground pretending to spew.

Viney, Maysie, Hibbo can be real confrontational add Vanders into the equation would send shivers down spines in September.

Vanders might be a sneaky chance to cause some carnage at the backend of the season.

6 hours ago, Demon Head said:

Interesting story about how we recruited him and how he worked hard on his game to become a Brownlow Medalist and then how we lost him due to financial and salary cap issues. 

It never seemed right to me that he played out his career at Collingwood.

Brief mention of his family but not of the fact that Taj could be in the AFL system next year.

It would have been great to sit in the middle of the Pies cheer squad listening to the toothless wonders screaming out. " Go Woey !!!!!!! " 

29 minutes ago, deanox said:

I haven't read/heard anything recently; my recollection was that they asked him to take less money, he said no, they organised a trade, then he called up and said "I would have taken less money if you needed!" but they considered it too late. I'd be interested to know the other story?

My recollection is his manager saw a big pay day.

54 minutes ago, Wrecker46 said:

I didn't mean if a thug like Wallace hit Petracca in this finals series Petracca would hit him back. But whoever did will have it coming back to them. Viney is sharpening his elbow with pool chaulk at the moment.

Oliver is 21 votes off the most coaches votes ever with 3 games to go. I don't think that's from throwing himself on the ground and pretending to spew.

Bern saying this about Viney all year perfect for finals and the GF dance. 

7 hours ago, deanox said:

I haven't read/heard anything recently; my recollection was that they asked him to take less money, he said no, they organised a trade, then he called up and said "I would have taken less money if you needed!" but they considered it too late. I'd be interested to know the other story?

He spoke about it on the interview yesterday. He went over to Danihers house and they asked him to take less which he agreed to on a handshake agreement.  He then got a call a week later from his manager saying he was being traded 

Off topic but mentioned within the thread…..

One of the things that will take Petracca’s game to the next level is a touch of mongrel. Not of course intentionally smacking someone but rather using his size to run in straight lines and take a few casualties, tackle super hard or angrily remonstrate if a team mate goes down unfairly. That earns onfield respect and makes opposition players a bit wary.

I cringe when I see him all buddy buddy and smiling with oppo players during a match. Fire up son! Save the niceties for after the game.

12 hours ago, faultydet said:

I love his contest, don't get me wrong. And he is definitely not soft. I just would not characterize him as someone who will belt a bloke back for whacking him. 

On Grand Final day almost anything goes

The treatment of Woey was a culture killer, I’ve got no doubt about that. It has shades of what the Pies have don’t to Trelor, but even worse was the way we went about it. No class at all from us.