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Oh I don't know, I think the Big Russian may have missed his true calling !!!

It's funny this is brought up, as it was in yesterdays Daily Telegraph..... And it is a puff piece with nothing of note, because there is nothing of note. GWS has had no impact in Sydney's west other than amusement factor. The four league clubs mentioned, while they aren't having great years on the field (Parra are killing me), they are still the power base and nothing the AFL is doing is going to change that. I live in the north west and my dad works in Penrith (one of the clubs mentioned), and does a lot of work for the local junior leagues (which are massive) and they aren't losing kids (or teens or young adults) who want to play AFL, they aren't losing money to GWS sponsors and the Panthers still dominate the town both financially and with playing stocks. I read the piece and while the GWS will have some initial curiosity factor I have always said that it will never dominate in the west of Sydney. As for using Tom's name, well we are all too aware that he is a target of the Giants, and there is an apparent contract on the table so there is a definite potential for Foloau to be playing with him, and thus he seems to have every right to state that that excites him going forward, especially given there isn't much else to get excited about. But I don't see Tom anywhere in the article.

Not about too much of anything to be honest.....

Unfortunately that could well be a best case scenario.......

Interesting because of all the conspiracy theories on here, or because how the team will play or because, you know, the kid might actually be hurt?

Absolutely, well done and thank you Anthony.....

Amen to that......

Oh I understand and respect what you were saying rpfc, and I agree (me being facetious aside)..... My point being that whatever the number, whatever the talent (and they will all have some) they have to want to play here. You get drafted and then loyalty is shown to that club, and hopefully it still will be.

No, it's a stalemate (with commentary)...... That kinda depends on if he truly wants to play for the club......

Not too many options fitting that prerequisite out there though.....

In another thread it was said that he had been sick all week with a chest infection..... Pretty good effort when that is actually taken into account.

From here...... Maturing Demons More Composed "Bailey said midfielder Tom Scully would be monitored this week after being subbed off with a sore knee in the third quarter but didn't think it was a serious complaint. "He just landed awkwardly on his knee and we were talking about who could be the sub, and the medical advice was that he's come off and we need to check him and it might take five to 10 minutes," he said. "So we subbed him. We'll see how he is in the next 24-48 hours but hopefully it's nothing more than a bruised knee."

Then his efforts were genuinely fantastic !!!

I thought he was pretty good, maybe not as good as in previous weeks but most definitely not a liability...... But if this is true then his efforts were genuinely fantastic.

If you'll let me (have a "last word"), while I didn't delete your thread I would image that given all the stuff he is generating (both good and bad) the logic behind closing it was to keep all arguments in the same place and keep the forum clean. All I was doing earlier was the same thing, trying stop arguments not related to the thread or that get personal. I don't think there would have been anything malicious in what was done. And as for whether if it had been another player would the same reaction occurred? Probably not, but then again no other player on the list is creating such a [censored] storm amongst our members. Scully for better or worse, is doing this now. Your thread may have been an innocent question but that doesn't guarantee that all that respond have the same simple agenda. Please don't look for conspiracies as I am sure that is all there is to it.

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Please.....

Not before time.....

Good man, thanks!!!

Wind was a big factor though, wasn't it?

Then how about we just go with your rational response and say..... "he is probably just still getting treatment", which I'm sure is absolutely accurate. And we all move on !!!

Kinda the wrong thread for anything too rational..... Come on guys, I am sure there was a very reasonable explanation to him not being there but I can only imagine the reason the other thread was deleted was to stop the endless spread of Tom Scully threads and keep all opinions no matter what in the one place. Nothing more conspiratorial than that.

Seriously it doesn't take much, does it?

Sadly, I gigggled !!!

Inciting insults on a former player is not helpful to anyone......