Vogon Poetry

I don't know why I'm bothering posting in this thread and I've not read all of it, thankfully, but the thing that amazes me most is the vast majority of posters are so committed to one side of the debate or the other. Personally, I think there are two valid points of view and I can see both arguments. It's a bold move by the footy department, it has not been well handled and it's very unfortunate for Jack who clearly wants to stay. There can be no winner in this debate and that people put so much emotional investment into it is staggering.

I'm the opposite. Watts goes at 80% and gets a game because he's gifted. We can't afford to have Petracca, Hogan, Brayshaw and others who are gifted going at 80% if we are to win a flag and the club is making a very clear statement. If he stays he can't put a foot out of line or he'll play a lot of footy at Casey. FTR I don't think it's been very well handled by us. I've got no idea what will happen - both parties are in a very difficult situation. Would any other club take him now knowing he really doesn't want to be there? We clearly don't want him.

If your description is right then I'm very pleased I don't. Anyway thanks for the feedback but for me it just doesn't pass the smell test. Maybe I need a new nose! Yes R&Bbeard well over 21, thankfully.

Why would they want to contact Abby? One yes, but many? You'd think that after the first one Jake would tell the second and subsequent ones to "keep it quiet". And wouldn't they be worried about a backlash from Jake? I think it's pretty clear Jake, nice boy that he is, probably encouraged them to pass on the good news to Abby. Anyway I've made my point. Thanks for the explanation, I'm certainly not social media savvy.

She also said "Gilmore later called her only to discover he had been visiting" How did she get the number? Something really stinks.

Okay. But she said this "The text from the schoolgirl said she was having sex with Stringer"

Wouldn't others have seen these messages?

How can you get a number by "reasons"?

It's instructive if they got it from Jake.

How did they get her number?

bin, you can't possibly judge the decision until you see what we get back. If it's a pick in the draft WE USE post 20 I'll spew but I strongly suspect it will be for something much more acceptable.

Well I think that is absolute rubbish. He is a good player in our team and the reason he attracts interest from other club is exactly because he is. We are trading him because we think what we get is going to make us better.

It must be hell inside your head.

http://www.news.com.au/sport/afl/gold-coast-suns-divided-between-drinkers-and-god-squad/news-story/e6b3337b41003221121a697f14428c12 Start here and research further if you want. Again I"m NOT suggesting Stringer is Hunt but just commenting on "scapegoat" references. There is a reason Dogs have made him the scapegoat (in your words). They didn't just pick his name out of a hat.

Was Hunt the scapegoat at GCS? I'm not suggesting anything about Stringer other than to say if the club has identified him it's a big call to make him the scapegoat because he's also an incredible asset. It would be unusual to make that sort of choice. I'm surprised so many are struggling to join the dots.

You've made this comment on a couple of occasions I think. I'd be interested in your insights.

Does this mean we don't need Lewis?

I'm not so sure. He has all the attributes except Danger's speed. He merely needs to modify the way he plays. The guy is freaky good.

I think people are missing the point here. Garland would not be "unceremoniously" dumped. The club would work with him to find a win win situation. If one couldn't be found his contract is honoured.

Too true, the one bloke out of step might be the only one who's got it right.

If he won't amount to much then it's highly unlikely that we'd get a decent offer for him. If we did get a decent offer you'd be backing your judgement against the judgement of a fully resourced and IP rich FD. Big call and I wonder if it was you who had to pull the trigger whether you would.

If the proposition is to effectively trade Weideman for a better player (your current proposition) then it's worth evaluating. But if it's for the lure of what we might get with pick 6 this year it should be rejected out of hand. And we'd need to have that player locked in before we traded Weid. I haven't done it but the club would have. They'd have a timeline of when our window will be open the widest and they will be working towards that and maximising our talent at that time. But the "Weid for a player" proposition is totally valid I agree.

But there is a reason isn't there Davey, otherwise the Dogs wouldn't be getting rid of him.

Then you'd be very silly.

Actually, it doesn't matter. If it's good enough for Footscray to get rid of one of their "guns" and for teams like Hawks to say "no thanks" it's a good enough reason for me. How many times has a player of Stringers talent has been so savagely dumped by his club. There is a reason Davey and you'd do well to ponder it.