Gibbo

Sydney are apparently concerned with their salary cap and Jude is either going to the draft if another team doesnt offer something for him - according to the news Melbourne is very interested.

I heard about four rumours - and three of the four involved a family member or people who had had contact with Judd's family members telling them he was as good as signed with Melbourne. The only leak I heard that was supposed to have come from the Dees was on this board by a guy who said he knew a guy who worked on and off for them. The rest was all just trade speculation on the radio. If he didnt like the rumours and speculation he could have been a man and simply been honest about his intentions or named his destination earlier. Does he think that the only emotions involved in his whole thing were his own? What a guy... FIGJAM mark II if that is the case. After all this is said and done, why would Harris lie? To save face? I really dont think there was any need to. Id heard already from Caroline that he had said that the facilities were a problem. Its all a joke and at the end of the day who ever gets him now is gonna look stupid after all this - its a new level of shizen

Imagine his a mental guy deep down and he just said that to test us before announcing. Sportsbet were mad for stopping betting now - could have made a killing on all the punters backing us... To think - to choose to believe just for a moment - that he would choose the side of his destination because of his heart not his wallet... Could it still be true? What a head F%^T&

Above our club or any club? Id say his almost acting like his beyond the AFL. When Scott Thompson did it it was nasty enough, but at least he didnt flirt with port or conduct interviews. I reckon in all honesty we are better off without him. My Collingwood supporter mates don't want him and frankly fear what they will give up for him.

Simple - by saying that our facilities arent up to his standard he is suggesting two things: 1. that while our facilities are ok for melbourne players, he deserves better - arrogance in the extreme 2. that his childhood allegence stood for nothing because he didnt want to travel somewhere else to do weights. He strung the Dees along when its now pretty clear he never intended on coming to melbourne.

I assume we would have been looking at a new ruck option (Meeson), and some new forwards before Judd distracted us...

I thought it was interesting that he was so quick to say we were out when Essendon got the call if not shortly after possibly even before us and didnt acknowledge it until late this afternoon. I got SMSs telling me that we came fourth in the hunt which I resent I bet we'll find out Carlton found out today as well (facilities and Telstra Dome) or could it be that he hasnt ruled them out because of drafts that WC want.

But we have two bald heros - Bailey and Jonesy

ESSENDON and Melbourne are out of the running for AFL star Chris Judd, leaving the AFL's oldest foes to compete for the superstar midfield player. That leaves just Carlton and Collingwood, amid ongoing speculation that the Magpies are the favourites to secure Judd who is looking to switch from West Coast to a club in his home state Victoria. The Demons issued a statement on their website and sources at Essendon also confirmed the contact today from Judd's management ruling them out. "Chris' management advised us this morning that Chris had been somewhat surprised by the quality of our club presentation and strategies, and it was a difficult decision," Melbourne chief executive Steve Harris said. "However the club's training facilities at Junction Oval and the need to train at a variety of grounds over summer was an issue. "It's well known that new state of the art facilities are due for completion at Olympic Park within two years, but we do have this comparative disadvantage." Judd will make his final choice this week, ahead of the trade period next week. The 2004 Brownlow medal winner preferred club must broker a deal with his former club, West Coast. Judd announced last month he would leave the Eagles to return to his home state of Victoria. Huddo and BT your full of shizen...

I know three people and my mates know others who just want to be inspired by something - a genuine superstar or a new an exciting coach - they said they'd sign up if Sheedy was our coach - its very fickle - and probably pretty weak, but after so much heart break people move away just to give themselves a break. Im signing up tomorrow - I reckon Bailey is gonna blow them away.

If the facilities meant so much to him he could have played for us for nothing for a year and we could have used the 1.6 mill to speed up their development

Keep it open until the end of trade week - things can still happen to shape this one...

What if this is all a ploy to outrage supporters into buying membership for the club before he turns around and signs with the Dees after trade week?? Either way - if we had more members we would have more clout - I say sign up everyone you know who goes for the Dees! Hopefully we'll pickup a quality forward this year instead.

Im dissappointed - but primarily because I just think its about time the Dees picked up someone instead of the usual teams - just to even the playing field... But at the end of the day I think our forward and backlines are where we need to improve - Im sure Judd would have been great, but not long ago I was raving about Acker being a good thing for our club. Thank christ that didnt pan out...

If your childhood team meant something to you you wouldnt worry if you had to train in a sewer to get the chance to play for them. So it was obviously never an issue.