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Carlton knocked out week one, Thompson still announcing, Essendon out week 2.....perfect

I personally think they're after someone like Mark Thompson and perhaps he's agreed If Carlton do away with Essendon this weekend, we could know early next week

On the flipside, could you admit many journo's putting their credibility on the line, e.g. with Taylor Walker, were wrong? I don't see Walker suing for defamation as some are suggesting Tom could if the media is wrong

And if he ends up at St Kilda (or another club) then it just again goes to show how the media have been wrong on so many occassions I find it funny that whilst "absolute certainties" to go to GWS (according to the media) have rejected a deal from GWS yet those who chose not to believe Tom don't seem to keen to acknowledge this

What possible benefit would his manager have in saying there's another club in play?

Spot on, for mine Posters can feel free to call me or think of me as naive, however, I'm simply being hopeful we'll retain him (although concede he may go) and choose to trust Scully at his word No words have been publically uttered by Tom to prove he is dissatisfied with the club, or being a prima dona, or petulant etc.

Palmer's manager states there is also another club in play for Palmer's Services read here

Exactly I understand all the previous posts, I simply don't agree with them What has Tom Scully actually said, in his own words, that shows he is dissatisfied with the club? How about answer that as opposed to a weak brush off respons?

Where / how has Scully acted in a petulant matter? What has he said (from his own mouth, not the mouth of the best friend's grandparents etc.) about his dissastifaction? From where I see it, TS put off contract talks until the end of the year, I'll take him at his word. The rest has been rumour, innuendo, media speculation etc.

Rubbish, whether it's announced today, tomorrow, next week makes no difference in that regard Melbourne will be [censored] if he leaves, they'll owe him nothing, they will announce it immediately

Who's your source on this And I would think in all honesty, if Melbourne had lost the # 1 draft pick 2 years after drafting, after nursing him through injuries all year, they'd say get stuffed and announce immediately He may leave, he may stay, but the fact is, right now, I don't think anyone knows for certain

What would the club owe TS if he'd already accepted the offer? The Bulldogs issued a statement immediately once Ward had accepted and informed them

Also when quizzed later about Dees chances of keeping Scully, he said "don't think so" Doesn't sound supremely confident to me Wouldn't he say "no chance" "not going to happen" "deal is done" if he was so certain If TS leaves and the club knows, they will issue a statement immediately, they'd owe Scully nothing

Bomber Thompson

I don't necessarily agree Murphy was a pea heart ever I certainly recall his debut against us at Etihad, he got put on his backside by Melbourne players left right and centre yet got up every time aand finished BOG (if not close to)

Yes they can, however according to these oh so credible media people, who according to many here only put their necks on the line when they have fact, stated Walker had ALREADY signed with GWS 100% - this has now conclusively been proven false

Yeah ok, ignore the points of how flimsy your theory sounds and just make another silly point So will you be grumbling when Scully and Trengove stand on the podium and lift our 13th cup? Nah, didn't think so......

Oh c'mon, please This is just conspiracy theory after conspiracy theory so he plays a full year last year - they put off talks in July / August knowing that in October GWS were going to offer him $6m over 6 years for a limited time only and they had the foresight in that time to know his knee complaint (despite playing the full season last year) was going to be degenerative so he'd be well served taking the money and running knowing he'd be washed up by the time he was 25 and unable to get another contract So was it Bastinac's cat that inked his paw on the contract for Scully and Scully's dog that inked his paw on the contract for Bastinac, so that if questioned all they could respond with was a woof or meow and when he fronted the media in March (by his own doing) he wasn't technically telling porkies cause he forgot to say "No one, including myself, my family, my managers or my good mates cat has been approached and spoken with GWS"

In who's mind I meant from those spitting venom at Scully for "already going". When he signs for Melbourne, they should feel ashamed They know how good Scully will be, they hold the whip hand (Velocity), they can make GWS wait and sweat and increase their bidding. It would be insane to sign on the spot

No, they said that if Melbourne put their offer down before seasons end, it's only fair they let GWS put their offer down I feel the same as you, yet in the reverse, if Scully signs there's going to be a lot of embarrassed and ashamed supporters

And if Scully's manager says "you'll have to wait until the end of 2011" do you think GWS would just go cold on him??

Yep, knee didn't come up

You said TOM is unhappy with the clauses, trying to imply he supposedly didn't know of the contract conditions It states SCULLY CAMP, not Tom Scully himself

A few things APPARENTLY he's not happy with clauses (not factually) And SCULLY'S CAMP - could be management - it doesn't state "Tom Scully is unhappy with some of the clauses) Furthermore, he knows the details of the Melbourne offer, it was the GWS offer he didn't want to know about until seasons end

If he wasn't confident, surely he'd say something along the lines of "that's between tom and his management full stop"