Wells 11

4 mins without a new post! someone say something!

B Day

Well now he’s committed to GWS it’s incumbent on them to get a deal. We’re not totally without power here.

Sadly I think Oliver will be a very good player at GWS and the change will be what he needs. He won’t be the megastar of yesteryear as his kicking will interfere with that now, but he could well be top 50 in the comp. I also don’t think, given the baggage with us, he was going to be that good for US again. The “culture” issue created at our club by our two most expensive players caring so little for the dynamics within it just had to shift. I still feel really sad to see him go (bang bang bang and all of that joy) and I also hope we get something back for him! But bottom line, new coach, fresh start I get it. Even if he finishes top 5 in the GWS b&f I will still get it. Oliver gets a fresh start… but so do the dees.

my thought exactly.

but they have both the media and the AFL under their control.

kind of sums up why we wanted him gone doesn’t it.

There is at least some good news in this [censored] show.

Good! … whether he does or doesn’t I still like the stand.

We need to say no and give king a chance to build the club with some kind of stability around him! Allowing it would in fact be undermining our new coach.

Good question. I’m not sure and only really reiterating what I’ve read on here.

In a very weak draft...its just hard to get excited.

Depressing but probably the truth.

He’s inheriting this mess and trying to clean it up. So we can’t hold these losses against him. Plus as far as I can see he’s really only 0–1 . Judds loss feels the largest in terms of building.

Too early for me but I do remember when Wells left…and I had hand sewn 11 ( badly) onto the back of my jumper as a 10 year old. He told me it was crooked at training one day and I almost threw it away afterwards . So fair to say I struggled for a couple of years when he left. It’s an emotional game and our connections with players are weirdly deep. Goody, Trac, Oliver and May is a decent sized divorce isn’t it. That being said, you survived Barassi you’ll survive this…cause you love the dees. I don’t always like your posts lol but you’re a big part of the site. Hang in… let’s see how it pans out.

We now have a new coach who sees the game differently. We'd be a joke if we went through the process of sacking Goody and appointing a new coach and then trade for a player he doesn't want! If we changed our mind lets trust the process before bagging the club.

Big thank you to Andy and the team! Coming here and listening to the podcasts is a source of sanity ( except when it’s not! ) Life would be so much poorer without you all.

He is at least exploring with a number of clubs hopefully allowing us to get the best deal. hes hard to say goodbye to as he personified the 21 flag but hes going about it the right way this year.

Agreed. But the fact that is hasn't been means something must be holding things up?

i think an element in this may be that Trac and Gus were best mates and he also grew up playing footy with Oliver. Gus’s career went down in a terrible way and the dees were shown up as too small a club to disrupt the disgraceful collingwood media bias. And he no doubt watched Oliver disappearing into wherever he went without the club intervening. Of course he then has a life threatening injury that no doubt makes him re consider everything. So… between one thing and another Trac wants to get away and not lead the club out. It ultimately says as much about him as us imo. King has his work cut out for this team to start gelling again. I hope he’s got it in him.

I know a certain poster with a good track record that will breathe a bit easier tonight lol

So much to say about Robbie. Most of it has been said above. But to add one more thing I loved about him. When so many teams were thrashing us and making us look like an ongoing rabble, he would without fail annihilate his opponents and leave them either grasping at air or be out paced or easily sidestepped or he’d just sit on their shoulder and take screamers. Our brightest star came in our darkest years.

well the nickname “ the brand” started up then didn’t it?

we’ e got a stack of people leaving and no one in the door yet!

well reasoned…. i just hope your wrong!