Lake gone

[Desipura]

Desi, players only walk if they are not happy at a club. Happy players are ones that are looked after by the coach and management of the club. If we manage our players properly, they wouldn't want to go.

In Lakes case things are already coming out:

1. The club decided they don't want him at Fullback.

2. The coach barely talks to him half way through the season.

What do you expect him to do?

To call him a fruit loop, is disrespectful to a club champion.

Which one of the above statements by you are factual?

[bornadog]

Which one of the above statements by you are factual?

Macca told my mate in the rooms before the Brissie game that Lake won't be fullback in the future. Now confirmed by list manager on SEN.

Second one mentioned by Mantis here and he has inside connections so I have no reason to doubt him.

PS: Murphy will also not play back any more.

[Desipura]

Macca told my mate in the rooms before the Brissie game that Lake won't be fullback in the future. Now confirmed by list manager on SEN.

Second one mentioned by Mantis here and he has inside connections so I have no reason to doubt him.

PS: Murphy will also not play back any more.

So what if Macca said he wont play full back anymore? Perhaps he meant he wont be playing with us anymore?
Lake does his own thing down back, plays on his own terms. It worked when we were winning.
From what I can see Macca is trying to instil a team comes first approach, he believed Lake did not display these qualities.
You know what? I agree with him.

If he wants to play Murphy elsewhere, thats ok as well.

[The Underdog]

Not as many as the Dogs. We lost how many Brownlow medallists, plus gave away three players that went on to get Brownlows. No other club in history has done what we have.

How much of that has been in the past 20 years though, or even under the draft system. I get what you are saying but a lot of it is effectively ancient history. Half the kids on this site probably don't even know who Dempsey and Quinlan are let alone have seen them play. We really haven't lost that many champion players for a long time. Admittedly we lost a couple of promising kids under extraordinary circumstances (and some fault of our own on ward) but Grant, Jonno, West, Darcy and Smith all finished up with us. Last true champ I can think of that left was Hawkins and that was probably more on him than us. You could potentially argue Cameron but we did alright out of that.

[bornadog]

How much of that has been in the past 20 years though, or even under the draft system. I get what you are saying but a lot of it is effectively ancient history. Half the kids on this site probably don't even know who Dempsey and Quinlan are let alone have seen them play. We really haven't lost that many champion players for a long time. Admittedly we lost a couple of promising kids under extraordinary circumstances (and some fault of our own on ward) but Grant, Jonno, West, Darcy and Smith all finished up with us. Last true champ I can think of that left was Hawkins and that was probably more on him than us. You could potentially argue Cameron but we did alright out of that.

Ward, Harbrow, Lake, Hawkins, Cameron, Brown - last 20 years

[Twodogs]

Ward, Harbrow, Lake, Hawkins, Cameron, Brown - last 20 years

Whilst I tend to agree with you that the club has been poorly run and coached over the last couple of years almost every club would have a list like that from the last 20 years.


Dougie was cooked. He now freely acknowledges that he regrets the fact he went to Fitzroy. We were well compensated for Brown leaving even though we wasted the picks we got and it's not as if he set the world on fire at Richmond. Cameron got us the picks we got Mitch Hahn and Ryan Hargrave with-I think it's fair to say we came out in front on that one. We used the Harbrow pick on Justin Sherman. Ward was a kick in the guts and we didnt get enough compensation for him but lets wait and see what we do with the pick we got for him before we go gouging our eyes out over his leaving.

[Ghost Dog]

Spare a thought for the Adelaide Footy club. I know they have few fans here, but they have been done just as badly if not worse through a combination of factors.

[Nuggety Back Pocket]

Ward, Harbrow, Lake, Hawkins, Cameron, Brown - last 20 years

It is interesting to note that of the players you have listed up until Lake not one of them actually went to a successful club. The same could be said of Hardie,Dempsey,Quinlan,Bisset, Round, Templeton,Wilson, Baker etc who all never achieved the ultimate premiership success. The two exceptions however were Robert McGhie and David Thorpe, both with Richmond.

[bornadog]

It is interesting to note that of the players you have listed up until Lake not one of them actually went to a successful club. The same could be said of Hardie,Dempsey,Quinlan,Bisset, Round, Templeton,Wilson, Baker etc who all never achieved the ultimate premiership success. The two exceptions however were Robert McGhie and David Thorpe, both with Richmond.

Yes lets hope the same happens to Lake.

[KT31]

Yes lets hope the same happens to Lake.

Better still lets hope it us that knocks them out of the finals.

[LostDoggy]

Spare a thought for the Adelaide Footy club. I know they have few fans here, but they have been done just as badly if not worse through a combination of factors.

Never

[Greystache]

Ward, Harbrow, Lake, Hawkins, Cameron, Brown - last 20 years

Whilst I tend to agree with you that the club has been poorly run and coached over the last couple of years almost every club would have a list like that from the last 20 years.


Dougie was cooked. He now freely acknowledges that he regrets the fact he went to Fitzroy. We were well compensated for Brown leaving even though we wasted the picks we got and it's not as if he set the world on fire at Richmond. Cameron got us the picks we got Mitch Hahn and Ryan Hargrave with-I think it's fair to say we came out in front on that one. We used the Harbrow pick on Justin Sherman. Ward was a kick in the guts and we didnt get enough compensation for him but lets wait and see what we do with the pick we got for him before we go gouging our eyes out over his leaving.

Just off the top of my head;


Hawthorn- Brereton, Salmon, Eade, Croad, Williams, Hay, Thompson, Brown, Kennedy

Collingwood- Tarrant, Rocca, Francis, Michael, Williams,

Essendon- Salmon, Merritt, Johnson, Richards

West Coast- Judd, Cousins, Ball, Gehrig, Gardiner

Norf- Carey, McKernan, Bell, Martyn

Sydney- Jolly, Hall

[angelopetraglia]

Wrong decision. Right decision. This still makes me feel sick

[Twodogs]

Just off the top of my head;


Hawthorn- Brereton, Salmon, Eade, Croad, Williams, Hay, Thompson, Brown, Kennedy

Collingwood- Tarrant, Rocca, Francis, Michael, Williams,

Essendon- Salmon, Merritt, Johnson, Richards

West Coast- Judd, Cousins, Ball, Gehrig, Gardiner

Norf- Carey, McKernan, Bell, Martyn

Sydney- Jolly, Hall

Add Wanganeen to the Essendon list.

St Kilda-Lockett, Hall, Ball, Lappin, Everitt, Goddard

Carlton-Hammil, Kennedy, Jacobs, Allan, Porter, Fevola

Port-Stevens, Burgouyne, Eagleton, French, Carr

Brisbane-Akermanis, Bradshaw, Lawrence, Headland, Brennen, Rischitelli

[Remi Moses]

So the story is Brian's thrown the toys out the cot because he didn't get his way.
Seriously?