Sharp Axes

[Grantysghost]

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Don't think the thread needs to continue to be derailed here, but feel I need to say that it's not a fair sledge at all to reference someone's unwell son, and if the roles were reversed we would crucify Kornes for being so disrespectful.

I wouldn't forget a sledge like that either, and I think being offended by someone attacking your parenting and your son during a football match is very different to a football commentator sharing (sensationalist) views on football.

Yes Minson crossed the line that was disgusting.

[GVGjr]

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Not sure why players would take aim at Bains and Grant? I've never been inside a footy club but you'd think day to day they would have very little to do with them. If it's to do with Bubba being sacked, well that's probably because of the way the team has performed. Do they think we should just continue to sit on hands and roll the exact same thing out again next season?

I could perhaps understand a disconnect with Grant if he is starting to impose himself on the footy department in an unpopular manner but I very much doubt Bains or any of the directors being the target of the playing group.

Bubba coming out of contract at the wrong time matched against a likely change in the strategic direction of the club for the footy department is probably the main reason why he won't be a part of it going forward.

[bulldogtragic]

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I guess for it to be as bad as Shocktober he'd have to walk.

The only thing saving us is he’s a stand up guy who loves captaining this club… unlike…

[JanLorMill]

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President Invisible again too busy wooing the corporates rather than helping out in a possible crisis?

[bulldogtragic]

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The only thing saving us is he’s a stand up guy who loves captaining this club… unlike…

Also the club backed in BMAC. It wasn’t until Stringer and other young guns told Garlick that the coach was the wrong guy for the job. So you can back in the coach, but if the young guns say they want out, then it’s messy again.

[bulldogtragic]

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President Invisible again too busy wooing the corporates rather than helping out in a possible crisis?

Fairs fair. She doesn’t hold the fire hose.

[D Mitchell]

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Playing group wants Ameet and Grant to go, they want Bevo to stay, mostly sparked by the treating of Rohan Smith, no one wants him to leave but the board/CEO.

This is coming directly from a player.

No reflection at all on you or your source, Vred, and thankyou for the insight. These are highly paid professionals on regular display to the public. Dissatisfaction with administration can't be an explanation for poor performance. If the players lose confidence in the coach and become reluctant to fully implement his instructions, it's more understandable but the General Manager in particular and the Football Director ? If the players are all behind the coach, why would they underperform ?

[chef]

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The only thing saving us is he’s a stand up guy who loves captaining this club… unlike…

We are it great hands player wise, he wont do a Griffen.

[bulldogtragic]

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We are it great hands player wise, he wont do a Griffen.

Yep, he’s built of better stuff as a club leader.

But I wouldn’t write off a really messy period. Something stinks and is not right at the club. The only real time players can force the issue if they’re unhappy about things is between now and the end of the trade period.

[azabob]

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Glad to see we spent a good 2-3 pages complaining about Cornes and Wilson.

Are they wrong it what they said, or we just don't like who said it?

Clearly there is player unrest otherwise we wouldn't be shitting the bed every week.
Clearly there is a power struggle at the top.

Posters come for David King when he points out flaws onfield which are clear as day to see.

The one thing that is also clear is AP loves to troll this entire board by posting the media grabs via links and the commentary in written word form!

If I was Rocket Science I would insert AP Popcorn emoji here!

[angelopetraglia]

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It does feel like a really unsettled period. In more ways than one.

When will the Whitten Oval construction be fully complete? It does look like we are going to have a truly world class facility that can compete with what any club in the land has with the bonus of still being at our original spiritual home. Hopefully that can play a role in keeping and attracting talent.

[azabob]

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Also the club backed in BMAC. It wasn’t until Stringer and other young guns told Garlick that the coach was the wrong guy for the job. So you can back in the coach, but if the young guns say they want out, then it’s messy again.

In hindsight I'm not sure Stringer should have been the beacon of right and wrong!

[bulldogtragic]

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In hindsight I'm not sure Stringer should have been the beacon of right and wrong!

True, but he was right. The coach had to go, despite being signed up early for too long.

[azabob]

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True, but he was right. The coach had to go, despite being signed up early for too long.

Obviously hindsight suggests it was the right move and my line RE Stringer was more throwaway than anything.

[bulldogtragic]

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Obviously hindsight suggests it was the right move and my line RE Stringer was more throwaway than anything.

Got that, was funny too.