Lin Jong Tours Collingwood's Facilities

[comrade]

Re: Lin Jong Tours Collingwood's Facilities

AFL 360 commented on the Jong thing. Consensus was that touring the opposition facilities mid season is a tad too far. All well and good to have discussions via your manager, but actually going for a tour means your head isn't totally at the club you're contracted at.

Thoughts?

[Yankee Hotel Foxtrot]

Re: Lin Jong Tours Collingwood's Facilities

I don't really understand exactly why a player has to tour another club's facility? The Filth are a professional club, one of the richest to boot. I'm pretty sure Lin can be confident the weight room isn't cordial bottles full of sand.

[chef]

Re: Lin Jong Tours Collingwood's Facilities

AFL 360 commented on the Jong thing. Consensus was that touring the opposition facilities mid season is a tad too far. All well and good to have discussions via your manager, but actually going for a tour means your head isn't totally at the club you're contracted at.

Thoughts?

Seems a dumb move by Jong. Do you really need to do a walk through during the season, its not like he wouldnt have a fair idea of what its like.

[comrade]

Re: Lin Jong Tours Collingwood's Facilities

Bevo seems to take everything pretty personally so it wouldn't surprise me.

As far as who is the better player.. I think that is very much up to personal opinion as I would think that it's pretty close bnetween the 2.

I don't mind that Bevo takes things personally when it comes to loyalty. He's a player advocate - always defending ours and other clubs players.

It's old school, but if cultivating that sense of loyalty is the secret to getting the players on board, so be it. If you do something to betray that loyalty - and in my opinion, touring an opposition's facilities mid season a few days before a game is treading a fine line - you run the risk of being torched.

If it was a clandestine meeting/tour without the acknowledgement of the club, Jong took a risk and it may backfire on him.

[azabob]

Re: Lin Jong Tours Collingwood's Facilities

I think we should push for a late second round draft pick rather than a player.

With such an even draft it may be a good time to hit the draft again.

[Mantis]

Re: Lin Jong Tours Collingwood's Facilities

39 possessions in the V. Good swap for Jong despite all this.

37.

But I'm not sure it means much as Jong seems to be a lock to be in our best couple of players every time he plays in the VFL too.

[azabob]

Re: Lin Jong Tours Collingwood's Facilities

According to the herald sun

We have offered Lin Jong a 2 year deal.

Collingwood have since cooled on Jong!!

[Remi Moses]

Re: Lin Jong Tours Collingwood's Facilities

Might be a ploy from Scott Lucas (manager) to weed out a better deal with the dogs .
Got no issue with Lin or Lucas talking to potential suitors, but the whole "touring the facility" is just nonsense.
Wow ! Collingwood's gotta better gym than the dogs

[comrade]

Re: Lin Jong Tours Collingwood's Facilities

Hey there's Pendles, that guy's almost as good as Bonti!

[bulldogtragic]

Re: Lin Jong Tours Collingwood's Facilities

I think we should push for a late second round draft pick rather than a player.

With such an even draft it may be a good time to hit the draft again.

We don't have to exclusively deal with Collingwood, perhaps if Prestia leaves GCS might pursue Jong again. If we're into Vardy as reported we could deal with Collingwood though:

Vardy> Dogs - Jong> Collingwood - ???> Geelong

[Bornadog]

Re: Lin Jong Tours Collingwood's Facilities

I don't mind that Bevo takes things personally when it comes to loyalty. He's a player advocate - always defending ours and other clubs players.

It's old school, but if cultivating that sense of loyalty is the secret to getting the players on board, so be it. If you do something to betray that loyalty - and in my opinion, touring an opposition's facilities mid season a few days before a game is treading a fine line - you run the risk of being torched.

If it was a clandestine meeting/tour without the acknowledgement of the club, Jong took a risk and it may backfire on him.

I don't believe there is one club that would be happy to find out their player toured another clubs premises. PLayers should not be seen anywhere near another clubs facilities.

[FrediKanoute]

Re: Lin Jong Tours Collingwood's Facilities

I personally don't have a problem. A little like j Grant last year - he's playing games, but either the club haven't offered him a new deal or the deal doesn't suit. In my mind he is a required player, but one that has trade value.

[jeemak]

Re: Lin Jong Tours Collingwood's Facilities

An article from AFL web site (not by the Grub):

http://www.afl.com.au/news/2016-07-06/dogs-trust-in-jong-strong-despite-pies-visit

It's quoting JJ confirming he has complete trust in his team mates, understanding that there's a business side to the game the club and the player needs to work through.

Did note that Jong was a late withdrawal from the launch of Multicultural Round.

[ledge]

Re: Lin Jong Tours Collingwood's Facilities

Now Barrett has started on Stevens saying he isn't happy with what we have offered and clubs are circling !
My god I hope both stay that will Make Barrett look like a right idiot with a cause.

[bulldogtragic]

Re: Lin Jong Tours Collingwood's Facilities

Now Barrett has started on Stevens saying he isn't happy with what we have offered and clubs are circling !
My god I hope both stay that will Make Barrett look like a right idiot with a cause.

Stevens has probably got some serious currency in the market. Players come and go, without touring opposition clubs just before clutch games mid season. If we turned Jong into say Vardy (who we are reported looking into) and Stevens (with some extra cream) into a Prestia (who we are reported looking into) or like a Steve Hill, that's probably not the worst outcome in the world with Clay Smith back and Dunkley & Webb earmarked for inside grunt work that Jong & Stevens provide and we get the ruck/forward and midfield class user we allegedly want.