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BigMart wrote:At least attempt to open two eyes when giving a comment....
Sounds like childish dummy spits to me.....
Keep on convincing yourselves that the club managed the situation well....
Collingwood.....luke ball
Stk......Zero
List management team sacked......
Agreed, our club is not perfect, it was a balls up. Whilst he may have been asking for too much or spat the dummy, the fact we got nothing was a c**k up of the highest order. And he was a fine player.
Luke was offered 300k pa over three years....about a 50% pay cut from 2009, by st kilda....when his party knocked back the offer because collingwood had made a far larger counter offer (500k pa for two years) stk took the offer off the table...to make a statement. A costly one....
BigMart wrote:Luke was offered 300k pa over three years....about a 50% pay cut from 2009, by st kilda....when his party knocked back the offer because collingwood had made a far larger counter offer (500k pa for two years) stk took the offer off the table...to make a statement. A costly one....
The three-year total averages out at $340,000-$350,000 - virtually the same as the three-year contract St Kilda offered him before he walked out on the club after the 2009 grand final.
BigMart wrote:Luke was offered 300k pa over three years....about a 50% pay cut from 2009, by st kilda....when his party knocked back the offer because collingwood had made a far larger counter offer (500k pa for two years) stk took the offer off the table...to make a statement. A costly one....
Yep but that hasnt happened yet so he is well in front. Anyway I have always claimed that he left for more opportunity afterall the guy got dropped twice 2009 and then played well in the GF but still only got abouy 50% of game time.
BigMart wrote:Luke was offered 300k pa over three years....about a 50% pay cut from 2009, by st kilda....when his party knocked back the offer because collingwood had made a far larger counter offer (500k pa for two years) stk took the offer off the table...to make a statement. A costly one....
Yep but that hasnt happened yet so he is well in front. Anyway I have always claimed that he left for more opportunity afterall the guy got dropped twice 2009 and then played well in the GF but still only got abouy 50% of game time.
So how much game time has he been averaging at the Filth since being there?
And how much game time did he average at the Saints?
I can't prove it on here, so your can believe me or not.
We may differ in opinions regularly plugger, but I don't bullsh!t, and I think if you read what I write I rarely if ever write anything I can't back up.
This one of these occasions.
So I'm happy to leave myself open on this one, because I'm comfortable with what I know.
BigMart wrote:Luke was offered 300k pa over three years....about a 50% pay cut from 2009, by st kilda....when his party knocked back the offer because collingwood had made a far larger counter offer (500k pa for two years) stk took the offer off the table...to make a statement. A costly one....
Id question your sources mate cause they're rubbery.
And again, Ive not read 1 POSTER say we managed the Ball deal well or did well out of it...thats a seperate discussion to his OWN conduct on his departure.
You cant blame Lyon for it all....or maybe YOU can.
I think those figure are pretty well understood....
Teflon, like it or not Ross was a part of a decision....which i felt at the time was a poor one, and posted as such...and you know, because you had a fair whack at me, yes....this was nov 2009.
With benefit of hindsight, the decision has been undoubtedly seen as a disaster....it could not have turned out worse
1. He got to collingwood.....we got zero
2. He played a huge role in their win over us i the gf
We lost lenny hayes.....whom he would have replaced
3. He has been outstanding in the midfield as they go from strength to strength....we have fallen away, esp in the midfield
4. He is getting his power back
5. He's fitting in at collingwood
6. He's succeeding at collingwood
The truth is difficult to stomach, but clear.....thats why drain, peake...gone
Winmar wrote:I had Collingwood supporters I was with getting tonight getting orgasmic over him. I never want to hear his name again.
Can you blame us? He's turned into a vital cog in our midfield, and is an integral part of the new 'machine'.
The Rat deserves to be at Collingwood, fit's right in with that other Rat Didak.
Scum club with scummy supporters.
Yep, he's deserved everything he's got with us. The scumbag.
yep he's paid the price, he is now a skunk.
He now belongs to such a rotten organisation followed by the most obnoxious supporters in the league by a country mile.
He is a mercenary who has let his supporters down and certainly belongs there.
