Sorry suss, I do not buy "we had to spend the salary", that sounds like crap to justify a very poor, knee jerk selection. We could have covered numerous players salaries & futures but it appears that Old Xavs have their man.
What a joke !
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I hope your splinters don't get infected.B.M wrote: ↑Sat 05 Jun 2021 1:16pm Anyone can get injured after a trade and turn out a poor trade in hindsight
Fergus Watts - Broken Ankle
Barry Brooks - Knee
Jake Carlisle - Back
Injuries happen in footy - sometimes ruins careers
It’s whether these injuries could be foresight? Could we predict Hannebury was going to breakdown with such regularity. It would have been the medicos and fitness staff who would have ticked that off.
In terms of Draft Picks - he cost nothing and was a salary dump
In terms of wage - we had plenty of cap space and had to pay someone and could not lure anyone else
Was it a mistake
Probably
Simply a joke of a post only because Hannebery was rooted before he got to us.
Fergus Watts biggest injury was nepotism.
Barry Brooks was a failure from any angle.
Jake Carlisle was compromised by a white line that didn't cross his back, yet we knew better.
Bugger me, where are we now???
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Incredible rubbish
Fergus Watts was a career ending break, fracture so bad he lost almost all mobility in his ankle
Brooks ruptured the ACL on his jumping leg and never got his jumping confidence back. Ended up a forward.
Carlisle was immobilised by a bad back
Hannebery has had calf issues, were they his issues in Sydney??
Fergus Watts was a career ending break, fracture so bad he lost almost all mobility in his ankle
Brooks ruptured the ACL on his jumping leg and never got his jumping confidence back. Ended up a forward.
Carlisle was immobilised by a bad back
Hannebery has had calf issues, were they his issues in Sydney??
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I’m not saying it was a great deal. It was a big risk. Everyone knew he was cooked but I don’t think the club thought he was as cooked as he turned out to be.Ghost Like wrote: ↑Sat 05 Jun 2021 10:44pmSorry suss, I do not buy "we had to spend the salary", that sounds like crap to justify a very poor, knee jerk selection. We could have covered numerous players salaries & futures but it appears that Old Xavs have their man.
The problem is that you can’t just pay 70% of the salary cap. You must pay 90% or 95% and if you have a s*** list - and we had a seriously s*** list - then you have to bring in someone to spend that money on. And if you aren’t a very good club - and we were not a very good club - then you can only bring in second string players and injury prone players and cooked players. What were the other options?
I’m personally more upset about Hind, McCartin, and all of the other stupid mistakes than Hannebery.
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Suss, just leave it at your first paragraph. As soon as you say "everyone knew he was cooked", I think that's enough.suss wrote: ↑Sat 05 Jun 2021 11:12pmI’m not saying it was a great deal. It was a big risk. Everyone knew he was cooked but I don’t think the club thought he was as cooked as he turned out to be.Ghost Like wrote: ↑Sat 05 Jun 2021 10:44pmSorry suss, I do not buy "we had to spend the salary", that sounds like crap to justify a very poor, knee jerk selection. We could have covered numerous players salaries & futures but it appears that Old Xavs have their man.
The problem is that you can’t just pay 70% of the salary cap. You must pay 90% or 95% and if you have a s*** list - and we had a seriously s*** list - then you have to bring in someone to spend that money on. And if you aren’t a very good club - and we were not a very good club - then you can only bring in second string players and injury prone players and cooked players. What were the other options?
I’m personally more upset about Hind, McCartin, and all of the other stupid mistakes than Hannebery.
A joke & a embarrassment.