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Player walk out
- Thread starter Tigermad2005
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Yeah but Mitch didn't actually perform really well as a Sydney player career wise, just happened to fill an injury hole at exactly the right time n got off the chain a bit because it was more important to try n control more dangerous Sydney players.joegarra said:
Yep they were critical and not only on field but went on to provide off field value too. Not to us though.9thPlaceTiger said:
Did actually admit later on that he probably shouldn't have left when he did. Apparently got hacked off that Rioli took his spot in the centre and was also being paid more than he was as a boom recruit.22nd Man said:
CarnTheTiges said:
Did he ever admit that? But can see his point of view - best and fairest playing centre and then Rioli came in and was being paid significantly more. We also stuffed up on the Brian Taylor/Roach thing - tried to force both in, dropped Taylor for the 82 GF and then he walked to Collingwood. I always saw us as being too greedy in that period, holding on to top players but those we had too many of. Interesting times.
It was a few years ago. I think Andrew was still playing for us. He did say that he never should have left and if he had his time over he probably wouldn't have done it. The club was very inflexible back then and wouldn't budge an inch, so he and others walked.antman said:
antman said:
Believe our Reserve team back then could put a few VFL teams to shame if they ever played each other.
Spoke to someone many years back that was contencted to the club back then.
Said we picked a a couple of players not because we need them but because we didn't want them playing against us.
Geez we had some forwards back then. In 1980 we won the seniors, reserves and U19's goal kicking. Roach of course won the seniors, Mark Jackson the reserves (God! He was a character and a half. I saw a game against the Swans at Waverley and a fight started in their forward line. Jackson ran the length of the ground, forced his way into the melee, dropped someone and then ran all the way back to full forward) and I can't remember the name of the U19's kid, I think it may have been Peter Lane?se7en said:
TigerMasochist said:
Some of us actually remember that time when Wallace arrived (and Ottens left). Remember the previous two years of Miller continually complaining that there was no money for the football department, no money to have recruiters, no money for this that etc?
Of course Ottens' "career" was going nowhere, he was coming off a contract in a place that now was essentially broke (as well as shithouse on the field) and offered a new contract that would have been way less than he could get elsewhere, so he went elsewhere.
Wallace was complaining about possum *smile* in his office a few months after Ottens left, so he quickly found out what environment he had got himself into and why players like Ottens left. I do wonder if Wallace still recalls all the big promises made at Casey's mansion about all the fabulous facilities he was going to have at his disposal, they weren't even ready by the time Wallace's replacement was two years into his job.............
Fighting Fury said:
I remember Wallace saying he had to clean up the possum poo and he (and Brian Royal?) painted the change rooms in the off season
Ps. we both might be correct, maybe a favourite possum haunt.
