Trade Week Update

[Glenn]

Originally posted by Grant
SEN this afternoon reported that another club had made an offer to hawthorn for Spida,and it was more attractive than what Sydney were offering.But they were trying to find out who the club was.

St Kilda

[Cosmic Wizard]

Originally posted by Grant
SEN this afternoon reported that another club had made an offer to hawthorn for Spida,and it was more attractive than what Sydney were offering.But they were trying to find out who the club was.

There is no other club. Hawthorn is full of @@@@.

They are trying it on, and will be found out.

[woo]

Originally posted by Cosmic Wizard
There is no other club. Hawthorn is full of @@@@.

They are trying it on, and will be found out.

who cares seriously, we do not need someone on the brink of retirement

[Chow-Chicker]

If you turn the screws any tighter, the nut will break

[sydneyswans1989]

Originally posted by woo
who cares seriously, we do not need someone on the brink of retirement

Get Gardiner, no one else is showing much interest in him & I'm sure we could get him for much less. All this @@@@ing around with Spida is really not worth it seriously.

[Chow-Chicker]

Originally posted by sydneyswans1989
Get Gardiner, no one else is showing much interest in him & I'm sure we could get him for much less. All this @@@@ing around with Spida is really not worth it seriously.

Gee I dunno. The last time I looked the gardens surrounding the SCG look pretty good, everything was in bloom, shrubs were trimmed and the grass was neat. No need for another Gardiner.

[hammo]

Originally posted by sydneyswans1989
Get Gardiner, no one else is showing much interest in him & I'm sure we could get him for much less. All this @@@@ing around with Spida is really not worth it seriously.

Gardiner is a nasty piece of work. I don't think our club should go near someone with his recent off-field indiscretions. Spida actually appears like a good bloke and good team man, and importantly is a superior player

[Ruda Wakening]

Originally posted by hammo
Spida actually appears like a good bloke and good team man...

Things aren't always as they appear.

[swansrock4eva]

Originally posted by hammo
Gardiner is a nasty piece of work. I don't think our club should go near someone with his recent off-field indiscretions. Spida actually appears like a good bloke and good team man, and importantly is a superior player

If he was a good team man he wouldn't be leaving the Hawks in the first place, or doing what he's doing holding them to ransom by making it clear he won't allow any trade but to Sydney...

On another note, why do we really need him? Injury-prone (we already have one of them), not far from retirement - why spend $400,000/yr for the privilege of watching him sit on the bench with injury? Gardiner may be off-field a nasty piece of work but we have a reputation for turning those types around and if he's going cheap I wouldn't mind seeing if we could do it again. At the right price far less of a risk than Everitt at $400,000p.a. imo.

[Lucky Knickers]

Gardiner is a knob.....we have NEVER drafted a troubled player with a history like Gardi's. He's 27 and should know better by now. Let someone else sort that one out.

Like Spida or not - he is a complete professional about his preparation and the game.

I have full faith in our medical and fitness staff to get the absolutely best out of Everitt should he play. You can't do anything about his foot injury this year. It's like saying Jolly is injury prone when we dislocated his finger.

[i'm-uninformed2]

Originally posted by Lucky Knickers
It's like saying Jolly is injury prone when we dislocated his finger.

We? I know this Board likes to find controversy to debate, but surely this is going a bit far. Anyway, who did it?

[AnnieH]

Originally posted by i'm-uninformed2
We? I know this Board likes to find controversy to debate, but surely this is going a bit far. Anyway, who did it?

OK. I dislocated his finger. I can't tell you how on the grounds I may be incriminated further.
Sorry kids.
Gardiner won't be coming to Sydney. No @@@@heads, remember!!
Seesh .. if he can't handle his grog in Perth, how the hell is he going to be able to handle the "lifestyle" in Sydney ... unlike Perth, some pubs here stay open all night!!

[hammo]

Originally posted by swansrock4eva
If he was a good team man he wouldn't be leaving the Hawks in the first place, or doing what he's doing holding them to ransom by making it clear he won't allow any trade but to Sydney...

I think there's been a concerted effort from that club - led by the coach - to get rid of him. Should they not have showed some loyalty in return by offering more than a one year contract?

Doesn't his desire to play for Sydney and no one else prove his commitment to you?

Spida is acting within the rules by saying he doesn't want to be traded anywhere except for Sydney. Players need to agree to any trade for it to proceed. As he is uncontracted, I hardly think he's holding them to ransom.

[AnnieH]

Originally posted by hammo
I think there's been a concerted effort from that club - led by the coach - to get rid of him. Should they not have showed some loyalty in return by offering more than a one year contract?

Doesn't his desire to play for Sydney and no one else prove his commitment to you?

Spida is acting within the rules by saying he doesn't want to be traded anywhere except for Sydney. Players need to agree to any trade for it to proceed. As he is uncontracted, I hardly think he's holding them to ransom.

They're not very happy with him at the Hawks 'cause he told them that he wanted to be traded to Sydney at the end of 2005, and they wouldn't let him go.

He then proceeded to play a really @@@@ful 2006 season for the hawks cause they wouldn't let him go, thereby forcing them at the end of the season to delist him.

St Kilda, IMO, are just getting into the "race" so that they can help push their old mate Spida's wage into the stratosphere. To make it seem he's worth more than he actually is. That's what happens in a competitive marketplace. I honestly believe that for Spida to go back to StK is a step backwards ... as it is in 90% of cases where you leave a company that you work for and then go back six months after you leave.

Spida wants a premiership medal before he retires to the dairy in New Zealand ... desperately. His only real option of getting one in the near future is to join either Sydney or West Coast (maybe Adelaide and very maybe Freo).

As far as I can tell, we're the only team (out of the four mentioned) that are looking for a No.1 Ruckman.

In my opinion.... anyway!!

[i'm-uninformed2]

Where the hell did my post go? This is three in a week.