Didak shown the door?

[hammo]

I might be the only one, but I think Rhyce Shaw would be a reasonable pick up.

Not sure how old he is though?

The only Shaw I would want at the Swans is Heath. We have too many players like Rhys already.

[NMWBloods]

A lot of clubs are tougher on blokes getting on the drink when they are trying to overcome injuries than when they are playing.

I guess it's a situation of 'You're no bloody good for us on the sidelines, so you need to do everything in your power to get right and be fit to play'.

Somewhat understandable but having a few drinks is generally unlikely to affect recovery from certain injuries, and being sacked for that would seem overly harsh.

[swantastic]

Didak didnt turn up to a full training sesion today...ummm.

Heath Shaw did and trained with the main group and for the whole sesion..

Sounds like Shaw is staying and Didak is....gawwwwnski.

[stellation]

I'd take Didak, keep Davo and get Tarrant from Freo. If they somehow all managed to get their head right and stay on the field it would piss Collingwood off no end, we'd have the half forward line they were salivating would give them decades of dominance.

Either way I'd get Didak, misguided or not he is an out and out talent.

[ScottH]

I'd take Didak, keep Davo and get Tarrant from Freo. If they somehow all managed to get their head right and stay on the field it would piss Collingwood off no end, we'd have the half forward line they were salivating would give them decades of dominance.

Either way I'd get Didak, misguided or not he is an out and out talent.

Too much man love, sweety.

[Lucky Knickers]

Stella have you been preparing the secret storeroom behind the false floor under the house again?

I agree with you. Didak would be worth the risk. Load the contract with heaps of incentive payments. Away from current influences, under the protective arm of Kirky with Goodesy lending him "Buddhism for Beginners", away from the intense media scrutiny would give him as good a shot as any to turn his off-field life around.

[CureTheSane]

Most people probably know how I feel about this kind of thing.

Off field stuff means nothing to me.
Well, I find it humorous, so I guess all these off field antics are entertaining, making them good.

Anyway, a good player is a good player, even if they play for the Wobbles, and if a team (even the Wobbles) wants to offload a good player at a bargain price because of their off field stupidity, then I say take 'em.

[cruiser]

I'd take Didak, keep Davo and get Tarrant from Freo. If they somehow all managed to get their head right and stay on the field it would piss Collingwood off no end, we'd have the half forward line they were salivating would give them decades of dominance.

Either way I'd get Didak, misguided or not he is an out and out talent.

How very Dorian Gray.

[goswannie14]

Most people probably know how I feel about this kind of thing.

Off field stuff means nothing to me.
Well, I find it humorous, so I guess all these off field antics are entertaining, making them good.

Anyway, a good player is a good player, even if they play for the Wobbles, and if a team (even the Wobbles) wants to offload a good player at a bargain price because of their off field stupidity, then I say take 'em.

I like what you are saying CTS. If they can play footy, good, and if we can get them cheap, even better.

[CureTheSane]

Yeah, well you draw a line obviously, but thank christ I wasn't a footy player.
I'd have been crucified by now.

In the end, I think too many people get on their high horses about stupid things like peeing in public.

And as for the like of Cousins and his taking drugs - well I wonder how many people here know of a friend who has dabbled in drugs and they haven't bothered to voice their concern?
I know that Cousins' issue was PROBABLY more of an issue than the usual footballer dabbling in drugs, but it seems he is to be demonised forever.

[Chow-Chicker]

Yeah, well you draw a line obviously, but thank christ I wasn't a footy player.
I'd have been crucified by now.

In the end, I think too many people get on their high horses about stupid things like peeing in public.

And as for the like of Cousins and his taking drugs - well I wonder how many people here know of a friend who has dabbled in drugs and they haven't bothered to voice their concern?
I know that Cousins' issue was PROBABLY more of an issue than the usual footballer dabbling in drugs, but it seems he is to be demonised forever.

I don't think it's the average John Q Citizen that is the problem here. It's the big dollar sponsors who pour money into the clubs that set the standards for player off field behaviour. You bring embarrassment to the club and its sponsors, then the club will lose substantial financial support. Hence the "over reactions" by clubs on player misbehaviour.

[CureTheSane]

I don't think it's the average John Q Citizen that is the problem here. It's the big dollar sponsors who pour money into the clubs that set the standards for player off field behaviour. You bring embarrassment to the club and its sponsors, then the club will lose substantial financial support. Hence the "over reactions" by clubs on player misbehaviour.

Not gonna go down this raod again.

But, I disagree that footballers should be 'better people' than the rest of us because they are in the public eye.

[Darren Thomson]

It's one of my pet hates that footy players are expected to behave better than other blokes that age. How many 25 year olds haven't gotten blind and into a fight one night, or tried something they shouldn't have. Footy players aren't brain surgeons FFS. Most of them probably spent most of their school days down at the local park kicking a footy, hanging around with the other guys who wagged school, how smart are they going to be? Note I said MOST!!!! Anyway a higher standard should be reserved for politicians who are older and supposedly wiser, although in the last couple of weeks.....

[Chow-Chicker]

Not gonna go down this raod again.

But, I disagree that footballers should be 'better people' than the rest of us because they are in the public eye.

Like I said, money rules. If a sponsor threatens to take their sweet smelling money away from the football club because of a few peanuts in the playing ranks, then the club has to act. No surprise that Collingwood have finally acted harshly on their repeated offenders who cost them @@@@loads of lost cash in sponsorship.