Luke Ablett to sign 2 year contract with GC

[Plugger46]

Senior player. The Swans still wanted him as a depth player, as well as mentor. His role would still have been a playing one. Otherwise they would have offered him role as a member of staff, rather than a playing contract.

Sounds to me as if they were saying - "you're not in our best 22 unless we have a number of injuries, so you're not likely to play". They clearly didn't 'want' him too much.

[BSA5]

Sounds to me as if they were saying - "you're not in our best 22 unless we have a number of injuries, so you're not likely to play". They clearly didn't 'want' him too much.

Of course. But they considered him potentially in the top 38, so it wasn't a fully traditional delistment.

[The Big Cat]

Really good news! NOK deserves a good break.

Who's NOK? Neville O'Keefe?

[Bear]

Cut the crap.

He got de-listed.

I repeat. He got de-listed. That IS what happened.

The ifs, buts, maybes and should'ves didn't eventuate.

HE GOT DE-LISTED FFS.

Some people would argue that black is white. I'm not sure how you'd expect to be taken seriously on anything after that

[707]

Just spent a number of evenings looking at replays paying particular attention to players that get a lot of airplay here on RWO.

Confirmed in my mind that NOG is just a moderate footballer with very average skills. Good luck to him in the future but happy that we've mved him on and made way for younger players with higher skill levels.

[BSA5]

Cut the crap.

He got de-listed.

I repeat. He got de-listed. That IS what happened.

The ifs, buts, maybes and should'ves didn't eventuate.

HE GOT DE-LISTED FFS.

Some people would argue that black is white. I'm not sure how you'd expect to be taken seriously on anything after that

No harm looking at intentions. I never said he wasn't delisted, simply that the delistment wasn't under the exact same circumstances as most are.

And I could very easily argue that black is white. It's impossible to know how other people see colours. What I see as black (the image in my window of perception) could be the same colour that you would call white. We wouldn't know. You could see colours completely inverted to me. How our mind's eye perceives things is simply a construction. So while we recognise a black object as black, it is only because whatever tone you see on "black" objects is what you know as black, and all you've ever known as black, and the same applies to me.

And yes, I'm very annoying.

[DeadlyAkkuret]

Hahaha awesome BSA5

[Wardy]

Cut the crap.

He got de-listed.

I repeat. He got de-listed. That IS what happened.

The ifs, buts, maybes and should'ves didn't eventuate.

HE GOT DE-LISTED FFS.

Some people would argue that black is white. I'm not sure how you'd expect to be taken seriously on anything after that

Blimey - talk about a Bear with a sore head!

[j s]

and Gary Ablett holding initial talks with GC17 about a possible move up there. GC are reported to be able to offer Ablett up to 1.6 million a season.

All 3 Abletts in the GC?

Why not make it four with Ryan?

Or six - Shane & Travis Tuck are also Abletts.

[reigning premier]

No harm looking at intentions. I never said he wasn't delisted, simply that the delistment wasn't under the exact same circumstances as most are.

And I could very easily argue that black is white. It's impossible to know how other people see colours. What I see as black (the image in my window of perception) could be the same colour that you would call white. We wouldn't know. You could see colours completely inverted to me. How our mind's eye perceives things is simply a construction. So while we recognise a black object as black, it is only because whatever tone you see on "black" objects is what you know as black, and all you've ever known as black, and the same applies to me.

And yes, I'm very annoying.

Whatever helps you sleep. But how many kids do you know have the dream of playing in the reserves for Sydney in the Canberra league?

[BSA5]

Whatever helps you sleep. But how many kids do you know have the dream of playing in the reserves for Sydney in the Canberra league?

None. Which is precisely why Ablett asked the Swans not to re-draft him (rookie list or otherwise). It doesn't change the fact that the Swans definitely entertained the idea of keeping him on the list in a playing capacity, and that it was at least partly Ablett's choice that this didn't eventuate.

[Nico]

Gee people can be harsh, have you all forgotten his meat raffle ad? I believe this got him into the leadership group.