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by **am Bays** » Tue Dec 12, 2006 10:49 pm

Punk Rooster wrote:G[/color]reat Writer's award.

"great writer" isn't a pronoun just an adjective and a noun Punky, so capitals at the start of both words are grammatically incorrect. :wink:

Get into him dash!!

by **sturt1** » Tue Dec 12, 2006 10:59 pm

I believe Skipworth is a Jack Oatey medalist. 2006?

by **Punk Rooster** » Tue Dec 12, 2006 11:00 pm

the award (apparently) is called the "Great Writer's" award- just like the "Magarey Medal", as it was named after Sir Great Writer, inventor of the book we now know as the Dictionary... :lol:

by **westcoastpanther** » Wed Dec 13, 2006 9:15 am

sturt1 wrote:I believe Skipworth is a Jack Oatey medalist. 2006?

I believe he was that embarrased to receive it ahead of Cicca he has handed it over to him.....

by **eaglehaslanded** » Fri Dec 15, 2006 7:58 am

Aerie wrote:
Dutchy wrote:in all seriousness can the Eagles afford him now they will have to find room under their cap now he isnt an AFL player? A few other blokes intheir team would be on nice coin...now that Skippy will be a full time SANFL player other clubs might be interested in getting him and if money is right he might be happy to listen...thoughts?

Hasn't the salary cap increased for next year? If big spenders North can afford to bring home 3 ex AFL players on top of their recruits for this year as well as another gun VFL recruit, the Eagles should be fine. Perhaps this is the reason the Eagles have not announced any recruits at all for next year at this stage.

I hope Skipworth stays on at the Eagles unlike past delistings like Crowell, Manfield, Shattock etc.

I don't think we'll have any problems keeping him mate. He's a loyal Eagle and has always enjoyed playing with us more than he did the Crows anyway. I Heard somewhere Shattock had decided to leave us, hardly surprising but very disapointing none the less.

by **LBJ8** » Fri Dec 15, 2006 3:55 pm

Heard he could be of to Bendigo to play next year....

by **Dogwatcher** » Fri Dec 15, 2006 4:10 pm

I wouldn't have thought the lovely Sarah would be too keen on that...

by **The Whisper** » Sat Dec 16, 2006 10:16 am

This is by no means a certainty, actually. He has definitely been contacted by a number of clubs, one of whom a teammate has played for previously. Eagle fans wouldn't want to be celebrating just yet about this one. He is considering his options in every way.

by **Jimmy** » Sat Dec 16, 2006 11:12 am

The Whisper wrote:This is by no means a certainty, actually. He has definitely been contacted by a number of clubs, one of whom a teammate has played for previously. Eagle fans wouldn't want to be celebrating just yet about this one. He is considering his options in every way.

could that be Sturt? referring to Coops

by **Dutchy** » Sat Dec 16, 2006 2:59 pm

as I said...

Skippy is hot target
DOUG ROBERTSON
December 16, 2006 12:00am

DELISTED Crow Hayden Skipworth is no certainty of playing for Woodville-West Torrens next season.

His manager Brenton Hart said "every man and his dog" had contacted him enquiring about Skipworth's future.
The talented Eagles premiership on-baller will inform the club next week if he will continue at Woodville Oval, where his league career began.

Eagles chief executive John Kantilaftas put a revised offer to Skipworth on Wednesday.

"Hayden said this is where he wants to play and we made him an offer," Kantilaftas said.

"We in discussions and he has gone home (to Yorke Peninsula) to speak to his parents about it."

Hart said Skipworth, 24 in February, would carefully consider his future, which might extend for up to a decade.

"I'd say his intention is to play for the Eagles unless something else comes along that's attractive," he said.

"We haven't had any formal talks apart from the Eagles but we've had calls from all over Australia.

"My standard answer to them is he is talking to the Eagles but if that falls over we might be interested in talking." Skipworth, who played 42 AFL matches with Adelaide since 2001, was overlooked in Tuesday's pre-season draf

by **Punk Rooster** » Sat Dec 16, 2006 5:56 pm

Who'd want Brenton Hart as their manager?
Kiss of death!
2 of his clients in the PSD, 2 clients now without an AFL home :lol:

by **BirdOfPrey** » Sat Dec 16, 2006 6:55 pm

My gut feeling is he will stay. Altough he's played AFL and now also won a P/ship, so maybe all he wants now is the best deal $$$$ he can get. Where that is who knows??
I trust the club to do the correct thing. No one player is bigger then the club.What's the point of having one of the highest paid players in the comp, if you cant put a good side around him.
Skippy came thru jnrs and is an Eagle boy, so hopefully this pulls on his heart strings.
Maybe a future Eagle captain?

by **am Bays** » Sun Dec 17, 2006 11:18 am

Reported in the Sunday Age today that Eseendon are "speaking with delisted Adelaide forward Hayden Skipworth about playing for its VFL affilate, the Bendigo Bombers, next season" along wih Jason Cloke...

by **once_were_warriors** » Sun Dec 17, 2006 7:28 pm

heard from a good source that glenelg could be his next destination

by **dinglinga** » Sun Dec 17, 2006 8:05 pm

lets face every club in the last 10 years would have broken the salary cap .... it is a joke and how the sanfl handle is a joke....

what next supermarkets will have a store limit....

let the strong survive and the weak fold....like any business except bitsaremissing

by **RoosterMarty** » Sun Dec 17, 2006 8:53 pm

Jimmy wrote:
The Whisper wrote:This is by no means a certainty, actually. He has definitely been contacted by a number of clubs, one of whom a teammate has played for previously. Eagle fans wouldn't want to be celebrating just yet about this one. He is considering his options in every way.

could that be Sturt? referring to Coops

It could be North as well :shock:

by **Jimmy** » Mon Dec 18, 2006 1:41 am

RoosterMarty wrote:
Jimmy wrote:
The Whisper wrote:This is by no means a certainty, actually. He has definitely been contacted by a number of clubs, one of whom a teammate has played for previously. Eagle fans wouldn't want to be celebrating just yet about this one. He is considering his options in every way.

could that be Sturt? referring to Coops

It could be North as well

and west too

by **BPBRB** » Mon Dec 18, 2006 8:57 am

He's not going anywhere. Any smart player (and his Manager) would be talking up the fact he has been chased by other clubs (whether true or not) to drive his asking price/contract up at his "home" club. Can anyone seriously see the Eagles allowing him to go anywhere other than back to the AFL which now seems a distant memory for Skippy.

by **Jimmy** » Mon Dec 18, 2006 1:25 pm

BPBRB wrote:He's not going anywhere. Any smart player (and his Manager) would be talking up the fact he has been chased by other clubs (whether true or not) to drive his asking price/contract up at his "home" club. Can anyone seriously see the Eagles allowing him to go anywhere other than back to the AFL which now seems a distant memory for Skippy.

seems like thats the case...i cant see him going anywhere seeing as he is pretty much an eagle from the beginning.

by **am Bays** » Mon Dec 18, 2006 1:48 pm

once_were_warriors wrote:heard from a good source that glenelg could be his next destination

Even more of a reason for Punky et al to hate us, as if they need any extra incentive!!!! :wink:

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