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Robran wrote:

one day I will wrote:Wats the deal with a couple of the Eastern park boys leaving the cougars?

Who may they be ???

T.gatto R.keen

Slowey wrote:

On The Chest wrote:

one day I will wrote:Does anyone know how shane tuck went on the weekend, did he bring a crowd with him?

Played very well in the 1st and 4th quarters. Bit quieter in 2nd and 3rd. I did notice that there were a few extra people there that had made the trip to watch but not what I would call massive numbers of extras. e and his family stayed for the evening and mixed in well with the locals.

Rumoured 3k for the day I think he would have mixed in very well for the day/night.
How this was allowed middle of the year is beyond me. Kudos to Ardrossan great idea and if it made more people come and watch than it worked out well.
What was the rules for this to happen in the end? Did Ardrossan have to drop points on the Saturday as stated previously?

Not sure he got paid. Didn't have Issues with points. Davey and Sutcliffe didn't play.

On The Chest wrote:

Robran wrote:

one day I will wrote:Wats the deal with a couple of the Eastern park boys leaving the cougars?

Who may they be ???

Talking to one of the cougars locals on the weekend and found that one of the Gatto's and another whose name escapes me have left. I 'm told the issue was that the Adelaide based players have not been training as required. Caught out by the coach. A couple couldn't commit to training once a week but still wanted the coin.

Not training as required = not training at the location the club required but were still training.
Caught out by coach??? not so, coach was aware of their training arrangements but to my knowledge the club was not prepared to bend
Couldn't commit to training where the club required - true, not the sole decision to leave though.
but still wanted the coin?? Not true at all and the reason both are not there, completely there decision and nothing forced by the club.

Gatto and keen certainly didnt leave due to not training they just weren't enjoying there footy and certainly weren't on any big cash either both had pretty good reasons for leaving and wanting to return to there home clubs

It seems an obvious question but what were the reasons then?

OnSong wrote:It seems an obvious question but what were the reasons then?

Not really something that needs to be discussed on a public forum but I'm sure if you spoke directly to the players or the coach they'd be happy to let you know

alcho-pop wrote:

OnSong wrote:It seems an obvious question but what were the reasons then?

Not really something that needs to be discussed on a public forum but I'm sure if you spoke directly to the players or the coach they'd be happy to let you know

Yeah, that's fine. Just the way the "reasons" were not explained could easily lead to further speculation on what they indeed were.

No need for speculation the boys weren't enjoying there footy up there anymore and wanted to return to there home clubs no harm in that

Undercover agent wrote:No need for speculation the boys weren't enjoying there footy up there anymore and wanted to return to there home clubs no harm in that

Why couldn't that be discussed in a public forum?

OnSong wrote:

Undercover agent wrote:No need for speculation the boys weren't enjoying there footy up there anymore and wanted to return to there home clubs no harm in that

Why couldn't that be discussed in a public forum?

That's fine, but leaving half way through the year? Couldn't finish the year off? Surely there was more to it than just not enjoying it? Not that It really matters - if they are gone then they are gone. Those boys had been there for a few years hadn't they?

On a different note - surprised to see CMS give Bute a touch up by that much! Did they have several players out?

countryfootyfan wrote:On a different note - surprised to see CMS give Bute a touch up by that much! Did they have several players out?

6 starting A graders were missing from round 1. With hardly any depth its very costly, but gotta give cms credit they played really well and also looked to have a few inclusions since the last time.

countryfootyfan wrote:

OnSong wrote:

Undercover agent wrote:No need for speculation the boys weren't enjoying there footy up there anymore and wanted to return to there home clubs no harm in that

Why couldn't that be discussed in a public forum?

That's fine, but leaving half way through the year? Couldn't finish the year off? Surely there was more to it than just not enjoying it? Not that It really matters - if they are gone then they are gone. Those boys had been there for a few years hadn't they?

ya don't 'enjoy it' for a number of reasons All of which don't need to be topic of discussion on a public forum. If you need more detail the players and coach had discussions about these reasons and they're the appropriate source.

Like you said 4th and 3rd year respectively at the Cougars and yes they probably could've quite easily rocked up for the rest of the year and received a little extra pocket money but what good would that have done either party?

Good on em for doing the right thing by themselves and the club.

one day I will wrote:

countryfootyfan wrote:On a different note - surprised to see CMS give Bute a touch up by that much! Did they have several players out?

6 starting A graders were missing from round 1. With hardly any depth its very costly, but gotta give cms credit they played really well and also looked to have a few inclusions since the last time.

congratulaytions bute on winning another woodn spoon for their spoon cabinet
back to back spoons for there $20k a year coach?

Borat wrote:

one day I will wrote:

countryfootyfan wrote:On a different note - surprised to see CMS give Bute a touch up by that much! Did they have several players out?

6 starting A graders were missing from round 1. With hardly any depth its very costly, but gotta give cms credit they played really well and also looked to have a few inclusions since the last time.

congratulaytions bute on winning another woodn spoon for their spoon cabinet
back to back spoons for there $20k a year coach?

Back to Back? Your a peanut borat, who finished bottom last year?

alcho-pop wrote:

countryfootyfan wrote:

OnSong wrote:

Undercover agent wrote:No need for speculation the boys weren't enjoying there footy up there anymore and wanted to return to there home clubs no harm in that

Why couldn't that be discussed in a public forum?

That's fine, but leaving half way through the year? Couldn't finish the year off? Surely there was more to it than just not enjoying it? Not that It really matters - if they are gone then they are gone. Those boys had been there for a few years hadn't they?

ya don't 'enjoy it' for a number of reasons All of which don't need to be topic of discussion on a public forum. If you need more detail the players and coach had discussions about these reasons and they're the appropriate source.

Like you said 4th and 3rd year respectively at the Cougars and yes they probably could've quite easily rocked up for the rest of the year and received a little extra pocket money but what good would that have done either party?

Good on em for doing the right thing by themselves and the club.

I'm pretty confident that from the people I have spoken to at cougar town, their reason for leaving is about the training set up, or lack there of and still wanting money. All the locals seem to tell the same story. Mind you, Gatto and family been there a while now.
I trust that the coach will advise all concerned and at least put all the local players, sponsors and committee people at ease then.
In the end, they are gone. Life moves on.
Play on next week.

Exactly right players come players go that's footy but I know for a fact both lads left on pretty good terms and are certainly enjoying there footy a lot more than they were a few weeks ago

alcho-pop wrote:

countryfootyfan wrote:

OnSong wrote:

Undercover agent wrote:No need for speculation the boys weren't enjoying there footy up there anymore and wanted to return to there home clubs no harm in that

Why couldn't that be discussed in a public forum?

That's fine, but leaving half way through the year? Couldn't finish the year off? Surely there was more to it than just not enjoying it? Not that It really matters - if they are gone then they are gone. Those boys had been there for a few years hadn't they?

ya don't 'enjoy it' for a number of reasons All of which don't need to be topic of discussion on a public forum. If you need more detail the players and coach had discussions about these reasons and they're the appropriate source.

Like you said 4th and 3rd year respectively at the Cougars and yes they probably could've quite easily rocked up for the rest of the year and received a little extra pocket money but what good would that have done either party?

Good on em for doing the right thing by themselves and the club.

Would have thought after 3 and 4 years playing with the same lads there, would have at least stuck out the season helping their mates on the field regardless of committee, training or coach indescresions or whatever the issue is, especially whilst CY are in their current form slump. Am guessing there must be a few internal issues at the mountain?

Would have thought after 3 and 4 years playing with the same lads there, would have at least stuck out the season helping their mates on the field regardless of committee, training or coach indescresions or whatever the issue is, especially whilst CY are in their current form slump. Am guessing there must be a few internal issues at the mountain?

I guess ya can concoct whatever views you like of the club and choose not to seek/listen to the personal opinions of those at the centre of the topic.
If you look back to 3 years ago there was a heavy influence of mates which got these 2 involved with the club to start off with, with the majority of those mates gone, S Gatto out injured for the rest of the season and Haughey only just returning from a 6 week holiday maybe they felt as though they had more mates that they wanted to help on field at the club they spent the first 24 years of their lives at?

Anyone else get the impression someone shouldn't be talking in the third person here?