ohh i dunno wrote:asert wrote:Wasn't because of money that butcher didn't come back.
why then???
Unfortunately at Flaggy there seems to be an negative attitude towards players who have left the club for whatever reasons in the past. Players who have left and make a return are made to feel like outsiders and are 'shunned' for 'turning their back' on the club. Many ex players don't watch FHFC games anymore because of this reason, and is why 95% of the FHFC supporters are made up of Mum's, Dad's, girlfriends, etc. You will find very few former players watching the A grade on a Saturday afternoon.
It's funny how the FHFC representatives on this forum have turned their back on Butcher, and as WLF stated in another topic, are now burning bridges once they have realised their mistake. As a FHFC representative I will not do this, as I believe it is very childish to make up stories and show very little respect for someone who had turned down offers in the past, and stayed loyal to the club for 10+ years.
It must be noted that during these 10+ years at the club, Butch enjoyed zero team success and may be a reason for not returning after playing finals at Onkaparinga this year.
And with all this talk about Flaggy having to pay Butch $500 a game, etc did he ever actually ask for this? Knowing the lad, I very highly doubt it and unless you were sitting in on the conversations with Butch and the club, you don't know. And hearing how much he is getting paid at Onkaparinga by your brother's girlfriend's husband's nephew is very rarely correct and usually skewed in an upwards direction.
The FHFC have been a commited junior club over the past 10 years and we have all seen the fruits of the labour, but during this time, the senior side of the club has been severly neglected. Hence, why there have been little recruits (although promised every year) and why some players, including Butch, may have lost patience with the club. Fortunately this problem was identified at a meeting a year or so ago and has since been rectified with more of an emphasis on the seniors, but unfortunately for the club, we may have missed the boat.
These are my views only, but to suggest that Butch didn't come back to club purely because of money issues is a cop out, and another instance of passing the blame rather than accepting that there are some problems at the club.
