Troy Taylor [merged]

[camboon]

I totally understand why some of the indigenous boys want to go home

If you took me out of Melbourne put me int the bush and I couldn't see my family and friends for months on end.In addition, if money wasn't that important and the weather was the opposite to what I was used to; YES I would want to go home.

I would like to see us pay ( extra incentives) to have a house mother ( maybe a relative) and have the boys live together (if they want to) and give them extra life coaching support so they at least feel they belong.

Other sides like Melbourne and Essendon don't seem to have issues like us. Its either we are picking the wrong boys or I suspect we are just not doing enough to make sure they are comfortable.

We either decide to embrace the boys or cut them loose because we are just waiting our picks if we continue the way we currently are. I really hope Troy Taylor comes back but we need to work out why and how we can fix it. Possibly a visit by the right people would be a start.

PS: the Indigenous boys from the top end are very different from the Koori's people.

[tiger till i die]

Gone walkabout.
How can people just walk away from the world at there feet.

you dont get it do u

and walkabout is a racist term, if u know anything about aboriginal culture and customs, u will know that they do not go walkabout, that was a term made up by white racists

he has gone hone for personal reasons, going home is not "walkabout"

u have to reason they have different values to anglo saxons  their family and their land mean so much to them, more than money fame assetts

we dont even know what has happened. for him to go back home it must be important

They did go walk about actually.
usually between Nov to march each year.
Go to cairns and learn abit about culture X.
The highlands are full of them.
Also big issue in the aboriginal society at the presnt time is they have no leader.

dont give me that poo jackstar

u think u know it all but u know jack poo

i am married to an aboriginal, i know a fair effin lot about their culture and history

they do not go walk about its a racist remark made up by white ppl

they are not nomads, they have reasons why they may go places but it aint walk about

how many effin white pricks go off to places we dont say they go walk about hey

get ur facts straights , i know many greeks who have stuffed off, do we say they go walk about

i know many greeks in jail too, what do we say about that
facts are u have nfi

My best advice is - "DONT DROP THE SOAP" 

never drop the soap lol

and ramps im not having a go at greeks, just making a point , could be italian , coation, whatever

just facts are walkabout does not exist in aboriginal culture

i suggest jackstar take a visit to IKE , indigenous koori education faculty at deaking uni here in geelong and do his research properly

lets see if he walks out alive with his racist bs

Walk a bouts is a short version of Aboriginal discovering self and personal autonomy you can thank year 12 religion for that !!! plain and simple .. he has supposedly gone to discover him self ...something spiritually all indigenous australians have within them selves.. we and myself fully dont understand and never will !

[tiger till i die]

hey l'm back  been walkabout 

You found your self? ,, aww good for you !!

[Coach]

 

[bojangles17]

does anyone know the nub of the problem or is just a decent bout of homesickness ???

[jackstar is back again]

hey l'm back  been walkabout 

Been abit worried about you,
At least your GPS got you out of the wilderness, LOL

[tiga]

Some of the comments in this thread absolutely disgusting. Troy is a human being FFS. Nobody here is privy to what is actually going in his life at this time so show a little compassion and give the kid a break.

[tiga]

Some of the comments in this thread absolutely disgusting. Troy is a human being FFS. Nobody here is privy to what is actually going in his life at this time so show a little compassion and give the kid a break.

if your referring to any of my comments ????

You're a big boy, I'm sure you can work it out...

[jackstar is back again]

hey l'm back  been walkabout 

Been abit worried about you,
At least your GPS got you out of the wilderness, LOL

yes the CLK350 has a very good one  even digital TV    when the blacks sneak across the road in front of me the headlights follow them haha

have to ask,is the CLK350 on Diesel or petrol ?

[Tigermonk]

3.5 litre petrol 2009 Avantgarde.

no more football posts for me had a gutful dont know why l bothered

[Coach]

3.5 litre petrol 2009 Avantgarde.

no more football posts for me had a gutful dont know why l bothered

Dont spit it man. Keep posting

[one-eyed]

Richmond to wait on Taylor
Michael Gleeson
November 5, 2010
 
RICHMOND still expects Troy Taylor to return to the club this pre-season despite the player remaining in Alice Springs and missing the resumption of training while dealing with indigenous cultural issues.

Taylor, who is contracted for next year, remained in the Northern Territory after returning home in the off-season.

A family friend, Tim Lawrence, released a brief statement yesterday to confirm Taylor had taken an extended break from pre-season training due to ''an indigenous cultural issue''.

''Troy hopes to return to Melbourne so he can prepare for the 2011 AFL season and be with his teammates as soon as this is possible,'' Lawrence said.

''We ask that all football followers, in particular the media and the Tiger faithful, give Troy the understanding, respect and space that he needs at this current time.''

Richmond has committed to give the player the time he needs to work through his issues but still wants to have a clear indication that Taylor intended to return before the pre-season draft at the end of the month.

http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/richmond-to-wait-on-taylor-20101104-17ftb.html

[Owl]

Hell be back the clan will be all over him not to blow it.  They need to get his old lady down here.

[TigerTimeII]

Look here
Why dont you go to place like Kuranda in nth queensland and have an look
They actually do go missing for 3 months in the year in the tableland areas.  FACT!
but hey, what would you know, you live in sleepy hollow geelong
Am not being racist at all, just stating facts
In a recent trip to Kuranda, i was appalled
hey X , I have met you remember, pull your head

Sorry to weigh in to it....i believe i read or was taught that walkabout syndrome does exist! Its not racist but more an observation that indigenous people do have an urge to roam. It has nothing to with escaping responsibilty but some genetic thing that can be traced to when indigenous tribes were always on the move due to their hunter and gatherer lifestyle. Indigenous tribes never built huts and the like as a result hence why the English settled Australia under the terra nullias law.... or uninhabited land. Buildings were seen as eveidence of habitation!


Edit: fixed quote

written by white man

get ur facts straight

white man for yrs said the stolen generation never existed

they dont go walkabout , they may travel for a reason, dont we all

get ur facts straight

[TigerTimeII]

Look here
Why dont you go to place like Kuranda in nth queensland and have an look
They actually do go missing for 3 months in the year in the tableland areas.  FACT!
but hey, what would you know, you live in sleepy hollow geelong
Am not being racist at all, just stating facts
In a recent trip to Kuranda, i was appalled
hey X , I have met you remember, pull your head

wrong

come back to sleepy hollow then, i will take u to ike, u may learn something and some truths