Essendon Carcass / Hurley could walk as rivals circle (Herald-Sun)

[Stalin]

Forget it, we couldn't attract a 6 meter great white in a bath tub full of dead seals let alone Hurley or any other player of note!!! The RFC story!

A six metre great white wouldn't fit in a bath tub WAT.

Depends how big the bath is innit

[WA Tiger]

Well stop making it so easy.....

Mate it was a saying so don't be so stupid. Just like saying "siphon the python"......we all know what that means don't we, we don't over analyse it do we to the point of being ridiculous.. ..so wake up FFS.

[one-eyed]

"Mick Hurley I caught up with and it was good to see the man," Chapman told radio station RSN 927 on Tuesday.

"I just asked him about his future and what he's thinking and everything like that. And obviously knowing Mick, he's a very loyal person and he loves the Essendon Football Club and his teammates but, I don't know, there was just something in the way that we spoke that just made me think that maybe he's still hurting a little bit from everything that's happened.

"Whether or not he's totally over it or not, it didn't really look like it to me.

"I think he'll stay because he's loyal but it wasn't definite. I thought I would be able to gauge exactly what was going on (but) it was sort of hard to gauge exactly how he was feeling."

http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/afl-season-2016-paul-chapman-expects-hurt-michael-hurley-to-stay-at-essendon-20160613-gpiblx.html

[Stalin]

The nazis were loyal too

[Jobba]

The nazis were loyal too

Laughed so hard at this. Because your username is Stalin.

[DCrane]

If we can get Hurley we can improve quickly IMO. I am curtain of it!!
Rance and Grimes need desperate help down back and if we could secure Hurley we are set there for 5,6,7 years.
Add a healthy Yarran and McIntosh and we have the makings of a very talented backline.
We need another KPF and some big bodied mids but it's a very good start.

Add Barlow and draft a Stringer/C. Oliver/Cripps type. Big, hard, AGILE mids. That is the prototype of today's footy.
No more soft, quiet, skinny introverts. Forget about them having good character, just make sure they can HUNT the footy. We need competitive beasts, not little boys.
Go hard at Tomlinson. Promise him a spot in the midfield and tell him to tell the GWS to get stuffed and he is heading to Tigerland.
Go hard at a decent YOUNG ruckman. There will be some available, so just hold your jets until things unfold at the end of the year.
Trade out guys that consistently let us down - Vickery, Griffiths, BEllis, Houli, and get some kids that want to TACKLE and run both ways.
But most importantly get rid of FJ and Dimma's outdated, outrageous, outlandish game plan. Let our guys play attacking, high risk, high reward footy. Give us supporters something decent to watch while we wait for some of the new guys to improve and get to the level needed.
Come on Tigers, shut your mouth about making finals and look to the future. Start the ball rolling on decisions for next year. Speak to managers, get in their ears and make these guys offers they cannot refuse. It can be done!

Good post Tone.
It gives hope that this debacle could possibly be turned around pretty quickly. There is some urgency to this, it needs to happen while our stars are still in their prime.

I am still holding out hope for Hurley. Why would he wait until the end of the season to announce what he is doing. That is usually a sign that you are off.
 

[one-eyed]

ESSENDON would receive no free agency compensation pick if Michael Hurley walked out to one of a growing list of AFL suitors.

The All-Australian centre half-back remains unwilling to commit to the Bombers.

The collective bargaining agreement states if a player can prove a breach of contract their club has not been able to remedy, they are able to terminate their contract.

The club must then immediately terminate their contract, allowing them to move to their club of choice as a delisted free agent.

The player could prove that breach either through the AFL’s grievance tribunal or through a court of law.

Clubs including the Western Bulldogs, Adelaide and North Melbourne are believed to be monitoring his situation with interest.

The 26-year-old seems genuinely torn between his love of Essendon and his frustration their conduct left him sidelined in the peak of his career.

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/teams/essendon/essendon-to-get-no-free-agency-compensation-pick-if-michael-hurley-decides-to-leave-the-bombers/news-story/a2f3094a8db28b8edd2b23dc40493c80

[Stalin]

 

[one-eyed]

Hurley is going away according to Ch 7, so there will be no announcement soon on whether Hurley quits Essendon or not. Worsfold is apparently seeking a meeting before Hurley goes.

[tony_montana]

He's gone. I just hope we're the club that have got him.

[Tigeritis™©®]

He's gone. I just hope we're the club that have got him.

So your Hurley and your making yourself a cup of tea and there's a knock at the front door, you peek out the window and you see Dumma & Lard with a box of chocolates in hand & ones holding a brief case. Just while your contemplating answering the door you get another knock at the back door at you peek out the other window & it's Clarko & Ratten with a box of chocolates & a briefcase in hand.

What do you do?

[Penelope]

grab a picture mag and head off to the crapper for 1/2 an hour so

[Stalin]

He's gone. I just hope we're the club that have got him.

So your Hurley and your making yourself a cup of tea and there's a knock at the front door, you peek out the window and you see Dumma & Lard with a box of chocolates in hand & ones holding a brief case. Just while your contemplating answering the door you get another knock at the back door at you peek out the other window & it's Clarko & Ratten with a box of chocolates & a briefcase in hand.

What do you do?

Just go to the drug cheat - taxi driver bashing flogs house with a 8 million dollar Check and tell him he gets to play next to rance an grimes

[one-eyed]

ESSENDON will put a timeline in place to know the plans of its six banned players who remain uncommitted for next year as the club edges towards the end of its 2016 season.

http://www.afl.com.au/news/2016-07-15/essendon-planning-timeline-for-uncommitted-banned-bombers

[tony_montana]

Was just listening to SEN and they said Hurleys management told Richmond he wasn't interested in going to the Tigers..