Gas retires / Retirment of big name tiger SEN @ 1:45

[Tigermonk]

we have no players left if you keep killing them X

maybe TW will ask Gas to come back nicely help his bro's out of the doldrums 

[letsgetiton!]

i would rather see us with 22 young kids out their getting thumped than a team of kids getting thumped with guys like gaspar, tiv, sugar, and joel in the team

richo should be the only older player in this team , make him interim captain this yr until we get judd next yr

[Tigermonk]

maybe thats why the tigers are tanking maybe they gunna offload heaps of players get Judd as a #1 uncontracted  its laughable it wont happen but even if it did we still need players around him like Kerr cause we aint got no bonecrunchers in the club everyteam knows that we are peeweak side who wont fight
someone ran into mooney on the boundryline l cant remeber who but the tiger player bounced off to the ground it was a soft hit

[julzqld]

Sheesh - go away for a few days and the place goes down the toilet. 

Gas retired, Hall suspended and 157 thrashings. 

Great advertisement for the club.  Come to Richmond.  If we don't sack you, we'll thoroughly demoralise you that you wish you were never born.

And what's with all the nudge, nudge, wink, wink stuff.  ??? If you guys know something, just come out and say it for Pete's sake!  You can't go on about confidentiality and then drop cryptic hints.  Either put up or shut up. 

[one-eyed]

Interesting that Mark Williams at Port has "gaspared" Darryl Wakelin by replacing him with their young defender Carlilie, yet Wakelin is willing to play on in the SANFL as back-up in case of a recall.

While young Alipate Carlile is excited by a rare chance to establish himself as a key defender, the veteran he replaced, Darryl Wakelin, seems ready to accept the fact that his playing days are rapidly drawing to a close. Williams softened the interesting change by saying: "You know, Darryl will look forward to getting back into the side, and at the same time Alipate will look forward to playing some games and getting experience. As I said, moving forward is a vital step and one which Darryl was very much aware of at the start of the year."

http://realfooty.com.au/news/news/port-might-lose-gray/2007/07/06/1183351461449.html

[one-eyed]

Good to see Gas acknowledged at the Grand Final with the other retirees. He had his hands full with his two little bubbas.

[Tigermonk]

Yes it was good to see Darren there he was a good player and deserved it
what he didnot deserve was to have his throat cut by Wallace the way he did early in the year when he could have played 3rd tall to Thursfield & McGuane & l'm sure they would have like to have him next to them to help them learn

[mightytiges]

After round 5 with 2007 a write-off, the Club was prepared to play the kids (like McGuane) for the future. In any case Gas still could have played more games if he was prepared to play VFL after being dropped instead of immediately retiring.

[Tigermonk]

Would be more progress to play in the side with McGuane & Thursfield
Gaspers decision was based on family not football which is what l would have chosen if my career was told its over
things like that should be done properly like end of season
he works for the club its his job, if your boss terminated your contract would you do as he wants & lick his ass
Gasper had alot more to offer the CLUB shafted him
Richmond & Wallace shafted themselves there plan backfired
l'm glad he told Wallace to ******* 

[Ox]

Yes it was good to see Darren there he was a good player and deserved it
what he didnot deserve was to have his throat cut by Wallace the way he did early in the year when he could have played 3rd tall to Thursfield & McGuane & l'm sure they would have like to have him next to them to help them learn

stuff gaspar.
He was axed because he sttod around at the Gv WV with his hands on his hips and didn't care a dam.

Regardless of what good he achieved in the past,he let it all go down the s bend with the way he reacted to being dropped.

As far as im concerned,he deserves nothing.

*spits a huge gorby and punches picture of gas*

[Beren]

Would be more progress to play in the side with McGuane & Thursfield
Gaspers decision was based on family not football which is what l would have chosen if my career was told its over
things like that should be done properly like end of season
he works for the club its his job, if your boss terminated your contract would you do as he wants & lick his ass
Gasper had alot more to offer the CLUB shafted him
Richmond & Wallace shafted themselves there plan backfired
l'm glad he told Wallace to ******* 

Spot on.

[mightytiges]

Would be more progress to play in the side with McGuane & Thursfield
Gaspers decision was based on family not football which is what l would have chosen if my career was told its over
things like that should be done properly like end of season
he works for the club its his job, if your boss terminated your contract would you do as he wants & lick his ass
Gasper had alot more to offer the CLUB shafted him
Richmond & Wallace shafted themselves there plan backfired
l'm glad he told Wallace to ******* 

Disagree on this one Tigermonk. It was always going to be Gas' final year anyway and all players know the coach has a right to decide who plays each week. Tivs didn't retire when he was dropped back to the VFL. He went back to Coburg and earnt his place back.

You also couldn't play Gas, Thursty and McGuane in the same side. Gas can't play a rebounding role due to his poor footskills so he would've had to take a KP role ahead of the cubs. He was a stopper which was fine in his prime when he won AA but not anymore. Defenders now days need to set up attacks.

[Tigermonk]

  ok so we dont agree on this case dismissed