Roos give Nathan Thompson the flick 2 weeks after telling him he was required

[one-eyed]

Nathan Thompson has been forced into retirement by the Roos two weeks after they told him he was a required player and after he had ops to get himself right for another preseason. Hutchy with the story and confirmed by Brayshaw.

Pretty ordinary.

[Francois Jackson]

Nothing ordinary about it OE, business is business. 2 bad.

We need to start going along the same brutal path and offloading some has beens that clog our list.

I would rather look like North now than be stuck with players like Johnson and petts who will have nothing to do with our club moving forward. Finally we dump Hyde when he was worth SFA.

We are the only idiots in the league who keep such players on the list.

When they come to Punt road they are worth something. Then they find themselves in the wilderness and what do we do, keep them till there worth nothing.

kane johnson is a disgrace to be wearing number 17.
He should be honest with himself and the club and come clean that he is finished as a AFL footballer and do us all of a favour and go pee up a flag pole. dud

[Mr Magic]

Good thing it only happened at the Kangaroos and not Richmond or it would be splashed all over the press about how we are falling apart but the fact is no one cares about the Roos or their players.

Final decision is the right call by the Roos btw. Thompson was finished.

[one-eyed]

Just announced on SEN that Thompson has officially retired.

Nothing ordinary about it OE, business is business. 2 bad.

We need to start going along the same brutal path and offloading some has beens that clog our list.

Nothing wrong with the Roos decision to offload Thompson as he was finished as an AFL footballer but to tell him he was required and then only 2 weeks later he wasn't required is ordinary. Players have their futures to consider without clubs stuffing them around. That's why clubs should leave decisions until the end of the season so decisions are then final and situations like this don't occur. Look at us. We sack Miller (right decision, wrong timing) during the season and embarrass ourselves publicly for nothing as we're still waiting for his replacement 3 weeks after our season has finished and 2 1/2 months since Miller was sacked.

[bushranger]

Good thing it only happened at the Kangaroos and not Richmond or it would be splashed all over the press about how we are falling apart but the fact is no one cares about the Roos or their players.

Final decision is the right call by the Roos btw. Thompson was finished.

Well said and I totally agree.