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Football => Richmond Rant => Topic started by: Danog on December 18, 2012, 06:42:41 PM
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By Ben Cuzzupe and Paige Cardona
December 18, 2012, 5:00 pm
After picking up a raft of highly-touted youngsters at the 2011 National Draft, Greater Western Sydney will be facing an uphill battle to secure them all as homesickness and interest from Victorian clubs has already begun to jeopardise plans of creating a stable playing roster.
Industry and GWS insiders have confirmed that the highly-rated picks Will Hoskin-Elliott (pick 4) and Matthew Buntine (pick 5), alongside a raft of others, have knocked back contract extensions and have grown tired of their new surroundings. In turn, this has primed several Victorian clubs to move in for their services at the end of season 2013.
Upon being drafted, most Giants recruits from the 2011 draft signed two-year deals with a contract extension clause offered for the 2014 season. A Giants insider has confirmed Hoskin-Elliott, Buntine and others have both knocked back these extensions in initial contract meetings, citing homesickness as a major reason. These other players include Sam Darley, Tim Golds and Nick Haynes, who are seeking to return to their home states if possible in the near future.
In a further revelation, the Giants were aware of this as early as before draft day and targeted defenders in Kristian Jaksch, Lachie Plowman and Aidan Corr to offset the loss of Buntine and Jack Hombsch. Hombsch joined Port Adelaide in October.
A GWS insider stated that coach Kevin Sheedy had already identified the core group of players that he wants the Giants to be moving forward with, and the planning involved recruiting plenty of key position players to prepare for the exodus of key players over the next 12-24 months.
The insider went on to say that Sheedy had recruited a surplus of midfielders as he was aware that a good third would want to return home, and sought to use it to the Giants’ advantage in knowing that teams would pay a premium for them.
When quizzed about the reasons why players were finding it difficult to adjust to their new home at Breakfast Point, the insider pointed to the absence of relatives and familiar surroundings as the key factors in the growing resentment within the playing group.
“Quite a lot of the players have long-term girlfriends and some can’t stand living here, because few have any family or friends who are outside the club up here”, they said.
“Some of these girlfriends are also living back in their home states and it’s causing a bit of grief.”
On top of these developments, Victorian clubs have caught wind of the youngsters’ disenchantment and have begun internal discussions over approaching them. It is confirmed that Collingwood has shown interest in Buntine, whilst Hoskin-Elliott has been discussed internally at length at Richmond, North Melbourne and Carlton.
Buntine, Hoskin-Elliott, Darley, Haynes and Golds now join Dom Tyson, who was ruthlessly targeted by Richmond in October’s trade period and has a raft of other Victorian clubs interested in his future intentions, as players whose futures at GWS beyond the 2013 season are now are up in the air.
Source: http://boundforglorynews.com/giants-mass-exodus-on-the-horizon/
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We picked the wrong season to make the 4 :shh
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It will feel so good to be the robber instead of the victim.
Suffer GW Sydney
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I foreshadowed this a while ago, can you imagine preparing for a league career and end up in that hell hole , playing in fromt of a couple of thousand people ea fortnight. Wont be for everyone, expect planty to return back to melbourne. Id like to think we have tyson and o'rourke in y&b within 2 years :shh
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I foreshadowed this a while ago, can you imagine preparing for a league career and end up in that hell hole , playing in fromt of a couple of thousand people ea fortnight. Wont be for everyone, expect planty to return back to melbourne. Id like to think we have tyson and o'rourke in y&b within 2 years :shh
If its gonna happen it'll happen in a years time won't it?
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Yea tyson first, o rourke will have signed for 2
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Yea tyson first, o rourke will have signed for 2
I reckon we won't get anyone
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Yea tyson first, o rourke will have signed for 2
I reckon we won't get anyone
I love your positivity Mrakov! I get all my energy from it! :lol
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Hell hole lmfao Bunch of soft
Mummy I'm homesick and want to come home to frankston/narre warren/craigieburn :lol :lol :lol
Still, good excuse to pillage some talent.
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Get off the grass gerky, lakemba is a long way from the mcg mate whatever way you wanna look at it. :lol I lived in syd myself for 12 months before homesickness set in bad i know what its like
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Yea tyson first, o rourke will have signed for 2
I reckon we won't get anyone
I love your positivity Mrakov! I get all my energy from it! :lol
:clapping ;)
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Get off the grass gerky, lakemba is a long way from the mcg mate whatever way you wanna look at it. :lol I lived in syd myself for 12 months before homesickness set in bad i know what its like
Hands like a wet lettuce this one and soft as butter whoa :shh
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Yea tyson first, o rourke will have signed for 2
I reckon we won't get anyone
Why not?
We must take advantage of gc or gws
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Yea tyson first, o rourke will have signed for 2
I reckon we won't get anyone
hahaha yep,
got no one to give up except spuds and we wont finish near the bottom.
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i think Daniel pretty much answered your question, Bents.
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I had to look into what a BFGN was.
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I foreshadowed this a while ago, can you imagine preparing for a league career and end up in that hell hole , playing in fromt of a couple of thousand people ea fortnight. Wont be for everyone, expect planty to return back to melbourne. Id like to think we have tyson and o'rourke in y&b within 2 years :shh
Hardly a hellhole BJ. Skoda is actually a really good ground to watch footy at with excellent facilities. Where else can you enjoy an open air BBQ whilst watching a game and get wood fired Pizza delivered to your seat?
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I had to look into what a BFGN was.
It was a gun in the 90s video game 'Doom' :cheers
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I had to look into what a BFGN was.
It was a gun in the 90s video game 'Doom' :cheers
Where I did my best work
(http://media.moddb.com/images/downloads/1/49/48650/doom2-Classic.jpg)
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I had to look into what a BFGN was.
It was a gun in the 90s video game 'Doom' :cheers
Damn I loved that Gun. It could clear a room in seconds.
(http://i49.tinypic.com/10rk3fb.jpg)
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Yessss knew you were a good bloke, stig :cheers
OE, dare you to snip RFCO and say back on topic :laugh:
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It's weird. As a kid, I thought Doom was fine, but was too scared to go down the well in Ocarina of Time. Like Like's were too freaky... had my big brother do that part for me. :lol
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Doom, pfft, poor man's Wolfenstein
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Doom, pfft, poor man's Wolfenstein
(http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4ij7meNlt1qdlm55.png)
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Catacomb was sick too.