#45 Anthony “Munny” Munkara

[Blummers32]

It is what it is.
They aren’t going to come out and crap all over Munkara to explain why.
I’m sure he’d be fully aware of the reason why and would have known through the season.

Best of luck to him. Hopefully he smashes whatever comp he’s involved with and we give him another shot.
We need to start being more ruthless.
And it appears we are acting that way as soon as players come off their contract. Jones getting 1 year was a surprise.

Hopefully we remain consistent as each player reaches the end of their contract.

[Hurleys_Taxi_Driver]

So they are obliged to keep underperforming or homesick indigenous players on the list just based of of that statement? You are clutching at straws by quoting that stuff. Still plenty on the list FYI

[Hoffy]

Maybe he is being released so that he can play in the NTFL and then maybe have another crack, next year?

[Begbie]

@Hurleys_Taxi_Driver

So they are obliged to keep indigenous players on the list just based of of that statement? You are clutching at straws by quoring that stuff. Still plenty on the list FYI

Isn’t it relevant when they have just delisted 3 First Nations boys?
All very well to come up with these grand statements but when they couldn’t “nurture” a prodigious indigenous talent like Munkarra, then they haven’t exactly succeeded?

[JayDon]

Walla playing there too.

[IceTemple]

@Begbie

prodigious indigenous talent like Munkarra

Little over the top there. He was okay but he was hardly “prodigious”.

[westozziebomber]

@j_w

I hope the club are protecting him by not going into the reasons behind his departure

This surely is the only explanation

[Tugg_Speedman]

Maybe he was that far off that he wasn’t worth the time?

[Speedy_Gonzales]

We obviously don’t know circumstances around his departure

But losing both Ryder and Narkle in their indigenous support roles certainly wouldn’t have been helpful

[Finding_Nino]

Thats suck

[somo84]

@somo84

I’m still pretty sold on the idea of simply burning the club to the ground and salting the earth.

Nothing’s changed.

[Blummers32]

@Begbie

@Hurleys_Taxi_Driver

So they are obliged to keep indigenous players on the list just based of of that statement? You are clutching at straws by quoring that stuff. Still plenty on the list FYI

Isn’t it relevant when they have just delisted 3 First Nations boys?
All very well to come up with these grand statements but when they couldn’t “nurture” a prodigious indigenous talent like Munkarra, then they haven’t exactly succeeded?

Did I miss something?
Who are the three we delisted?
Tippa retired. Munkara delisted. Who was the third?

[Begbie]

@Blummers32

Tippa retired. Munkara delisted. Who was the third?

Lord

[IceTemple]

@Begbie

Lord

Lord was no good and was lucky to have even been on a list.
Tippa retired, wasn’t delisted.

[Alan_Noonan_10]

@frosty

@redbull

I think you’re all missing the positive out of this bad news story. The message hasn’t come from Dodoro, rather it was from Daniel McPherson. Fingers crossed this is a sign Dodoro is on his way out in due course as well.

If a sign that Dodoro is on the way out is that he lost a battle to keep Munkara then the club might be more stuffed than we thought…

That long bow you’re drawing reaches all the way from Tullamarine to the Tiwis.

[Finding_Nino]

We have first dibs on tiwi bombers right?

We might give him another shot in a few years

[Blummers32]

We wouldn’t have first dibs later on though.
If another club wants him, they may be able to put him on their senior list.
If we want him, we can put him back on rookie B list.

I’m assuming it’s the same deal as when we drafted him.

[Begbie]

@IceTemple

Tippa retired, wasn’t delisted.

Or did he just read the tea leaves?

The Walla Experiment of 2023 failed.

[IceTemple]

@Begbie

Or did he just read the tea leaves?

Or he read his own body and mind and realised he wasn’t going to really get back to the level required.

I, for one, am glad he came back and gave it a go. It gave us a better finish for him than the sudden loss we previously had. If you see it as a fail, that’s your choice.

Anyway this is the Munny thread.

[Blummers32]

@Begbie

@IceTemple

Tippa retired, wasn’t delisted.

Or did he just read the tea leaves?

The Walla Experiment of 2023 failed.

Our academy does its best to set these guys up for AFL life.
Lord got a few years through the program.
Tippa wasn’t in that program because it’s more for first few years of their career.
Munkara went through it.

The club communication isn’t like other delisting. Maybe he just prefers to be playing on the Tiwi Islands. Away from whatever spotlight he was receiving at the club.