Former #30 Patrick Ryder - we dodged the bullet

[efc1robbo]

finish sure laconic rep and …

[Tezzalenco]

I would welcome back Ryder with open arms. Then play him in the reserves for the rest of his career.

[sj_2150]

Playing reserves??? Id have him washing the kits for the reserves!

[No5forever]

always saw Ryder as the loss we never got over. bleeding ever since. regardless of the circumstances of his walking, he left just as he was peaking after he’d gone back, forward, was inconsistent for years.
He became the barometer at EFC, the Paddy-Jobe combo was 2nd to none (can pnly imagine him shoving the ball down Shiel/Zach’s throat and playing with a decent midfield…), and we’ve never got over it.
I actually thought of Ryder when TBell tapped a beauty to Zach in the 3rd qtr )-:

[Vanderlegend]

I’m still so pisssed about the saga that I will never forgive nor forget how he treated the club.

(1) He was half way through a front loaded contract and left us with 2 years on low salary remaining.

(2) He was all for going to an interstate club in QLD or NSW so he could walk the streets and not be recognised. He was adamant he didn’t want to go to Adelaide or Perth due to the fishbowl environment.
So what does he do? The exact farcking opposite. We work with GWS but then he dogged us and instead of going to GWS and us picking up pick 4 (from memory that would have given us Bontempelli who we had our sights on), he goes to Port.

(3) And then there was all the carrying on about the uncertainty of his unborn child. We lost our leverage so he could get to Port. We let him walk half way through a contract and got sfa.

I was one of his biggest fans and still remember how Sheeds called him the next Pollie Farmer when we drafted him. I love him as a player but now I cant stand him for the way he treated us. Even Carlisle who said our club was farcked insisted that the Saints work with us and we ended up with their pick 6. Who was the better player? That says it all.

So after weeks of arguing with Port they give us pick 17 we ended up with Langford ok, but we gave them a 150 game AA tap ruckman with a good injury record. That’s an early first round pick not pick 17.

As far as I’m concerned he can get farcked if he comes back to EFC that will be the final nail for me. I’m pretty close now tbh so pisssed with football but if he were to come back that will be the final nail for me and I’ll be gone.
That will certainly please a lot of you out there but im sure there’s a lot more that agree with me.

Never forgive never forget !

Would you take Bucky back? As in Jake Carlisle?

[Hawcazzo]

Bontempelli was earlier, Merrett’s year. WBD refused to include pick 4 in the negotiation over Crameri.

GWS offered up Pick 4 apparently which would have given us access to DeGoey or 2MP

Thanks for correcting me, I’d be happy if we had a chance to pick DeGoey in a heartbeat

[Hawcazzo]

Would you take Bucky back? As in Jake Carlisle?

No I wouldn’t, I think we all overestimated his value given he really only played a half season or so of consistent footy. That said he hasn’t burned us and has had injury and other issues.

Don’t wish him badly even though he was disenchanted with the club before he left.

More than happy to have Francis in his place - 100%

[TeeBee]

[Dunnybrush]

some teammates will never forgive him.

You know this as fact, or speculation?

[Hot_Ganipganaps]

Ryder. Pls.

[darkknightpheonix]

always saw Ryder as the loss we never got over. bleeding ever since. regardless of the circumstances of his walking, he left just as he was peaking after he’d gone back, forward, was inconsistent for years.
He became the barometer at EFC, the Paddy-Jobe combo was 2nd to none (can pnly imagine him shoving the ball down Shiel/Zach’s throat and playing with a decent midfield…), and we’ve never got over it.
I actually thought of Ryder when TBell tapped a beauty to Zach in the 3rd qtr )-:

peaking.
in his first season at port he had a 3 possie game, he “peaked” for one season like 2 odd years ago, and it was for one season.

will go down as one of the most wasted talented players to stroll through a career not even realising a 10th of his actual potential.

[alex.f.94]

More than happy to have Francis in his place - 100%

Nup not at all. Carlisle was playing at hooker AA levels in 2013 and parts of 14 until we ■■■■■■ him over. He is ten times the player franga is at the moment, and a good chance, will ever be.

[Hawcazzo]

Nup not at all. Carlisle was playing at hooker AA levels in 2013 and parts of 14 until we ■■■■■■ him over. He is ten times the player franga is at the moment, and a good chance, will ever be.

Tough call given Carlisle will play his first game for the year this week. He’s had back surgery so who knows how good he will ever be.
Now, maybe we should take this to the Francis thread but with at least 6 years on his side, plus a love of the EFC I see more upside in Francis than Carlisle.

[Houli_Dooli]

There’s been some busts in that draft already
McCartin
Gws didn’t fare well (4,6,7) Pickett, Ahern, Marchbank all gone. Could have been DeGoey, Wright, Lever.

[Bacchusfox]

More than happy to have Francis in his place - 100%

Nup not at all. Carlisle was playing at hooker AA levels in 2013 and parts of 14 until we ■■■■■■ him over. He is ten times the player franga is at the moment, and a good chance, will ever be.

How did EFC fark Carlisle over ?

[Jefferson]

Lol at Ryder coming back to Essendon. Don’t think the club will relocate some of his friends and family again, just because his partner may or may not have been despised by the other WAGs.

[alex.f.94]

Played him out of position to the point he no longer wanted to play with us.

[Alber_Goodthur]

so the guy playing a team sport didn’t want to do the team thing.

fairly certain teams are better off without those sorts of players unless they are a generational talent, which he is/was not.

He was the 3rd best KPD.

[dougkpga]

Sounds like you disagree with Jesus.

[Bacchusfox]

Another Bullshite excuse like deformed babies and missing relatives. It was all about the money and nothing else.