Not surprising. It literally happened in the last few minutes.
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Yeah, he looked and sounded very emotional. Tough trade period for him⌠well done - he did the best he could and we (finally) got our man. Nice words for Trav too⌠Classy.
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l see it differently. Last year we came out of the trade period well ahead. This year the price we paid was about right.
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Weâre having a proper crack⌠thatâs the important thing.
Weâve had too many years of showboating, blowing money on ânameâ coaches, sayingâ weâre too big to bottom outâ, 'weâre Essendon, we donât pay over the odds ', etc. If nothing else, the saga and 15 years of nothing might have brought some humility to the club.
I was concerned before Rd 8 that we hadnât learnt anything⌠listening to Xavier talk up our 2018 in the preseason was a particular lowlight. Since then weâve cut deadwood amicably, the exec have toned down the marketing wank, and we now seem to be quietly doing âwhatever it takesâ instead of just saying it
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Pretty pretty pretty good.
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At the end, in the sign off room, Dodoro was either so flustered or pi55ed that he wouldnât sit next to or acknowledge McCartney, while McCartney was doing everything to get Dodoroâs attention, even waiting for Dodoro to shake hands but Dodoro wouldnât (at least on the clip I saw today). Yes, he did look and sound stressed which is understandable given his efforts to get the best deal for Essendon and the fact GWS strung it out to the last minutes. McCartney looked smug / like a man who finally got one back on Dodoro. Our man was not happy / looked distracted. Despite all this, Dodoro did an exceptional job!
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They shook hands when they walked out the door. but Jackets did look angry. i think he just needed time to vent for a second. then, back to business
Disco Inferno!
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He cleaned up the management of the club that had become a shambles. Sure the saga stuff can be argued, but not Littleâs impact on the club structure and management.
My opinion.
GWS told Shiel to go and look for a move, as he was their chosen salary cap dump.
Shiel went and got an offer he liked.
GWS reneged, and told Shiel circumstances had changed and he could stay
Connors said â â â â you, you told us to find somewhere and we did
GWS said we donât have to do nothing, he has a contract
Connors said, you arseholes, may your armpits be infested with the fleas of a thousand camels.
Connors to Dodoro : Nothing I can do. If you want him, youâll have to give them what they want. The kid has given up a couple of million dollars to pick you. He doesnât want to go back there now. I donât want him back there. Letâs respect his choice and do the deal.
I have a suspicion neither Dodoro, or Connors will be very happy with GWS right now. McCarthy might not know it, but he may have just signed off on the end of GWS. If Connors decided he wanted all of his players out of that club, I imagine he could be very vindictive.
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very plausible. i would hope McCartneys not so stupid as to burn a bridge of one of only 17 other clubs he can make deals with. but moreso that he would do that to the biggest player manager in the game.
i would hopeâŚ
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âŚGWS are farked
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It has a ring of truth to it doesnât it. Aligns very much with Dodoros immediate post trade media conference. Those words he said must have been the key to his thoughts as he made up his mind to sign the trade.
Sorry. Not even close.
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Interesting.
Not very helpful⌠but interesting.
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If that was the interview he did on Fox Footy, you read a lot more into it than I did. GWS and McCartney were leaving as Dodoro was speaking, and it seemed to me to be just an acknowledgment of parting salutations.
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S S S S
Actually itâs S S S S S
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I added some historical contextâŚ
Disco acquires the future rights to all sons of Israel and Palestine for a 4 litre bottle of sump oil from his VK commodore
Disco announces a trade with Mandela: South Africa for Dyson and a 3rd rounder.
Disco convinces workers to part with their steel beam for a sandwich:
MLK had a dream. Disco bought it off him for 20c and a packet of chips.
Dodoro trades underpants with Monroe and gets her to hand over $1000 and the route that JFK will be travelling through Dallas in the process
Dodoro grabs exclusive rights to 12 of the hottest celebrities in hollywood in exchange for a hand shandy from Harvey Weinstein
Dodoro trades Jackson Merrett to convince the entire scientific community to hide the evidence of the missing link
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