Contract would’ve been ripped up that night.
he wouldnt have played again thats for sure
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imo episode 6 spray is better than pacino in on any given Sunday . should be global viral
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I’m up to episode 3. Bloody hell Kingsley is an exceptional coach, if the Giants had a decent midfield he would have won them a flag by now I reckon watching this.
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BPK is both utterly mesmerising and terrifying at the same time!
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Can someone post the Toby Greene article on the age?
‘I knocked him out’: Toby Greene reveals he punched his father after AFL match
Greater Western Sydney captain Toby Greene has revealed he punched his father in the rooms after a game, embarrassed by his drunken behaviour.
Greene made the revelation in the first episode of the Amazon Prime Video series Final Siren: Inside the AFL where he details his troubled relationship with his estranged father Michael Greene.
Greene’s father was jailed for nine months, reduced on appeal, for assaulting a female police officer while watching his son’s Giants in their heavy loss to Richmond in the 2019 grand final.
The Giants star’s dressing room confrontation with his father came earlier in his career.
“I knocked him out in the change rooms because he was drunk and carrying on,” Greene said in the series, which premiered on Wednesday night.
“He’s pretty loud and boisterous and he’s extremely drunk. And I was just embarrassed and just told him to f— off and punched him. So, yeah, it’s hard.
“Like the reason I love footy is because of him and got into it. That’s what I’ll take with me, and then you learn your lessons from some things that he’s done that you can’t do.”
Greene spoke publicly in 2020 about his father’s troubles in The Phil Davis Podcast , hosted by former GWS captain Phil Davis, saying his father had a “profound impact” on his career but “some of the stuff outside of that left a bit to be desired”.
He was more candid in the series.
“Ten, 15 years drinking alcohol and drugs probably taken a fair toll on his body and brain,” Greene said.
Greene is among the best players of his generation but has an extensive tribunal rap sheet, racking up $47,850 in fines in his 14-season career. He has also been rubbed out for 16 games, his most recent suspension coming in last year’s Sydney Derby in July.
The series shows a conversation between Greene and his wife Georgia Stirton in the days after the derby, where the player is berated for what he describes as his latest “brain fart”.
tirton outlined the impact the player’s poor on-field discipline had on their family, saying it led to online abuse from trolls.
“People are saying, ‘I hope family members die’ or, ‘You should kill yourself’,” Stirton said in the documentary.
“Or I have a DM saying, ‘You know, I saw him cheating with girls’ and, ‘Has he bashed you up?’
“It probably affects me more than Toby.”
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In some respects the apple hasn’t fallen far from the tree, but at least Toby seems to have made an effort to improve himself.
Also seems like there are a few parallels to Barry Hall in their stories.
One or two transgressions would qualify as brain farts, but the amount of times he has been suspended qualifies as habitual behaviour.
Number of times, not amount of times.
amount of of numbers
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Stats on Stringer in contract and out of contract.
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He might just be the player that’s wasted his talent the most.
Arguments for Cupido, I guess.
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He was the best player in the league for the second half of 2021. He has as much natural talent as any player in the league.
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That really seems like an argument in support of my statement…
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Premiership, AA, 6x club leading goal kicker.
You could argue he should have produced more, but that’s hardly a “waste”.
Cupidity on the other hand . . .
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You make a fair point.
Is that one AA, though?
Didn’t Toby get rubbed out for belting the ■■■■ out of some bloke outside a Zagame’s at like 3AM? During season ?
Right up there IMO.
Him, Rioli, Cupido.
I think Dean got the best out of his body.
I understand what you’re saying, but…
If you want to talk about naturally gifted then, yes, he’s right up there.
I think it’s sad that younger Essendon supporters don’t know and will never know.
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