oceanz wrote on Oct 3^rd, 2008 at 9:55pm:


Round 4 2008

Sydney Swans     16.11.107    West Coast        5.15. 45


Some highlights:

oceanz wrote on Oct 4^th, 2008 at 4:08pm:




CRACK!



CRACK!



CRACK!

There's nothing better than hearing the sound of Staker's jaw cracking. Ooooh yeah.


Round 11 2008

Sydney     83                         West Coast 78

6 things come to mind upon viewing your post Oceanz...

1) Man o man... I had no idea my little edit on the multiculturalism board hurt you this deeply. Otherwise, why would you put in all the time and effort to make that stupid thing?

2) That doesn't really offend me.

3) So... what you're really saying is the West Coast eagles are nazis?
 
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5) That's a poor paintshop job.

6) It's not funny nor witty.

ex-member DonaldTrump wrote on Oct 6^th, 2008 at 5:56pm:


you make me laugh you DT..you manipulate my post because it has the word "Hitler" in it and im the Nazi??

It was also completely relevant to the topic.

what are you afraid of?

Hypocrisy is your middle name.

It was not my aim to get a perfect result in my" paintshop job"..

just make a point.

I did.

oceanz wrote on Oct 6^th, 2008 at 6:02pm:


1) I never called you a Nazi.
2) I'm calling the West Coast eagles 'Nazis' as a joke because it appears that Adolf Hitler's head is on Brent Stakers head, hence making him an eagles player. It's a joke, you know? A J-O-K-E.
3) How can it be possibly relevant to this topic? 
4) I changed the word from 'Hitler' to 'Mugabe.' Both are dictators and both use race politics, right? Hence your point was still getting across. How is that 'manipulating' your post? Unless your 'real' intention was just a meaningless stab at Hitler and by taking out the word 'Hitler' the whole 'point' of your post was lost? I was actually upset that you deleted your entire post. But fair enough, you're entitled to do whatever you want.
5) How am I being hypocritical? Are you even sure how to use that word in the correct way?
6) It was a poor paintshop job, I'll stand by that.
7) If your 'point' was a protest about my edit on the multiculturalism, then it has been a success. But a PM would have been more than satisfactory.
8) You really need to get less touchy about my insults about West Coast and in particular, the editing. If I knew it meant that much to you that the word 'Hitler' was left in, then I might have left it alone.

Anyway, this is my last post on this thread as I don't want to offend you anymore, Oceanz. Okey dokey?

Toodles.

-DT

I'm not sure if I want the Pies to pick him up. He's potentially a good player but I don't think he's taking his recovery serious enough. Remember the Cuz went over to the USA for treatment and over there they’re very big on 12 step recovery like in AA and NA, which are programs of complete abstinence from all drugs including alcohol.  Yet when the Cuz came back to Oz he went up to schoolies week in Queensland and was out drinking, which to me says he isn't following the advice of those who've treated him. So with that sort of attitude he's a huge chance of slipping back into full blown addiction, if he's the type of addict who needs to abstain.

Revenant wrote on Oct 12^th, 2008 at 11:38am:


Are you kidding..I would be rapt if we pick him up. He is exactly what we need...a bit of class in the midfield. And you can see that he is still in great shape.

Of course it depends on what we have to give up to get him. A 3rd rounder would be ok, considering that we have now 2 3rd rounders after the Rhyce trade...and a 3rd round pick is pretty hit and miss anyway. If we can get him in the PSD even better but that is highly unlikely.

Yes he is a risk...but with the amount of youth we have in our side, and the lack of experience , a hard running gun midfielder is exactly what we need...I think the risk is well and truly worth it. Yes it can come back to bite us...but not sure about you...but I'm sick of 'almost' being good enough...its time we made some hard decisions and took some risks to finally get that holy grail.

oceanz wrote on Oct 12^th, 2008 at 2:46pm:


Even so, he eventually went into the rehab where they would've advised him to abstain from all drugs including alcohol. So if I was a club looking to recruit him I'd be asking him he's drinking at all and I'd also be asking what on going support he's receiving to help him stay clean.

If he said he was having the occasional drink and not attending any counseling or support groups I wouldn't draft him. The last thing Collingwood needs is more off field BS like we had this year. It's too disruptive.

Lestat,

We wouldn't have to give up anything for him as he is no longer with a club. We'd just have to pick him up in the national draft if he’s still available when our turn comes.  

Just as an aside, I reckon Anthony Corrie was a great pick up for us. He's only 24 and he played 20 games for the Lions this year and all we gave them was pick 93. It should be good, we can have Corrie in one forward pocket and Medhurst in the other, which means Thomas, Didak and Davis will be able to spend more time rotating through the middle.