Re: Do Collingwood ever stop complaining ??

Do Anti-Collingwood supporters ever stop complaining about Collingwood ? A
little bit of tall-poppy syndrome maybe ???!?!?!?!

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> > >> >http://afl.com.au/default.asp?pg=news&spg=display&articleid=124462
> > >> >> > > > > >
> > >> >> > > > > > Gee they give me the shits..
> > >> >> > > > > >
> > >> >> > > > > > Amazing how Blame is looking more like Eddie everyday
> > >too....or
> > >> >is
> > >> >> > it
> > >> >> > > > the
> > >> >> > > > > > other way around ?
> > >> >> > > > >
> > >> >> > > > > Club dietician has a lot to answer for.
> > >> >> > > > >
> > >> >> > > > > "Cunningham said the Pies had only offered picks 17 and 35
> in
> > >the
> > >> >> > draft
> > >> >> > > > for
> > >> >> > > > > Stevens as well as players "who we would have had to fit
> into
> > >our
> > >> >> > salary
> > >> >> > > > cap
> > >> >> > > > > but who we deemed would not have been a regular in our
> (best)
> > >22."
> > >> >> > > > >
> > >> >> > > > > "By anyone's standards Collingwood did not offer a
> reasonable
> > >> >trade
> > >> >> > for
> > >> >> > > > Nick
> > >> >> > > > > Stevens, who is one of the premier midfielders in the
> > >> >competition,"
> > >> >> > > > > Cunningham said."
> > >> >> > > > >
> > >> >> > > > > Collingwood even had the temerity to try to poison the
Port
> > >well
> > >> >> with
> > >> >> > > neon
> > >> >> > > > > leon. Bwaaaahahahahaah ... try telling me they were
> seriously
> > >> >trying
> > >> >> > to
> > >> >> > > > > offer a fair deal.
> > >> >> > > >
> > >> >> > > > Wait and see - Colliwood might not be out of the woods (no
pun
> > >> >> intended)
> > >> >> > > > regarding this deal...
> > >> >> > > >
> > >> >> > > >
> > >> >> > >
> > >> >> > > Please explain.
> > >> >> >
> > >> >> > Don't you find it a tad odd that Stevens, at the start of the
> week,
> > >has
> > >> >no
> > >> >> > problem where he goes, and is happy to end up at any club, as
long
> as
> > >> >it's
> > >> >> > in Victoria.  Colliwood agree to trading Didak and pick 17 for
> > >Stevens
> > >> >> only
> > >> >> > to retract the offer when Malthouse gets wind of it.  Then, at
9am
> on
> > >> >> > Thursday, after Maxie Stevens has met with Colliwood officials
the
> > >night
> > >> >> > before, he suddenly emails Port and says, "It's Colliwood and
only
> > >> >> > Colliwood."  The Colliwood offer up, what, pick 30 odd and
Rupert
> > >> >> Betheras.
> > >> >> >
> > >> >> > Makes me wonder what was said between Maxie Stevens, Nick
Stevens
> and
> > >> >> > Colliwood.
> > >> >> >
> > >> >> >
> > >> >>
> > >> >>
> > >> >> So when you say out of the woods, you think they'll have a case to
> > >answer
> > >> >> to?
> > >> >
> > >> >It depends on a few things, mainly, does the AFL have the balls
enough
> to
> > >> >investigate a trade gone wrong?
> > >> >
> > >> >Somehow I think that, considering the club(s) involved, they'll let
it
> > >> >slide.  If it were a lower based club without such a high profile,
> then
> > >> >sure, they'd look into it.  But I doubt now that they will.
> > >> what evidence from the past would lead you to make such a statement?
> > >> or just talkin thru the ol' arse again?
> > >
> > >I'll leave that to your club president - he squeals like a stuck pig
when
> > >the AFL try to investigate doesn't he?
> > why do you say that the afl would not investigate these clubs?  just
> > some basis for your argument is not that much to ask is it?  ps please
> > try not to make it another of your conspiracy theories
>
> Hey - I'd love it if the AFL got down and dirty and investigated both the
> Stevens and Rawlings non trades, but considering that Colliwood is one of
> the clubs involved - with the Stevens non trade - then I doubt they will.
> They probably figure they don't need the headache.
>
> After all this is a club who, when a player gets done for a king hit
behind
> play, screams blue murder and then feels that 2 weeks was too harsh, yet
if
> a player hits one of their guys then it's 4 weeks minimum that they want.
> Simply put, Colliwood don't play by the rules all the time and they feel
> that bluster is a good approach to anything negative.
>
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