St. Kilda after De Goey

[MatthewBoydFanClub]

[BazBoy]

And that kind of stiff response NB exbibits —if I were conversing with another
bloke who had that persona (and at 77yrs young have met my share) I would not have a positive word to say about

They are footballers but also men who form opinions of other men and react
positive or not

And it is obvious that influx of more earthy staff to assist NB—and who knows

Calm the waters

[BazBoy]

Strange tho with Bucks —at presser,s he can go from stiff to a laugh with journo panel

It’s just me I always feel he is laughing at them -not with them

[Mugwump]

We don’t know de Goey’s character up close, and Buckley does. I’m prepared to believe that they know best what tone and approach best serves his growth as a responsible person.

If his old man really runs around half cut saying things to small crowds which prejudice his son’s relationship with his employer, I suspect we have an insight into the problem right there, and the boy probably needs a role model of the type that Buckley can provide. Whether he has the good sense to take it, of course, time will tell.

[ad4eva]

He still has a way to go, he's no out and out A Grade star of the competition yet.

Does he show signs that he can be? Absolutely.

Does he do it consistently like the A Grade stars of the competition? No.

He kicked 5 against the bottom side this week, yet the week before he was quiet against the top side.

Buckley will give credit where credits due and rightfully so he's keeping a lid on the hype and Jordan's mind on the straight and narrow.

[BazBoy]

A good point Mugwump as it’s Jordan’s reaction and how he responds—I and indeed most of us assess from how we see it from the television screen

My main desire is to see Nathan ,Jordan and Collingwood prosper

[masoncox]

Paul Seedsman was a party boy and a rabbit.
Yet, we all knew he had talent.
This from his coach a couple of weeks ago.
We’re now seeing on a fairly consistent basis, for the first three games anyway, of the player that he wants to be, and we think he can be
Don Pyke on Paul Seedsman.
Same with JDG.
Top 10 draft pick and a number of development years behind him.
We saw on Sunday that he can play forward with impact and he can play on the ball.
We need to keep him full stop.

[masoncox]

dp

[Woods]

I fear he’s outa here. Mind already made up.

If I were to song match De Goey’s past, present and future with the Eagles back catalogue, my selections would be:

Rnd 1 2015 (debut vs Bris) - New Kid in Town

Rnd 17 2016 (poor vs Adel then dropped) - Heartache Tonight

March 2017 (a dog, a door and dishonesty) - Lyin’ Eyes

Post-season 2017 (party boy) - Life in the Fast Lane

Feb 2018 (DUI bust) - Take it to The Limit

Feb 2018 - (media ambush Holden Centre carpark) - I Can’t Tell You Why

Remainder of 2018 season - Already Gone

2019 (life as an ex-Pie) - Desperado

[Dark Beanie]

[K]

FWIW Lloyd thought $800k p.a. was reasonable.

[doriswilgus]

I don't believe for a minute that St Kilda would be offering DeGoey 1.2 million.I think that's just the drink talking.That's what Dustin Martin is getting and young DeGoey is nowhere near that level yet.

[qldmagpie67]

If his father said that then he's a absolute goose no matter who he was trying to get a rise out of.
As for the $1.2m as if. Th kids is a good player now not a star and not consistent enough to be classed anything but a B grader with a tremendous up side.
If the saints are offering that sort of cash to him then there going to have internal issues on there hands with other player already there
He's a young guy who's made a few mistakes but hopefully he's learning from them.
His best as we saw last Sunday is match winning level but the week before he was quieter than a church mouse really.
He needs to lift his game to be at that level every week.
He reminds me a bit like Sidey on his early days when we saw his best and dreamed of it happening every week but as like most young players they take time to learn that consistency level like Sidey did and many others. There best is brilliant but it needs to be consistent high standards delivered
If he wants out that's fine I don't want a player on our list who doesn't want to be here no matter how talented they are.
He was a pick 5 or 6 by memory so that's the minimum starting point plus we also would want something on top of that either in the form of a compo pick or at least a high second rounder for the time we have invested in his development.

[thesoretoothsayer]

Remember that players are like houses - they're worth what someone's prepared to pay for them.
If St. Kilda have a crap year (good chance) they'll be desperate to land a player to appease their supporters. They might well be prepared to pay overs.

[Woods]

Nah. When De Goey’s dad said the Saints were offering 1.2 he was referring to the blood alcohol reading that Jordy has to reach before the Saints would impose an indefinite suspension. Not a bad offer in the circumstances.