Witts to captain the Suns......

woodys_world69 · Joined: 04 Jul 2005 Location: Brisbane

For at least a week..... Never ever saw that coming lol

David · I dare you to try Joined: 27 Jul 2003 Location: Andromeda

No offence intended to Witts, but times seem pretty tough down that way. Do they have any leaders?

glasseyevfx · Joined: 01 Jul 2017 Location: Gold Coast

good on him - hope he does well. He has had a good year and only wish him the best.

Don't understand why anyone would scoff

stui magpie · Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2018 6:38 pm

He's had a very good season, is one of the best rucks going around at the moment. Good on him.

inxs88 · Joined: 17 Aug 2014

As young Harry Styles said: �it�s the sign of the times�

think positive · Side By Side Joined: 30 Jun 2005 Location: somewhere

K · Joined: 09 Sep 2011

^ Does it remind you of "I'm not racist, but ..." ?

I have to see if former Pie ticketholder Keating's takedown of that is on youtube...

Brown26 · Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2018 8:05 pm

Good on to him. Didn't see it coming either but good luck to him. He certainly seems to have thrived up north and wouldn't have fit in at all with us, so win win really.

- Ben

stui magpie · Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2018 8:08 pm

AN_Inkling · Joined: 06 Oct 2007

Good luck to him. As a genuine first ruck with limited flexibility he was never going to fit here. Always looked a quality first ruck and glad he's landed in a good situation (good for him anyway).

We all knew at the time that he was worth more than we got in a trade, but after this season that's even more clear.

stui magpie · Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2018 8:32 pm

Hopefully the Suns remember how cheaply we gave him away if we go to negotiate on Lynch. Wink

David · I dare you to try Joined: 27 Jul 2003 Location: Andromeda

What I said certainly wasn't intended as a slight on Witts. He does seem to have taken his game to the next level at the Suns, and I never bore him any ill will at Collingwood (though Grundy was and is obviously on a much higher level in his development as a player � and I don't think we'll be making him captain any time soon, unless Pendles, Sidebottom, Howe and Adams all happen to fall over).

Think of it this way: if we made James Aish captain for a game tomorrow, you'd be justified in thinking that our club either had a long list of unavailable leaders or only a small number on the list in the first place. That's not to insult Aish, who is a good and promising player, but more a reflection of how far back in the leadership hierarchy a player of his experience would generally be, and an indication of the amount of leadership options a team has to call on at any point in time. Obviously Gold Coast has been gutted and this is just where they're at right now.

Brown26 · Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2018 10:01 pm

BUT if we made Dunn captain (assuming he was playing) you wouldn't be THAT surprised would you - he's clearly a leader in the backline. Sure, he's a bit older than Witts, but there are similarities. I'm guessing the things we know about Dunn that others might not appreciate may also apply to what Suns people (both of them) know about Witts. Maybe.

- Ben

David · I dare you to try Joined: 27 Jul 2003 Location: Andromeda

I think most people would be pretty surprised if we made Dunn captain next season. He'd be a pretty left-field candidate, not that there's anything wrong with that! But your point is a good one; and I guess we don't really have a clue what goes on behind closed doors at Gold Coast FC.

Brown26 · Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2018 10:52 pm

I kinda meant for the odd game with injuries / suspensions etc but the point still stands I guess :p

- Ben