Sooo, will YOU Booo Grundy ?

[DeadEyeDidak]

Tributes? What is this an obituary?

Has he retired?

He's not a premiership hero or selfless team man.

This hero worshipping is exactly what is wrong with some of our supporter's culture.

He said his dream was always to be a pie for life but he threatened to leave to go to Adelaide at the end of 2019 to extract the best deal he could and hold us to ransom.

Tributes should be reserved for people like Presti, who was the poster boy of always, without question, putting the club first, which in turn delivered us a premiership.

And premierships are my main focus as a Collingwood member, not hero worshipping a selfish individual.

[ANNODAM]

This is gonna bite us on the ass.

Should’ve kept him, 2 players we are paying to be playing elsewhere.

[Presti35]

2 players we are paying to be playing elsewhere.

Someone else was saying the Treloar payments have ended? Is that true?

And if its only 150-200k we're chipping on for Grundy, then oh well.

[ANNODAM]

Treloar was contracted for 5yrs.

He’s been at the WB since 2021.

[AnthonyC]

This is gonna bite us on the ass.

Should’ve kept him, 2 players we are paying to be playing elsewhere.

I tend to agree with you.

We’ve seen plenty of talent leave over the years but I can’t help but feel that we might regret this.

Obviously could be wrong, and if pick #27 wins a couple of Copeland’s I’ll feel better.

[simon tonna]

Grundys contract from us to them will be paid in one hit to a total of 650G , instead of 130G over the 5years henceforth the high pick of 27. A fantastic deal for us Collingwood magpie fans and not hero worshiping fans.
Consider this. How would we react if a former 2 time B&F, from 5 years ago a 2 time AA from 5 years ago came to us on 870G a year with a recent PCL and ankle surgery who has lilttle to no impact on games for the last 3 years for he’s former team and holding them to a kings ransom? I know I would be filthy to put it nicely.

[Peponi]

Been better to have traded him instead of his massive contract
Water under the bridge
Hopefully our club and supporters have learned no more huge contracts

Until we sign Nick Daicos for $2 million a year for 7 years…

[Mr Miyagi]

Been better to have traded him instead of his massive contract
Water under the bridge
Hopefully our club and supporters have learned no more huge contracts

Until we sign Nick Daicos for $2 million a year for 7 years…

Worth it

[Fatui Attata]

^^^^^

[watt price tully]

This is gonna bite us on the ass.

Should’ve kept him, 2 players we are paying to be playing elsewhere.

Ass? American spelling?

[think positive]

Grundys contract from us to them will be paid in one hit to a total of 650G , instead of 130G over the 5years henceforth the high pick of 27. A fantastic deal for us Collingwood magpie fans and not hero worshiping fans.
Consider this. How would we react if a former 2 time B&F, from 5 years ago a 2 time AA from 5 years ago came to us on 870G a year with a recent PCL and ankle surgery who has lilttle to no impact on games for the last 3 years for he’s former team and holding them to a kings ransom? I know I would be filthy to put it nicely.

Fair points, I mean it’s still sad, but I can live with that. Certainly he wasn’t worth a million a year, not sure any player is, so yeah, 130k is a good result

[think positive]

Grundys contract from us to them will be paid in one hit to a total of 650G , instead of 130G over the 5years henceforth the high pick of 27. A fantastic deal for us Collingwood magpie fans and not hero worshiping fans.
Consider this. How would we react if a former 2 time B&F, from 5 years ago a 2 time AA from 5 years ago came to us on 870G a year with a recent PCL and ankle surgery who has lilttle to no impact on games for the last 3 years for he’s former team and holding them to a kings ransom? I know I would be filthy to put it nicely.

Fair points, I mean it’s still sad, but I can live with that. Certainly he wasn’t worth a million a year, not sure any player is, so yeah, 130k is a good result

[Wonka]

As already stated, no one else was interested - hard to get the best price at an auction with only one bidder.

Not a single club in the AFL was excited about the prospect of having Grundy play for them, and that includes Melbourne, who have basically swapped Jackson for Grundy but have acted as if the sky has fallen in, a sure sign that they rate Jackson very highly and Grundy not much.

[Wonka]

A lot of differing opinions here
I posed a question a week or 2 ago and never really got a response

Ask yourself this question
If Grundy is such a highly rated ruckman and seen as so valuable why wouldn’t clubs like Hawthorne or North or St Kilda all be chasing him ?
They all have no recognisable ruck who is going to be around more around a year from now
They all have cap space and Grundy would suit there age profile (not too old but enough experience to be a role model for younger players)
As I said several times there’s more to this story than a pure salary cap dump

As someone already said, it's not a pure salary dump, it's a judgment by Collingwood that he cannot give any value for that money, so that money should be re-purposed for players that can.

[Piesnchess]

As already stated, no one else was interested - hard to get the best price at an auction with only one bidder.

Not a single club in the AFL was excited about the prospect of having Grundy play for them, and that includes Melbourne, who have basically swapped Jackson for Grundy but have acted as if the sky has fallen in, a sure sign that they rate Jackson very highly and Grundy not much.

Anybody mosyed over to the Deeees Bigfooty site, I wonder what their fans are saying bout this deal, with an injury prone Grundy joining them on huge coin, and losing a younger, fitter, Jackson ? Whats their take on all this. ?