Nick's Collingwood Bulletin Board

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Yeah didn't think so

Nash Rising wrote:

Deja Vu wrote:I think collingwood are practically blameless in this.

As far as I can tell, only one party has been negotiating in good faith.

How about this then

In March Cloke told the Club he wouldn't discuss his contract until the end of the season
In May the Club implores Cloke to open negotiations
In July the Club tells Cloke that it intends to put off negotiations til the end of the season

Had the Club stuck with Clokes initial decision NONE of this would have occurred.

You're right. None of this would have happened, but he would nevertheless have ended up at Carlton at the end of the season. Clearly the club wanted to avoid this by making its best offer known to him and trying to persuade him to stay with us. He has chosen to reject that offer. The only conclusion I can reach from this is that he he headed out the door...as was Scully and Ablett, who each put off a decision until the end of the season.

At the end of Cloke's last contract, he also did not make a decision till the end of the season. So no, that's not the only conclusion, unless Cloke's been playing for some other team the last couple of years.

The only conclusion you, or anyone on the outside can make, is that Cloke and the club have yet to come to terms. Anything else is speculation.

I can't think of anything. You think of something.

I thought the Clokes had been too quiet:


http://www.news.com.au/sport/afl/contra ... 6455251747

OH goodie, thanks Stui, just what we need, yet another Cloke thread. !! Lets see if we can get this turkey up to 100 pages, before poor Donny has a tantrum. As for the drinks, mate if cloke goes you buy me two chivas regals and coke at westpac, if he stays, i buy em for you.

I am a man of my word. !

TimetoFly wrote:At least beast I put my money where my mouth is and ty for telling me to shut the f up....

Real mature

How about you put some cash where your big mouth is?

My mouth says you're an attention seeking liar who's yet to get anything right in my time on this board.

Havent got anything wrong ethier

Dave The Man wrote:

stui magpie wrote:

Dave The Man wrote: Nope I am poor

But if you're sure he's gone you won't have to pay up. I'll buy you coke and twisties if he leaves. Deal?

Get back to you on that and I don't like coke

Go for water Stui DTM wont be able to spin out of that one!
It's moments like these I would love to be able to stroll down to the WestPac centre

I still think he will stay

stui magpie wrote:

Pa Marmo wrote:I'm with you Stui but would LOVE a drink anyway

Dude, you're with me getting the nay sayers to pay for our drinks if any of them have the guts to show.

Done brother, Think Positive will help us out as well, she will do anything for a red

Tell me more about your catholic family and friends that he or she love it is the wicked catholic system of bondage he or she hate not the people.

^^ good article. David "tells it like it is". Pretty simple really - it's about the difference between 4 or 5 years, and 800 seems like the figure that he's talking about. Considering David played till he was 67, 30 doesn't seem like too much of a stretch for Trav.....

(insert sound of 5,000th can of worms being opened here)

the ru is on fire wrote:^^ good article. David "tells it like it is". Pretty simple really - it's about the difference between 4 or 5 years, and 800 seems like the figure that he's talking about. Considering David played till he was 67, 30 doesn't seem like too much of a stretch for Trav.....

(insert sound of 5,000th can of worms being opened here)

You could be forgiven for thinking he will stay based on that article.