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Joel
Joined: 23 Mar 1999 Location: Mornington Peninsula
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No one has linked Bruce to Collingwood. This thread was merely asking whether we should go after him. I haven't even seen in the media that he is linked to Collingwood. |
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Prynny_22
Out of Nicks BB Retirement
Joined: 30 Sep 2003 Location: Cranbourne, Vic
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Joel wrote: | No one has linked Bruce to Collingwood. This thread was merely asking whether we should go after him. I haven't even seen in the media that he is linked to Collingwood. |
I herd it on the radio the other week...and ive read it in the sun |
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Joel
Joined: 23 Mar 1999 Location: Mornington Peninsula
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The other week? IT was only announce a couple of days ago that Melbourne are having trouble re-signing him. The Hun just make crap up as they go along, so I take that paper with a grain of salt. |
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Nicko
Joined: 02 May 2003 Location: Melbourne
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If Bruce does go, he would be a ripper of a pickup. I would have no hesitation in giving them Presti & Pick 23 for him. As someone mentioned earlier, Nicholson is woeful and Presti would slot straight in at full back behind Rivers at CHB. Presti & Pick 7's a bit much.
I've got high hopes for Walker as a key backman. I think J Cloke, Wakelin, Walker and Clement will be our key backs next year, and I'd pick them all ahead of Presti. He's overrated in my opinion. |
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Johnson#26
Joined: 18 Dec 2003
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Am I allowed to post a link the the Demonland thread?
The idea of Bruce to Collingwood came up in the Sun last week. |
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Di Di Didak
Joined: 31 Mar 2003 Location: Melbourne
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yeah go ahead |
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Two_Pies
Dougie Barwick tough as nails !!
Joined: 09 Sep 2003 Location: Tír na nÓg
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Age.com.au
September 16, 2004
http://realfooty.theage.com.au/articles/2004/09/15/1095221664466.html
"Collingwood and Hawthorn are thought to be keen on Bruce's services next season, along with some non-Victorian clubs."
Would be a great get. But just goes to show the inequities of the AFL Melbourne have their best year for a long time and are struggling with the cap already... nothing to do with their debt, just simply big names want big dollars on top off a successful year and it has to fit the AFL player payment model - an artificial constraint designed to be equitable. Bahh !! _________________ Let all your troubles be forgot for we are Collingwood. We'll fight it out until the end we're Collingwood. So help me Jock.
Two pies and two beers thanks!! |
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Cannibal
Joined: 10 May 2004 Location: Buninyong
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It's why we can't afford to kowtow to the money-grubbers. I want only players who will bleed for the club, not some jumped-up upstart of a egoist who only wants to grab the biggest paypacket he can find. There's a limit to how many top players you can fit into your side. Cameron Bruce, or any other player looking for $350k, is the equivalent of 7 draftees, any one of which could turn out to be the next Michael Voss, Matthew Pavlich or Buckley. If Bruce wants to go to another club only for the money, then I don't want him. _________________ Glory Glory Good Old Collingwood, Glory Glory Hallelujah,
Collingwood's The Greatest Team The World Has Ever Seen,
And The 'Pies Go Marching On (in Black and White Stripes Forever!). |
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Culprit
Joined: 06 Feb 2003 Location: Port Melbourne
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Cameron Bruce is not coming to Collingwood. As soon as they name our club you know it's about getting a better contract. Not one player linked to Collingwood has come to us in the past 4 years so forget it.
It's a player manager con job and is using the media to do it. |
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Joel
Joined: 23 Mar 1999 Location: Mornington Peninsula
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Culprit, one of these days, a player will actually come to Collingwood. |
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Culprit
Joined: 06 Feb 2003 Location: Port Melbourne
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lol, visit Lexus maybe. |
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Johnson#26
Joined: 18 Dec 2003
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We have to nab a big name player. We have the money - we just need to use it. Get Him! |
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sq3
Joined: 30 Mar 2004 Location: Gold Coast/Tampa
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Dees have lots of players to try to sign to keep and won't have enough money for them all.
Corcoran set up the Woey deal with MM and will more than likely offer the Pies first go at the players - Presti to the Dees for defensive troubles and maybe MCG or OB as they will not be able to keep TJ and Bruce. |
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Johnson#26
Joined: 18 Dec 2003
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On the subject of Demons, why not try for the out of contract Troy Broadbridge, who was in great form in the last month. |
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Culprit
Joined: 06 Feb 2003 Location: Port Melbourne
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Cameron Bruce's managment are the ones going to the media. They feel due to his season his salary should go up a minimum 35%. It's a figure put to Melbourne to negotiate down. At the moment they have offered a 10% increase. There is your sticking point. At this stage if he goes into the draft he will be taken by Richmond somewhere he does not wish to go. Cameron is a control freak and likes to be in control of teh situation, he goes into the draft he has no control. If Melbourne come back and offer him 20% increase he will stay. Don't believe the media in a lead up to a drafting period. As soon as the media comes out that Collingwood is interested you can gaurantee it's all about money and we will never see the player. |
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