Nathan ablett considering his future !

saintbrat · Post: # 497055Post **saintbrat** » Fri 30 Nov 2007 8:00pm

they have been trying to talk him into waiting till christmas;

more to come
SEN

he was always a reluctant AFL player--

to me; better now than facing what he sees as more pressure and untold damage.

Eastern · Post: # 497056Post **Eastern** » Fri 30 Nov 2007 8:03pm

Interesting, yet not completely surprising !!

SaintBot · Post: # 497057Post **SaintBot** » Fri 30 Nov 2007 8:04pm

wow huge news...always was a lot more shy than the average afl player

hopefully he retires then we can convince him to join us via rookie

seriously though how was hawkins/mooney/ablett/occasionally ottens ever going to fit in the one forward line?

might be a good thing for geelong...they can concentrate on hawkins development

saintbrat · Post: # 497060Post **saintbrat** » Fri 30 Nov 2007 8:08pm

the official club line is- taking time out to deal with personal issues,

LEAVE the KID alone- let him play at whatever level he wants,

http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/footy/ ... 22,00.html

Eastern · Post: # 497061Post **Eastern** » Fri 30 Nov 2007 8:11pm

This sounds like a bolt out of the blue and "AFTER" List Lodgements. If so, Geelong would be pretty p!55ed with him !!

saintbrat · Post: # 497063Post **saintbrat** » Fri 30 Nov 2007 8:17pm

considering his future- several things on his mind,

talked to the club yesterday; told the players this morning;
not sure what he want to do,
an issue immediatly but glad he is honest about it,

Young man being given the space to think it through,

satchmo · Post: # 497073Post **satchmo** » Fri 30 Nov 2007 8:56pm

There was a rumour I heard on the radio aboot 3 months ago, that N.Ablett was going to retire from football in order to become a minister (?).

Good luck to the kid if he retires, screw the **** if he plays on !

Otiman · Post: # 497080Post **Otiman** » Fri 30 Nov 2007 9:08pm

Eastern wrote:This sounds like a bolt out of the blue and "AFTER" List Lodgements. If so, Geelong would be pretty p!55ed with him !!

Agreed. A shitty thing to do to your club.

saintbrat · Post: # 497082Post **saintbrat** » Fri 30 Nov 2007 9:11pm

Otiman wrote:
Eastern wrote:This sounds like a bolt out of the blue and "AFTER" List Lodgements. If so, Geelong would be pretty p!55ed with him !!
Agreed. A shitty thing to do to your club.

it appears he told the club BEFORE list lodgment BUT they wouldn't accept it- so where does the fault lie?

brown-coat · Post: # 497089Post **brown-coat** » Fri 30 Nov 2007 9:29pm

Contrary to popular belief, there is actually more to life than football.

If he doesn't want to locked into the demands of a AFL career so be it.

Riewoldting · Fri 30 Nov 2007 9:30pm

Leave the kid alone.

Maybe he just wants to take a year out of the game to go snort cocaine with a girl half his age.

Just leave the kid alone.

satchmo · Post: # 497101Post **satchmo** » Fri 30 Nov 2007 9:45pm

Riewoldting wrote:Maybe he just wants to take a year out of the game to go snort cocaine with a girl half his age.

Is that like a vacancy that can be applied for ?

Saints Premiers 2008 · Fri 30 Nov 2007 10:09pm

try getting a 21 year old to do something he doesnt want to do

simple

The_Dud · Post: # 497118Post **The_Dud** » Fri 30 Nov 2007 10:13pm

was over rated anyway, maybe he knows he will never live up to expectations and just wants to save himself the future embarassment

Post: # 497154Post **n1ck** » Sat 01 Dec 2007 12:28am

Or, he never wanted to be an AFL player, Geelong convinced him that they were on the right track to win a flag and he would be vital to their chances.

Geelong were right.

Hes win a premiership, and now has no motivation to be an AFL player anymore.

Goodluck to him with whatever he chooses.

midas_touch · Sat 01 Dec 2007 1:05am

Interesting news.

Just hope he comes out of this happy and content with his decision, whatever that may be.

LTN16 · Post: # 497170Post **LTN16** » Sat 01 Dec 2007 8:11am

It isn't a big surprise that he wants to quit.

He never looked like he cared much about footy.

Would be a good player if he put in 100%

saintsRrising · Sat 01 Dec 2007 10:40am

I remember hearing how the Cats President (Costa) said how he secured Nathan....

that at the time that Nathan did not want to play AFL at all...and in the end Costa coerced him by saying that if he Naahan played AFL fora few years that he Coast would help Nathan buy Nathan's mum a house.....as evidently she did not own won and Nathan really wanted to help his mother out.....

So it is few years now...Nathan has a Premiership....but never really wanted to play anyway....and no doubt Nathan has helped his mum....

....so it is not surprising that he wants to move on from something he never wanted to do anyway.

stinger · Post: # 497193Post **stinger** » Sat 01 Dec 2007 11:00am

bit like his dad in some ways........his dad never wanted to play....quit the hawks after a couple of games and went back to his local contry club......the cats lured him back.......

saintspremiers · Sat 01 Dec 2007 1:54pm

Riewoldting wrote:Leave the kid alone.

Maybe he just wants to take a year out of the game to go snort cocaine with a girl half his age.

Just leave the kid alone.

Is that the new Father/Son rule?

st_Trav_ofWA · Sun 02 Dec 2007 12:02pm

saintspremiers wrote:
Riewoldting wrote:Leave the kid alone.

Maybe he just wants to take a year out of the game to go snort cocaine with a girl half his age.

Just leave the kid alone.
Is that the new Father/Son rule?

i get the joke side of that and yes its very witty but in all honesty i do feelfor gary snr getting the blame for that girls death . im a firm believer that every person has a choice of what they do that girl had a choice to take that leathal coctail of drugs or not she choose to take them Garry Snr didnt force feed them to her sure he was doing the wrong thing by doing drugs with her but would she bear the blame if he died and not her ?

the way the media portray it is like Garry Snr killed her and he forced his drug use on her but in reality know one knows if she would of done the same thing if she was in a hotel with joe bloggs but cause its garry ablett hes got a bigger responceability over this girl then if she was taking drugs with joe bloggs ? its a bit harsh . shes more to blame for her death then garry Snr and Garry Snr is no worse then any other drug addict but he get portrayed as a serial killer in some media reports

Brian Collis · Sun 02 Dec 2007 12:09pm

st_Trav_ofWA wrote:
saintspremiers wrote:
Riewoldting wrote:Leave the kid alone.

Maybe he just wants to take a year out of the game to go snort cocaine with a girl half his age.

Just leave the kid alone.
Is that the new Father/Son rule?
i get the joke side of that and yes its very witty but in all honesty i do feelfor gary snr getting the blame for that girls death . im a firm believer that every person has a choice of what they do that girl had a choice to take that leathal coctail of drugs or not she choose to take them Garry Snr didnt force feed them to her sure he was doing the wrong thing by doing drugs with her but would she bear the blame if he died and not her ?

the way the media portray it is like Garry Snr killed her and he forced his drug use on her but in reality know one knows if she would of done the same thing if she was in a hotel with joe bloggs but cause its garry ablett hes got a bigger responceability over this girl then if she was taking drugs with joe bloggs ? its a bit harsh . shes more to blame for her death then garry Snr and Garry Snr is no worse then any other drug addict but he get portrayed as a serial killer in some media reports

Yeah I agree with you. Silly girl got greedy and snorted too much. She should have only snorted half as much!

snoopygirl · Post: # 497466Post **snoopygirl** » Sun 02 Dec 2007 3:43pm

St. Trav, I'm pretty sure the full story was that Ablett Snr. never called for help while she lay dying.

st_Trav_ofWA · Sun 02 Dec 2007 5:08pm

yeah i know he didnt call for help but in all honesty does anyone know what state he was inat that point ive seen many drug effected ppl not able to hold a phone let alone pick it up and dial . yes it was a terrible thing and yes he was in the wrong for doing the drugs with her but is it his responcabillity to make sure she takess a "safe" ammount ? it really s***s me off when ppl die from drug overdoses how the living party get the blame for it the girl simply should not of taken the drugs and if she did not taken it to the excesses she did . its like blaming metal music for the columbine shootings never mind the fact the gun men were physcos who wanted to kill ppl no its gotta be the musics fault ! people have to be accountable for their own lives especially if they die from somthing the inflict on themself

stinger · Post: # 497507Post **stinger** » Sun 02 Dec 2007 5:36pm

st_Trav_ofWA wrote:
saintspremiers wrote:
Riewoldting wrote:Leave the kid alone.

Maybe he just wants to take a year out of the game to go snort cocaine with a girl half his age.

Just leave the kid alone.
Is that the new Father/Son rule?
i get the joke side of that and yes its very witty but in all honesty i do feelfor gary snr getting the blame for that girls death . im a firm believer that every person has a choice of what they do that girl had a choice to take that leathal coctail of drugs or not she choose to take them Garry Snr didnt force feed them to her sure he was doing the wrong thing by doing drugs with her but would she bear the blame if he died and not her ?

the way the media portray it is like Garry Snr killed her and he forced his drug use on her but in reality know one knows if she would of done the same thing if she was in a hotel with joe bloggs but cause its garry ablett hes got a bigger responceability over this girl then if she was taking drugs with joe bloggs ? its a bit harsh . shes more to blame for her death then garry Snr and Garry Snr is no worse then any other drug addict but he get portrayed as a serial killer in some media reports

you're joking aren't you.......don't let your prejudices about the girl get in the way of the facts...ffs......the pr!ck brought the drugs...knew it was heroin..but told the girl it was cocaine....then neglected to get help for her....he's scum...always has been./.....and it wasn't the first time that he gave drugs to kids either.....supplied a lot of the young players when he was still playing...and i got that first hand from a young player at the time............gutter rat is gary...calling him god makes me ill........