OFFICIAL Xavier Coates Leaves Broncos
- Thread starter Kimlo
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- Oct 28, 2013
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I am looking forward to the first spray Coates cops after he comes in off his wing and the opposition (hopefully us) scores a try.
- Jan 8, 2018
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Interesting take. Perhaps he had been promised a future but told he had to stay in ISC and learn his craft. Dearden may have protested saying he was already the finished product. That week Kevvie pulled him from ISC into the first team I think was Kevvie saying 'OK I admire your confidence - show me what you got' and he came up with plums. This gave kevvie the ammunition to justify him going back to ISC but i think Dearden decided then to jump ship. It's a pity as it looks like he'll be doing the same at the Cows.
Waynesaurus
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I'm sure he'll also enjoy the 'honesty' group session after games where they berate your performance to make sure you 'do better next time'.
Nothing like humiliation in front of your peers to keep you motivated.
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Nothing is balanced about it. Never said it was.
Please read what I wrote. I said "most" not "all".
Go back over this thread and you will see the number of people wishing an injury on Coates is 2 maybe 3, and 1 of those has retracted it already. I Repeat "most" not "all".
As to your other point about not blaming him for leaving. I agree with you, and so do "most" others.
Most of us don't blame him for leaving, we blame him for claiming to want to be a Bronco for life, wanting to help the club that gave him his break turn it around, but then fucking off for a better offer at the first opportunity. Clearly he only said the "right things" in case a better offer didn't come along. And that is shitty thing to do, and he deserves to be hated for it. (not agreeing with death threats or injury curses)
Locky’s Left Boot
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Me waiting patiently any day now for the Reynolds signing....
Waynesaurus
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Thinking back I'd say this all started last year, the Storm most likely used their players to target Coates in origin camp, he's a young guy and at pretty impressionable stage of his life and career, they sowed the seed of him coming to the Storm and pushed that agenda throughout that series.
theshed
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Munster openly spoke about it
Kooly87
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High chance we get them in Round 1 so you might be right.
It'll almost certainly be some bullshit like:
Melbourne (A)
Roosters (H)
Panthers (A)
Melbourne (H)
Souths (H)
Parramatta (A)
Panthers (H)
Roosters (A)
Kooly87
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If there is one club I trust to have actually done their homework, it's Melbourne.
Waynesaurus
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I understand what you're saying, but 'Trust' and 'Melbourne Storm' aren't words that should be used in the same sentence.
- Aug 25, 2018
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Donuts is probably in the rare position of being on both sides in this, having earmarked him for poaching and then trying to stop it.
It’s normally the other way around. We’d hoped he bring some with him. Like when Wayne brought along his mentally ill ward.
Kooly87
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Not so. I absolutely 'trust' them to look after themselves first and foremost, and no amount of cheating would change my view of that.
Kooly87
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Realistically he'd be one of the few guys we have that Melbourne probably rate.
Coates, Haas. Perhaps Lodge for the right money maybe?
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They’d love to get their mitts on Herbie.
BroncosFever
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Me waiting patiently any day now for the Reynolds signing....
I am just expecting a story that reads "How the Sharks took Reynolds from right under the Broncos"
