Nathan Eagleton Retires

[Squawk]

Email to Norwood members this afternoon:

Nathan Eagleton announces retirement


Norwood midfielder, Nathan Eagleton, has today announced his retirement from League football.



Eagleton, who played 23 SANFL League games for Norwood after transferring from the Western Bulldogs at the end of the 2010 season, has signalled his latest hip injury setback and mental fatigue, as his reasons for stepping away from the game.



Nathan made the following statement today:


“I sat down and had a good conversation with senior coach Nathan Bassett and Football Operations Manager Mark Ross, about where I am at, both physically and mentally, since hurting my hip in our last trial game against Sturt.



“I have always stated that once I feel I am no longer able to contribute to the best of my abilities that I will walk away from the game and begin a new chapter in my life.



“There are a number of high quality players at Norwood who are capable of playing my role, and I feel by continuing to play I could well be hindering the development of these individuals.



“I would like to thank everyone involved at Norwood for making me feel so welcome during my time here. I will be taking a few weeks break to spend some time with my family before returning to assist Nathan Bassett and his team of coaches in the mentoring, coaching and development of our playing list.”

[Brodlach]

Good career, good player and not a bad bloke, just not a good at supporting the club that supported him when he was young.


Glad he got the premiership he was chasing

[JK]

Good career, good player and not a bad bloke, just not a good at supporting the club that supported him when he was young.


Glad he got the premiership he was chasing

Yes, would have gotten that with his original club Im sure

Good decision Eag's, who has always been mindful of the younger lads trying to work their way up also .. Thanks for giving it a crack.

[the joker]

5aa twitter rumour Ralph is saying Nathan wants a clearance to north.
Www.twitter.com/rumourralph


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[southee]

5aa twitter rumour Ralph is saying Nathan wants a clearance to north.
http://Www.twitter.com/rumourralph


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Didn't he want a premiership?????

[Brodlach]

Good career, good player and not a bad bloke, just not a good at supporting the club that supported him when he was young.


Glad he got the premiership he was chasing

Yes, would have gotten that with his original club Im sure ;)

Good decision Eag's, who has always been mindful of the younger lads trying to work their way up also .. Thanks for giving it a crack.

Guess we will never know, thanks for the transfer fee though

[JK]

Good career, good player and not a bad bloke, just not a good at supporting the club that supported him when he was young.


Glad he got the premiership he was chasing

Yes, would have gotten that with his original club Im sure ;)

Good decision Eag's, who has always been mindful of the younger lads trying to work their way up also .. Thanks for giving it a crack.

Guess we will never know, thanks for the transfer fee though

LMAFO, we'll never know??

No worries, thanks for DeJongh, Bailey and Pratt

[Brodlach]

Those three still wouldnt add up to what we got for Eagleton (and we got more games out of them)



JK

[JK]

Those three still wouldnt add up to what we got for Eagleton (and we got more games out of them)

That might explain a bit mate

[whufc]

Ah 5hite Norwood might be starting to form a TEAM together, could be dangerous!

[Wolf Pack]

What a boom recruit he was well worth the money..........

[Dirko]

[Jim05]

What a boom recruit he was well worth the money..........

Coming from a supporter of a side that recruited Marlon Motlop

[whufc]

What a boom recruit he was well worth the money..........

Coming from a supporter of a side that recruited Marlon Motlop

and Nik Prokopec!!!!

[Squawk]

Hhmmm. Looks like an ABC commentator has jumped the gun.

ABC might have been right after all - he had played his last game for Norwood!

[dedja]

Now this is what I call jumping the gun ... viewtopic.php?f=1&t=32367&p=1256062

[Squawk]

Now this is what I call jumping the gun ... viewtopic.php?f=1&t=32367&p=1256062

No doubt!

He played a blinder vs Sturt at Adelaide Oval in about Round 2 or 3 last year and that was his best outing ever in red and blue! IIRC that's about the time this thread was started.

[The Sleeping Giant]

Hhmmm. Looks like an ABC commentator has jumped the gun.

ABC might have been right after all - he had played his last game for Norwood!

I guess you can't believe much coming from the mouths of officials at Norwood.

[Squawk]

Didn't the ABC simply say he had played his last game for Norwood? The Nwd officials said something different - that he was injured and unable to play vs the Eagles, which was in response to rumours put to them. Two different things, but it seems to me that both the ABC and the Nwd Officials were correct in each of their respective contexts.

[The Sleeping Giant]

Mate, you can believe any version of events you like.