Overpaid Discards & AFL Dropouts...

[Barto]

Wiggins was laughable. Still remember him nearly jumping the fence at Richmond to have a go at a Port supporter who called him a waste of space after a touchless first half.

Wiggins is a strange one, I never understood why he even got drafted let alone selected in a SANFL league side.

[am Bays]

Surprised South fans haven't mentioned Brent Tuckey yet, surely he was a recruit close to their hearts....

Loved the Old FootySA days, we were able to name a whole team of overpaid discards and drop-outs for the Bays. Valleys Virgin was on fire with some of his recollections - Scott Jordan, oh dear...

Any chance of findng that thread at all CA??? Would save a lot of time having to recall them all.

[hottie]

It has been amusing over the years watching clubs spend big dollars on buying ex afl players and have failed.Remember Ron Fuller stating a couple of years ago they over rate themselves and generally not worth money they receive.Only really think Centrals overall have done well,other clubs have tried to buy a premiership and have failed miserably.From what i understand with Mark Alvey,Port paid him money upfront and the rumour was spent the money on gambling.

[bloods08]

Wiggins was definitely a copper.

I remember him saying he wanted to get into the starforce "so he can shoot people and not get in trouble for it". They were his words, not mine!

Wouldn't surprise me. He's that sort of person.

[FlyingHigh]

It has been amusing over the years watching clubs spend big dollars on buying ex afl players and have failed.Remember Ron Fuller stating a couple of years ago they over rate themselves and generally not worth money they receive.Only really think Centrals overall have done well,other clubs have tried to buy a premiership and have failed miserably.From what i understand with Mark Alvey,Port paid him money upfront and the rumour was spent the money on gambling.

It was a philosophy the Fuller generally tried to bring to the Eagles. Look at the '06 flag, with Treeby, Passador, Powell, Colville (although injured), Inkster, all from Vic, and only really Passador came over with any fanfare, although he wasn't an AFL discard as such. These players come to make a name for themselves in a higher comp they have been playing, and have been working outside of football too, rather than thinking either they are too good or that the world owes them something. Of course, there will the odd exception either way.
It appears to be a philosophy Fuller is now continuing with South.

[Freo HeaveHo]

John Hassell for south for sure ... not only woulda we be over paying him , flying him back and forth from Melbourne . great investment

[smithy]

Sturt haven't made too many mistakes in this area, but they made a doozy with Wayne Johnston.

That was the one I came in here to post. Utter shocker for us, I still don't know what trouble he caused there.

The Dominator rarely played for sturt because he was always injured.
One weekend when unavailable for sturt through injury, he went and played a Carlton legends match and was promptly sacked by the club.
He wanted a clearance to Port, which was granted by the club on the proviso he paid back large sums of "up-front" match payments.
He didn't pay the club back by the deadline and so never got cleared to Port.

[Barto]

Sturt haven't made too many mistakes in this area, but they made a doozy with Wayne Johnston.

That was the one I came in here to post. Utter shocker for us, I still don't know what trouble he caused there.

The Dominator rarely played for sturt because he was always injured.
One weekend when unavailable for sturt through injury, he went and played a Carlton legends match and was promptly sacked by the club.
He wanted a clearance to Port, which was granted by the club on the proviso he paid back large sums of "up-front" match payments.
He didn't pay the club back by the deadline and so never got cleared to Port.

Ah that's right. Forgot about that idiocy.

[LPH]

Sturt haven't made too many mistakes in this area, but they made a doozy with Wayne Johnston.

That was the one I came in here to post. Utter shocker for us, I still don't know what trouble he caused there.

The Dominator rarely played for sturt because he was always injured.
One weekend when unavailable for sturt through injury, he went and played a Carlton legends match and was promptly sacked by the club.
He wanted a clearance to Port, which was granted by the club on the proviso he paid back large sums of "up-front" match payments.
He didn't pay the club back by the deadline and so never got cleared to Port.

Forgot about him.
I seem to recall rumours about a 'horse' problem...

Am I right?

[NFC]

I can't think of any for the dogs. From memory, any with AFL experience have being serviceable/valuable for more than one season.

The closest one we would have had was Adrian Wilson but he played a brilliant 1-2? seasons before he ended up leaving.

It's probably been mentioned (didn't go through the whole thread) but Cam Faulkner's return was pretty cringeworthy.

[NFC]

Steven Koops

[Squawk]

Did Shannon Corcoran go round again at the Bay post Footscray?
Was Ian Prendergast ex-AFL at South?

[GWW]

I think Corcoran signed with Port when he returned from Footscray. Not sure he played a game though due to serious injury, maybe a handful of Reserves games.

[wycbloods]

Wiggins was laughable. Still remember him nearly jumping the fence at Richmond to have a go at a Port supporter who called him a waste of space after a touchless first half.

Wiggins is a strange one, I never understood why he even got drafted let alone selected in a SANFL league side.

He could run and he was 6'4 or 6'5 that would be a good start.

[sjt]

I think Corcoran signed with Port when he returned from Footscray. Not sure he played a game though due to serious injury, maybe a handful of Reserves games.

I remember playing against him at under 17 level. He did sign with Port on his return, but as mentioned I think he had a knee re-construction so would have only played a couple of games maximum.

[G]

Not many clubs can out-do North's trifecta
- Craig Burrows [from Freo]
- Steven Koops
- Daniel Ward


Obviously there are others but these 3 were all big wraps, big coin and big DUDS.

[godoubleblues]

Did Shannon Corcoran go round again at the Bay post Footscray?
Was Ian Prendergast ex-AFL at South?

yep Prendergast was ex Carlton, played 60 or so games for the Blues

[Barto]

Wiggins was laughable. Still remember him nearly jumping the fence at Richmond to have a go at a Port supporter who called him a waste of space after a touchless first half.

Wiggins is a strange one, I never understood why he even got drafted let alone selected in a SANFL league side.

He could run and he was 6'4 or 6'5 that would be a good start.

But could he play football?

[CoverKing]

thats what Bloods was getting at! He couldnt play, but because of his size and fitness he got on a list and played league footy

[nickname]

Not only did he get on a list, he stayed on it for 5 years.