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Not really. Steele isn't overly active on IG. He only follows a number of Pies players:
Tom Wilson
Lynden Dunn
Callum Brown
John Noble
Chris Mayne
Brayden Sier
Jeremy Howe
Isaac Quaynor
Mason Cox
Taylor Adams
Brayden Maynard
Scott Pendlebury
And the Office CFC Instagram.
The point here isn't about who follows whom, but more the idea the Beams is on the outer because no one follows him on IG. It's A). Not true at all, and B.) Completely Irrelevant.
Plenty of players across the league don't follow all of their teammates.
What I find interesting is that there is no mention of Collingwood, AFL, or football at all in his IG bio. He seems to have distanced himself from the football world in a way that appears a return to football is unlikely.
The only stat that matters is whether you win or lose.
Medieval wrote:
What I find interesting is that there is no mention of Collingwood, AFL, or football at all in his IG bio. He seems to have distanced himself from the football world in a way that appears a return to football is unlikely.
Distanced himself from the football world.... except for the paycheque!!
There are 10 types of people in this world, those that understand binary and those that don't.
Medieval wrote:
What I find interesting is that there is no mention of Collingwood, AFL, or football at all in his IG bio. He seems to have distanced himself from the football world in a way that appears a return to football is unlikely.
Distanced himself from the football world.... except for the paycheque!!
As I said earlier, I think there is much more to the story. Perhaps the club has known he would be retitirng for some time. Maybe that's why his deal was front-end loaded. Is it possible all of this was part of the plan for Dayne when he asked to be traded back to Collingwood? The conspiracy theorist in me thinks Eddie did him a favour by getting him out of a situation not conducive to a good mental state. My theory is that the 4 year deal was fron loaded to ease a bit of monetary pressure Dayne had been under, with the last 2 years only existing on paper. If Dayne retires, we don't have to pay the last 2 years of that contract and we have more money to sign JDG and Darcy.
It'd look suspicious if we got him back on a 2 year deal worth $2m, but a 4 year deal for $3m seems a lot more reasonable for a player of his calibre, especially if you know you're never going to have to pay that other $1m.
But this is all speculation.
The only stat that matters is whether you win or lose.
I concede my statement overcooked the extent of the vacation of players in following him on on social media.
I think Steele's absence is symptomatic of the situation from what I have been made to understand about the situation.
My broader point stands. Beams won't be back playing at the club and there is a degree of disgruntlement around the club towards him. Those bothering to note his absence at training, including in 'best 22' lists and posing the question about mid year returns and the like can give up on that line of thinking.
One team, one dream - the Pies and this year's premiership
Medieval wrote:
As I said earlier, I think there is much more to the story. Perhaps the club has known he would be retitirng for some time. Maybe that's why his deal was front-end loaded. Is it possible all of this was part of the plan for Dayne when he asked to be traded back to Collingwood? The conspiracy theorist in me thinks Eddie did him a favour by getting him out of a situation not conducive to a good mental state. My theory is that the 4 year deal was fron loaded to ease a bit of monetary pressure Dayne had been under, with the last 2 years only existing on paper. If Dayne retires, we don't have to pay the last 2 years of that contract and we have more money to sign JDG and Darcy.
It'd look suspicious if we got him back on a 2 year deal worth $2m, but a 4 year deal for $3m seems a lot more reasonable for a player of his calibre, especially if you know you're never going to have to pay that other $1m.
But this is all speculation.
If this is true why would the club front-end a deal when they know that the player is leaving? That is typical of the sentimental attitude that prevents us from being a truly successful club. Sentiment sells memorabilia and should be left in the marketing department not Football Operations.
There are 10 types of people in this world, those that understand binary and those that don't.
Medieval wrote:...I think there is much more to the story. Perhaps the club has known he would be retitirng for some time. Maybe that's why his deal was front-end loaded. Is it possible all of this was part of the plan for Dayne when he asked to be traded back to Collingwood? The conspiracy theorist in me thinks Eddie did him a favour by getting him out of a situation not conducive to a good mental state. My theory is that the 4 year deal was fron[t] loaded to ease a bit of monetary pressure Dayne had been under, with the last 2 years only existing on paper. If Dayne retires, we don't have to pay the last 2 years of that contract and we have more money to sign JDG and Darcy. It'd look suspicious if we got him back on a 2 year deal worth $2m, but a 4 year deal for $3m seems a lot more reasonable for a player of his calibre, especially if you know you're never going to have to pay that other $1m
As conspiracy theories go, this is right up there with fake moon landing, the grassy knoll and CFC's Blue Print for success
Well it just wouldn't be a good old-fashioned Collingwood pre-season without an incident. Beamsy was in a car accident last night and taken to hospital, but released.
Collingwood star Dayne Beams was involved in a car accident on Thursday night in Melbourne's eastern suburbs.
Beams, 30, was taken to hospital following the accident but did not suffer any serious injuries, sources said.
No one else was injured in the incident.
Collingwood have not yet confirmed details of the accident.
Beams, who turned 30 this week, has been on leave from the Magpies as he deals with the mental illness issues that saw him take a lengthy break from training and playing during 2019.
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