AFL seniors Kane Cornes and David King have debated the decision of Collingwood star Jordan De Goey to spend his mid-season break in Bali.
It comes after Cornes beat De Goey on Thursday for going abroad before Collingwood’s farewell, as the 26-year-old comes out of a turbulent low season where he was arrested in New York.
Since then, De Goey has spent the 2022 season regaining the confidence of the club, which has won four games in a row to return to the final.
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The Armed Forward midfielder has had a good season so far in a crucial year of contract where he is eligible for free agency.
Channel 7 reporter Tom Browne has since confirmed that the Magpies were “aware and supported” of De Goey’s decision to go abroad and that players do not need permission to travel during their vacation. half season.
De Goey is spending his mid-season vacation in Bali (Photo by Darrian Traynor / Getty Images) Source: FOX SPORTS
And even the vision of De Goey training with a local team in Bali to keep fit has emerged.
However, Cornes still made an exception to the half-year breakaway given De Goey’s off-season incident when he was last abroad, saying he thinks it’s a bad decision for both players. as of the club, an opinion not shared by King.
Read the full transcript below WITHOUT Breakfast of the two legends going back and forth.
Horns: “Jordan De Goey is going abroad in the middle of the year, how could he make that decision? People will say, ‘He’s an old man, he’s sitting by the pool, he’s not doing anything wrong, he’s probably training “This is a guy who went to New York for a training camp and ended up in detention. (aspiring) to temptation abroad rather than pause here, or wherever, but not abroad. I thought it was a ridiculous decision of his. Do you have a contrary view on the matter? “
King: “If you want to pay these guys $ 4 million, you can tell them what to do during their break, yes. If you want to take charge of their lives.”
Horns: “So it’s a question of money, isn’t it?”
King: “It simply came to our notice then. We’ve been critical of every dollar he’s earned that kind of guy, I think he’s been the most criticized player in the AFL for the last three years.
Horns: “For his own work.”
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King: “He’s taken a little bit of that about himself, that’s fine.”
Horns: “A lot of that.”
King: “Yeah, but are you sure you’re entitled to a vacation?”
Horns: “Did you criticize North Melbourne for asking Jason Horne-Francis to tell them he was going to Adelaide?”
King: “No, no, he broke the protocols, that’s totally different. This has been endorsed by Collingwood, he came in and sat down with his address and said, ‘I’m going to Bali.’ ? ‘ They said, “Yeah, don’t worry, take care … here’s your program, we’re leaving.” They all shake hands and move on.
Horns: “I was equally critical of Collingwood for allowing this to happen.”
King: “How can you not let someone take a break? Isn’t this over? “
Horns: “I think we need to understand the person who has been tempted before. He told us he was going to a training camp in New York, then I see him in a bathrobe and a T-shirt that has been stopped. It’s mid-season, have you ever been abroad in mid-season?
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King: “In ’96 we went on a four-day walk on the Gold Coast; we were supposed to merge with the Fitzroy Lions, so let’s not compare ourselves to that! I think you have to trust some people in some At the moment, you can’t trust him for the rest of his career, what’s the point of that? These guys are like a family, I’m worried about your kids, there would be no tomorrow “.
Horns: “100 percent, despite my children being strongly if they went abroad and were arrested and continued as an idiot.”
King: “And then you’ll trust them again, restart mate. You won’t ban them from traveling abroad for the rest of their lives.”
Horns: “We’ve been talking for 11 weeks, we haven’t been talking for five years.”
King: “What do you want these guys (AFL players) to do, what do you want them to do? Not live?”
Horns: “I don’t say that at all, I want them to be professional athletes in the season. They have 12 weeks off, I think you could hold back 11 weeks. Make an extraordinary career, maybe win an amazing prime minister, I don’t know why you should go and spend four days in Bali when you have historically been tempted to make bad decisions. “
King: “So what’s the difference between going to Bali and going to Queensland?”
Horns: “I think you’re more likely to be tempted in Bali or abroad than in Victoria or Queensland.”