RickJ wrote:
This morning's front page Herald Sun story "Footy Fight Club". The translator has been upgraded and is back on line.
Quote: "It is believed Gardiner contacted his former West Coast teammate and now Carlton captain Chris Judd the following day to complain about Robinson's conduct. But the Blues yesterday said the midfielder's failure to earn a spot in Monday night's team to play the Saints was not related to the incident, which happened at 1.30am on Sunday. Robinsons involvement comes just months after Carlton promised to improve its off field behaviour after an end of year booze cruise... StKilda football manager Greg Hutchinson said "There was a bit of an argument. He (Gardiner) was walking out and the person that you mentioned, the Carlton guy, was sort of going off his head a little bit and so Gardy simply just grabbed him"
Translation: "Wayward StKilda ruckman Michael Gardiner, sacked by his previous club and with links to drug addict Ben Cousins and alleged underworld figure John Kizon, contacted his former West Coast teammate Chris Judd and threatened him "that if that little c&%t ever looks at me again I'll f%$#kin kill him". An eye witness said "Young Mitch, a harmless fun loving young man, was simply standing at the taxi rank and Gardy, all 200cm of him, just grabbed him"
Just to show how different the papers can be I read this in the paper this morning:
Saint Michael Gardiner, today was forced to phone former Eagles teammate, the man who will soon be embroiled in the latest third party payment scheme, Chris Judd. It is believed that Judd was the recipient of payments from the now defunct charity set up by Xavier Clarke. AFL heavyweight Adrian ANderson today fielded questions in relation to the alleged third party payments, when asked if it was true that, along with Judd, several Essendon* and St Kilda players had been implicated, Anderson scoffed and replied "only Carlton cheat!". AFL insiders have suggested that Carlton players will be crucified and their families placed in stocks when they are found guilty. Robinson's involvement in the incident is yet another alcohol/drug/kiddiefiddling/kitten killing/cheating/lying incident which has plagued the club since it's earliest days. St kilda football manager Greg Hutchinson said " Saint Michael was helping old ladies cross the street when Robinson and a group of about 30 Islamic terrorists stormed the pedestrian crossing killing several old women" Gardiner was not hurt.