Alleged incident at hotel on Sunday night

[liz]

Now Nick Blakey has requested to be traded. He claimed he wasn't at the stripper function and is angry he has been dragged in. Well done our useless woke board, by bowing done to the media you have destroyed this club for the next 5 years at least.

Please cite a credible source - with a link if it's online media - for this. Otherwise it will be deleted as misinformation.

[Blue Sun]

Now Nick Blakey has requested to be traded. He claimed he wasn't at the stripper function and is angry he has been dragged in. Well done our useless woke board, by bowing done to the media you have destroyed this club for the next 5 years at least.

I can’t find anything about this online. Where did you read this?

[stevoswan]

15yr member

What, of the 'manosphere'? That's what I was actually asking.

[stevoswan]

Now Nick Blakey has requested to be traded. He claimed he wasn't at the stripper function and is angry he has been dragged in. Well done our useless woke board, by bowing done to the media you have destroyed this club for the next 5 years at least.

Wow, you and UUaswan would be a real hoot at a party eh?

[crackedactor 01]

Please cite a credible source - with a link if it's online media - for this. Otherwise it will be deleted as misinformation.

Another brain dead puppet. Media lie all the time. Don't remember they said the Swans players will face serious sexual charges.If It was that serious why did the police not even bother interviewing them.

[mcs]

Another brain dead puppet. Media lie all the time. Don't remember they said the Swans players will face serious sexual charges.If It was that serious why did the police not even bother interviewing them.

Because they are not yet at a point they are ready to interview them. I explained that above and its normal practice on any serious charges that they usually won't interview suspects until they've got through evidence gathering and talked to other people first. Its only 9 days since the incident - it could be months yet until they are formally interviewed and it wouldn't be unusual.

The question from Liz was in regards to the Blakey wanting a trade request, not the rest of your diatribe.

[UUaswan]

For the umpteenth time - the club has made clear the sanctions on players only relate to the point up to the events in the room, not the events in the room itself. This from the letter that Pridham and Pavlich sent last week.

"Five players have been found by the Club to have breached the Club’s expected standards of behaviour. This determination, and the resultant decision not to consider selecting these players for the balance of season 2026, including finals, relates specifically to their actions post-match and in the early hours of Monday morning.

Importantly, our determination that the players have breached our expected standards has been undertaken in isolation of a separate investigation by Victoria Police in relation to an alleged sexual assault. We stress that no player has been charged."

Lachie Neale literally has 2 women talking about his infidelity and another stirring the pot about being with him, yet his club isnt so stupid to talk about him bringing the game into disrepute

The bird he cheated with is doing cash grabs about the story and because she isnt shaking him down, its an ok image.

[UUaswan]

Please cite a credible source - with a link if it's online media - for this. Otherwise it will be deleted as misinformation.

Credible source is Blakey being spoken about on Gettable via the AFL Website..... Typically the most reliable Trade Source in the country

[mcs]

Lachie Neale literally has 2 women talking about his infidelity and another stirring the pot about being with him, yet his club isnt so stupid to talk about him bringing the game into disrepute

The bird he cheated with is doing cash grabs about the story and because she isnt shaking him down, its an ok image.

Fair dinkum. If you think that is in any way similar to the Swans incident, then you are beyond help.

Credible source is Blakey being spoken about on Gettable via the AFL Website..... Typically the most reliable Trade Source in the country

Lol when you talk about 3/4s of the competition's players over the course of a year, invariably you will get some 'hits' lol. Doesn't make it any more reliable than any other source.

[UUaswan]

Fair dinkum. If you think that is in any way similar to the Swans incident, then you are beyond help.

The Swans sanction for the "incident" does not consider the Police charges, so yeah, Lachie Neale is worse.

1 cheated on his wife and has been in the news ever since, the others broke some team rules

I hope the Brissy AFLW are ok about being around him, the guy literally had a photo in the middle of the MCG alongside both women on Grand final day

[mcs]

Lol completely delusional UU.

Show us where Neale breached standards while travelling for his club as part of whatever went on in private with his wife and whoever else?

A truly private matter that, as publicly as it has been played out, has nothing to do with his club.

Keep digging - you'll reach China with your nonsense soon enough.

[mcs]

A good short summary on the legal/criminal investigation side of this all, which gives a good clear idea as to process/approach. Yes he states it will likely be fast tracked given high profile nature, but I'd still think there is a fair amount of time likely until we get anywhere a resolution of whether charges will be laid etc.

https://omny.fm/shows/3aw-breakfast-with-ross-and-john/where-sly-sees-the-sydney-scandal-investigation-going-next

[Kafka's Ghost]

Thanks for sharing this link, mcs. It clarifies a lot of the legal aspects involved in such a case.
A very good point made is that regarding the mental health of the players. Much of the media had them hung, drawn and quartered within a few minutes of the complaint being made public and the fall for a couple of them at least is absolutely massive. Humiliation, loss of confidence from teammates and the club, dollars, the chance to win a premiership, relationship damage; these young men will be in a bad way and the risk of self-harm will be something else the club needs to consider. Tragic on so many levels.

[UUaswan]

Thanks for sharing this link, mcs. It clarifies a lot of the legal aspects involved in such a case.
A very good point made is that regarding the mental health of the players. Much of the media had them hung, drawn and quartered within a few minutes of the complaint being made public and the fall for a couple of them at least is absolutely massive. Humiliation, loss of confidence from teammates and the club, dollars, the chance to win a premiership, relationship damage; these young men will be in a bad way and the risk of self-harm will be something else the club needs to consider. Tragic on so many levels.

Agree with regard to players health

Protecting and backing your own is not a new concept, especially without an investigation completed.

Piling it on appears to be the order of the day, very disappointing from the club

[crackedactor 01]

Credible source is Blakey being spoken about on Gettable via the AFL Website..... Typically the most reliable Trade Source in the country

Been a Swans fan for over 40 years and a member since 2015. Over that time you get to know people working at the club. There is 99% chance Blakey is gone plus one other. I just hope they can work out a solution with the other 3 players.