Departing Brisbane Lions players get whack on Twitter from former teammates
THE "Go Home Five" will not be missed at the Gabba with former teammates firing parting shots on Twitter.
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THE "Go Home Five" will not be missed at the Gabba.
The homesick Lions quintet of Billy Longer (St Kilda), Jared Polec (Port Adelaide), Sam Docherty (Carlton), Elliot Yeo (West Coast) and Patrick Karnezis (Collingwood) all returned to their home states in the last two days of AFL Trade period, effectively wiping out the 2010 and 2011 draft for Brisbane.
Lions stars Tom Rockliff and Pearce Hanley took to Twitter to fire parting shots at the departing players, with Hanley tagging his message #mummiesboysarehomenow.
Senior Brisbane players are also livid at the five young guns suggesting homesickness struck when they were unable to secure a regular place in the senior side.
New Brisbane senior coach Justin Leppitsch did his best to convince Longer, Yeo and Docherty to stay.
Karnezis and Polec were lost causes. Neither attended the Brisbane club champion dinner last month while Karnezis left for Melbourne before Brisbane’s NEAFL commitments were completed.
Just in case anyone missed the amazing tweet by @pearcehanley which i'd guess they made him take down here it is. pic.twitter.com/otMlmbpa6G
— Matt Hammond (@hammo04) October 25, 2013
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