Collingwood star Jordan De Goey given suspended $25,000 fine following his Bali antics

The verdict is in for Jordan De Goey after his antics in Bali and a former coach has had his say on the Magpie’s future.

Jordan De Goey should show take whatever Collingwood offers him, according to ex-coach Nathan Buckley. Picture: Michael Klein

Former Collingwood coach Nathan Buckley said Jordan De Goey should take “whatever Collingwood offer him” as a new contract amid the fallout from his antics in Bali last weekend.

As reports surfaced the Magpies had pulled a four-year, $3.2m deal for the off-contract star, Buckley said De Goey had to be accountable for his actions and “repay the faith” the club showed after his off-season indiscretions in New York.

The club gave the 26-year-old a suspended $25,000 fine on Thursday, pending good behaviour for the remainder of the 2022 season, as he “unreservedly” apologised after video surfaced of De Goey’s behaviour in Bali during the mid-season break.

Amid his apology, De Goey also revealed he was diagnosed in 2021 with ADHD, which he cited as a potential reason for his continued mistakes.

Buckley urged De Goey to think seriously about changing his ways and said his value as a player had taken a hit.

“I was of the opinion at the beginning of the year that Jordy should just take what Collingwood offers him and repay the faith. And I’m still of that opinion,” Buckley said on Tuesday.

“I suppose in the subtext of that is I feel that Collingwood should not pay top dollar for Jordan De Goey.

The Club strongly condemns the disrespectful conduct of player Jordan De Goey shown in footage taken in Bali where he chose to spend the mid-season bye period.

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— Collingwood FC (@CollingwoodFC) June 21, 2022

“I think they should offer him what they’re prepared to pay him and that he should just accept that and say, ‘thank you for your support, for your guidance and understanding as I try and navigate my life to go from being a young man who has made some blues to being a better contributor and better person and more contributory to a greater environment, not just on the field but off the field’.

“I still think that if the club chooses to continue with him, I think that should be their parameters that they continue with him on. I think Jordy should be pretty thankful if that occurs.

“He’s still a young guy but he’s got to make better decisions and he’s got to decide to put people around him that are going to help him make better decisions.”

Jordan De Goey has vowed to be better. Picture: Darrian Traynor/Getty Images

In a statement on Tuesday, De Goey said his actions had “fallen short of the standards expected of me as a person” and vowed to be a better person.

“I had worked hard this year to establish trust and confidence in me to make better decisions and through no one’s fault but my own, I have undone that trust,” he said

“Late last year, I was diagnosed with ADHD and I am trying to become more aware of why I make mistakes that I do. I have again made a mistake – this is an ongoing journey for me – and I remain absolutely committed to changing.

“I will be seeking further support to take the appropriate and necessary steps to learn and improve as a person.

“Again, I apologise for my disrespectful conduct. I understand that I have let many people down and that I have much work to do to again rebuild trust.

“I am committed to making myself the best person I can be and I believe that the best chance I have to do that is in an environment where I have the support of my teammates and the club.”

Greatest penalty for Jordan Degoey right now is play him.
Not playing him let’s his team, teammates, fans and club down and allows him freedom from scrutiny and pressure if missing a game is the clubs penalty.

— Tony Shaw (@TonyShaw22) June 21, 2022

Buckley said De Goey had to acknowledge it was a poor decision to travel overseas on a mid-season break and then issue a statement in the aftermath that attacked the media for putting him in the spotlight.

“I’m really uncomfortable right now, I have to declare that, because I think in isolation what Jordy did is not a hanging offence, but when you put it against his past, when you put it against the situation that the club was in, in a really positive space, to make the decision to go to Bali, at the time it should have had red flags all over it, but in retrospect it clearly was a bad decision,” Buckley told SEN.

De Goey’s statement on his Instagram account. Picture: Instagram/jordyDeGoey

“To try and defend yourself after the fact was a really bad decision and it’s created a situation that the club didn’t need.

“It’s totally off the football field, it’s out of the football department and it’s away from anything Craig McRae can control or should be accountable for, or Graham Wright, or Jeremy Howe, or Scott Pendlebury or Taylor Adams.

“This is separate of them. You can lead a horse to water, but it’s up to the person to make the right decisions at the right time, with the support of the people he chooses to listen to.

“It was a bad call … and now you’re accountable to wherever it goes from here.”

Originally published as Collingwood star Jordan De Goey given suspended $25,000 fine following his Bali antics