Loving Sydney --> Monty

[ScottH]

Loving Sydney

Sydney small forward Amon Buchanan loves the grand scale of living in the big city, after trading in a coastal Victorian town for a shot at the big time.

Colac, coastal???


Sounds like he is keen to come back to Melbourne, when he gets the chance.

[j s]

Re: Loving Sydney --> Monty

Originally posted by ScottH
Colac, coastal???

Compared to Alice Springs? Yes!!

[ScottH]

Re: Re: Loving Sydney --> Monty

Originally posted by j s
Compared to Alice Springs? Yes!!

At least Alice Springs has a regular boat Regatta.

[Snowy]

The headline almost belies the text of the article.

[Tuesday]

Read a similar article in the Autumn edition of AFL Quarterly [the one with Hirdy on the cover]. Cannot remember what it was called...
Anyhoo, it was on a family [their name escapes me] who have twins playing for Brissie and West Coast and they're from Victoria. It was tracking the development of their youngest son who is also a promising footballer and how it is tough on families when their sons are drafted to cities all over the country. The twins have been separated, and they get rediculously homesick and Mum doesn't want her youngest to have to go through that. She wants a system whereby they can stay close to home... a V good read.

I had never thought of it from their perspectives. I wouldn't want my brother being taken by a team outside Sydney [though sometimes I would be begging them!], but that's the nature of the game.

That said, it would be too disadvantagous for the Swans if they were limited by district lines. Sydney needed and wanted Monty. He accepted the challenge, and I am glad he did.

In Monty's article though, it was interesting to hear the lament in his words, as many are quite tight-lipped when it comes to personal matters and opinions. The bottom line is: home is home is home.

He did say that there are no ill feelings within the club and between players about this, but I sincerely hope we're not perpetuating his (obvious) unhappiness.

Oh Tear!
Tuesday -- the new player welfare officer. Thinking beyond the club. Is this a step towards becoming a well rounded AFL enthusiast?

[Snowy]

Tuesday that would have been the Selwoods referred to in the article, there's a younger brother who could be drafted this year as well.

[punter257]

pretty sure the twins are the selwood brothers

its a tough predicament alright regarding family and can see where monty is coming from

i know that if i got drafted i wouldnt want to play for anyone but sydney but you cant do much about it

[liz]

That would be the Selwood boys.

On the flip side, many players move as 17 or 18 year olds thinking they will only last a year or two and then move home, only to remain in their adopted city even once they retire.

Magic is one who recently said he expected to be back in Adelaide within a couple of years of arriving but now wouldn't dream of leaving.

I'm not too sure what the fuss is anyway. I left home at 18 to go to university and three years later settled in London, still away from where I grew up. I had no desire to go back and live in my "home town". I didn't have my university flying my parents up to see me every few weeks, or letting me have a weekend at home every time the tour hit Medway! And while physical distances might be greater here, it is a lot quicker to travel from Sydney to Melbourne by plane than by train (only feasible transport at the time) from Manchester to the darkest nooks of Kent.

Do we make too much of this homesickness lark?

[Tuesday]

Originally posted by liz
Do we make too much of this homesickness lark?

Perhaps.
I moved to the US during uni and my parents were not flown over to see me. I missed everything -- the people, the sights, the smells, the beach(!)... and nothing was able to satisfy me until I was back. It was like an emptiness, a need, and I was not whole until I returned. Then as soon as I saw home and everything was the same, I wanted to go back. I'm not usually a homebody, but it was a certain time in my life where I needed the friendships and reassurances of home...

Maybe Monty needs a few weeks there, catching up with everyone and everything. Maybe he's a homebody. Well, the long weekend for them is next week...

Yes, I am harping on [but maybe Harper is my last name? ], and perhaps I am making too much of this, but I know where Monty is coming from and I like how honest he was... it's nice to see. Different. Unusual.

[Schneiderman]

Originally posted by liz
I'm not too sure what the fuss is anyway. I left home at 18 to go to university and three years later settled in London, still away from where I grew up. I had no desire to go back and live in my "home town".

...

Do we make too much of this homesickness lark?

So you put your name down to go to Uni, and then someone pulled you out of a hat based on their perceived interpretation of your intelligence? Then they shipped you off to another city without your input and put you into a course they felt you would do best at?

A little different me thinks.

[Bas]

Re: Loving Sydney --> Monty

Sounds like he is keen to come back to Melbourne, when he gets the chance.

He might only have to wait until the end of Rd 22 and he will be back there permanently.

[ROK Lobster]

Originally posted by Schneiderman
So you put your name down to go to Uni, and then someone pulled you out of a hat based on their perceived interpretation of your intelligence?

That is pretty much what happens, unless you are very choosey, in which case you may not get 'drafted' at all.

Originally posted by Schneiderman
Then they shipped you off to another city without your input and put you into a course they felt you would do best at?

So Monty thought he entered the draft to play cricket, Doyle to play basketball, and Tim Schmidt wanted to be a cabaret dancer? Please... Plenty of people get homesick when they move away from home, usually for work or study. You either deal with it and succeed, or don't and go and try something else. There is no difference. Players and their families know the deal when they enter the draft. Like the rest of us they can like it or lump it. It is good to see clubs doing something to aid them but at the end of the day, there is no difference. Footballers have become too precious.

[giant]

Originally posted by ROK Lobster


So Monty thought he entered the draft to play cricket, Doyle to play basketball, and Tim Schmidt wanted to be a cabaret dancer? Please... Plenty of people get homesick when they move away from home, usually for work or study. You either deal with it and succeed, or don't and go and try something else. There is no difference. Players and their families know the deal when they enter the draft. Like the rest of us they can like it or lump it. It is good to see clubs doing something to aid them but at the end of the day, there is no difference. Footballers have become too precious.

ROK displaying his "bleeding heart" again - I wish you'd tuffen up!

Actually, when you hear abt guys like Leo taking in the young bucks, it's pretty impressive - know what I'd say if my employer asked me to billet a out-of-towner. Unless of course they act as cheap labour around the house - "Welcome Monty, this is your room. Now get your overalls on, we've got a deck to build!"

[JF_Bay22_SCG]

Originally posted by Tuesday
Perhaps.
I moved to the US during uni and my parents were not flown over to see me. I missed everything -- the people, the sights, the smells, the beach(!)... and nothing was able to satisfy me until I was back. It was like an emptiness, a need, and I was not whole until I returned.

I moved to Canada in 99 with the half-idea of hopefully starting a new life for myself over there. I was probably happier than an any time in my life, yet was also probably the most broke due to the salaries over there. I did NOT want to go back to Australia at all, but had to because I ran out of money.

Was I home sick, well I DID miss the weekly ritual of the footy heaps. But allievated that by watching CFL Canadian football each week when I lived in Montreal. But apart from that, I wasn't homesick at all.

I very nearly emmigrated to Quebec in 99. Had I landed a job there, I'd probably had still been there now. Or would have moved to Toronto.. It was a VERY near thing.

But had I done this at age 17 or 18, I'd have not coped with the move. I'd have been pining for home and what I knew.

JF

[ROK Lobster]

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