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  • Rob-bloods
    What a year 2005 SSFC/CFC
    • Aug 2003
    • 931
    #1

    Kirk a true champion

    Brett Kirk is a very special player. He was targetted from the opening bounce last night (literally, a player ran straight into his back at the opening bounce and then he was backslammed 2nd ball up after he got rid of the ball) he was belted from pillar to post and still managed his mid 20s quota of possessions in a side beaten for most of the night.

    When we looked dead in the water he lifted his tempo got stuck in and was as instrumental as Davis as getting us back into the contest.

    And guess what, despite being grabbed off the ball all night by Rook he received.....yes, just one free kick for with one against.
    Sports do not build character. They reveal it....Heywood Broun

    I always turn to the sports pages first, which record people's accomplishments. The front page has nothing but man's failures......Earl Warren
    Tags: champion, kirk, Swans, sydney, true
    • JudesaGun
      On the Rookie List
      • Sep 2003
      • 554
      #2
      Sydney's next captain in my book!
      Sanford Wheeler 4 President!

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        • TheHood
          On the Rookie List
          • Jan 2003
          • 1938
          #3
          He was amazing in the final term, just kept making the contest, hard ball gets were massive. We'd have lost last night without him. No way we'd have won half as much ball. Was poultry at times as it was.

          Kirky was the spiritual leader last night, sadly not Baz.
          The Pain of Discipline is Nothing Like The Pain of Disappointment

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            • Go Swannies
              Veterans List
              • Sep 2003
              • 5698
              #4
              Absolutely. Give points to Crouch too - he was taking a thumping and kept grabbing his shoulder but never backed out.

              Kirk=Swans spirit

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                • satchmopugdog
                  Bandicoots ears
                  • Apr 2004
                  • 3691
                  #5
                  he was an excellent example of working through the pressure applied by the other team. He never gave up and was without doubt the leader out there last night. Silvani couldn't get the right words out to say how good he was in the last quarter.
                  He did make a lot more errors than usual but every one did because of the state of the ball and ground.
                  He seems to be an outstandingly fair and gutsy player.
                  "The Dog days are over, The Dog days are gone" Florence and the Machine

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                    • punter257
                      Deadliest Left Boot
                      • Aug 2004
                      • 1660
                      #6
                      unbelievable kirky - the hunter has now become the hunted, he has just stepped up to a new level. he has got so much heart its not funny
                      Roosy = LEGEND

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                        • Big Al
                          Veterans List
                          • Feb 2005
                          • 7007
                          #7
                          I know Davo will rightly get all the Kudos but if it wasnt for the work Kirky did in that last term the opportunities to win wouldnt have been there. Give Kirky the captaincy and let Bas concentrate on Footy
                          ..And the Swans are the Premiers...The Ultimate Team...The Ultimate Warriors. They have overcome the highly fancied Hawks in brilliant style. Sydney the 2012 Premiers - Gerard Whately ABC

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                            • stellation
                              scott names the planets
                              • Sep 2003
                              • 9737
                              #8
                              From the "Season 2005: By the Number" article in the AFL record they made special mention of Kirky winning the ball, the stats they had were.
                              1st in the AFL in tackles with 144
                              1st in the AFL in first possessions with 139 (equal 1st with Kouta, not too shabby)
                              2nd in the AFL in clearances with 115
                              2nd in the AFL in hard-ball gets with 93
                              I knew him as a gentle young man, I cannot say for sure the reasons for his decline
                              We watched him fade before our very eyes, and years before his time

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                                • liz
                                  Veteran
                                  Site Admin
                                  • Jan 2003
                                  • 16844
                                  #9
                                  Originally posted by stellation
                                  From the "Season 2005: By the Number" article in the AFL record they made special mention of Kirky winning the ball, the stats they had were.
                                  1st in the AFL in tackles with 144
                                  1st in the AFL in first possessions with 139 (equal 1st with Kouta, not too shabby)
                                  2nd in the AFL in clearances with 115
                                  2nd in the AFL in hard-ball gets with 93
                                  And yet some people, including several in the media who are paid lots to watch and analyse footy, still think Kirk is a tagger.

                                  Go figure.

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                                    • ugg
                                      Can you feel it?
                                      Site Admin
                                      • Jan 2003
                                      • 15980
                                      #10
                                      Kirk was being heavily tagged by Rooke last night, who finished with 15 tackles. Also unlucky to not get a few more free kicks for being tackled without the ball.
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                                        • stellation
                                          scott names the planets
                                          • Sep 2003
                                          • 9737
                                          #11
                                          Originally posted by liz
                                          And yet some people, including several in the media who are paid lots to watch and analyse footy, still think Kirk is a tagger.
                                          The lack of respect given to Brett Kirk is the thing in football that annoys me by far the most. That or people having a go at Nicky D
                                          I knew him as a gentle young man, I cannot say for sure the reasons for his decline
                                          We watched him fade before our very eyes, and years before his time

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                                            • sharpie
                                              On the Rookie List
                                              • Jul 2003
                                              • 1588
                                              #12
                                              How is it possible that this bloke misses out on All Australian selection?

                                              Hawthorn with 3 players in that team, what a joke! Melbourne football personalities can all go and get ********.
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                                                • Jeffers1984
                                                  Veterans List
                                                  • Jan 2003
                                                  • 4564
                                                  #13
                                                  Kirk is a champion. Simple as that. Bleeds R & W.
                                                  Official Driver Of The "Who Gives A @@@@ As The Player Will Get Delisted Anyway" Bandwagon.

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                                                    • Red
                                                      Foreign Correspondent
                                                      • Jan 2003
                                                      • 651
                                                      #14
                                                      Originally posted by sharpie
                                                      How is it possible that this bloke misses out on All Australian selection?

                                                      Hawthorn with 3 players in that team, what a joke! Melbourne football personalities can all go and get ********.
                                                      Akamanis -- for all his bull@@@@ -- said Kirk should be one of the first picked in the A.A. I reckon Captain Kirk for 06 for sure.

                                                      The A.A. half-back line has 2 Hawks in it -- and they were 4th in points-against this year!
                                                      To all those people who waited 72 years to see a South Melbourne/Sydney Swans premiership HERE IT IS!!

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                                                        • stellation
                                                          scott names the planets
                                                          • Sep 2003
                                                          • 9737
                                                          #15
                                                          Originally posted by Red
                                                          Akamanis -- for all his bull@@@@ -- said Kirk should be one of the first picked in the A.A.

                                                          The A.A. half-back line has 2 Hawks in it -- and they were 4th in points-against this year!
                                                          Aker was a bit hard done by himself.
                                                          I knew him as a gentle young man, I cannot say for sure the reasons for his decline
                                                          We watched him fade before our very eyes, and years before his time

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