Inside Football on the Swans

[Ruck'n'Roll]

Who's Flying
Nick Malceski (not going to miss out this year)
Jarrad McVeigh (ditto)
Stephen Doyle (forgot about him, didn't you)
Luke Ablett (arrived as a midfield force)

Who's Not
Tadhg Kennelly 9injury a blow to Sydney)
Barry Hall (eye surgery curtailed summer)
Brett Kirk (but elbowing his way back)


Amongst Ben Casanella's Player Profiles, we have . . .

Luke Vogels
". . . played 11 games but dropped after the finals win over West Coast."

LRT
"The surprise of the grand final in which he thrashed Michael Gardiner."

Darren Jolly
"Interesting to see how he performs with Ball alongside."

Heath Grundy
". . . being groomed as a key defender."

Adam Goodes
". . . a vital cog in the wheel."

Every time I buy this mag I end up wondering why I bother (yes, I know, it's because I'm an addict. It was a rhetorical question). The majority of threads on RWO offer far more than IF does.

[ScottH]

Re: Inside Football on the Swans

Originally posted by Ruckman
Luke Vogels
". . . played 11 games but dropped after the finals win over West Coast."

When did we win a final (not the GF) over West Coast last year, so Vogels could be dropped?


BTW: The AFL annual report has a picture of last years winning premiership team shrouded by the teams coloured confetti. Wonder who that might be?

[hammo]

Re: Inside Football on the Swans

Originally posted by Ruckman

LRT
"The surprise of the grand final in which he thrashed Michael Gardiner."

I thought Leo Barry played on Gardiner?

[Ruck'n'Roll]

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I believe all the quotes selected from Mr Casanella's review are factually incorrect.

[NMWBloods]

Holy crap that's abysmal journalism!! How can you managed that many mistakes in a single article!

[TheHood]

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Originally posted by hammo
I thought Leo Barry played on Gardiner?

We can only assume he missed some of the detail in one of the most enthralling sporting finals ever!

Nice work Ben. We're all big fans YOU JOKE!

[timthefish]

Re: Inside Football on the Swans

Originally posted by Ruckman
Every time I buy this mag I end up wondering why I bother (yes, I know, it's because I'm an addict. It was a rhetorical question). The majority of threads on RWO offer far more than IF does.

i'm the same. i actually stopped buying it about half-way through last year. kind of annoyed with that now (although i bought the finals editions).

mostly crap whining on about the fortunes of saint kilda and collingwood. jim main is a complete embarrassment.

[Sanecow]

Go easy on Jim, he's alright.

[Ruck'n'Roll]

Originally posted by Sanecow
Go easy on Jim, he's alright.

Yeah, I think his stuff's* well worth while.
He may be a vertically challenged ratbag whose voice sounds like a plate of beans passing though the digestive tract of an water buffalo with indigestion, but goddamit he's a loyal red-and-white vertically challenged ratbag whose voice sounds like a plate of beans passing though the digestive tract of an water buffalo with indigestion!

* I mean his football journalism, the novel he wrote was perhaps the worst thing written since Derryn Hinch's "Death at Newport"

[Schneiderman]

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Originally posted by timthefish
jim main is a complete embarrassment.

Yeah but we need our own supporters in the media to keep up with the Eddies, Conollys and Gossages of the world. There are very few impartial and level-headed commentators out there.

[dread and might]

Remember 2003 when Casanelia had a bet with Main that the swans would win less than 6 games for the year?