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  • ScottH
    It's Goodes to cheer!!
    • Sep 2003
    • 23665
    #1

    Another Swans triumph

    Another Swans triumph

    Don't take an ounce of notice of all the nay-sayers who claim Sydney can't win two premierships in a row. For the ultra professional Swans, I, for one, believe that Roosy could well be offering similar utterings again come September 30, 2006.
    Tags: Swans, sydney, triumph
    • floppinab
      Senior Player
      • Jan 2003
      • 1681
      #2
      Great article,

      I particularly like this bit

      Their recruiting policy has an unwritten "no @@@@head, no troublemaker" clause thrown in, and from what I can see it certainly seems to be working.
      However this bit.........

      Plus the homegrown Sydney ruckman, Lewis Roberts-Thomson, whose talents last season were constantly denigrated by Melbourne-based commentators and who, in my opinion, should have won the Norm Smith Medal for best player on the field in the 2005 grand final.
      I think not

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        • Ruckman
          Ego alta, ergo ictus
          • Nov 2003
          • 3990
          #3
          Lewis Roberts-Thomson, whose talents last season were constantly denigrated by Melbourne-based commentators
          . . . . not just Melbourne based commentators!

          And
          potential match-winners . . . . ex-Geelong ruckman Paul Chambers
          He looks to have been given first shot as Jolly's understudy but gimme a break!

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            • hammo
              Veterans List
              • Jul 2003
              • 5554
              #4
              It certainly balances out a lot of the articles that have been written in recent weeks.

              The point about retirements is spot on. I know Roosey has been reinforcing the fact we've lost 800-odd games of experience but the bottom line is Jason Ball was the only grand final player to retire, only Willo is aged over 30, and most of our players are set to improve even more this season.

              All in all there are more than a few good reasons to be optimistic about this year.
              "As everyone knows our style of football is defensive and unattractive, and as such I have completely forgotten how to mark or kick over the years" - Brett Kirk

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                • penga
                  Senior Player
                  • Jan 2003
                  • 2601
                  #5
                  This was an article in the Opinion section. Where it belonged. LRT - ruck...
                  C'mon Chels!

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                    • goswannie14
                      Leadership Group
                      • Sep 2005
                      • 11166
                      #6
                      I did like this comment though...

                      There is no argument that the Swans were the best team in 2005; if there are any dissenters just look at the scoreboard.
                      Does God believe in Atheists?

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                        • dimelb
                          pr. dim-melb; m not f
                          • Jun 2003
                          • 6889
                          #7
                          Enthusiastic and gung-ho, more like a fan than a journo, but he's made some valid points, even allowing for the gaffes about LRT and Chambers.
                          We are underrated by the commentators - but that'll do me.
                          He reminds him of the guys, close-set, slow, and never rattled, who were play-makers on the team. (John Updike, seeing Josh Kennedy in a crystal ball)

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                            • Schneiderman
                              The Fourth Captain
                              • Aug 2004
                              • 1615
                              #8
                              I haven't read anyone claiming we are 'taking ourselves too seriously' but if that is true, that's hilarious. And extremely arrogant in its own right.

                              Well let us take ourselves too seriously, and them not seriously enough, and we'll hold that cup aloft once again.
                              Our Greatest Moment:

                              Saturday, 24th Sept, 2005 - 5:13pm

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