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

    Swans 2007

    The moral is write off Sydney for 2007 at your peril
    Everitt is 32, so a first-round pick is ludicrous for someone who may not play a lot of football. What about Nick Davis and a third-round pick?
    WTF?
    The problem Sydney has in letting 26-year-old Davis go is his ability to win a match, so rare in the competition and so evident again on Grand Final day.
    But it is hamstrung because part of the reason for its success -- solidarity in the playing group -- would be eroded if a popular and talented player such as Amon Buchanan, Adam Schneider or Luke Ablett was swapped.

    That's highly unlikely to happen. It doesn't leave a lot of room to move on the list in terms of possible trades.

    Heath Grundy, at 20 and 192cm, won't be going anywhere after showing real promise up forward and also being able to play down back.
    Tags: 2007, Swans, sydney
    • Bloody Hell
      Senior Player
      • Oct 2006
      • 3085
      #2
      Real finger on the pulse stuff there....

      An odd mix of stating the obvious and missing VERY wide of the mark.

      I particularly like the last sentance..."-- and the Swans know how much they stuffed up in the first half of the Grand Final."

      Do people get paid to write this crap?
      The eternal connundrum "what happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object" was finally solved when David Hasselhoff punched himself in the face.

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        • nat
          On the Rookie List
          • Oct 2006
          • 501
          #3
          What a load of bull.

          The last sentence though.. must have taken him ages to think of that one.

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            • AnnieH
              RWOs Black Sheep
              • Aug 2006
              • 11332
              #4
              Victorian jurno, still a bit peeved that a "victorian" team didn't make the GF.
              Get over yourself son.
              Wild speculation, unsubstantiated rumours, silly jokes and opposition delight in another's failures is what makes an internet forum fun.
              Blessed are the cracked for they are the ones who let in the light.

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                • woo
                  double vodka lemon pls
                  • Sep 2005
                  • 961
                  #5
                  who is worse, them for writing it or us for discussing it?
                  you know what they say, dirty pants- clean botty

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                    • AnnieH
                      RWOs Black Sheep
                      • Aug 2006
                      • 11332
                      #6
                      Originally posted by woo
                      who is worse, them for writing it or us for discussing it?
                      Them for writing it.
                      We're up for discussing anything!!
                      Wild speculation, unsubstantiated rumours, silly jokes and opposition delight in another's failures is what makes an internet forum fun.
                      Blessed are the cracked for they are the ones who let in the light.

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                        • Agent 86
                          Senior Player
                          • Aug 2004
                          • 1690
                          #7
                          Originally posted by Bloody Hell
                          Real finger on the pulse stuff there....

                          An odd mix of stating the obvious and missing VERY wide of the mark.

                          I particularly like the last sentance..."-- and the Swans know how much they stuffed up in the first half of the Grand Final."

                          Do people get paid to write this crap?
                          What bit/s do you consider "Very wide of the mark"?

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                            • hammo
                              Veterans List
                              • Jul 2003
                              • 5554
                              #8
                              I don't think there's too much wrong with the article. he talks up Sydney's self-belief and that they will probably challenge again next year given a good run of injuries. Some of you need to take a deep breath...
                              "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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                                • dimelb
                                  pr. dim-melb; m not f
                                  • Jun 2003
                                  • 6889
                                  #9
                                  The Davis option is lunacy, but having said that, I've seen loonier suggestions on this board. Otherwise he's only doing what the rest of us are doing, speculating on what it will cost us to get Spida.
                                  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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                                    • liz
                                      Veteran
                                      Site Admin
                                      • Jan 2003
                                      • 16844
                                      #10
                                      Originally posted by hammo
                                      I don't think there's too much wrong with the article. he talks up Sydney's self-belief and that they will probably challenge again next year given a good run of injuries. Some of you need to take a deep breath...
                                      Yeah, I'm a bit bewildered why people think it's rubbish. Doesn't tell us anything we don't know but then it was written for a broader football reading population than just the Swans faithful. Nice to read something from a journo who can name a few of the reserves players. Common "wisdom" is that there are no players on the list beyond the 22 who run out each week.

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                                        • ScottH
                                          It's Goodes to cheer!!
                                          • Sep 2003
                                          • 23665
                                          #11
                                          Originally posted by liz
                                          Yeah, I'm a bit bewildered why people think it's rubbish. Doesn't tell us anything we don't know but then it was written for a broader football reading population than just the Swans faithful. Nice to read something from a journo who can name a few of the reserves players. Common "wisdom" is that there are no players on the list beyond the 22 who run out each week.
                                          True. It was written for victorian teams who have played in, yet alone won a Premiership for a little while.

                                          I keep hearing clubs creating new manager positions "like the Swans have already done". If you can't beat 'em, join 'em.

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