Will Brett Kirk have Paul Kelly status when he retires???????

[Lucky Knickers]

It's the difference between like and love for me.

I likewatching Kirky throwing himself mindlessly at the ball and giving his revup speeches. I get the goose bumps when I watch last year's PF with the lads in a tight huddle, Kirky woozy and with his bloody party hat and giving the rev up to the boys in the huddle whilst Baz heads off to give the two fingers to McLaren! I also really liked his 2nd half in our grand final loss.

I loved watching Kelly with admiration for his toughness at the contest, hardness at the ball, his hard running straight thru the pack, his marking, tackling, passing and nailing Plugger on the chest, his goals. He was eye catching. His off-days were rare and he was one of the most consistent players over a significant period not only at the club but in the whole comp.

Kirk will be remembered and honoured as a Captain of the Club and a member of the 2005 Premiership Team.....but the man who sits amongst the Club's and Games greats will be Mr Paul Kelly.

[NMWBloods]

Originally posted by Go Swannies
Hey I wrote heaps and noone has got stuck into what I wrote yet. Get on with it.

Did somebody saying something...?

[Ruda Wakening]

Originally posted by NMWBloods
Did somebody saying something...?

Noone

[Lucky Knickers]

Originally posted by Ruda Wakening
Noone

What about me? It isn't fair!

[Gary]

Back to the original question...IMO "No" at this stage but the book isn't complete. If he does it will not be for equivalent skill or dynamism, but for the same degree of courage, & the other stuff, (like Premiership medal(s)...but I'll be surprised if they add up to enough.

[AnnieH]

OK Go Swannies ... I'll bite. (sorry pet, should read names more carefully and not put your fine words into other peoples' mouths! Sorry).

QUOTE: However, I could be wrong. I thought Nick's article just before the GF was perfect Swans' spin and it turns out to be unauthorised. Then Baz stating that it was "but it was okay this time" really worried me as it was one of the few cracks in the charade. Last year, we got under the Eagles skin before the GF. This year they seemed to be doing it to us. And so it turned out on game day.

That Baz thing .... got me thinking too. It's become more of a rule of "depends on what you say" rather than the straight-out "what you say", which is what we're all led to believe.
Mmmmmmmmmmmm. Crack all right.

CONTINUE QUOTE The overall history is fascinating. In very simplistic terms, Capper got the Sydney Swans noticed. Plugger showed that the team wasn't a joke. Kel revealed to Sydney that AFL could have great leaders - just as the Wallabies and League have had. Roos and Maxfield created a winning club culture that got us a premiership. Kirk, the current leader with the least skill but the most passion is the face of an extraordinary period in club history when we can seriously discuss our chances of appearing in Grand Final after Grand Final.

Colless can talk at the dinner this year about how the stage has been set in the past few years for the Swans to be an AFL powerhouse for the next 50 years - and noone laughed. Tell that to Willessee and Dr Geoff.END QUOTE

Agreed.

[Ruda Wakening]

Now have a lash in English.

[Go Swannies]

Originally posted by Ruda Wakening
Now have a lash in English.

Well, the lash is very English.

And "What about me?" indeed - the original not the crap Shannon Noll version. No wonder we traded him to the Kangaroos if he wants to warble like that.

[Layby]

Originally posted by NMWBloods
Skilton craps on Kelly.

Look, i have seen that video also, but it was grainy and anyway none of my business.

[mocaholic]

Originally posted by Annie Haddad
Goodsey's even more decorated than Kells.
Apparently, I'm the only one who sees it now (and probably Marry Me Goodes).
I'm a seer!!!

Yeah, seer later.

[Xie Shan]

Originally posted by Go Swannies
Hey I wrote heaps and noone has got stuck into what I wrote yet. Get on with it.

It won't be coming from me, I thought what you said about was pretty well thought out, obviously we don't know everything that goes on inside the club, but these things often aren't what they seem from the outside. And you're right, a hard-working Nick Davis could become a champion of the club.

Woohoo, 1000th post.