Welcome Spida

[ScottH]

Originally posted by Frog
See this.
Must admit that it looks better than seeing him in any other team's colours - let's just hope he doesn't "hurt" us from here on in.

You can almost see the "Premiers 2007" tatt under his sleeve.

[paulg99]

racist remarks

Who was the player who back in the 90s told an indigenous opponent that he was a member of a "dying race" or an "extinct race"?

For some reason it sticks in my head that was Peter Everitt, but I really hope I am wrong.

[OldE]

Re: racist remarks

Originally posted by paulg99
Who was the player who back in the 90s told an indigenous opponent that he was a member of a "dying race" or an "extinct race"?

For some reason it sticks in my head that was Peter Everitt, but I really hope I am wrong.

Everitt admitted to making a racist remark. He voluntarily suspended himself for four matches, and donated $20,000 to an indigenous charity. He also apologised profusely. Not that that makes it ok, by any means, but you do need to share the whole situation.


*edit* Here's my source, about half the way down, under the heading "concilliation"

[cmon]

hi all.
i think this ruckmen situation is quite interesting, and have made a few points.
- spida is the best of all 3, great tap ruckman who can roam up forward and kick a few. played his best footy to date in 2005 and will really excel given a second chance in sydney. though the better ruckmen he will play as a tall forward and ruck in that area of the field.
- jolly will be the main ruck as his ability as a tall marking target is lacking compared to spida. to rest he will be benched, with spida moving into the middle and a small goalsneak into the forwards.
- doyle will be in the magoos, as i find him ordinary. granted he has had a lot of injuries, but since his drafting in 99 (7seasons) has not done much. roos might try the 3 ruckmen but unless its a huge success, look out to see doyle traded/delisted in the next year. too much risk (injuries) with little gain.
- in 2 seasons, with spida most likey hanging up the boots and doyle gone, the swans will look to trade in another ruckmen or find a young prospect in the draft.
- finally though goodes is more a wingmen, he still has the ability to ruck 4-5 times a game and can fill any 3rd ruck possibilities

this is only my opinion and please feel free to comment
swans in 07

[paulg99]

Re: Re: racist remarks

Thanks for this. I think the "dying race" remark might have been made in the incident with Michael Long.

Let's hope that Spida has genuinely reformed.

Originally posted by eirinn
Everitt admitted to making a racist remark. He voluntarily suspended himself for four matches, and donated $20,000 to an indigenous charity. He also apologised prpfusely. Not that that makes it ok, by any means, but you do need to share the whole situation.


*edit* Here's my source, about half the way down, under the heading "concilliation"

[The Big Cat]

For anyone who may question the value of using pick 33 on Everett should remember we used a very similar pick last year to secure Torture. (only difference was geelong didn't hold out for more. They couldn't believe their luck!)

[DeadlyAkkuret]

Originally posted by cmon
hi all.
i think this ruckmen situation is quite interesting, and have made a few points.
- spida is the best of all 3, great tap ruckman who can roam up forward and kick a few. played his best footy to date in 2005 and will really excel given a second chance in sydney. though the better ruckmen he will play as a tall forward and ruck in that area of the field.
- jolly will be the main ruck as his ability as a tall marking target is lacking compared to spida. to rest he will be benched, with spida moving into the middle and a small goalsneak into the forwards.
- doyle will be in the magoos, as i find him ordinary. granted he has had a lot of injuries, but since his drafting in 99 (7seasons) has not done much. roos might try the 3 ruckmen but unless its a huge success, look out to see doyle traded/delisted in the next year. too much risk (injuries) with little gain.
- in 2 seasons, with spida most likey hanging up the boots and doyle gone, the swans will look to trade in another ruckmen or find a young prospect in the draft.
- finally though goodes is more a wingmen, he still has the ability to ruck 4-5 times a game and can fill any 3rd ruck possibilities

this is only my opinion and please feel free to comment
swans in 07

Have you watched any football lately? if you seriously think we're going to delist Doyle you must be crazy or extremely ignorant. I'm confident he's finally going to reach his potential now that his injury jinx seems to be behind him, and in 3 years he'll be our #1 ruckman.

[dread and might]

Originally posted by Go Swannies
And a good tattoo like his mate.

spidas tatts>>>>Hall's

[Go Swannies]

Originally posted by dread and might
spidas tatts>>>>Hall's

Sorry I left off the irony face. My comment was in response to someone saying he needs a good nickname. I'd say he has just given the Swans one of the best nicknames in AFL. Spida sure beats Monty, B1 & B2, NOG and Baz.

[liz]

Originally posted by DeadlyAkkuret
Have you watched any football lately? if you seriously think we're going to delist Doyle you must be crazy or extremely ignorant. I'm confident he's finally going to reach his potential now that his injury jinx seems to be behind him, and in 3 years he'll be our #1 ruckman.

The jury still has to be out on Doyle's ability to keep his body in one piece. Just because he managed to string together half a dozen senior games late in the year doesn't mean he'll prove to be durable long term. Fingers crossed, because it would be nice to see a "home grown" ruckman have a moderately long term career with the Swans.

[adnar]

I recall Round 1 last year starting with 3 ruckmen.

No one has mentioned Spida's Win/Loss ratio, dosn't he have the worst ever, something like 30%.

[swantastic]

Originally posted by adnar
No one has mentioned Spida's Win/Loss ratio, dosn't he have the worst ever, something like 30%.

Thats because he was with @@@@ teams,one man dosent win a game IMO.Now he is in a good team his stats will be a lot better more like little cox.

[The Boot]

Originally posted by stellation
The cheer squad is worth an extra 2 players to the team.

Not on GF Day '06 they weren't. Not enough strength of voice at critical times to pull the skin off a rice pudding. I'm still gobsmacked when I think back to it. I was howled down by the houndstoooth jackets in the members stand for "standing". And would look across at a field of red and white inactivity on more than one occasion. Was it simply shellshock - or what?

[BeeEmmAre]

Don't worry, I was yelling and screaming to the point of losing my voice. However, In an entire bay of Swans' supporters, your point is exactly correct. There was about three of us making any noise out of about 250 until the last quarter.
The bloke sitting beside me kept talking about the 'ref'!!!

[AnnieH]

Originally posted by BeeEmmAre
Don't worry, I was yelling and screaming to the point of losing my voice. However, In an entire bay of Swans' supporters, your point is exactly correct. There was about three of us making any noise out of about 250 until the last quarter.
The bloke sitting beside me kept talking about the 'ref'!!!

The chardy set came down for the day and sat behind us.
B O R I N G. I hate being told to sit down!!
Hugo Weaving sat in front of me.
God bless him ... he made more noise than I did.
I certainly didn't expect that.