Swans in Hall of Fame tribute match squads

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Official Website of the Australian Football League > News Article > Cats, Crows dominate tribute match teams

Dream Team
Craig Bolton
Tadhg Kennelly
Brett Kirk

Victoria
Adam Goodes
Ryan O'Keefe

[liz]

No surprises with those named. Goodes is probably marginal purely based on the past month's form but he have had to have been diabolical not to at least make the initial squad given what he's capable of when he hits his straps.

Micky O is possibly the only name missing who might have had a call up based on form.

Have to wonder if BBBH might have been named had the squads been announced on Friday!

[Mike_B]

Liz, IIRC the squads were meant to be picked on 2007 form as well as 2008 YTD. Yes, Goodes didn't start so well last year, but finished on fire, so that would ensure him being there.

[AnnieH]

There's five players I'd hate to see injured because of a silly exhibition match.

Saying that, out of 650-odd players, kudos to the lot of them for making it.

[Mike_B]

There's five players I'd hate to see injured because of a silly exhibition match.

Saying that, out of 650-odd players, kudos to the lot of them for making it.

Well Annie,

It is meant to be the best of the best in the comp playing that game, so its not like we can offer up Bevo or Benny Mathews in their place!

[AnnieH]

Well Annie,

It is meant to be the best of the best in the comp playing that game, so its not like we can offer up Bevo or Benny Mathews in their place!

I know, I know.

But it's no biggy if Bevo or Matthews went out injured.

It's just that I'd be really, really filthy dirty if one of those named was hurt.

[Plugger46]

Have to wonder if BBBH might have been named had the squads been announced on Friday!

Yeah, thought exactly the same thing liz.

Given his early season form, I reckon he would have been selected.

[Mike_B]

Have to wonder if BBBH might have been named had the squads been announced on Friday!

Yeah, thought exactly the same thing liz.

Given his early season form, I reckon he would have been selected.

They should have picked him anyway.....as a link back to the darker days on on field punchups and the like that are no longer part of the game. After all, the game is commemorate 150 years of footy!

[JF_Bay22_SCG]

Anyone find it funny they are talking profusely about the Hall of Fame match to try & get people to stop talking about what happened on Saturday night.

Is anyone seriously planning on going to that game? To me that is pretty much a weekend off footy. Would be an interesting spectacle to watch from my couch. But the Swans are the team I barrack for. How can I barrack for Eagles players; that is against my religion?!

But go the Doug Anthony AllStars all the same!

JF

[mcs]

I will watch it (Oh wait a minute I wont watch it cause Ill be going out on the town for my 21st) but I would watch it if I was home but dont have much of an interest in it. As long as all the swans that end up playing come through unscathed Ill be happy.

[BSA5]

It would be nice to see Kirk line up on Goodes, and Bolton line up on O'Keefe! Could happen, depending on how the teams are named.

[sharp9]

There's no question that Kennelly and O'Keefe are in ther CURRENT form to warrant selection in at least the squads. O'keefe is in the top five of all the leaderboards for players that I have seen.