Paul Bevan plays at AFL standard - let's all wet our pants

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  • Lohengrin
    On the Rookie List
    • Jul 2008
    • 641

    #31
    Originally posted by connolly
    He is one of our most valuable players and certainly the most versatile. He is in the top tier of the team. Refer to Roos comments after the Freo game. But then he is only the coach. Dear o dear.
    Indeed!

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    • swansrule100
      The quarterback
      • May 2004
      • 4538

      #32
      Originally posted by connolly
      He is one of our most valuable players and certainly the most versatile. He is in the top tier of the team. Refer to Roos comments after the Freo game. But then he is only the coach. Dear o dear.
      im all for having a favorite player but geez.

      I will give you one thing your good for a laugh
      Theres not much left to say

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      • Big Al
        Veterans List
        • Feb 2005
        • 7007

        #33
        Originally posted by Nico
        What's wrong with a manic obsession of curried sausages?
        Nothing, unless your stalking the one who makes the best curry sausages this side of Bombay. Then apparently you've gone too far. Go Figure.
        ..And the Swans are the Premiers...The Ultimate Team...The Ultimate Warriors. They have overcome the highly fancied Hawks in brilliant style. Sydney the 2012 Premiers - Gerard Whately ABC

        Here it is Again! - Huddo SEN

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        • connolly
          Registered User
          • Aug 2005
          • 2461

          #34
          Originally posted by DeadlyAkkuret
          No, he's not. Don't get me wrong, I really like Bevan's work this year and he now deserves a place in the first 22, but he's not one of our most valuable.

          O'Keefe, Goodes, Jolly, Kirk, B1, B2, O'Loughlin, Hall, Crouch, Mattner, Richards, Kennelly and probably a few more are still way more valuable than Bevan.
          In front of Richards, Crouch and rated with Mattner. In the top twelve. Future leadership group.
          Bevo bandwagon driver

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          • hammo
            Veterans List
            • Jul 2003
            • 5554

            #35
            Originally posted by connolly
            In front of Richards, Crouch and rated with Mattner. In the top twelve. Future leadership group.
            At which club?

            A guy who lacks confidence in his own ability won't be a candidate for a leadership position.
            "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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            • bandwagon
              Regular in the Side
              • May 2003
              • 565

              #36
              Originally posted by connolly
              In front of Richards, Crouch and rated with Mattner. In the top twelve. Future leadership group.
              Dunno about leadership... but in the Top 12 or so sound realistic to me. Guess we will see at the B&F night.

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              • liz
                Veteran
                Site Admin
                • Jan 2003
                • 16787

                #37
                He'll probably finish top 10 in the B&F this year, but so will Mattner and Ted's got a great chance too. Doesn't yet mean he's in the top tier of players. Monty finished 4th, I think it was, in our PREMIERSHIP year but he's not been able to sustain it.

                He deserves plaudits for a very competitive and much improved season. Watching players improve is, in many ways, more satisfying that seeing them burst onto the scene as very good players to start with. It's why Luffy became such a cult figure at the club - made the transition from journeyman to become a super player for a few seasons, including a top 3 B&F figure and arguably BOG in the first half of the 1996 grannie. Dunks did a similar thing - was just a so-so defender for many years and then suddenly became one of the best FBs in the competition in 1996, and was able to sustain it for most of the rest of his career. It's also why we're getting so much pleasure out of McVeigh's year this year.

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                • DeadlyAkkuret
                  Veterans List
                  • Oct 2006
                  • 4547

                  #38
                  Originally posted by connolly
                  In front of Richards, Crouch and rated with Mattner. In the top twelve. Future leadership group.
                  Only in terms of age. If Crouch had played fit all season, he'd win us more games than Bevan would. Again I'm not bagging Bevo, you just overrate him quite a bit.

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                  • Bloody Hell
                    Senior Player
                    • Oct 2006
                    • 3085

                    #39
                    Originally posted by connolly
                    He is one of our most valuable players and certainly the most versatile. He is in the top tier of the team. Refer to Roos comments after the Freo game. But then he is only the coach. Dear o dear.
                    Just for clarity could you rank the Swans best 22 from 1 - 22....or at least the next 5 after you get to Bevan? (I understand if you don't want to do this....I couldn't be arsed.)
                    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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                    • Bloody Hell
                      Senior Player
                      • Oct 2006
                      • 3085

                      #40
                      Does anyone remember Leigh Matthews comments as Bevo received his Premiership Medal after the 2005 GF?
                      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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                      • Wardy
                        The old Boiler!
                        • Sep 2003
                        • 6676

                        #41
                        Originally posted by Bloody Hell
                        Does anyone remember Leigh Matthews comments as Bevo received his Premiership Medal after the 2005 GF?
                        All too well and I totally agreed with him. He had the easiest day of all of them - sitting on the pine watching the game putting in very little (the few minutes he was actually on the field) and gets the spoils at the end. I felt for Vogels he was shafted that day for sure. But we all know that the king of the cardigans , connolly, will say otherwise.
                        I used to be indecisive, but now I'm not so sure..................
                        Chickens drink - but they don't pee!
                        AGE IS ONLY IMPORTANT FOR TWO THINGS - WINE & CHEESE!

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                        • hammo
                          Veterans List
                          • Jul 2003
                          • 5554

                          #42
                          Originally posted by Wardy
                          But we all know that the king of the cardigans , connolly, will say otherwise.
                          To paraphrase him, the pumped up thug from Glenferrie doesn't hold a candle to our Bevo.
                          "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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                          • connolly
                            Registered User
                            • Aug 2005
                            • 2461

                            #43
                            Originally posted by Bloody Hell
                            Does anyone remember Leigh Matthews comments as Bevo received his Premiership Medal after the 2005 GF?
                            Mathews is a dead set misanthrope. He is the only convicted criminal in the history of the game whose conviction resulted from one of the most cowardly acts ever committed on a football field. As for lucky the cheap thug had the great luck to coach a team of champions who fell into his lap, coach another premiership team in the worst year in living memory for football, be named ahead of the great Laurie Nash in the greatest footballers of all time (luck unbelievable) and is now being consistently out coached every weeek by all and sundry. His comment about a young courageous footballer at a grand final presentation was gratiutous and wrong. Bevan played an essential role in 05 as a defensive midfielder. In the time he was on the ground he applied tremedous physical pressure on the WC midfield, which in case Mathews missed it was an essential part of the Bloods (winning) game plan. Bevan also played a very good third quarter for the time he was on the ground, playing on Fletcher. The only reason that i remember this arse clown's disgraceful comments is that they demonstrated clearly why he shouldn't be let near a microphone when his coaching days (mercifully for Brisbane) come to an inevitable conclusion. He was a dirty sniper when he played and is a dirty sniper as a commentator (Goodes is a favourite etc). He has no credibility whilst Bevan proves himself every week as a hard but fair sportsman. Something the little thug wouldn't recognise even if he fell over one.
                            Bevo bandwagon driver

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                            • connolly
                              Registered User
                              • Aug 2005
                              • 2461

                              #44
                              Originally posted by hammo
                              To paraphrase him, the pumped up thug from Glenferrie doesn't hold a candle to our Bevo.
                              Hammo i wish i had read that before i answered our mate in Ireland. Got it in one. And would have saved me some time.
                              Bevo bandwagon driver

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                              • connolly
                                Registered User
                                • Aug 2005
                                • 2461

                                #45
                                Originally posted by Bloody Hell
                                Just for clarity could you rank the Swans best 22 from 1 - 22....or at least the next 5 after you get to Bevan? (I understand if you don't want to do this....I couldn't be arsed.)
                                Richards
                                Moore
                                Bird
                                LRT
                                Spida
                                Bevo bandwagon driver

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