Goodbye Nick Davis

[ROK Lobster]

Bugger.

[Plugger46]

Outside Lockett - my favourite ever Swan. Single handedly gave us a a chance at a flag. Anyone who thinks otherwise, is clearly kidding themselves. Without Nick Davis, Paul Roos would be exactly the same as Rodney Eade.

Absolute gun and I hope he stars elsewhere and kicks a bag against us next year.

Paul Roos - you can go and get stuffed.

[DeadlyAkkuret]

Roos and Co. have handled this very badly, there's almost no doubt about that.

From the outside it always seemed like even the slightest mistake was met with an unreasonably harsh penalty when it came to Davis. Roos knew he couldn't handle him so he took the easy way out and made an example of him, but imo the hard/no nonsense approach isn't the way to go with Nick.

I still scratch my head when I try to figure out why he was dropped after the St. Kilda game, when so many other passengers got off scot free. I'm starting to really dread what our future may hold if this pretentious leadership group BS continues to run the show.

[ScottH]

Another day, another Davis thread on RWO.

You're always so negative.

Hope it is not the end of his career, I suspect he will be snapped up by one of the lower finishers this year in the PSD, who desperately need a forward.

Melbourne Springs to mind.

[Frog]

If he gets picked up in the PSD by another club who can work with him to deliver his potential then I will be telling a few here to eat their @@@@ing keyboards!

My keyboard is safe then (and so are my remaining teeth)..

Outside Lockett - my favourite ever Swan. Single handedly gave us a a chance at a flag. Anyone who thinks otherwise, is clearly kidding themselves. Without Nick Davis, Paul Roos would be exactly the same as Rodney Eade.

Absolute gun and I hope he stars elsewhere and kicks a bag against us next year.

Paul Roos - you can go and get stuffed.

Yes, that he did, give us a tilt at a flag. I am not kidding myself.

But whether we would be any better with Nick Davis, debatable. Don't think we have missed him this year or last year. And IMO, he won't play football again, unless it is outside of AFL. I still think he is a pretty boy that needs to have all the attention, I still strongly believe he is lazy as all hell. No amount of training is going to fix that. He should have seen Bazza's Psych. Not saying I'm happy he's gone, just that it won't make a rats' difference at the club.

[Plugger46]

Yes, that he did, give us a tilt at a flag. I am not kidding myself.

But whether we would be any better with Nick Davis, debatable. Don't think we have missed him this year or last year. And IMO, he won't play football again, unless it is outside of AFL. I still think he is a pretty boy that needs to have all the attention, I still strongly believe he is lazy as all hell. No amount of training is going to fix that. He should have seen Bazza's Psych. Not saying I'm happy he's gone, just that it won't make a rats' difference at the club.

Fair enough - I don't agree with you.

We've got hacks everywhere and we de-list one of the blokes with genuine class. We've barely got anyone with any class.

Virtually the only bloke who tried to win the game against St.Kilda in round 1. No-one else took the game on.

He doesn't work as hard as most others. Who cares? The hard working hacks (such as Ablett) can't turn games and kick crucial goals consistently.
Footy clubs need all types - sadly, we have too many of the one type.

[DeadlyAkkuret]

Fair enough - I don't agree with you.

We've got hacks everywhere and we de-list one of the blokes with genuine class. We've barely got anyone with any class.

Virtually the only bloke who tried to win the game against St.Kilda in round 1. No-one else took the game on.

He doesn't work as hard as most others. Who cares? The hard working hacks (such as Ablett) can't turn games and kick crucial goals consistently.
Footy clubs need all types - sadly, we have too many of the one type.

Hear @@@@ing hear!

[CureTheSane]

Fair enough - I don't agree with you.

We've got hacks everywhere and we de-list one of the blokes with genuine class. We've barely got anyone with any class.

Virtually the only bloke who tried to win the game against St.Kilda in round 1. No-one else took the game on.

He doesn't work as hard as most others. Who cares? The hard working hacks (such as Ablett) can't turn games and kick crucial goals consistently.
Footy clubs need all types - sadly, we have too many of the one type.

He didn't show that class often enough on the field.
Even his kicking for goal seemed to let him down in recent times.
Sure he got us a tilt at a flag, and gave me one of my most heart stopping and exciting times watching football, but at the end of the day, iot seems that the club thinks he has a poor attitude or whatever.
Point is, there would surely be more to it than what we all know, and it's probably best for everyone, including himself, that he leaves.

I hope he enters the draft and continues, but I don't expect him to shine as he has in the past.
What's the point in staying on our list if he won't be playing in the senior team?
Fly free Little Micky.
Wear your premiership medallion with pride, in knowing that if not for your effort it wouldn't be around your neck.
You have the ultimate prize - now enjoy the rest of your life.
Eat KFC when you feel like it.
Alternate your meals with McDonalds.
Remember to drink diet coke to give yourself a balanced meal.

[Robbo]

It's sad to see someone who has done so much for the club get given his marching orders, but this is a step in the right direction.

[Plugger46]

He didn't show that class often enough on the field.
Even his kicking for goal seemed to let him down in recent times.

2003-2007 - I can't think of a better 3rd or 4th forward in the competition. Big game player - played very well in several finals. That's when it really matters and Davo delivered.

Missed two easy goals in his last game for the club. Otherwise, his kicking at goal was excellent.

[The Big Cat]

I'm surprised so many posters have such great access to the Swans inner sanctum! You all can tell us what the coach thinks, what the other players think, the political movements within the club, the recruiting stategies, etc etc.

As a result you have exposed the club as pursuing such questionable values as hard work, supporting your teammates, repaying the coaches faith after receiving who-knows-how-many chances, not exposing your team mates up the ground by not chasing, etc etc ....

Seems it's time to redefine our values, hey?
- Play one good quarter of footy and you're signed for life.
- Work ethic doesn't matter - it's raw talent that's important!
- There should be no accountability for your actions if you have talent.
- Leadership groups and coaches should have no power to influence the group
- 90 minutes of hard team footy is much less important to the outcome than 10 minutes of selfish footy which ends in glory once in a while.
- If a talented player can't fit in, then it is the coaches and the other players fault. Even if the latter groups have spent 5 years trying to tolerate the former's lack of respect for the organisation.
- All other values are to be written by any wayward talent who can't respect others.

Now let's start recruiting. We need talent above attitude -
Lawrence Angwin would be a good start, let's keep Davo, Damien Cupido's a star, Lovett's worth a try, Karl Norman he's got talent, Anthony Corrie, Jeff farmer etc etc.

A team full of that sort of talent which is not held back by hard working team players and stupid team rules, would make a flag is absolutely inevitable!

[stellation]

He didn't show that class often enough on the field.
Even his kicking for goal seemed to let him down in recent times.

Didn't get much of a run in 2008, in 2007 he kicked 33.12.

[hammo]

Missed two easy goals in his last game for the club. Otherwise, his kicking at goal was excellent.

And no doubt those misses can be put down to a severe lack of self-confidence brought about by constant public comments by Roos and co.

The thing that @@@@s me the most is that the perceived lack of commitment that has brought about Davis' downfall has been totally overlooked in recruiting Rhyce Shaw. There are so many double standards on display it isn't funny.

I hope Nick gets a start elsewhere - maybe Brisbane or Adelaide - and demonstrates what a mistake the Swans have made.

As an outsider, I suspect half the reason O'Keefe wants to leave is the mundane style of play employed by Sydney which bores fans and players alike. The decision to delist Nick Davis shows that style shows no sign of changing.

[SimonH]

See ya, Davo. Thanks for the great moments.

I'd like to say 'RWO will be poorer without you', but in fact it'll be richer without these now oh-so-predictable pitched battles between pro- and anti-Davis forces being waged on a weekly basis.

[Robbo]

We can be thankful that we are getting rid of a 28 year old for Shaw instead of a youngster.