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  • ugg
    Can you feel it?
    Site Admin
    • Jan 2003
    • 15968

    #31
    Originally posted by NMWBloods
    That's exactly what I thought.
    There's the 'goodwill' rule in place that allows clubs to trade for a pick that they're not going to use, as a way of getting that player to his preferred club. We saw it with Steven King and Charlie Gardiner last year and Anthony Corrie this year. The fact that this didn't occur with Davis would probably mean his chances of getting picked up are close to zero.
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    • Mike_B
      Peyow Peyow
      • Jan 2003
      • 6267

      #32
      The NFL. Has a huge boot and gets plenty of hang time. Wouldn't have to do much to earn his cash either! A perfect fit.

      I'm on the Chandwagon!!!

      If you cannot compete for the premiership, it's better to be young and exciting than middle-aged and dowdy.

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      • reigning premier
        Suspended by the MRP
        • Sep 2006
        • 4335

        #33
        Originally posted by ugg
        There's the 'goodwill' rule in place that allows clubs to trade for a pick that they're not going to use, as a way of getting that player to his preferred club. We saw it with Steven King and Charlie Gardiner last year and Anthony Corrie this year. The fact that this didn't occur with Davis would probably mean his chances of getting picked up are close to zero.
        Accepted..... But when was the last time you saw any 'goodwill' from the Swans to Davis?

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        • AnnieH
          RWOs Black Sheep
          • Aug 2006
          • 11332

          #34
          Where will David end up?

          Oprah or Springer?
          Wild speculation, unsubstantiated rumours, silly jokes and opposition delight in another's failures is what makes an internet forum fun.
          Blessed are the cracked for they are the ones who let in the light.

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          • Pace To Burn
            On the Rookie List
            • Jul 2007
            • 748

            #35
            Originally posted by AnnieH
            Campbelltown Blues.
            Wed have him
            The edge is not the limit, It's just the starting point...

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            • AnnieH
              RWOs Black Sheep
              • Aug 2006
              • 11332

              #36
              Originally posted by Pace To Burn
              Wed have him
              That's the spirit!!
              He could do a lot for NSW/ACT AFL.
              Wild speculation, unsubstantiated rumours, silly jokes and opposition delight in another's failures is what makes an internet forum fun.
              Blessed are the cracked for they are the ones who let in the light.

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              • Triple B
                Formerly 'BBB'
                • Feb 2003
                • 6999

                #37
                Originally posted by reigning premier
                Only problem with that theory is that everyone knew that he was going to be delisted aqnyway. It's been pretty obvious for a while.

                It wouldn't surprise me that a number of clubs might be sitting there thinking, Why trade? We're a shot to get him for nothing in the PSD. IMHO, Roos destroyed his trade value about 16 weeks ago ensuring that the Swans would get zero offers (and returns) for him.
                Originally posted by NMWBloods
                That's exactly what I thought.
                The problem with that theory is, unless you're Melbourne, you may not get him in the PSD.

                Do you seriously think Brisbane are going to use the #93 pick they got from Collingwood for Corrie? Of course not, they wanted to give Corrie a chance to find a club before being delisted and found a suitor in Collingwood................

                Originally posted by ugg
                There's the 'goodwill' rule in place that allows clubs to trade for a pick that they're not going to use, as a way of getting that player to his preferred club. We saw it with Steven King and Charlie Gardiner last year and Anthony Corrie this year. The fact that this didn't occur with Davis would probably mean his chances of getting picked up are close to zero.
                Ah....should have read on, exactly what i was saying uggster.

                FWIW, I'm prepared to accept 'laughingnome' take on it that clubs may be waiting to see what the draft throws up before committing to Davis. I reckon that is his only hope.
                Driver of the Dan Hannebery bandwagon....all aboard. 4th April 09

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                • Darren Thomson
                  On the Rookie List
                  • Jul 2008
                  • 291

                  #38
                  The problem for Davo is that it takes a year for most players to come back from a knee, that puts him close to thirty by the time he gets back to decent form, and, as has been documented, not always the most dedicated trainer. All the clubs know this, big risk taking on a player in that position, even as naturally talented as Davo is.


                  Paul Roos for PM

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                  • cartman48
                    Warming the Bench
                    • Aug 2006
                    • 129

                    #39
                    Originally posted by laughingnome
                    Is he that dissimilar to Stuart Dew?
                    Kidding right - Davis has talent to burn but isn't a team player, Dew was unfit and a year out of the game but played a massive team role - Davis's individual brilliance is what will cost him any chance of playing AFL again - no one wants these types in there squads anymore because of the trouble they create.
                    Carn the Southern Power.....

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                    • goswannie14
                      Leadership Group
                      • Sep 2005
                      • 11166

                      #40
                      Originally posted by cartman48
                      Kidding right - Davis has talent to burn but isn't a team player, Dew was unfit and a year out of the game but played a massive team role - Davis's individual brilliance is what will cost him any chance of playing AFL again - no one wants these types in there squads anymore because of the trouble they create.
                      Davo is like the classic Monty Python scene in Life of Brian...

                      CROWD (Swans players) "We are all individuals."

                      LONER IN CROWD (Davo) "I'm not!"
                      Does God believe in Atheists?

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                      • Xie Shan
                        Senior Player
                        • Jan 2003
                        • 2929

                        #41
                        Originally posted by goswannie14
                        Davo is like the classic Monty Python scene in Life of Brian...

                        CROWD (Swans players) "We are all individuals."

                        LONER IN CROWD (Davo) "I'm not!"


                        If you think Davo was hard done by, spare a thought for Luke Watson!

                        Watson allegedly claimed in his speech that he had become so detached from his national teammates they refused to eat with him, while journalists have recently recounted seeing Watson during this year's Tri Nations tournament sitting on bags next to the team bus in Dunedin, listening to his iPod, while the rest of the side were in the dressing room celebrating their historic win over the All Blacks.

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                        • CureTheSane
                          Carpe Noctem
                          • Jan 2003
                          • 5032

                          #42
                          Originally posted by Xie Shan


                          If you think Davo was hard done by, spare a thought for Luke Watson!
                          .....in 1906 South African rugby captain Paul Roos told British media.....
                          He looks good for his age
                          The difference between insanity and genius is measured only in success.

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                          • 573v30
                            On the bandwagon...
                            • Sep 2005
                            • 5017

                            #43
                            Originally posted by CureTheSane
                            He looks good for his age
                            Good find!
                            I only support one team: The SYDNEY SWANS!!!!! :adore

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                            • stellation
                              scott names the planets
                              • Sep 2003
                              • 9718

                              #44
                              Poor old Davo isn't on the list of delisted guys having been granted permission by the AFL to train with a team.
                              I knew him as a gentle young man, I cannot say for sure the reasons for his decline
                              We watched him fade before our very eyes, and years before his time

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                              • Darren Thomson
                                On the Rookie List
                                • Jul 2008
                                • 291

                                #45
                                Vfl


                                Paul Roos for PM

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