Leo Barry Retirement????

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  • ScottH
    It's Goodes to cheer!!
    • Sep 2003
    • 23665

    #76
    Originally posted by ugg
    2.35 am here in Sydney...
    It's still Before Our Game.

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    • Alison
      On the Rookie List
      • Feb 2003
      • 155

      #77
      Watched Before The Game - gees he speaks well Leo. Is really easy to listen to. He would be good at being a sydney media correspondent or something!

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      • 31 hard at it
        Regular in the Side
        • Mar 2008
        • 550

        #78
        Leo interviewed on 3AW after the game. Spoke very well. Would someone start a thread please:
        Leo the Stockbroker - would you invest ?
        You would watch your investment go up, back, round and then mainly forward with a couple of clangers ..... but maybe one that would have you yelling "Leo Barry you STAR".

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        • ScottH
          It's Goodes to cheer!!
          • Sep 2003
          • 23665

          #79
          Took another classic mark today.

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          • Donners
            On the Rookie List
            • Jan 2003
            • 1061

            #80
            Made some classic errors, too. Vintage Leo all-round.

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            • Xie Shan
              Senior Player
              • Jan 2003
              • 2929

              #81
              Looked very shaky early on today, no doubt he made the right decision to retire but still had some good moments today and will be missed!!

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              • Primmy
                Proud Tragic Swan
                • Apr 2008
                • 5970

                #82
                Classic Leo Mark at the MCG. Other stuff a bit ordinary, but the mark was a fitting fairwell to the ground. Onya!
                If you've never jumped from one couch to the other to save yourself from lava then you didn't have a childhood

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                • johnno
                  On the Rookie List
                  • Apr 2008
                  • 1102

                  #83
                  Boy he took a couple of great grabs today.

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                  • Bear
                    Best and Fairest
                    • Feb 2003
                    • 1022

                    #84
                    Yeah a couple of errors but you could say that for any member of the team. Errors in defence are obviously more obvious too.

                    For a guy who has played no senior football for 12 months at 32, it's amazing he's competing so well without the match fitness.
                    "As a player he simply should not have been able to do the things he did. Leo was a 185cm, 88kg full-back and played on some of the biggest, fastest and best full-forwards of all time, and constantly beat them." Roos.
                    Leo Barry? you star! We'll miss ya, ''Leapin''.

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                    • giant
                      Veterans List
                      • Mar 2005
                      • 4731

                      #85
                      Here's a nice story...

                      I've mentioned in the past that my 12yo nephew who lives in Perth is Leo's greatest fan (to the point that he chose Leo as his confirmation name - Catholics will know what I mean...).

                      Leo rang my brother a few weeks back to tell him this week would be his last game so bro arranged for him and the nephew to come to Sydney for the big game (yes, perhaps a little OTT, but being a 12yo Swans fan in Perth does deserve some kudos!).

                      Anyways, they went into the rooms after the game and my brother presented Leo with a small gift to say thanks - Leo says "Great - and I've got something for you." He then presents my nephew with his shorts, socks AND boots that he's worn for his final game. What a fantastic gesture!

                      My nephew, who's normally a pretty quiet fella, had a grin from ear to ear for the rest of the night! Truly an occasion he won't forget - and another reminder we've lost a little ripper with Leo.

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                      • ScottH
                        It's Goodes to cheer!!
                        • Sep 2003
                        • 23665

                        #86
                        Originally posted by giant
                        Here's a nice story...

                        I've mentioned in the past that my 12yo nephew who lives in Perth is Leo's greatest fan (to the point that he chose Leo as his confirmation name - Catholics will know what I mean...).

                        Leo rang my brother a few weeks back to tell him this week would be his last game so bro arranged for him and the nephew to come to Sydney for the big game (yes, perhaps a little OTT, but being a 12yo Swans fan in Perth does deserve some kudos!).

                        Anyways, they went into the rooms after the game and my brother presented Leo with a small gift to say thanks - Leo says "Great - and I've got something for you." He then presents my nephew with his shorts, socks AND boots that he's worn for his final game. What a fantastic gesture!

                        My nephew, who's normally a pretty quiet fella, had a grin from ear to ear for the rest of the night! Truly an occasion he won't forget - and another reminder we've lost a little ripper with Leo.
                        Nice story Giant.

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                        • mcs
                          Travelling Swannie!!
                          • Jul 2007
                          • 8162

                          #87
                          A great story and sums up leo the man perfectly. As a footballer, he has given our club his all, and he will most definitely never be forgotten, even if it turns out to be just for that 1 mark! I'm very happy he got to get a couple of games in the seniors to leave on rather then disappearing off the map without trace.

                          Only one to sum up Leo though- 'You Star!'.
                          "You get the feeling that like Monty Python's Black Knight, the Swans would regard amputation as merely a flesh wound."

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                          • ScottH
                            It's Goodes to cheer!!
                            • Sep 2003
                            • 23665

                            #88
                            Leo started his career with 5 wins from his 1st 5 games.
                            1st in 1995 against the Pies. His only game that year.

                            Leo finished his career with 3 games in his final year.
                            3 losses, sad way to go out.

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                            • dimelb
                              pr. dim-melb; m not f
                              • Jun 2003
                              • 6889

                              #89
                              Originally posted by ScottH
                              Leo started his career with 5 wins from his 1st 5 games.
                              1st in 1995 against the Pies. His only game that year.

                              Leo finished his career with 3 games in his final year.
                              3 losses, sad way to go out.
                              True, but it would help confirm that he had made the right decision.
                              He reminds him of the guys, close-set, slow, and never rattled, who were play-makers on the team. (John Updike, seeing Josh Kennedy in a crystal ball)

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                              • ScottH
                                It's Goodes to cheer!!
                                • Sep 2003
                                • 23665

                                #90
                                Originally posted by dimelb
                                True, but it would help confirm that he had made the right decision.
                                I think his final displosal helped confirm that.

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