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  • Primmy
    Proud Tragic Swan
    • Apr 2008
    • 5970

    #46
    Originally posted by ScottH
    Or any kid with potential who's whole goal in life is to play AFL. At least they have the desire.

    Also, maybe Tadhg's leaving has had a domino effect. They came coz of him ,and no he is not here!?!?
    I think you are right Scott. No harm in being young and homesick, but its a helluva way to go to get a home fix. Think we should be looking closer to home.
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    • AnnieH
      RWOs Black Sheep
      • Aug 2006
      • 11332

      #47
      Originally posted by cruiser
      I'm beginning to think that we're wasting our time investing in half hearted Irish mummy's boys and would be much better off looking to potential Indigenous talent to develop.
      Yeah.
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      • ugg
        Can you feel it?
        Site Admin
        • Jan 2003
        • 15970

        #48
        Originally posted by cruiser
        I'm beginning to think that we're wasting our time investing in half hearted Irish mummy's boys and would be much better off looking to potential Indigenous talent to develop.
        We probably should just stick to recruiting Sydney boys as well because those interstate 'mummy's boys' also have a tendency to return home too.
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        • AnnieH
          RWOs Black Sheep
          • Aug 2006
          • 11332

          #49
          Originally posted by ugg
          We probably should just stick to recruiting Sydney boys as well because those interstate 'mummy's boys' also have a tendency to return home too.
          Now now .... not since Anthony Rocca!!!
          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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          • Mr Magoo
            Senior Player
            • May 2008
            • 1255

            #50
            I think the difference with the Irish Guys is that the switch to AFL is basically a financial decision and is therefore really just a job.

            Like any job, if you dont like doing what you are doing then you generally tend to leave, particularly when your stuck doing that job away from your family and friends and yur getting injured. They cant be expected to have the same passion for the game that would drive them to work through the hard times like an aussie guy who has grown up with AFL as one of the sporting pinnacles. Maybe the trip home mid year hindered rather than helped the homesickness.

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            • Donners
              On the Rookie List
              • Jan 2003
              • 1061

              #51
              Was he the one dubbed the "Irish Chris Judd"?

              It looked bad when he returned to Ireland while injured, and some suggested then that he may not return.

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              • Cant turn right
                Warming the Bench
                • Dec 2007
                • 231

                #52
                Originally posted by ugg
                We probably should just stick to recruiting Sydney boys as well because those interstate 'mummy's boys' also have a tendency to return home too.
                Recruiting kids so far from home is a big gamble. Even though this one didn't work out I for one am happy that the club is willing to take big risks. In the long run the success of Kennelly and maybe Pyke (time will tell) more than makes up for the losses along the way.

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                • snajik
                  Senior Player
                  • Jan 2003
                  • 1115

                  #53
                  Originally posted by BSA5
                  Think of the F/S selections!

                  Reverse eugenics?
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                  • snajik
                    Senior Player
                    • Jan 2003
                    • 1115

                    #54
                    Originally posted by goswannies
                    Looks like our Western experiment (Wheeler & Pyke - a bit of artistic licence with Sanford) is far more successful than our European one.

                    Time to look to South Africa? Or some US basketballers (Jesse & Jake look promising), but how about some of the US college 6'7"+ athletic types? Given the 25% success-rate from Ireland, if Roosy is going to think outside the box, there must be other boxes out there. If he ever plans to return to the US with Mrs Roos, he could be our recruiter over there...
                    AFL is an endurance sport. I'd be heading to Kenya and Ethiopia in search of some long distance runners. Midfielders that could run all day, and then run home after the game. A midfield boasting J Bolton, B Kirk, R O'Keefe and Haile Gebrselassie sounds pretty good to me.
                    It's very hard to live in a studio apartment in San Jose with a man who's learning to play violin. That's what she told the police when she handed them the empty revolver.
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                    • ScottH
                      It's Goodes to cheer!!
                      • Sep 2003
                      • 23665

                      #55
                      Originally posted by Donners
                      Was he the one dubbed the "Irish Chris Judd"?
                      Coz they both returned to their birthplace?

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                      • Donners
                        On the Rookie List
                        • Jan 2003
                        • 1061

                        #56
                        Originally posted by snajik
                        AFL is an endurance sport. I'd be heading to Kenya and Ethiopia in search of some long distance runners. Midfielders that could run all day, and then run home after the game. A midfield boasting J Bolton, B Kirk, R O'Keefe and Haile Gebrselassie sounds pretty good to me.
                        I was thinking of a different sort of athlete. Why don't we get a few professional wrestlers? They're used to body-on-body contact, are pretty fit and are strong in a one-on-one contest. They may not get a kick, but hell, nor does Pyke...

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                        • snajik
                          Senior Player
                          • Jan 2003
                          • 1115

                          #57
                          Originally posted by Donners
                          I was thinking of a different sort of athlete. Why don't we get a few professional wrestlers? They're used to body-on-body contact, are pretty fit and are strong in a one-on-one contest. They may not get a kick, but hell, nor does Pyke...
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                          It's very hard to live in a studio apartment in San Jose with a man who's learning to play violin. That's what she told the police when she handed them the empty revolver.
                          The Scarlatti Tilt - Richard Brautigan

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                          • Primmy
                            Proud Tragic Swan
                            • Apr 2008
                            • 5970

                            #58
                            Originally posted by ScottH
                            Coz they both returned to their birthplace?
                            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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                            • dimelb
                              pr. dim-melb; m not f
                              • Jun 2003
                              • 6889

                              #59
                              Originally posted by snajik
                              AFL is an endurance sport. I'd be heading to Kenya and Ethiopia in search of some long distance runners. Midfielders that could run all day, and then run home after the game. A midfield boasting J Bolton, B Kirk, R O'Keefe and Haile Gebrselassie sounds pretty good to me.
                              There must be some serious talent in the Sudanese community - is anyone (from the Swans) looking?
                              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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                              • 10Totti10
                                On the Rookie List
                                • Apr 2009
                                • 443

                                #60
                                Yep Murphy has officially left the Swans.

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