Rejuvenated Shaw....

[DeadlyAkkuret]

As he is the only Swan whose behaviour IS being mentioned by R&W I would say we are making rumbling noises of not being totally satisfied. Was quite pleased with our acquisition at first, but am having other thoughts. I will wait and see.

Goodes has a serious case of the sooky-la-las sometimes, too. They're all human, as long as he's helping us play better football, I'm satisfied.

[Lucky Knickers]

Another story today in the Daily Tele in Sydney on Shaw. I think this is the best story written about him so far.

And he's got man-love for Goodes! Nice.

Shaw said one thing he had really appreciated since arriving in Sydney was playing alongside Goodes. "I've played with an unbelievable player in Nathan Buckley over a long period of time, but to come up and see Adam Goodes first-hand, I don't think the AFL world realises how good he is,'' Shaw said.

[Armchair Coach]

I like him a lot too. I like the fact that his default facial expression is pissed off - maybe we should nickname him Oscar! - but apart from that, I also like him because he seems to be right there amongst it more often than not. Memories of 2009 will definitely include his bullet head running the ball out time and time again to find a teammate after an opposition point. He's not the only player guilty of a bit of hands-on-hips this season either.

LMAO! Oscar...that's his nick-name for mine from now on. Thanks! You own it.

[dimelb]

Another story today in the Daily Tele in Sydney on Shaw. I think this is the best story written about him so far.

And he's got man-love for Goodes! Nice.

Good story. Plenty of Shaw, not too much journalist.

[UglyDuckling]

Another story today in the Daily Tele in Sydney on Shaw. I think this is the best story written about him so far.

And he's got man-love for Goodes! Nice.

Good story!!

[Primmy]

Please tell me I am not wrong. Oscar as in the Oscars statuette? Perfect name. Happy with that.

[Armchair Coach]

Please tell me I am not wrong. Oscar as in the Oscars statuette? Perfect name. Happy with that.

Grouse. That works as well for me as the Sesame Street "Oscar". Shaw could be made of Gold.

Shaw is our new Tadgh.

[timthefish]

a number of times i've seen him gather the ball when he's already spent in the lungs, sprint 50 metres just on ticker and then kick long to advantage.

really hard football. if goodes did that...

[dimelb]

Oscar the grouch sounds about right. Lovable whinger who helps to carry the show.

[Primmy]

Grouse. That works as well for me as the Sesame Street "Oscar". Shaw could be made of Gold.

Oh, I see. I belong to a demographic that was bypassed by Sesame Street, but yep that works for me too. Double whammy Oscar.

[royboy42]

a number of times i've seen him gather the ball when he's already spent in the lungs, sprint 50 metres just on ticker and then kick long to advantage.

really hard football. if goodes did that...

What was the unnecessary sting in the tail there re Goodes? An implication that a dual Brownlow medallist is not hard? That he has no ticker? Maybe you could reconsider that one?

[Kirkari]

Grouse. That works as well for me as the Sesame Street "Oscar". Shaw could be made of Gold.

Shaw is our new Tadhg.

Yeah - I meant Oscar The Grouch. Gold is good but wouldn't like to be mistaken for meaning the Hollywood association... too much playing it up for the umpires creeping into the game as it is!

Great article Lucky Knickers! I wouldn't have guessed Kieren Jack "the angriest man in Australia", but love that Shaw says "...it's good to give a bit back and try to protect him...I'm really big on that. If somebody gets hit - if there's a cheeky behind play - I'll be the first one over there. I'm definitely not the toughest bloke around or the biggest bloke, but I'll definitely try to stick up for my mates.'' Awwww.