Goodbye Baz

[SwansFan1972]

AGree with that DST, but does this mean we actually give a pick back to the Dogs???

Yes - a later round pick which Roos had already trashed as pretty worthless anyway - nothing to sweat there.

Hally has offered up a few interesting quotes in the media conference with Eade:


Hall says on-field demons are behind him - AFL.com.au

The main things to come out of it are:

1) why are the demons gone now - what happened in the off season to cast them out?

2) if they are gone, why can't he give a guarantee that he won't belt someone again (seems those aforementioned demons might not rest too quietly!)

3) the comments about the bulldogs "style of play" offering fewer opportunities for him to get frustrated are pretty offensive to his former team mates. It was obviously everyone else's fault after all! Sure, sometimes our mids slaughtered him - but that happens to every forward.

Been said before a million times, but it is all a bit sad really. Good luck to him and the doggies. For him, I hope he can keep his hands to himself, but that would also suck a bit too! With just a bit of self control in Sydney he'd still be here.

[Rod_]

Barry Who - ohhh thats right - he was the bloke that was next to Roosy when he said here it is in 2005....

Bugger I guess I have to change my Avitar...

By Barry

Cheers

Rod

PS thanks.

[BSA5]

Second rounder would of been a good deal.

That or Everitt...

Can't we get him on the Uncle/Nephew/Cousin rule??

Andrejs is Peter's brother, believe it or not. Pretty sure Peter is the eldest of the family, Andrejs the youngest.

[BeeEmmAre]

AGree with that DST, but does this mean we actually give a pick back to the Dogs???

Thanks Bazza for all the memories. As with all our premiership heroes, you are and will always be a Swan in my eyes.
Best of luck with the Bulldogs, and if we can't win the flag next year, I certainly hope you can do for them what you helped do for us four years ago.


Shock, they said we'll swap a late round pick with the Dogs - so we'll give them 54 for 63, or 70 for 79 etc.

And we've just given 47 to Brisbane for 39 - so it's effectively Bazza for 39 and almost cancels out the six pick drop we took in the 20s yesterday.
We now currently have 6, 28, 38, 39, 54, 70, 86......

[Triple B]

Bugger I guess I have to change my Avitar...

So is your new avatar for Jolly, or where he may end up??

[Xie Shan]

The way I see it, there's 'good Baz' and 'bad Baz'. 'Good Baz' is the gun full-forward who gave away a Coleman and unselfishly sacrificed his own game for the team's cause, scaring the hell out of opposition defenders in the process. I'm going to miss that Baz, and hope we see him again at the Bulldogs. A fantastic player and we wouldn't have won a flag without him.

On the other hand, there's 'Bad Baz'. Moody, petulant and ill-tempered, often blowing hot and cold, I'm sure I don't need to describe this Baz in more detail (and neither would he, I'm sure), who we've unfortunately seen more often than not since 2007.

Best of luck to him, I'm a little surprised they gave him a 2-year deal but I hope he goes well! He's probably the only one who truly knows if his on-field "demons" are behind him, maybe like all good things his relationship with the Swans coming to the end was for the best. (And yes, I read the quote about the Bulldogs' "environment" providing him with less reason to be frustrated too -- I'll leave it up to others to speculate as to what that means )

That said, I hope he is soundly beaten by Craig Bolton if they match up against each other next year

[DST]

And we've just given 47 to Brisbane for 39 - so it's effectively Bazza for 39 and almost cancels out the six pick drop we took in the 20s yesterday.
We now currently have 6, 28, 38, 39, 54, 70, 86......

Interesting, that is why the three way Seaby deal and picks took a while to be completed as it was involving what we got for Hall to finalise a higher third round for us from Brisbane (a little sting in the tail for Lions supporters).

So if we off load Jolly for 14 + player we would end up with 6, 14, 28, 38, 39, 54, 70, 86 etc.

Look for us to use 38 or 39 (or both) for Kennedy and or another ruckman and that should be it.

That will give us possibly Seaby, Kennedy, a fringe Collingwood player and another ruckman along with 3 picks in the top 30.

Not a bad weeks work in turning the list over and getting three quality kids.

DST

[Midfield]

Good luck Baz. It will be sad to see you in the red, white and blue against us, but at least we'll win the frees for count.

[CJK]

My favorite player.

I?ll miss calling out ?Barry Hall? in the style of ?Denny Crane? as he gets his hands on the ball.

Bye Barry. Thanks for the memories, and there were plenty with the good far outweighing the bad.

/ plays ?The Last Post? on bugle

[Primmy]

I miss the silly bugger. He is a great bloke, great player, with one too many problems that made him a time bomb. I hope and pray that the "no, we just can't do this again" situation and aftermath have created a final barrier against the red mist of explosion that he allowed to overtake him.

Good luck my huggy man, hope you do well.