Is Tadhg kennelly coming back to the swans? YES HE IS!

[liz]

I was informed by a (reasonably good) source last night that he is coming back to the Swans and there is a bit of a show on at the moment to save face in Ireland, whether true or not I don't know.

Whether or not your source is correct about what his decision will be, I reckon there is almost zero chance that he hasn't actually made his mind up. You don't make decisions like this under pressure in 10 days - so the fact he has said he has this long to decide suggests he already knows exactly what he is going to do.

[Plugger46]

even if the saints have, i very much doubt Kennelly would. His GF lives in sydney and everything points to a sydney return if he decides yes and even the comment of potential coaching opportunity in there as well.

i am thinking is 75% chance of returning.

anyone offering odds?

7 to 1 he returns
12 to 1 he stays...

What price can you give me for Whobegotyou to win the Cox Plate?

[stellation]

I was informed by a (reasonably good) source last night that he is coming back to the Swans and there is a bit of a show on at the moment to save face in Ireland, whether true or not I don't know.

I've also been told by someone who would normally know such things that their understanding is that he's coming back (although they were clear that it was just the understanding they'd picked up from chatting to someone, they hadn't explicitly asked about it).

[Damien]

Whether or not your source is correct about what his decision will be, I reckon there is almost zero chance that he hasn't actually made his mind up. You don't make decisions like this under pressure in 10 days - so the fact he has said he has this long to decide suggests he already knows exactly what he is going to do.

Yeah I agree 100%.

[Vonsteinman]

His Girlfriend Nicole never went over to Ireland and is still based in Sydney with no intentions of moving to Ireland and apparently he was making noises about coming back even before he wont he All-Ireland.

This sounds to me like we've found a blueprint for all future WAGS of Swans players who are drafted/traded in from interstate/overseas....

[Damien]

This sounds to me like we've found a blueprint for all future WAGS of Swans players who are drafted/traded in from interstate/overseas....

Robert Walls has always said at Brisbane he and the football department were very excited when a recruit started a relationship with a local Brisbane girl!

[Doctor]

This sounds to me like we've found a blueprint for all future WAGS of Swans players who are drafted/traded in from interstate/overseas....

I reckon! Anyone we draft, recruit from o/s or trade needs to be single. First thing we do when we get them here is send them to a few mixers until they meet that special LOCAL someone.

[Triple B]

I remember me and my mates thinking that about Anthony Rocca, getting him a sheila so he'd stay.

Then we took a good look at his melon......

Unfortunately, Peter Graves was busy.

[ScottH]

I remember me and my mates thinking that about Anthony Rocca, getting him a sheila so he'd stay.

Then we took a good look at his melon......

Unfortunately, Peter Graves was busy.

I thought he brought his own sheila with him??

[satchmopugdog]

I thought he brought his own sheila with him??

Mums don't count in this case

[JUDO]

Looks like Tadgh will be coming back weather he wants to or not. He may be no longer welcome in the GAA

Kennelly 'devastated' by account of incident - The Irish Times - Wed, Oct 21, 2009

[AnnieH]

He definately coming back to Australia. In his words, he wants to marry his girlfriend and use his TEACHING DEGREE and teach children at primary school.

I honestly don't think it would be that easy for him to slip back into team 2010.

[Primmy]

He definately coming back to Australia. In his words, he wants to marry his girlfriend and use his TEACHING DEGREE and teach children at primary school.

I honestly don't think it would be that easy for him to slip back into team 2010.

But at the next CC Dinner we all get to line up and hug him.....

Agree Annie, I cannot see him slip back into the team. Slip back into Sydney yes, but probably not into the team. Feel sorry for the poor sod. No matter what he does, someone is going to pay him out and make him feel bad. them or us..

[liz]

I honestly don't think it would be that easy for him to slip back into team 2010.

But at the next CC Dinner we all get to line up and hug him.....

Agree Annie, I cannot see him slip back into the team. Slip back into Sydney yes, but probably not into the team. Feel sorry for the poor sod. No matter what he does, someone is going to pay him out and make him feel bad. them or us..

Not why it would be particularly hard for him to "slip back into the team". He's been playing elite level sport for the past 8 months since he left - maybe not professionally but I'd be amazed if he wasn't doing nearly as much fitness work as previously. And he managed to establish himself in the Kerry team within a single season of returning to Ireland, despite the fact he'd barely played the sport for the previous 8 years and had not played at senior level.

So assuming that if he comes back it is for the right reasons and his body is in good enough shape to take the physical stuff, I can't see why he wouldn't re-adapt almost straight away.

[ShockOfHair]

What was that stat? Of the 22-odd games he missed through injury to end-2008, we won 3. You could now say it's 11-36.