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

[ScottH]

Kennelly makes clear he would not have returned if Kerry had not won the premiership. In other words, that objective came first, not the Swans.

As far as the "welcome back Tadhg, all is forgiven attitude" goes, well, it was certainly a different story when Kennelly walked out on us earlier this year, wasn't it?

I don't recall my boss kicking up a stink when I left them to chase my goal of backpacking around Europe.
I almost didn't return after having some decent job offers over there.
But I did, and guess what? They greeted me with open arms.

[Triple B]

He first came here as a boy on an adventure. The adventure turned out to be an ordeal, but he stuck with it and saw it through. He was then in a position to pursue a lifetime goal, Diarmuid Murphy did a Leo and Tadhg fulfilled his dream. Through the whole journey he seems to have grown into a man's estate and has now taken on a man's responsibilities, both to his partner and to his club. You can say the club indulged him or you can say the club was generous; I prefer the latter. Tadhg is well aware of his responsibilities and sounds ready to repay them. I am not prepared to criticise someone for going through the process of growing up. He has done well, and he will do well for us.
Another who comes out of all this with great credit to his name is Paul Roos. I suspect generosity is his way and I, for one, am grateful.

Excellent summation.

[Bloods05]

He first came here as a boy on an adventure. The adventure turned out to be an ordeal, but he stuck with it and saw it through. He was then in a position to pursue a lifetime goal, Diarmuid Murphy did a Leo and Tadhg fulfilled his dream. Through the whole journey he seems to have grown into a man's estate and has now taken on a man's responsibilities, both to his partner and to his club. You can say the club indulged him or you can say the club was generous; I prefer the latter. Tadhg is well aware of his responsibilities and sounds ready to repay them. I am not prepared to criticise someone for going through the process of growing up. He has done well, and he will do well for us.
Another who comes out of all this with great credit to his name is Paul Roos. I suspect generosity is his way and I, for one, am grateful.

Magnificent work.

[Primmy]

Class Dimelb.

[Cheer Squad]

He first came here as a boy on an adventure. The adventure turned out to be an ordeal, but he stuck with it and saw it through. He was then in a position to pursue a lifetime goal, Diarmuid Murphy did a Leo and Tadhg fulfilled his dream. Through the whole journey he seems to have grown into a man's estate and has now taken on a man's responsibilities, both to his partner and to his club. You can say the club indulged him or you can say the club was generous; I prefer the latter. Tadhg is well aware of his responsibilities and sounds ready to repay them. I am not prepared to criticise someone for going through the process of growing up. He has done well, and he will do well for us.
Another who comes out of all this with great credit to his name is Paul Roos. I suspect generosity is his way and I, for one, am grateful.

I think this is what's known as the rose-coloured view of the situation.

[Auntie.Gerald]

there is probably no better way to see the world

[dimelb]

I think this is what's known as the rose-coloured view of the situation.

CS, if you look lower down you'll see that the roses are growing in the dirt.

[Cheer Squad]

there is probably no better way to see the world

[Cheer Squad]

Paul Roos will go down in the club's history as being the best coach the club ever/will ever had/have - not just for the work on the footy field.

I can't say I agree, Annie. Jack Bissett took the club to four consecutive grand finals in the 1930s as captain/coach. So far, Roos has taken us to two.

If we had won consecutive flags, I would have been prepared to say Roos had been our best coach. But unfortunately, we all know what happened in 2006.

[Old Royboy]

The Swans have been remarkably lucky the way things have turned out. Tadhg left us a broken down hack, a year of minimal contact Gaelic and he comes back fit, injury free and happy within himself. But I have no doubt that if not for his love for a Sydney girl he would have been gone for good.
I?m a Sydney resident and a Swans fan because I fell in love with a girl who made it quite plain 35 years ago that if I left Sydney it would be by myself. The power of love has kept me in Sydney, brought Tadhg back and dragged Jolly to Melbourne.
I want to see Jessie, Vez, Crusher and Co all happily shacked up with athletic Sydney girls.

[Primmy]

The Swans have been remarkably lucky the way things have turned out. Tadhg left us a broken down hack, a year of minimal contact Gaelic and he comes back fit, injury free and happy within himself. But I have no doubt that if not for his love for a Sydney girl he would have been gone for good.
I?m a Sydney resident and a Swans fan because I fell in love with a girl who made it quite plain 35 years ago that if I left Sydney it would be by myself. The power of love has kept me in Sydney, brought Tadhg back and dragged Jolly to Melbourne.
I want to see Jessie, Vez, Crusher and Co all happily shacked up with athletic Sydney girls.

Its Jesse, Roy, Jesse. The other is a girl's name. And I have absolute faith in the fact that there are a quantity of girls trying their very best to shack up with Jesse, Vez and Co. Heaps of them. Huge.

[laughingnome]

[/B]
Its Jesse, Roy, Jesse. The other is a girl's name. And I have absolute faith in the fact that there are a quantity of girls trying their very best to shack up with Jesse, Vez and Co.

Yes, so many people out there wish that they were Jesse's girl...

[Bloods05]

I can't say I agree, Annie. Jack Bissett took the club to four consecutive grand finals in the 1930s as captain/coach. So far, Roos has taken us to two.

If we had won consecutive flags, I would have been prepared to say Roos had been our best coach. But unfortunately, we all know what happened in 2006.

A bit more to it than just the number of Grand Finals and flags, CS. Roos has built a club culture that I believe will last for decades. Bissett (unlike Roos) had an extraordinary array of talent to work with but was not able to get the absolute best out of them consistently. The Pratt injury in 1934 was a tragic piece of bad luck, but after the mid-thirties the club fell away badly, and after being runners-up in 1945 they didn't make another GF for 51 years. I really don't expect that to happen again.

[Cheer Squad]

A bit more to it than just the number of Grand Finals and flags, CS. Roos has built a club culture that I believe will last for decades. Bissett (unlike Roos) had an extraordinary array of talent to work with but was not able to get the absolute best out of them consistently. The Pratt injury in 1934 was a tragic piece of bad luck, but after the mid-thirties the club fell away badly, and after being runners-up in 1945 they didn't make another GF for 51 years. I really don't expect that to happen again.

Let's hope the positive club culture we've got is maintained.

I've often wondered why South Melbourne was so unsuccessful for such a long time, and how that came to be.

[laughingnome]

Let's hope the positive club culture we've got is maintained.

I've often wondered why South Melbourne was so unsuccessful for such a long time, and how that came to be.

I've always attributed it to being boned by the zoning rules and never having the money to pay massive clearance fees. No real evidence for that, it was just the impression I got. Happy to be corrected here.