2010 Finish - 9th!?!?!

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  • ScottH
    It's Goodes to cheer!!
    • Sep 2003
    • 23665

    2010 Finish - 9th!?!?!

    according to Leigh Colbert on Foxsports.

    Colby's AFL preview: No.9 - AFL Premiership - Fox Sports
  • swansrob
    Senior Player
    • May 2009
    • 1265

    #2
    Why is the pressure on Currie as we look to fill the gap left by Jolly?

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

      #3
      You can't make a good predictionif you don't know the facts. The Swans finished 12th in 2009 not 10th.

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      • johnno
        On the Rookie List
        • Apr 2008
        • 1102

        #4
        Originally posted by Cant turn right
        You can't make a good predictionif you don't know the facts. The Swans finished 12th in 2009 not 10th.
        God, dont you just love it when these so called 'footy experts' come out with their opinions on teams and get the most obvious facts completely wrong....and on top of that, they are payed the big bucks to give their 'expert opinion'.

        a little bit of research people goes a long way.

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        • Big Al
          Veterans List
          • Feb 2005
          • 7007

          #5
          Colbert is the male version of a ditzy blonde.
          ..And the Swans are the Premiers...The Ultimate Team...The Ultimate Warriors. They have overcome the highly fancied Hawks in brilliant style. Sydney the 2012 Premiers - Gerard Whately ABC

          Here it is Again! - Huddo SEN

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          • AnnieH
            RWOs Black Sheep
            • Aug 2006
            • 11332

            #6
            Originally posted by Big Al
            Colbert is the male version of a ditzy blonde.
            And that's exactly why we love him so much.
            Colby = H.O.T.
            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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            • CJK
              Human
              • Apr 2006
              • 2170

              #7

              /facepalm
              -

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              • dimelb
                pr. dim-melb; m not f
                • Jun 2003
                • 6889

                #8
                Under the radar again - love it!
                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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                • DST
                  The voice of reason!
                  • Jan 2003
                  • 2705

                  #9
                  Colby did put some hard yards into his article research wise.

                  How do I know this, because I am his source for all things Swans.

                  DST
                  "Looking forward to a rebuilt, new, fast and exciting Swans model in 2010"

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                  • Vonsteinman
                    Warming the Bench
                    • Sep 2008
                    • 366

                    #10
                    While I also think that we will finish higher than that prediction, in Colbert's defence there is little that can be directly attributed to him on this page other than a 9th-placed finish prediction, the opinion that Bradshaw is a good pick up and that Mick and Jolly will be big losses.

                    Nothing wrong with that IMO. He doesn't understand yet that White will be in All Australian contention by the end of the season . I like the fact that he acknowledges the potential for improvement in a side that has lost so many former premiership winning players.

                    "So-called" experts like him are paid the big bucks because punters want to read what they've got to say. It is the smaller-time journos and subbies who make such mistakes as saying the Swans finished 10th and that it is a preview of West Coast (see opening paragraph). That is why they are paid sweet F.A.

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                    • DeadlyAkkuret
                      Veterans List
                      • Oct 2006
                      • 4547

                      #11
                      Originally posted by DST
                      Colby did put some hard yards into his article research wise.

                      How do I know this, because I am his source for all things Swans.

                      DST
                      I'm not sure I'd be admitting that after seeing his predictions.

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                      • ShockOfHair
                        One Man Out
                        • Dec 2007
                        • 3668

                        #12
                        At this stage any prediction 6-10 looks reasonable.The only thing Colbert really got wrong was to claim that Malceski would struggle for his place. Not on his preseason form.
                        The man who laughs has not yet heard the terrible news

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                        • Vonsteinman
                          Warming the Bench
                          • Sep 2008
                          • 366

                          #13
                          Originally posted by ShockOfHair
                          At this stage any prediction 6-10 looks reasonable.The only thing Colbert really got wrong was to claim that Malceski would struggle for his place. Not on his preseason form.
                          Once again mate, it is wrong to point the finger at Colbert. Loot at the byline, which clearly reads:

                          By Martin Smith
                          foxsports.com.au

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                          • andyn
                            On the Rookie List
                            • Nov 2009
                            • 102

                            #14
                            I've got a mate who is a Blues fan and he's going to love them being named to finish 13th! What a short climb that would have been
                            follow me on twitter

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                            • ShockOfHair
                              One Man Out
                              • Dec 2007
                              • 3668

                              #15
                              Originally posted by Vonsteinman
                              Once again mate, it is wrong to point the finger at Colbert. Loot at the byline, which clearly reads:

                              By Martin Smith
                              foxsports.com.au
                              Martin Smith is the tape recorder whose job it is to reproduce Leigh Colbert?s pearls. You?re right in that Fox Sports doesn?t say whether any of this is from Martin ? the poor guy might have written it all on his own. But the whole series including this is under Colbert?s name, as in ?season preview with Leigh Colbert? in bold letters above Martin Smith?s byline. Whether he wrote it or not, Colbert cops the blame.

                              Big call today by Colbert (or his amanuensis) today ? Freo to finish eighth!
                              The man who laughs has not yet heard the terrible news

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