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Ch 7 news, Tom Harley dismissed outright any rumours about Wood.
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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) -
After his game last night, any team who want him, can have him (Mitchell).
We'll throw in Towers as well.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.Comment
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That's what frustrates me with Towers. You've highlighted the two late on in the game - but several other times, he followed a really good bit of play (good weaving in traffic, good positioning or whatever) with some stupid to follow. His decision making is his downfall, and I just don't think that is something we are going to easily fix anytime soon. He is just like Jesse White - looks the part, sometimes almost plays the part, but not quite all there
"You get the feeling that like Monty Python's Black Knight, the Swans would regard amputation as merely a flesh wound."Comment
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The Hawks interest in Mitchel comes out the week before we play them.
Sounds suss to me. Sounds like a tactic to get under the swans skin. They look at us and say who is a star that has some speculation of leaving. Lets put out a rumor he's coming to us, to sow some seed of disunity.Comment
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On SEN today Brett Anderson (who is usually pretty good on draft and trading) said that players that are on the move will know by about Round 9. They were specifically talking about Hurley and the fact that he hasn't re-signed with Essendon. If he is on the money, the fact that Mitchell hasn't signed is significant.
There was a rumour early in the season that Hurley was going to Sydney but I have heard nothing since. Anderson was guessing when he said Richmond and Footscray was a good fit. He then went on to say that he wasn't interested in Richmond. There has been talk that Hawthorn is interested. I don't think anyone knows his thoughts. Anderson said there was a lot of pressure from Head Office (I think he meant AFL) to re-sign.
If Mitchell went to Hawthorn as has been rumoured, then we will stand to lose; Mitchell, McGlynn (cooked) Richards (retire) and even Nankervis. I am sure in that lot there is well and truly enough to lure Hurley as a backman. I don't like him as a forward but would take him as a back. Buddy kept his mouth shut, maybe Hurley has been able to do that so far.
On Nankervis; he hasn't signed and yes that article yesterday was just an article, but maybe he is off elsewhere given what Longmire said about keeping talls.Comment
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Talks went on hold for a month roughly a month ago now. No signature in the next two weeks and he's a goner.
The "leave it till end of season" is a well trodden path to the exit doors.He ate more cheese, than time allowedComment
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I tend to agree with you.Either his manager is playing funny buggers, giving him bad advice or he is going. The longer he doesn't sign he more likelihood that he is gone. I would be really disappointed if he went to the Hawks, especially after the trade bans imposed on us and Gil's comment "that you can't have everyone". That comment still grates with me.Comment
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I reckon he is good as gone. His form has certainly dropped since his manager came out and said talks are on hold. Now we hope for a fair deal.Swannies for life!Comment
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Its interesting what he reckons he's worth. His manager says he's had no contact from other clubs. (Yeah, right)Those who have the greatest power to hurt us are those we love.Comment
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Mitchell is a fine young player, and one who I think will improve. He's a valuable part of our current onball brigade. That said, if he goes he goes. I'd be far more devastated if this was Luke Parker we were fretting about.
I am very mindful that we have a young man, currently playing in our backline, who will graduate to the midfield in the very near future and command an important place in the onball division. If you've been impressed thus far by how Mills goes about his footy, you've not seen anything yet. Based on his NEAFL football from years past, he's a natural inside ball winner. He sees ball, gets ball, and is also adept at feeding it out to other players. Sure, there is always a question mark around whether a young player will be able to translate to senior AFL footy what he can do at a lower level. But having observed how seamlessly he's fitted into the defensive unit despite not playing there throughout his junior career, I have close to no doubts that Mills will similarly deliver as a midfielder at AFL level.
There's Heeney too, though he's more of a predator by instinct, lurking slightly outside packs and choosing his moment to pounce, rather than getting stuck into the heart of a pack and extracting the ball. I suspect he might follow a similar path to Hannebery, initially functioning more effectively as more of an outside mid (who can also tackle hard and win the ground ball in one-on-one contests), and then gradually developing pack extraction abilities as he develops.
While I am loathe to say that a player of Mitchell's abilities is expendable, I believe we will still have an exceedingly strong midfield group if he does decide to move on.Comment
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