Major announcement today - Kirk to retire

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  • Jeffers1984
    Veterans List
    • Jan 2003
    • 4564
    #136
    Originally posted by ScottH
    Why announce after rnd 8, though?
    Why not wait till closer to the end of the season??

    Is he hoping this will inspire the team for the next 13+ games??
    Great idea if that is his intention.
    Official Driver Of The "Who Gives A @@@@ As The Player Will Get Delisted Anyway" Bandwagon.

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      • MadCanuck
        Warming the Bench
        • Mar 2009
        • 138
        #137
        Timed to get us out of this current rut.

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          • dimelb
            pr. dim-melb; m not f
            • Jun 2003
            • 6889
            #138
            Originally posted by ScottH
            Why announce after rnd 8, though?
            Why not wait till closer to the end of the season??

            Is he hoping this will inspire the team for the next 13+ games??
            My impression from his media appearance is that he needed to get it out there so he could focus on his family and his game; the looming but untold truth was hindering him on both fronts.
            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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              • swansrule100
                The quarterback
                • May 2004
                • 4538
                #139
                Originally posted by ScottH
                Why announce after rnd 8, though?
                Why not wait till closer to the end of the season??

                Is he hoping this will inspire the team for the next 13+ games??
                probably a bit for himself , so he can focus mentally on putting in one last effort for this season and one last tilt to play finals footy
                Theres not much left to say

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                  • swanspant12
                    On the Rookie List
                    • Oct 2009
                    • 593
                    #140
                    Love you kirky.
                    LRT. Lord Roberts-Thompson. He may look like the Munster, but looks can be deceiving.


                    2012 Bloods Premiers.

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                      • Lucky Knickers
                        Fandom of Fabulousness
                        • Oct 2003
                        • 4220
                        #141
                        Originally posted by swansrule100
                        probably a bit for himself , so he can focus mentally on putting in one last effort for this season and one last tilt to play finals footy
                        And he also wants to be a dog. He will need a few weeks to work that miracle.

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                          • rojo
                            Opti-pessi-misti
                            • Mar 2009
                            • 1103
                            #142
                            'Shocking' news - but at the same time not a great shock! He couldn't keep going much beyond this year or the next and it seems sort of right that he and Roosy hand over the reins at the same time. So a double 'celebration' - of two who have already achieved legendary status by their contributions to the success of the Swans this decade. Let's hope there can be a continuing role for him at the Swans - if that's what he wants of course. Re his announcement now - it must be so hard for a player to know that he will probably finish his career at the end of a year and yet keep that knowledge to himself, I can understand his desire to get it out there.

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                              • Bas
                                Veterans List
                                • Jan 2003
                                • 4457
                                #143
                                After most people bagged his abs photo at the start of the year, I'm not surprised he's retiring. As of next year, he can work on a bit of curvature of the belly. Then no one can laugh at his abs anymore.
                                In memory of my little Staffy - Dicey, 17.06.2005 to 1.12.2011- I'll miss you mate.

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                                  • BSA5
                                    Senior Player
                                    • Feb 2008
                                    • 2522
                                    #144
                                    Originally posted by eggbeater
                                    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Aetbr-I4vI
                                    Yeah, so he plays with his heart....
                                    Officially on the Reid and Sumner bandwagon!

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                                      • dimelb
                                        pr. dim-melb; m not f
                                        • Jun 2003
                                        • 6889
                                        #145
                                        Martin Flanagan's take:
                                        Farewell to mighty leader
                                        Kirk said, ''I'm like the dog that sticks its head out the window just to feel the wind going through his hair.'' That's bush Buddhism for you and one of footy's quotes of the year.
                                        Last edited by dimelb; 23 May 2010, 08:28 PM.
                                        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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                                          • swansrule100
                                            The quarterback
                                            • May 2004
                                            • 4538
                                            #146
                                            interesting quote only heard it yesterday, liked the look on roosys face as he said it.

                                            Kirky can focus on jet now
                                            Theres not much left to say

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