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  • cruiser
    What the frack!
    • Jul 2004
    • 6114

    The Ben McGlynn appreciation thread

    He has been a great trade for us. He played his guts out tonight but he may have copped a season ending injury. I have even read he may not be able to fly home and will have to come back by land transport (I hope that's not true). I wanna give a big shout out to him and wish him a speedy recovery. Hope you'll join me.
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  • sWAns63
    On the Rookie List
    • Apr 2003
    • 572

    #2
    Originally posted by cruiser
    He has been a great trade for us. He played his guts out tonight but he may have copped a season ending injury. I have even read he may not be able to fly home and will have to come back by land transport (I hope that's not true). I wanna give a big shout out to him and wish him a speedy recovery. Hope you'll join me.
    Always puts in 100% has great been a great pick up for us and hope he gets better real soon and it isn't a season ending injury

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    • liz
      Veteran
      Site Admin
      • Jan 2003
      • 16787

      #3
      Was one gutsy - if reckless - attack on the ball. Don't think he has ever not put in when playing for us and we'll definitely miss him if he's out for the rest of the year.

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      • Triple B
        Formerly 'BBB'
        • Feb 2003
        • 6999

        #4
        Milne copped a similar injury in Perth and had to drive home because he couldn't fly.

        There is quite a few precedents for guys with similar facial injuries barely missing a game. He/we may be lucky.
        Driver of the Dan Hannebery bandwagon....all aboard. 4th April 09

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        • Go Swannies
          Veterans List
          • Sep 2003
          • 5697

          #5
          Both his determination and his accuracy in the clinches are impressive. Loved him at the start of the year and it was great to see him come back as determined and skillfull as ever. The Hawks must be kicking themselves as it's hard imagine a team where he wouldn't get a start. Love the way the Gopher plays and his run-on goal today was pure delight. I hope he recovers quickly and sees out his playing career over the next decade at the Swans.

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          • unconfuseme
            Regular in the Side
            • Jan 2009
            • 681

            #6
            We need him! Great heart, and a great kid, and CAN play! ... saw him after a Ressies game in Canberra ... friendly, articulate and affable, happy to chat with anyone ... I'm a big fan, glad he's now one of ours - get well fast Ben!!!

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            • Agent 86
              Senior Player
              • Aug 2004
              • 1690

              #7
              Originally posted by liz
              Was one gutsy - if reckless - attack on the ball. Don't think he has ever not put in when playing for us and we'll definitely miss him if he's out for the rest of the year.
              You really think it was reckless? I think it was more an unco effort by Clarke (who was probably in a better position to make a decent contest). Pretty awful result though. He looked pretty sick.

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              • Margie
                Regular in the Side
                • Sep 2003
                • 800

                #8
                Ben was probably BOG before that awful clash. An amazing recruit for us this year. Here's to a speedy recovery and hopefully a return before season end.

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                • MarshallG
                  Warming the Bench
                  • Mar 2008
                  • 161

                  #9
                  Did I hear on the Fox coverage that at 3/4 time Roos said to the team that Ben's effort as a Bloods effort or words to that effect?

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                  • Yuri H
                    That One Over There
                    • Aug 2005
                    • 588

                    #10
                    He quickly went from "oh, one of the new guys" to one of my favourite players from the very start of the season. And shortly after his (first) injury that knocked him out for a while earlier, and he was interviewed on the ground before an SCG game, no one else down at the ground-level seats seemed to notice him as he walked past our seats, so I stood up and applauded him for having such a great new start with the Swans. He gave a smile (appreciative & genuine, not "who's the weird stalker") and a wave and I turned into a giggly teenybopper for the rest of the game. My partner still rolls his eyes if I tell the story of When Ben McGlynn Smiled At Me.

                    As we saw today, he's an important player for us, both in skill and inspiration. I look forward to his future with the Swans. And hope his eye socket or whatever is broken heals fast!

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                    • Young Blood
                      On the rise
                      • Apr 2005
                      • 541

                      #11
                      McGlynn has been tremendous. Consistently hard at it, week in, week out, regardless of how the team is faring.

                      Another inspired recruiting choice.

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                      • gossipcom
                        Senior Player
                        • Aug 2003
                        • 2585

                        #12
                        Sending Benny a speedy recovery!

                        Courtesy of Swans Facebook page:

                        Ben McGlynn will have surgery Sunday morning in Perth, on a depressed fracture of the cheekbone. He's such a courageous player and we'll miss him. Doctor Nathan Gibbs expects him to miss at least three weeks, but will re-assess after the surgery. Get well soon Ben.

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                        • Matty10
                          Senior Player
                          • Jun 2007
                          • 1331

                          #13
                          Ben has been great, and will continue to be when he gets back into the team - he is just that sort of bloke. His influence on this week's game (and others) was such that I did not think that we would win without his efforts - thankfully the rest of the team dug deep to get over the Dockers in the end.

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                          • Primmy
                            Proud Tragic Swan
                            • Apr 2008
                            • 5970

                            #14
                            I woke up thinking Benny/Chappy.......I would rather not have another Wade Chapman!!!

                            Big hug Benny, you have just become an integral Blood. Not quite the way I would want it (nor you I would suspect), but.......your attack and fearlessness lifts us, but just don't do that again!
                            Last edited by Primmy; 15 August 2010, 06:54 AM.
                            If you've never jumped from one couch to the other to save yourself from lava then you didn't have a childhood

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                            • cruiser
                              What the frack!
                              • Jul 2004
                              • 6114

                              #15
                              But the win came at a cost, with dangerous forward Ben McGlynn ruled out for the rest of the season and stranded in Perth with a badly fractured eye socket after a sickening third-quarter collision. The injury means he can't fly.
                              Source: Sydney beat Fremantle by nine points at Subiaco | Herald Sun

                              and

                              "At this stage we expect Ben will miss at least three weeks of football, but we will re-assess his condition after the surgery," Gibbs said.

                              "Our main concern at this time is for Ben's welfare, and we do expect him to make a full recovery."
                              Source: http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/be...-1225905376530
                              Last edited by cruiser; 15 August 2010, 07:48 AM.
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                              I don't eat animals since discovering this ability. I used to. But one day the lamb I was eating came through to me and ever since then I haven't been able to eat meat.
                              - animal psychic Amanda de Warren

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