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  • dimelb
    pr. dim-melb; m not f
    • Jun 2003
    • 6889
    #31
    Originally posted by Big Al
    I teared up at Kels and Magics farewell but I can't see me doing the same with Goodes and I have no earthly idea why. Great player but I don't share the same affection for Adam as most of the supporter group. He'll break the record no question but he won't be in my top 5 favorite Swans.

    I'll get criticized for this but it's a feeling I have and one I can't quite explain.
    BA, I wonder whether there is a difference between the affection rating and the respect rating. What think you?
    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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      • Big Al
        Veterans List
        • Feb 2005
        • 7007
        #32
        Originally posted by dimelb
        BA, I wonder whether there is a difference between the affection rating and the respect rating. What think you?
        I have the highest respect for his skill as a player and for what he has achieved and he'll get a standing ovation from me when he plays his last game but I just can't see me getting emotional like I did with Magic and Kel.
        ..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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          • RogueSwan
            McVeigh for Brownlow
            • Apr 2003
            • 4602
            #33
            Originally posted by Big Al
            I have the highest respect for his skill as a player and for what he has achieved and he'll get a standing ovation from me when he plays his last game but I just can't see me getting emotional like I did with Magic and Kel.
            Maybe it is something to do with the fact that when Adam plays well it does not seem he struggling to get to that level, it still seems easy.
            Others, like Kelly seemed have to dig deep to go beyond themselves to do the spectacular.
            "Fortunately, this is the internet, so knowing nothing is no obstacle to having an opinion!." Beerman 18-07-2017

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              • aardvark
                Veterans List
                • Mar 2010
                • 5685
                #34
                Originally posted by Big Al
                I have the highest respect for his skill as a player and for what he has achieved and he'll get a standing ovation from me when he plays his last game but I just can't see me getting emotional like I did with Magic and Kel.
                I agree. He lost me a bit in 2008 when he spent most of the year whacking people. Absolute champions don't need to do that.

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                  • Go Swannies
                    Veterans List
                    • Sep 2003
                    • 5698
                    #35
                    Originally posted by aardvark
                    I agree. He lost me a bit in 2008 when he spent most of the year whacking people. Absolute champions don't need to do that.
                    Was he suspended a lot that year? Or are you thinking of Baz . . . or Judd?

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                      • aardvark
                        Veterans List
                        • Mar 2010
                        • 5685
                        #36
                        Originally posted by Go Swannies
                        Was he suspended a lot that year? Or are you thinking of Baz . . . or Judd?
                        Reported 3 times and a couple were behind play. From memory he was lucky with the tribunal...got off the 1st when he whacked Thomas, a reprimand and points for the 2nd when he whacked Selwood and a week with an early plea for the Bartram incident at Manuka. I think he just had an angry year.

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                          • Untamed Snark
                            Senior Player
                            • Feb 2011
                            • 1375
                            #37
                            Mumford once again executes a perfect tackle on sooky abblett - this time he does not get suspended, later in the same game brown sees Mummy bearing down on him, drops the ball and runs away
                            Chillin' with the strange Quarks

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                              • BSA5
                                Senior Player
                                • Feb 2008
                                • 2522
                                #38
                                Oh, White to play in defence, and excel.
                                Last edited by liz; 27 February 2011, 11:40 PM. Reason: Fixed the typo to ease the pain
                                Officially on the Reid and Sumner bandwagon!

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                                  • unconfuseme
                                    Regular in the Side
                                    • Jan 2009
                                    • 681
                                    #39
                                    Originally posted by unconfuseme
                                    Swans fail to make any real impact in pre-season cup, yet again.Swans defy the predictions of EVERY expert tipster south of the border and play finals (yet again!)

                                    Swans, blessed by injury free run, embarrassed by wealth of talent available for finals.

                                    Swans take historic NEAFL/AFL Double!
                                    one for one already!

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                                      • Gezball
                                        Warming the Bench
                                        • Mar 2010
                                        • 244
                                        #40
                                        Originally posted by Big Al
                                        Bold Predictions.

                                        Mumford enters Miss Australia contest when it's revealed his chest is bigger than most of the contestants
                                        very funny

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                                          • top40
                                            Regular in the Side
                                            • May 2007
                                            • 933
                                            #41
                                            Sydney will beat the Pies in a Home and Away game.

                                            Sorry I misread the Thread, I thought it read:
                                            "Great predictions of 2041 season."

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                                              • Primmy
                                                Proud Tragic Swan
                                                • Apr 2008
                                                • 5970
                                                #42
                                                Originally posted by BSA5
                                                Oh, White to play in defence, and excel.
                                                Now I like that BSA.
                                                Last edited by liz; 27 February 2011, 11:41 PM. Reason: Fixed the typo in the quoted text
                                                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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                                                  • satchmopugdog
                                                    Bandicoots ears
                                                    • Apr 2004
                                                    • 3691
                                                    #43
                                                    Originally posted by Untamed Snark
                                                    Mumford once again executes a perfect tackle on sooky abblett - this time he does not get suspended, later in the same game brown sees Mummy bearing down on him, drops the ball and runs away

                                                    I'd like to see that!!!!!!!!!
                                                    "The Dog days are over, The Dog days are gone" Florence and the Machine

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                                                      • BSA5
                                                        Senior Player
                                                        • Feb 2008
                                                        • 2522
                                                        #44
                                                        Originally posted by Primmy
                                                        Now I like that BSA.
                                                        Damn, I just noticed my typo, but for some reason I'm not being allowed to edit that post. Grrrr. It's tearing me up inside!
                                                        Officially on the Reid and Sumner bandwagon!

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                                                          • DLBIA14
                                                            On the Rookie List
                                                            • May 2010
                                                            • 673
                                                            #45
                                                            Hardly big calls or unusual predictions but here's my list:

                                                            - LJ, Sumner and Parker make their AFL debut
                                                            - Mattner falls out of favour
                                                            - Kennedy dominates the season
                                                            - Both Boltons struggle, one with injury and the other with form
                                                            - Hannebery continues his rise and avoids the dreaded blues
                                                            - Bradshaw plays 15+ games
                                                            - Adam Goodes roams between the midfield and forward line and has a better year than 2010
                                                            - We doubt Longmire's ability somewhere along the season and wish the Messiah Roos was still around
                                                            - Rohan becomes a regular fixture in our best 22
                                                            - Craig Bird comes into the side halfway through the season
                                                            - We finish in the top eight, though after an amazing performance some time in the season, we thought we were top four certainties.

                                                            That's all I got for now!

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