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  • RogueSwan
    McVeigh for Brownlow
    • Apr 2003
    • 4602

    #31
    Originally posted by pirouette
    ...has anyone seen this? I thought it was funny
    Nicely done.
    I find it amusing that the Dees, their fans and to some extent, the media are labelling Scully as disloyal. I wonder how McDonald and Miller feel about that?
    "Fortunately, this is the internet, so knowing nothing is no obstacle to having an opinion!." Beerman 18-07-2017

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    • Xie Shan
      Senior Player
      • Jan 2003
      • 2929

      #32
      Originally posted by pirouette
      has anyone seen this? I thought it was funny
      It's brilliant, beautifully written and performed. I don't blame Scully for taking the money, no young player in his position could turn down an offer like that, but it's at best a psychological blow for a club trying to rebuild. Melbourne will recover and will no doubt be compensated, but losing a player who was supposed to help lead the side out of the football wilderness will surely hurt in the short-term.

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      • R-1
        Senior Player
        • Aug 2005
        • 1042

        #33
        They're getting 2 first round picks for the price of one. Not too shabby really.

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        • SimonH
          Salt future's rising
          • Aug 2004
          • 1647

          #34
          Originally posted by ShockOfHair
          Good player, but he ain't no Gazza.

          I know it's early days, but they seem a long way behind the Suns. No equivalent yet of Bock, Harbrow, Fraser, Brennan, Rischi, Brown. AT least get a couple of experienced defenders.

          Is Folau the oldest player on their list?
          As far as I recall, they're ahead of where the Suns were (in terms of recruitment of existing AFL players) at the same time last year. Their list development story still has plenty of time to run.

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

            #35
            James McDonald joins GWS

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            • ugg
              Can you feel it?
              Site Admin
              • Jan 2003
              • 15961

              #36
              We are no longer the oldest list in Sydney
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              • stellation
                scott names the planets
                • Sep 2003
                • 9718

                #37
                I really like the move, very smart by GWS.
                I knew him as a gentle young man, I cannot say for sure the reasons for his decline
                We watched him fade before our very eyes, and years before his time

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                • R-1
                  Senior Player
                  • Aug 2005
                  • 1042

                  #38
                  I love the return of the player-coach role. Especially if they get Power and Cornes as well.

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                  • ugg
                    Can you feel it?
                    Site Admin
                    • Jan 2003
                    • 15961

                    #39
                    Barry Hall reveals on TFS that he rejected GWS approach after he retired from the Dogs.
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                    • liz
                      Veteran
                      Site Admin
                      • Jan 2003
                      • 16733

                      #40
                      It will be interesting to see the moves of Brisbane and Port. Even though Power, Cornes and Brogan have retired from their clubs (or been retired), as I understand it, GWS doesn't have unfettered access to them due to the "one player per club" rule. If they take these players as uncontracted signings, they are effectively barred from getting any other players from these clubs unless the clubs agree. So while it is hard to imagine either Brisbane or Port being petty enough to bar the players lining up for GWS next year, they may well land up trading them to GWS so that GWS doesn't use up its allocation from that club on low value signings. Or they refuse to trade with GWS and thus protect the rest of their list from being raided next year.

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                      • stellation
                        scott names the planets
                        • Sep 2003
                        • 9718

                        #41
                        Originally posted by ugg
                        Barry Hall reveals on TFS that he rejected GWS approach after he retired from the Dogs.
                        Well that'll put some pro-Swans, anti-GWS, anti-Baz folks in an awkward position- do you believe him because it's a kick to GWS, or do you not believe him because it's Barry?
                        I knew him as a gentle young man, I cannot say for sure the reasons for his decline
                        We watched him fade before our very eyes, and years before his time

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