Tippett!!

[penga]

$70,000 a game.
Remind me to go at get a job at the Swans.
Apparently, they pay really well.

I'd rather go work for FC Anzhi Makhachkala, they pay $470,000 a week.

The above point is archaic. Thanks to the TV deals, and salary cap room these days, the $70,000 a game skewed figure being reported is more than fair. This game is a money maker, and the players deserve the majority share.

[AnnieH]

I'd rather go work for FC Anzhi Makhachkala, they pay $470,000 a week.

The above point is archaic. Thanks to the TV deals, and salary cap room these days, the $70,000 a game skewed figure being reported is more than fair. This game is a money maker, and the players deserve the majority share.

Especially when they're suspended and not playing for half the season.
LOVE to hear what's been said "out of earshot" at training.

[southsideswan]

Our organization sells Balfour christmas cakes ... wonder if KT would be up for some promotional work .. all for charity... then again maybe not

[penga]

Especially when they're suspended and not playing for half the season.
LOVE to hear what's been said "out of earshot" at training.

So you would then prefer assistant coaches to be on $400k a year?

Assuming that the reported $3.55M is evenly spread across the four years, he will take up 9.7% of the TPP next year. So be it.

[rojo]

I will be watching with interest to see how he fits in with the much talked about Bloods culture which has become the Swans 'brand' particularly of late or whether his baggage and silvertail image will change/is changing the image of the Swans and who they are in the broader AFL scene.

[Nico]

im happy

sponsors alone will be lining up to jump on the sydney bandwagon after a GF win in 2012 and a team with a key forward like tippett is a top 4 team without doubt for 2013

so the extra $ to have a player like Kurt take over in yrs to come in the key forward role is totally worth it

plus what else could we do ? how else could we secure a key forward to replace the likes of Goodes and also to allow Reid t flourish ?

Strewth Gerry; talk about going the early crow. You should know by now these early predictions can cause large amounts of egg to be splashed across ones face.

[Big Al]

"Originally Posted by Big Al

I would assume that most supporters of this club will now get behind Kurt regardless of your opinion of whether he should have been drafted or not. He wears a Swans jumper so I'd be disappointed to see anyone not giving their full support. It's not the Swans way."

I could say that "neither is it the swans way to buy a membership to GWS", but I won't.

I didn't actually buy one and the people who I know who did are some of the passionate supporters we have.

My point is regardless of what you think of drafting KT supporters should support anyone pulling on the red and white. Do you agree??

[Bennymno4]

The desperate trolling to try and get a response is very very funny.

[Matimbo]

Hi Everyone,

I have just come back from 3 months of missionary work in Burkina Faso.

I see we got Kurt Tippet. Gee, that was easy.

Hey how come we are up to page 263?

Jeff.

I just got back from 3 minutes in the missionary position in Kings Cross.

[BillyRayCypress]

I just got back from 3 minutes in the missionary position in Kings Cross.

Why did it take so long ???

[Dosser]

Why did it take so long ???

A lot of that was fumbling for change?

[BillyRayCypress]

could[/I] say that "neither is it the swans way to buy a membership to GWS", but I won't.

Have mine for next year.

Nothing will be said at training out of ear shot or crow call.

[DamY]

Tippett!!

So many angry people. I'm gonna sunset this thread for a while.

[BillyRayCypress]

So many angry people. I'm gonna sunset this thread for a while.

I was hoping today's news would tippett over to much love.

[Big Al]

Quote in Todays Swans Email: This is why Beatson is the best in the business.

Beatson said Tippett will be a welcome inclusion to the football club, which boasts a long history of successful key forwards.

He said Tippett?s ability to play both as a genuine forward as well as a ruckman would be a valuable asset for the Swans in 2013 and beyond.

?The Swans do have this affinity with, and our members and supporters love, genuine key forwards so he adds to that,? Beatson said.

?He?s an enormous forward target and we needed to address that. He?s got an enormous presence when he plays and he can also play in the ruck.?

Following on from the Swans? Grand Final win, Beatson said the club were not prepared to trade any of the club?s premiership players, so when the chance to recruit Tippett arose, the Swans worked hard to secure a deal with the 25-year-old without letting go of any of the club?s 2012 stars.

?When you?re winning premierships and finishing high on the ladder each year it?s difficult to get your hands on elite junior talent through the draft unless you?re prepared to trade your players out, and we weren?t prepared to do that with the premiership group and it was never a consideration,? he said.

?With that in mind you?ve got to look at other opportunities of getting elite talent into your club and this was an opportunity that presented itself to us.?