Tippett!!

[dejavoodoo44]

Given Tippett's predilection for head injuries (innocuous or inflicted) should he consider permanently wearing a helmet?

Perhaps an amateur boxing style thing when playing GWS?

[longmile]

Tippett is the kind of player who needs to work himself into form

[AnnieH]

Definitely, I reckon they should all wear head gear , they take a lot of hits .

Can you imagine the WHOLE team coming out in head gear.
"We're wearing them... just in case."
How freakin' intimidating would that be?

[Hotpotato]

Can you imagine the WHOLE team coming out in head gear.
"We're wearing them... just in case."
How freakin' intimidating would that be?

Loved the Grand Final Dinner Annie
Which table were you on ?

[AnnieH]

Loved the Grand Final Dinner Annie
Which table were you on ?

88 with ScottH and his daughter.
Well, for some of the time.
Most of the time I was stalking.

[Hotpotato]

Can you imagine the WHOLE team coming out in head gear.
"We're wearing them... just in case."
How freakin' intimidating would that be?

We were next to you ......
Table 89 !

[56-14]

We were next to you ......
Table 89 !

Any goss on what happened on 88?

[neilfws]

Here's a summary of Tippett's career stats. Numbers are averages: for games that's "per year", everything else "per game".

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And here's a key to abbreviations (not all present on the chart):

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The best players show sustained periods where their key stats improve year on year and are always around or above career average (black line).

To me, this indicates his transition since coming to Sydney from "mostly forward" through "mostly ruck-forward" and latterly "more ruck than forward". I think he's effective but is it really what they should be paying him for, given our more than serviceable ruck stocks? I hope they can get him working forward again next year, but I'm not sold on him and Buddy working well together forward.

[ScottH]

We were next to you ......
Table 89 !

Bugger. If only we'd known.

Any goss on what happened on 88?

What happens at the Dinner, stays at the Dinner!!!

[Mel_C]

And then in just his third match back after hamstring injury and surgery, he got kicked in the head cracking his jaw, then later in the same match had his head slam-dunked into the ground by a sling tackle. So then he missed another week.

He really didn't get a chance to be right up for the speed at which the grand final was played.

But remember Meg that his head never made contact with the ground. That decision still irritates me...how stupid do they think we are? [emoji35]

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[AnnieH]

We were next to you ......
Table 89 !

Get out!!!

Any goss on what happened on 88?

I don't know. I was too busy stalking.

[Levii3]

Are we allowed to restructure his contract? Add a third year making it a $2.4 million over three rather than $2 million over two years.

[CureTheSane]

So apparently Tippo said after the game that he was happy to be heading off on holidays and some Swans called him out and said he hadn't deserved a holiday after his GF performance.
After that it got a bit pushy.

[Hotpotato]

Who was calling him out ? One of the captains who missed two set shots pretty much in front .
Where did that run up come from ?

[0918330512]

So apparently Tippo said after the game that he was happy to be heading off on holidays and some Swans called him out and said he hadn't deserved a holiday after his GF performance.
After that it got a bit pushy.

So, if you're not going to cite where this little anecdote comes from, it's just as much rubbish as the unsubstantiated articles that have been thrown around thus far. Such stuff should be left off the boards IMO. We get enough rubbish news in the media as it is.