TDL Gorrrrrn

[Captain]

Shame about TDL, I was and still am a massive fan. Natural footballer.

[ernie koala]

Yeah, I'm a little disappointed to see him go..... but he would of had limited opportunities behind Morton, McGlynn, Rohan etc..

[DamY]

TDL Gorrrrrn

His defensive pressure was pretty non-existent in his seniors games this year. I know Jetta was similar for a while too but I guess he made up with kicking goals a fair bit.

Maybe he's a confidence player and just wasn't able to string enough games together to get that confidence.

[AnnieH]

Sadly undoes all his smart forward play by being as soft as hot butter at AFL level. Has had 3 years to harden up but has failed to do so. He'll fit in well at the Saints I think .

Gold, Al.
Gold.

[Dogzbody]

Sad to see him go. 24 year old, who I still believe is one of the prettiest set shots I've seen and I think will still have a very good career. Watched him at Manuka in the ressies GF and thought he was a class above the rest. Good for him though, as others have said, will be hard for him to get a seniors start in 2013 with the others around.

[Swansinger]

Drat ! Sad to lose a player about whom we have a Beatles song ! Jude better stay !

[Bennymno4]

Sad to see him go. 24 year old, who I still believe is one of the prettiest set shots I've seen

Pretty? Pretty lazy, that us why he is at the saints. Refuses to do the work required by a blood.

[GoRhino]

Hmmm. Seem to recall him winning us a final against Carlton with a more than solid tackle. Has a lot of talent but struggled to cement a spot in side that is flying. I'm sad that he's gone.

Agree with Big Al, an apt description of TDL. He lacked the main ingredient. However, good luck to him.

[Nolie]

Amused by the comments of the armchair brigade who are pontificating about the hardness required for an AFL player (nay even a "blood"). As if they would know. Disappointed to see TDL go but the writing was on the wall with the depth of the Swans - Everitt, Spangher, White, Morton, Armstrong etc- and with Morton stepping up at the end there was seemingly not a lot of hope. Has been a gun at WAFL level and played some good games for the Swans when he had his chance. Had one really bad clanger which everyone seems to be hanging their judgements on. Hope he does well with the Saints - except when he plays Sydney of course.

[jono2707]

Pretty? Pretty lazy, that us why he is at the saints. Refuses to do the work required by a blood.

What exactly did he 'refuse' to do? I wasn't aware of him doing anything to get himself offside with the coaching staff? Anyway I always thought he was too undersized to play his role, and he certainly isn't the in and under type. Good luck to him at his new club although I'm still scratching my head as to why the Saints felt the need to get him....

[Big Al]

Amused by the comments of the armchair brigade who are pontificating about the hardness required for an AFL player (nay even a "blood"). As if they would know. Disappointed to see TDL go but the writing was on the wall with the depth of the Swans - Everitt, Spangher, White, Morton, Armstrong etc- and with Morton stepping up at the end there was seemingly not a lot of hope. Has been a gun at WAFL level and played some good games for the Swans when he had his chance. Had one really bad clanger which everyone seems to be hanging their judgements on. Hope he does well with the Saints - except when he plays Sydney of course.

Not sure of the clanger you speak of but my opinion is based on watching a lot of reserves football. He just didn't impact the contest hard enough nor chase hard enough to have an impact at AFL level. He's terrific to watch at NEAFL level because he is a smart footballer but he failed to do those pressure things that a Swans forwards are required to do. Hope that clarifies why I don't think he's hard enough to play Swans football.

Wish him all the best though.

[Nico]

Not sure of the clanger you speak of but my opinion is based on watching a lot of reserves football. He just didn't impact the contest hard enough nor chase hard enough to have an impact at AFL level. He's terrific to watch at NEAFL level because he is a smart footballer but he failed to do those pressure things that a Swans forwards are required to do. Hope that clarifies why I don't think he's hard enough to play Swans football.

Wish him all the best though.

Al, there were 2 in one pre season game against Collingwood at the Dome in Melbourne. The ball was kicked towards or to him and for whatever reason he ducked his head when he should have stood his ground and taken the mark. It was always his to take. The second was on the HFF when he, lets say, didn't go for the chest mark and allowed a Pies player to take it. It was glaring and I reckon he got the word big time after that, because from memory he didn't get a senior game for a while after that.

[Primmy]

Not sure of the clanger you speak of but my opinion is based on watching a lot of reserves football. He just didn't impact the contest hard enough nor chase hard enough to have an impact at AFL level. He's terrific to watch at NEAFL level because he is a smart footballer but he failed to do those pressure things that a Swans forwards are required to do. Hope that clarifies why I don't think he's hard enough to play Swans football.

Unfortunately BA's paragraph is a pretty concise precise of the ressiewatchers observations over the last year ++. Floating like a butterfly and sometimes stinging like a bee isn't enough in AFL.

It should be noted that MM shifted himself once it was pointed out to him he had an issue, and look where it got him.

[jetts32]

Mini Goodes and Micky O

Honestly, I'm a little bit sad that we traded TDL, the kid only played 19 games for us and kicked 30 goals, I was hoping to see a "mini Goodes (Jetta) and Micky O (TDL)" I think we should've have him more of a chance, I guess this was like a veszpremi thing, he impressed me during the games he played, but there was obviously something else keeping him out, I hope TDL smashes it at St Kilda, I also hope Veszpremi gets moved from the bulldogs to the foward line (where he belongs) and makes us regret trading them both.

[Panttz]

TDL would be a great player if he rounded out the rest of his game. That's why he didn't play more games for us, he just didn't tackle and harass enough (apart from that one tackle in that final against Carlton...)