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Given how much debate it has generated on here over the years, the man in his own words
Babies on game day: when a new life and your life's dream go head-to-head
Babies on game day: when a new life and your life's dream go head-to-head
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Needs more Davo.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 -
"It's fair to say that big Dean Cox taught me a lesson that day. It was the worst game I have played in my career, which is why of course I have never watched it. I felt really conflicted after the game ? I was upset and disappointed about losing a grand final and not playing my part well..."
Reckon I could have told him that about two minutes after losing.
It's STILL all his fault.Wild speculation, unsubstantiated rumours, silly jokes and opposition delight in another's failures is what makes an internet forum fun.
Blessed are the cracked for they are the ones who let in the light.Comment
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My impression: the man is sad about it.
So were we.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)Comment
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I'd be really ok with all that has happened to Jolly and everything he's done if he just went to some other team rather than damn Collingwood!Comment
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Swans-Pies trades have usually been a win-win . I can't think of a better successful "pairing" in trades.
I do wonder if Peter Everitt arriving in Sydney a year earlier would have won us the '06 GF.Even so , we were only two behinds short of a win.
Never mind , I prefer to focus on Jolly's contribution to our win in '05.
He's had a terrific career and when he retires - this season , I predict - he can look back with more joy and pride than regret.Comment
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I like Jolly and feel for him.
Was more annoyed at a one B Hall who was @@@@house that day and had no baby as an excuse.Comment
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That is certainly a position I take - had we had Everitt to replace Ball, then we really would of been exceptionally tough to beat and I think would of went back to back. But we had a number of guys that simply didn't turn up in 06 in that first half, which cost us greatly!"You get the feeling that like Monty Python's Black Knight, the Swans would regard amputation as merely a flesh wound."Comment
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Shut up.
Stop talking about it.
It still hurts.
Wild speculation, unsubstantiated rumours, silly jokes and opposition delight in another's failures is what makes an internet forum fun.
Blessed are the cracked for they are the ones who let in the light.Comment
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Can we please not talk about 2006 just as we are about to maybe get another chance to defend a premiership, it's making me nervous!!
Have to remind myself to take things week by week.
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The last bit where he talked about better family planning had me shaking my imaginary fist. Why didn't he think of that the first time?!
The truth is that when you lose by less than a goal, there are many factors you can consider as the "if only this had happened we'd have won". Jolly's performance is one of those, but there were plenty of others and we only needed one of them to go right. 2012 was what got me over 2006. 2 (and hopefully 3) Flags is recognition that we belong. One wasn't, and that frustrated me until last year.Today's a draft of your epitaphComment
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Interesting article on Jolly's move to Melbourne: http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/af...-1226703419148
He's copped a lot of crap on this board for the move (not just his terrible GF performance), but clearly he made the best decision for his family. I do think it's a shame he felt like he couldn't talk about it at the time but am glad his family is doing well now.Comment
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