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  • Meg
    Go Swannies!
    Site Admin
    • Aug 2011
    • 4828

    Originally posted by Auntie.Gerald
    memories !
    If he had the chance to do it all again
    Tell me, would he?

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    • ernie koala
      Senior Player
      • May 2007
      • 3251

      Originally posted by stellation
      I could be wrong, and forgive me if it has been covered already, but wasn't Nick a relatively reluctant professional footballer? I seem to recall when he came to the club he wasn't overly sure about moving, but beyond that wasn't overly sure if he had the desire to really go for it at the top level?
      He definitely didn't want to come to Sydney and the Swans.

      He told Roos, point blank, when Roos rang him to congratulate and welcome him to the Swans.

      Apparently they struggled to see eye to eye for some time after that.

      From memory he was torn between Cricket and Footy...He had exceptional potential at both.
      Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it's time to pause and reflect... MT

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      • BillyRayCypress
        On the Rookie List
        • May 2012
        • 1379

        Originally posted by Auntie.Gerald
        memories !
        Originally posted by Meg
        If he had the chance to do it all again
        Tell me, would he?
        Here you go, lock arms, start swaying and belt it out...............................Barbra Streisand Songs - Memory Song Lyrics, Music Video
        Nothing like a good light bulb moment.

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        • The Big Cat
          On the veteran's list
          • Apr 2006
          • 2360

          Isn't this Nick Smith stuff just the replacement Swans rumour after Horse completely quashed the Sam Reid, Luke Parker trades which had generated a life of their own?
          Those who have the greatest power to hurt us are those we love.

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          • Nico
            Veterans List
            • Jan 2003
            • 11346

            Who at our football club has even mentioned Smith in despatches?
            http://www.nostalgiamusic.co.uk/secu...res/srh806.jpg

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            • Jewels
              On the Rookie List
              • Oct 2006
              • 3258

              Originally posted by The Big Cat
              Isn't this Nick Smith stuff just the replacement Swans rumour after Horse completely quashed the Sam Reid, Luke Parker trades which had generated a life of their own?
              Yep, I reckon if we went back to the start of this thread (and I couldn't be bothered), Smithys name wouldn't be mentioned until the last few pages.

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              • Meg
                Go Swannies!
                Site Admin
                • Aug 2011
                • 4828

                Originally posted by Jewels
                Yep, I reckon if we went back to the start of this thread (and I couldn't be bothered), Smithys name wouldn't be mentioned until the last few pages.
                It's come up here because the rumour has been mentioned several times recently on AFL.com. For example, as below from this morning. That doesn't give it any more credence though. The same source talked about Sam Reid as a possible trade before Longmire so thoroughly dismissed it.

                "Swan on the fly? Speculation persists that the Swans' premiership defender Nick Smith could be on the trade table. The Swans see Smith as a future leader but he has strong family roots in Melbourne and often considers a move back home.

                The Swans would not like to see a player of such quality depart but they could be prepared to cut their losses for the right price.

                Moving up the draft order is believed to be on the Swans' mind but there is some suggestion the Swans have been talking to Geelong."

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                • DeadlyAkkuret
                  Veterans List
                  • Oct 2006
                  • 4547

                  Originally posted by Plugger46
                  If you could perform your profession in your home city for roughly the same money, would you take the opportunity to move?

                  We just recruited a bloke who wants to live in Sydney. If one of our players decided they want to live somewhere else, I'd be disappointed to lose them but I wouldn't be cracking it.

                  Everyone is different. Just telling people to grow up is simplistic in my view.
                  Why the obsession with being home? Moving back the first chance you get is simplistic in my view.

                  Home is where you make it. Not a city or a suburb. These are grown man, not kids on their mother's teet.

                  The going home excuse is just a convenient thing to tell supporters of the club they're leaving imo.

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                  • Matt80
                    Suspended by the MRP
                    • Sep 2013
                    • 1802

                    Like an Actor wanting to make LA home, or a Banker wanting to make New York home, Buddy saw Bondi Beach as his Beverly Hills or his Central Park West!

                    I agree that home is where you want to make it and Buddy has made Sydney the favoured home of the AFL star, like LA is the favoured home of the Actor. Watch in the years to come as young AFL players will move to Bondi with the same enthusiasm as actors moving to LA!

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                    • barry
                      Veterans List
                      • Jan 2003
                      • 8499

                      Is m7mmy to the giants official?.

                      If so, what did we get for him?

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                      • ernie koala
                        Senior Player
                        • May 2007
                        • 3251

                        Originally posted by Matt80
                        Like an Actor wanting to make LA home, or a Banker wanting to make New York home, Buddy saw Bondi Beach as his Beverly Hills or his Central Park West!

                        I agree that home is where you want to make it and Buddy has made Sydney the favoured home of the AFL star, like LA is the favoured home of the Actor. Watch in the years to come as young AFL players will move to Bondi with the same enthusiasm as actors moving to LA!
                        LA is the favoured home of actors because that's where the work is.
                        Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it's time to pause and reflect... MT

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                        • BillyRayCypress
                          On the Rookie List
                          • May 2012
                          • 1379

                          Originally posted by barry
                          Is m7mmy to the giants official?.

                          If so, what did we get for him?
                          Yes, he has signed a contract so he is definately a giant now.

                          We haven't received anything yet because I think the Swans are working on another deal, the result of which may be used in the Mummy deal. i.e obtaining a draft pick or trading another player to GWS.
                          Nothing like a good light bulb moment.

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                          • Matt80
                            Suspended by the MRP
                            • Sep 2013
                            • 1802

                            Originally posted by ernie koala
                            LA is the favoured home of actors because that's where the work is.
                            Agree that LA provides the most work for actors, but Sydney provides the best working environment for AFL footballers. Just ask Buddy, Tippo and Mummy - all loving Bondi Beach. Mummy could have gone to a Victorian Team but elected to stay in Sydney, which is known as the best working environment for AFL footballers!

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                            • sharp9
                              Senior Player
                              • Jan 2003
                              • 2508

                              Originally posted by BillyRayCypress
                              Yes, he has signed a contract so he is definately a giant now.

                              We haven't received anything yet because I think the Swans are working on another deal, the result of which may be used in the Mummy deal. i.e obtaining a draft pick or trading another player to GWS.
                              Agreed to terms, maybe, don't see how he can have signed an actual contract seeing as he has not been traded or delisted - therefore is not actually available to be signed yet and is still (technically) a Sydney player. Don't contracts go til October 31?
                              "I'll acknowledge there are more talented teams in the competition but I won't acknowledge that there is a better team in the competition" Paul Roos March 2005

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                              • 0918330512
                                Senior Player
                                • Sep 2011
                                • 1654

                                Originally posted by Matt80
                                Agree that LA provides the most work for actors, but Sydney provides the best working environment for AFL footballers. Just ask Buddy, Tippo and Mummy - all loving Bondi Beach. Mummy could have gone to a Victorian Team but elected to stay in Sydney, which is known as the best working environment for AFL footballers!
                                Just don't ask Jesse White or maybe Nick Smith

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