Barry Hall

Collapse
X
 
  • Time
  • Show
Clear All
new posts
  • Jewels
    On the Rookie List
    • Oct 2006
    • 3258

    #16
    Originally posted by Industrial Fan
    Bulldog for life.

    Didnt boo him, but not nostalgic for him either. Has nothing on MOL, Maxfield, etc.
    Yep, my thoughts too. A Swan when it suits him.

    Comment

    • Primmy
      Proud Tragic Swan
      • Apr 2008
      • 5970

      #17
      Originally posted by Jewels
      Yep, my thoughts too. A Swan when it suits him.
      Well I dunno. He agreed to do some presentations to start with and that has to be a good sign, long before any thought of HOF came into the picture, and if it suits him to be enveloped by the Swans, then fine by me. I watch some of those old games sometimes, and he was a beauty. I think we have forgotten that in amongst everything, he did play his heart out for us over and over agian. Never did things by halves. He was a good captain. He was a damned fine player. Kids loved him (always a good sign). And he yes he did stuff it up right royally. But not all the time.
      If you've never jumped from one couch to the other to save yourself from lava then you didn't have a childhood

      Comment

      • andy0414
        Pushing for Selection
        • Nov 2004
        • 71

        #18
        I lost a lot of respect for Roos and Kirk over how they reacted to Barry's indiscretions. He played his heart out for the Swans and they should have shown more loyalty to him. He deserves his place as a Swan Legend.
        Where's the remote?

        Comment

        • tasmania60
          On the Rookie List
          • Jul 2013
          • 276

          #19
          agree was a champ but really in hind site faults on both parties still should never boo a champ doesnt mater who he plays for so few really . Champ lately is cheapened a he was for Sydney.

          Comment

          • Jeffers1984
            Veterans List
            • Jan 2003
            • 4564

            #20
            Originally posted by andy0414
            I lost a lot of respect for Roos and Kirk over how they reacted to Barry's indiscretions. He played his heart out for the Swans and they should have shown more loyalty to him. He deserves his place as a Swan Legend.
            Same here.
            My issue with Roos and Kirk is that they hung him out publicly in the media when it could have easily been sorted out behind closed doors.
            Official Driver Of The "Who Gives A @@@@ As The Player Will Get Delisted Anyway" Bandwagon.

            Comment

            • Nico
              Veterans List
              • Jan 2003
              • 11356

              #21
              Originally posted by andy0414
              I lost a lot of respect for Roos and Kirk over how they reacted to Barry's indiscretions. He played his heart out for the Swans and they should have shown more loyalty to him. He deserves his place as a Swan Legend.
              How many times do you show loyalty to someone who continues to belt people. Interesting that this has happened after Roos left the club.
              http://www.nostalgiamusic.co.uk/secu...res/srh806.jpg

              Comment

              • andy0414
                Pushing for Selection
                • Nov 2004
                • 71

                #22
                Everyone knew he was a bit volatile, so treating him like a kid was not the right way to go about it. To Roos credit he has admitted that he didn't handle it too well. Kirk's comment "that he could not trust Hall" after all the games Hall had played for the Swans was very poor.
                Where's the remote?

                Comment

                • liz
                  Veteran
                  Site Admin
                  • Jan 2003
                  • 16818

                  #23
                  I had no issue with the comments made publicly by Roos and Kirk. There was no way this was going to play out completely in private, given the public nature of the onfield events. Roos might wish in hindsight he had handled things differently, but he's a human being too, and I am sure his emotions were running as high as Hall's at the time.

                  I can also understand why Hall needed to distance himself from the club for a while emotionally, particularly while he was playing with the Bulldogs. But I am thrilled he is now back in the fold, and that the club has acknowledged the wonderful contribution he made to the team and the club during the middle portion of the 2000s.

                  Comment

                  • ShockOfHair
                    One Man Out
                    • Dec 2007
                    • 3668

                    #24
                    Originally posted by liz
                    I had no issue with the comments made publicly by Roos and Kirk. There was no way this was going to play out completely in private, given the public nature of the onfield events. Roos might wish in hindsight he had handled things differently, but he's a human being too, and I am sure his emotions were running as high as Hall's at the time.

                    I can also understand why Hall needed to distance himself from the club for a while emotionally, particularly while he was playing with the Bulldogs. But I am thrilled he is now back in the fold, and that the club has acknowledged the wonderful contribution he made to the team and the club during the middle portion of the 2000s.
                    Thanks for summing it up so well, Liz.
                    The man who laughs has not yet heard the terrible news

                    Comment

                    • The Big Cat
                      On the veteran's list
                      • Apr 2006
                      • 2361

                      #25
                      We must remember that in 2005 in the last game Barry passed off certain goals which would have won him the Coleman medal saying it was about the team not individual honours.
                      Those who have the greatest power to hurt us are those we love.

                      Comment

                      • andy0414
                        Pushing for Selection
                        • Nov 2004
                        • 71

                        #26
                        If Barry and the club have gotten over their differences, then I think that's great. Now he can take his place as a true champion of the club. Maybe I'll forgive and forget too.
                        Where's the remote?

                        Comment

                        • bloodsbigot
                          Regular in the Side
                          • Mar 2010
                          • 813

                          #27
                          I dunno... the 'I want to be remembered as a bulldog' is a little difficult for me to get over.

                          It's too bad it wasn't Kirk holding up the cup rather than Hall.

                          A player like McVeigh was much better. Which is partly why I like 2012 better than 2005.

                          Comment

                          • CureTheSane
                            Carpe Noctem
                            • Jan 2003
                            • 5032

                            #28
                            Originally posted by Jeffers1984
                            Same here.
                            My issue with Roos and Kirk is that they hung him out publicly in the media when it could have easily been sorted out behind closed doors.
                            Mine too.

                            It was handled very poorly by the Swans.
                            And I think Hall rightly got pretty pissed about it all and ended up with some statements which were possibly said in anger.
                            I never cared what he said after he was no longer at the Swans, but simply remembered fondly what he did for the Swans.
                            Never considered booing him for any reason whatsoever.

                            What happened with Hall is small compared to some of the older controversies.
                            Anyone remember the Ricky Quade/Barry Round drama?
                            The difference between insanity and genius is measured only in success.

                            Comment

                            • YvonneH
                              Senior Player
                              • Sep 2011
                              • 1141

                              #29
                              Originally posted by CureTheSane
                              Mine too.

                              What happened with Hall is small compared to some of the older controversies.
                              Anyone remember the Ricky Quade/Barry Round drama?
                              No. What was that about?

                              Comment

                              • spiffy-dude
                                Suspended by the MRP
                                • Oct 2013
                                • 202

                                #30
                                Originally posted by YvonneH
                                No. What was that about?
                                Car park shenanigans, a coach a wife and a captain.

                                Comment

                                Working...