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  • dejavoodoo44
    Veterans List
    • Apr 2015
    • 8634

    #16
    Originally posted by i'm-uninformed2
    Rather, All Australian. Five Swans named and all deserved. The one player who has every right to be peeved is Reg.

    AFL All Australian 40-man squad named - AFL.com.au
    Yes, when I looked at the squad, I also thought that Reg was unlucky. Nick Smith too. Both beat their opponents week in and week out, but probably don't have enough rebounding flair to attract the notice of the AA selectors.

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    • aardvark
      Veterans List
      • Mar 2010
      • 5685

      #17
      Originally posted by i'm-uninformed2
      . . . horse crap.
      I thought he's been pretty good this year!

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      • veramex
        Pushing for Selection
        • Apr 2010
        • 63

        #18
        Joey is mr consistent, but I feel in the back end of the season, he takes it to another level. I remember feeling the same way past year - he knows how to peak at the right time of the year. Let's hope he has another blinder and wins the swans player of the finals again

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        • goswannies
          Senior Player
          • Sep 2007
          • 3049

          #19
          Originally posted by veramex
          Joey is mr consistent, but I feel in the back end of the season, he takes it to another level. I remember feeling the same way past year - he knows how to peak at the right time of the year. Let's hope he has another blinder and wins the swans player of the finals again
          They really should have an "All International team of, say, the 21st century, or since the first Gaelic international player was signed.
          Surely Pyke & Tadhg would get in ... delay it 2 year & Aliir would be there.

          & how would it be? First Irish & Canadian recruited premiership players ... & dare to dream ... 1st Sudanese ...

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

            #20
            Originally posted by aardvark
            I thought he's been pretty good this year!
            ROFL!

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            • Zlatorog
              Senior Player
              • Jan 2006
              • 1748

              #21
              It's funny if you think about it that we have the best defence in the competition and only one defensive player gets nominated.

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              • ScottH
                It's Goodes to cheer!!
                • Sep 2003
                • 23665

                #22
                Originally posted by Zlatorog
                It's funny if you think about it that we have the best defence in the competition and only one defensive player gets nominated.
                It is a champion defence, not a defence of champions.

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                • Faunac8
                  Senior Player
                  • Mar 2014
                  • 1548

                  #23
                  Originally posted by ScottH
                  It is a champion defence, not a defence of champions.
                  What Scott said + 1

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                  • bloodspirit
                    Clubman
                    • Apr 2015
                    • 4448

                    #24
                    +2
                    All opinions are not equal. Some are a very great deal more robust, sophisticated, and well supported in logic and argument than others. -Douglas Adams, author (11 Mar 1952-2001)

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                    • dimelb
                      pr. dim-melb; m not f
                      • Jun 2003
                      • 6889

                      #25
                      Originally posted by ScottH
                      It is a champion defence, not a defence of champions.
                      Correct. And with the focus on individuals from elsewhere it comes as close as possible to flying under the radar. Not that we can expect much of that this season.
                      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)

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                      • Dosser
                        Just wild about Harry
                        • Mar 2011
                        • 1833

                        #26
                        A good tweet from Teddy saying "If All-Australian key forwards are judged on goals kicked, interesting to know which key defender had the least goals conceded? Surely the answer couldnt be Heath Grundy as he wasnt picked in the AA squad???"

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                        • Industrial Fan
                          Goodesgoodesgoodesgoodes!
                          • Aug 2006
                          • 3318

                          #27
                          It's been a top defensive unit but Grundy is the glaring omission.
                          He ate more cheese, than time allowed

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                          • AnnieH
                            RWOs Black Sheep
                            • Aug 2006
                            • 11332

                            #28
                            Awesome that we have five players named.
                            That's a feat within itself.
                            Sad about Reg, but Rampe was a bit better. Must've been hard for the selectors.
                            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.

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                            • giant
                              Veterans List
                              • Mar 2005
                              • 4731

                              #29
                              Originally posted by Doctor
                              I also agree on Reg. He's had a brilliant year.
                              Unquestionably, but the number of outstanding KPDs has been unusually large this year. Dead unlucky but.

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                              • dejavoodoo44
                                Veterans List
                                • Apr 2015
                                • 8634

                                #30
                                On a related note, three of our AA nominations finished in the top ten of the AFLCA votes. Parker was 5th with 86 votes, Hannebery 7th with 83, and Kennedy finished equal 10th (er, with Josh Kennedy) on 69 votes.

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