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  • royboy42
    Senior Player
    • Apr 2006
    • 2078

    Swans chat Gary Rohan

    Gaz has had, and is having, quite a hard enough time at the minute.
    I'm hoping the fires at Cobden haven't impacted his family's property.
    Anyone know?
  • ScottH
    It's Goodes to cheer!!
    • Sep 2003
    • 23665

    #2
    Originally posted by royboy42
    Gaz has had, and is having, quite a hard enough time at the minute.
    I'm hoping the fires at Cobden haven't impacted his family's property.
    Anyone know?
    He is from Cobram, not Cobden.

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    • The Big Cat
      On the veteran's list
      • Apr 2006
      • 2355

      #3
      Originally posted by ScottH
      He is from Cobram, not Cobden.
      Definitely Cobden in the western district. Played for Geelong Falcons.
      Those who have the greatest power to hurt us are those we love.

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      • royboy42
        Senior Player
        • Apr 2006
        • 2078

        #4
        Yep, Cobden for sure.

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        • Bloods05
          Senior Player
          • Oct 2008
          • 1641

          #5
          Originally posted by ScottH
          He is from Cobram, not Cobden.
          The Rohans are an old Cobden family.

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

            #6
            Originally posted by royboy42
            Yep, Cobden for sure.
            My bad rb42.

            Sent from my SM-T810 using Tapatalk

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

              #7
              Originally posted by royboy42
              Gaz has had, and is having, quite a hard enough time at the minute.
              I'm hoping the fires at Cobden haven't impacted his family's property.
              Anyone know?
              I took the word over a facebooker, rather than a trusted RWOer.
              Should have done my own research.

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              • royboy42
                Senior Player
                • Apr 2006
                • 2078

                #8
                No probs Scott

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                • stevoswan
                  Veterans List
                  • Sep 2014
                  • 8550

                  #9
                  Missing this week to stay in Sydney with his wife, who is in the final stages of her pregnancy. Good luck to them both and the little one, of course they are having twins but only one will survive due to some issue with it. It will be a bittersweet time for them. ......I think the pending birth made the selectors job easier, I'm not sure Gary would have been picked this week.......
                  Last edited by stevoswan; 23 March 2018, 06:44 PM.

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                  • Industrial Fan
                    Goodesgoodesgoodesgoodes!
                    • Aug 2006
                    • 3317

                    #10
                    Is fit is picked, end of story.
                    He ate more cheese, than time allowed

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                    • goswannies
                      Senior Player
                      • Sep 2007
                      • 3049

                      #11
                      Originally posted by Industrial Fan
                      Is fit is picked, end of story.
                      I presume you?re not just talking about physically fit. There have been a number of circumstances where physically fit players have justifiably missed games (Buddy, Goodsey, Macca) and few would have begrudged them their absences.

                      In many work places, a spouse will miss a period of work when their partner gives birth.

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                      • Industrial Fan
                        Goodesgoodesgoodesgoodes!
                        • Aug 2006
                        • 3317

                        #12
                        Wasn?t suggesting he should have played this week; more that When he?s fit he plays. There was no other conundrum for the selectors as Steve suggested there might be.
                        He ate more cheese, than time allowed

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                        • stevoswan
                          Veterans List
                          • Sep 2014
                          • 8550

                          #13
                          Originally posted by Industrial Fan
                          Wasn?t suggesting he should have played this week; more that When he?s fit he plays. There was no other conundrum for the selectors as Steve suggested there might be.
                          You may be right about the 'conundrum' but I thought Haywood might get in ahead of Gary even though neither showed great preseason form. Haywood didn't get in anyway but Florent and Fox are ahead of Rohan on current form and all the other positions pretty much write themselves. The team looks pretty balanced to me.

                          I would say if fit and in form, he's a lock but he has to earn it like anyone else. We all know how good he can be but consistency has been a millstone to his progression to dependable star, which he should be....by now. I love him but history is slowly stacking up against him.

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                          • liz
                            Veteran
                            Site Admin
                            • Jan 2003
                            • 16764

                            #14
                            Originally posted by stevoswan
                            You may be right about the 'conundrum' but I thought Haywood might get in ahead of Gary even though neither showed great preseason form. Haywood didn't get in anyway but Florent and Fox are ahead of Rohan on current form and all the other positions pretty much write themselves. The team looks pretty balanced to me.

                            I would say if fit and in form, he's a lock but he has to earn it like anyone else. We all know how good he can be but consistency has been a millstone to his progression to dependable star, which he should be....by now. I love him but history is slowly stacking up against him.
                            My guess is that the selectors value him more highly than you do for his chasing and pressure. It's not just about stats - not even smothers, tackles, etc. Part of his value is how quickly he moves to close space for defenders trying to find a target out of the forward 50.

                            I think Rohan and Hayward are both in our best 22 when fit and available. Hayward hasn't had much of a pre-season, and is still very young (and skinny) so I don't have an issue with them leaving him out of the team until he's ready. But when he is, I think he'll come into the team.

                            I don't mind the team that has been picked in terms of the individual players. They are all highly capable. But balance wise it doesn't look quite right. Newman, Fox, Cunningham, McVeigh - all have played most of their recent football or have been training this off-season as half-back flankers. When you add them to Mills and Lloyd, that's a lot of players for that part of the ground. The selectors' hands were tied a bit this week, particularly with Rohan's unavailability, but I'll be curious to see how they structure the team. We just have Franklin and Reid as full-time forwards, with Jack and Papley likely to rotate between the forward line and the midfield. Maybe both will spend more time in the forward line this week than they will normally. Maybe Mills will get to spend a bit of time in the midfield. But one of more of those medium sized defenders is going to need to spend time forward as well, or we'll have an exceedingly crowded defence.

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                            • stevoswan
                              Veterans List
                              • Sep 2014
                              • 8550

                              #15
                              Well, Gary has finally made it to 100 games.....an achievement of application and persistence through some immense professional and life challenges, the latter and biggest only recently. Well done Gary......have a blinder on Saturday.

                              Rohan's long journey to 100 AFL games - AFL.com.au

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