Past players - what are they up to?

[stevoswan]

I see St Kilda have delisted Zak Jones. He did have some injury woes but it has to be said, he never really set things alight down at the Saints.

Good luck to him in the footy afterlife.

https://www.afl.com.au/news/1442415/saints-delist-veteran-zak-jones-and-defender-arie-schoenmaker-as-list-change-continues

[KSAS]

Decided to post here as I had trouble locating the old Buddy thread.....

Interesting listening to Liam Pickering last night on the Agenda Setter in recalling the Buddy trade we're all familiar with.

What stood out to me however, was Buddy's shock when we landed Tippet the year before as that was the first indication to Pickering he wanted to come to us.

Plus the insights to the level of verbal abuse Colless & Ireland copped from both Demitrou & Fitzpatrick (AFL), that their man didn't land at GWS.

Glad Pickers emphasised just how terrible and unjust the ensuing penalties we copped from the AFL, which included losing COLA and 2 year trade ban when we didn't break any rules.

The panel ended up concluding the Buddy trade is the greatest, considering he played for extra year in addition to the initial 9 year deal, which even Buddy himself had expressed doubts he'd last that long!

[imuninformedtwo]

I guess Fox would be great leadership for their VFL team over next couple of years - but surely he won't be there when (if) they actually enter the competition.

Nope. But what a great get. As professional as they come. Good luck to him. A beauty of a player and person.

[Velour&Ruffles]

LRT remains one of my all-time favourites - so underrated outside the club but so valued within it. Super courageous and hard as a cat's head.

[KSAS]

LRT was this week's guest on SEN's This Is Your Journey, discussing his entire career, the 2 flags and love for the club. Worth a listen:

https://cms.megaphone.fm/channel/NTETP5142225010?selected=NTETP9312983020

[mcs]

GWS showing interest in Aaron Francis
Tasmanian team interested in Robbie Fox
Tom Mitchell told to explore his opportunities elsewhere

I guess Fox would be great leadership for their VFL team over next couple of years - but surely he won't be there when (if) they actually enter the competition.

[KSAS]

GWS showing interest in Aaron Francis
Tasmanian team interested in Robbie Fox
Tom Mitchell told to explore his opportunities elsewhere

[lwjoyner]

marty magney third p/ship as coach. could he be a useful assistant to cox

[dejavoodoo44]

Angus Anderson just became the second Swans Academy product to win the Oatey Medal, for BOG in the SANFL grand final, after Jordon Foote won it in 2020. Luke Giacometti was also in the winning side and had a pretty good game. And of course, Marty Mattner was the winning coach.

[KSAS]

Barry Round's Brownlow medal and his footy gear will be auctioned tomorrow night (Thursday 18th September).

https://youtu.be/wkuvsaDa_vU?si=nFPrqRV-hPAyQN9D

[dejavoodoo44]

While none of our current VFL side made the VFL team of the year, former Swans academy player, Luke Parks, was selected in the backline. Not sure how draftable he is? He was on the Carlton list for a while and looked just okay when I saw him playing for them. But who knows, maybe he's improved since then and he could be worth a rookie spot as a tall defender?

Also making the side, was former Swans player, Zac Foot. I actually went down to the Southport v Frankston prelim final on the weekend (mainly because I wanted to explain the game to a couple of young Chinese friends) and Zac had a very good game. The opposition players found it hard to lay a hand on him and he kicked what was possibly the goal of the game.

And having seen that game, I'm a bit surprised that former Fremantle KPF, Hugh Dixon, didn't make the side. He kicked eight and clunked pretty well every high ball that came his way.

Shark, Falcon recognised with VFL/W gongs - Aussie Rules Rookie Me Central https://share.google/IqvQot91wH722cLhx

And since the SANFL was mentioned in the previous post, it's probably worth mentioning, that three academy products should be playing in the grand final next weekend. James Bell for Glenelg, and Angus Anderson and Luke Giacometti for Sturt. Bell has been consistently good since moving to SA and made the SANFL rep side earlier in the season. While Anderson now seems to be a key component of Sturt's midfield.

[Thunder Shaker]

Where is he now: Marty Mattner (sydneyswans.com.au)
Marty Mattner is the coach of Sturt in the SANFL. Sturt won 17 straight games before losing to Adelaide by 2 points in the final round. Sturt have earned a spot in the Grand Final by winning the second semi under the Final Five system, and will be playing the winner of the Glenelg-Norwood preliminary final.

[imuninformedtwo]

A nice piece on Rhyce Shaw’s return to coaching. He’s a good man and was badly let down by Norf as a young coach, so good to see him back in the system.

https://www.afl.com.au/news/1382749

[Blood Fever]

Apologies if i've posted this in the wrong thread, but heard Shane Crawford on SEN this morning say he was set to join us for the 2006 season as he was very disgruntled with Hawthorn at that stage, but changed his mind after we won the 2005 flag.

This is because he figured the club had just achieved the pinnacle he was also chasing, despite us also making the 2006 GF. Port had offered him a Godfather offer which included a McDonald's franchise, which he rejected as he was desperate for success. He eventually did in his final game at the 2008 GF.

Didn't Know we almost had Shane Crawford for 2006. He might've made the difference in that agonising 1 point GF loss!!!

Would have been very handy!

[KSAS]

Apologies if i've posted this in the wrong thread, but heard Shane Crawford on SEN this morning say he was set to join us for the 2006 season as he was very disgruntled with Hawthorn at that stage, but changed his mind after we won the 2005 flag.

This is because he figured the club had just achieved the pinnacle he was also chasing, despite us also making the 2006 GF. Port had offered him a Godfather offer which included a McDonald's franchise, which he rejected as he was desperate for success. He eventually did in his final game at the 2008 GF.

Didn't Know we almost had Shane Crawford for 2006. He might've made the difference in that agonising 1 point GF loss!!!