Past players - what are they up to?
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He might be more productively used teaching players how to kick to the advantage of a leading forward. 1. He can kick superbly 2. He must be frustrated out of his brain by how bad Swans players are at doing this.Comment
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Very sad to hear this. My sincere thoughts to his family. I remember reading newspaper article at the time how Sanford would skateboard his way to training. Matthew Nicks would've been a teammate of Sanford, which added to his black arm band rememberance yesterday.There is an obituary for Sanford “Matthew” Wheeler in the SMH today. I remember him fondly from the early 90s. Very sad news, he was only 49.
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Thanks goswannies, I should've doubled checked fact Matthew Nicks had just missed out being Sanford Wheeler's team mate. My timeline memory caught me out on this occasion. After re-reading my post above it may also give impression Matthew Nicks wore black armband (which wasn't my intention) as I have no idea if he did. Nice gesture if he did though, but apologies for my misleading wording.Comment
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Not sure if this is the appropriate thread since we all know what Gary is up to now - playing for Geelong - but anyway, some lovely news for the Rohans.
AFL on Twitter: "Congratulations to Gary and Amie Rohan on the safe arrival of Sadie ????
(via: garyrohan16 / Instagram)… "
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A bit further down you find this gold: TwitterNot sure if this is the appropriate thread since we all know what Gary is up to now - playing for Geelong - but anyway, some lovely news for the Rohans.
AFL on Twitter: "Congratulations to Gary and Amie Rohan on the safe arrival of Sadie ????
(via: garyrohan16 / Instagram)… "
https://www.instagram.com/p/B-YbhrGn3UK/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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An interesting story from AJ about Mike Pyke.
AFL news 2020, Alex Johnson reveals Mike Pyke didn’t want to sit next to him in 2012 Grand Final parade, Sydney Swans | FOX SPORTSComment
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So Mike is a "very serious" - I had no idea. Every time I saw him being interviewed, I felt in need of subtitles.An interesting story from AJ about Mike Pyke.
AFL news 2020, Alex Johnson reveals Mike Pyke didn’t want to sit next to him in 2012 Grand Final parade, Sydney Swans | FOX SPORTSComment
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My favourite memory of the parade was when AJ's car drove passed. It had been pouring for hours so I was wet and uncomfortable. The rain meant that the players had to sit inside the car, so it was difficult to see the players. So to see AJ's smiling face and his excitement as he was going nuts shouting and cheering really made my day. Pyke obviously knew AJ well and didn't want to sit through an hour of that!An interesting story from AJ about Mike Pyke.
AFL news 2020, Alex Johnson reveals Mike Pyke didn’t want to sit next to him in 2012 Grand Final parade, Sydney Swans | FOX SPORTSComment
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This was reported a few days ago - Craig Foster is organising athletes whose sport has been suspended to volunteer to help the elderly and disadvantaged during the Covid19 crisis. One of his volunteers is our own Adam Goodes. Apart from admiring their work, I was chuffed to read the following:
‘Craig Foster and Adam Goodes were supposed to be playing football together this year for the Waverley Old Boys over-35s.’
‘They got in one game together, a few weekends ago, before the pandemic forced the suspension of their season, and Foster loved what he saw from the dual Brownlow medallist.’
"He would have been an amazing player," Foster said.
"He reads the game well, he's a very strong, skilled attacker, good on both sides of his body ... we missed out there. We missed a gem."
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"Tongue and cheek"? Now that's journalism!An interesting story from AJ about Mike Pyke.
AFL news 2020, Alex Johnson reveals Mike Pyke didn’t want to sit next to him in 2012 Grand Final parade, Sydney Swans | FOX SPORTSComment

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