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  • 0918330512
    Senior Player
    • Sep 2011
    • 1654

    Originally posted by barry
    I think Geelong, WC and GWS are the likely prelims, with one more spot up for grabs.

    Could be Brisbane, if they dont petter out in the second half of the year.
    Dont think it will be Collingwood. There glory run is ending, and beams is out for the year.
    Dont think it will be Richmond. Good effort by tiges, but 5th is where they are at.
    Could be Freo, just need a bit of consistency.
    Dont think any of the others can make it.
    At least mention a former Swans in any of those that few posts if your going to post them in this thread.

    Edited for relevance...

    Originally posted by barry
    I think Geelong Rohan, WC Jetta and GWS Mumford are the likely prelims, with one more spot up for grabs.

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    • S.S. Bleeder
      Senior Player
      • Sep 2014
      • 2165

      Originally posted by Captain
      Really wish we had kept Rohan.
      Nice sentimentality but the fact was that he wasn't performing for us. He'd have a great patch of a couple of games, then three games in a row where he'd get only several touches. I saw him live against Richmond on Friday and he just doesn't get involved in the game. He always seemed to be in the wrong position when the ball came into the forward line. He would only be keeping a younger player out of our team this year.

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      • Aprilbr
        Senior Player
        • Oct 2016
        • 1803

        How do people here see Nick Newman's first season at Carlton? I watched their win against Brisbane and he was handy. Still he struggled to cement a spot down back at the Swans in recent seasons. My feeling is that he will be a handy player for them going forward but never a star.

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        • Bloody Hell
          Senior Player
          • Oct 2006
          • 3085

          Originally posted by Aprilbr
          How do people here see Nick Newman's first season at Carlton? I watched their win against Brisbane and he was handy. Still he struggled to cement a spot down back at the Swans in recent seasons. My feeling is that he will be a handy player for them going forward but never a star.

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          The knock on him is the same as it always was - can't win his own ball.
          The eternal connundrum "what happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object" was finally solved when David Hasselhoff punched himself in the face.

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          • neilfws
            Senior Player
            • Aug 2009
            • 1826

            I glanced at the TV in a cafe this morning to see "Ted Richards from Six Park" dispensing financial advice on mid-season sales bargains, on one of the morning shows (Today, I think).

            I know that's what he does now and it was always his chosen post-footy career, but it's still odd for me seeing him in that role!

            More: My Way: Six Park's Ted Richards talks to The Australian | Six Park

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            • aardvark
              Veterans List
              • Mar 2010
              • 5685

              Originally posted by neilfws
              I glanced at the TV in a cafe this morning to see "Ted Richards from Six Park" dispensing financial advice on mid-season sales bargains, on one of the morning shows (Today, I think).

              I know that's what he does now and it was always his chosen post-footy career, but it's still odd for me seeing him in that role!

              More: My Way: Six Park's Ted Richards talks to The Australian | Six Park
              His Dad was on "Millionaire" last week. He didn't do any good.

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              • barry
                Veterans List
                • Jan 2003
                • 8499

                I think Menzel will turn out better value than rohan in that "trade", and probably $200k cheaper.

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                • Markwebbos
                  Veterans List
                  • Jul 2016
                  • 7186

                  Originally posted by barry
                  I think Menzel will turn out better value than rohan in that "trade", and probably $200k cheaper.
                  Big call Bazza, big call!

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                  • Blood Fever
                    Veterans List
                    • Apr 2007
                    • 4049

                    Originally posted by barry
                    I think Menzel will turn out better value than rohan in that "trade", and probably $200k cheaper.
                    Win win probably. They got more forward pressure and we got class and a footy brain,which we're short of even if he's a touch slow.

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                    • barry
                      Veterans List
                      • Jan 2003
                      • 8499

                      Originally posted by Markwebbos
                      Big call Bazza, big call!
                      Finals will be Rohan's big test.

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                      • Bloods05
                        Senior Player
                        • Oct 2008
                        • 1641

                        Originally posted by Blood Fever
                        Win win probably. They got more forward pressure and we got class and a footy brain,which we're short of even if he's a touch slow.
                        He's only slow compared to Rohan. He almost ran down Petrocelli on Sunday.

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                        • dejavoodoo44
                          Veterans List
                          • Apr 2015
                          • 8637

                          Originally posted by Bloods05
                          He's only slow compared to Rohan. He almost ran down Petrocelli on Sunday.
                          According to the tracker, Menzel is quick. Against Geelong, he had the second fastest top speed, behind Ratogalea. While against West Coast, he was equal fastest on the field with Rampe. Which I found surprising, as he never really seems to be express. And as an aside, Rohan wasn't in the top five in the Geelong game.

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                          • Blood Fever
                            Veterans List
                            • Apr 2007
                            • 4049

                            [QUOTE=dejavoodoo44;777212]According to the tracker, Menzel is quick. Against Geelong, he had the second fastest top speed, behind Ratogalea. While against West Coast, he was equal fastest on the field with Rampe. Which I found surprising, as he never really seems to be express. And as an aside, Rohan wasn't in the top five in the Geelong game.[/QUOTE

                            Reckon he takes a while to hit top speed!

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                            • dejavoodoo44
                              Veterans List
                              • Apr 2015
                              • 8637

                              Originally posted by Blood Fever

                              Reckon he takes a while to hit top speed!
                              Though it could be the other way round. Like when Jetta and Rohan were both Swans, most people (including me) would have assumed, that one of them was the fastest at the club. But I remember reading that it was actually Goodes. This was because he had rapid acceleration, and hit a peak around 10-15 metres. However, being a bigger bodied athlete, he couldn't sustain it. So, beyond 20 metres, Rohan and Jetta were both quicker, but there was that brief peak, that meant Goodesy had the highest maximum speed.

                              So, maybe Menzel just has a brief sweet spot, that he can't keep up?

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                              • Blood Fever
                                Veterans List
                                • Apr 2007
                                • 4049

                                Originally posted by dejavoodoo44
                                Though it could be the other way round. Like when Jetta and Rohan were both Swans, most people (including me) would have assumed, that one of them was the fastest at the club. But I remember reading that it was actually Goodes. This was because he had rapid acceleration, and hit a peak around 10-15 metres. However, being a bigger bodied athlete, he couldn't sustain it. So, beyond 20 metres, Rohan and Jetta were both quicker, but there was that brief peak, that meant Goodesy had the highest maximum speed.

                                So, maybe Menzel just has a brief sweet spot, that he can't keep up?
                                Reckon you may be right. When he is chasing somebody over a reasonable distance, he looks to struggle.

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