Past players - what are they up to?

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  • KTigers
    Senior Player
    • Apr 2012
    • 2499

    Originally posted by KSAS
    Couldn't help thinking of goal umpire Steve Stevens famous drama queen performance in the 1966 GF!
    AFL - Worst Acting Ever! - YouTube
    Steve Stevens ? Isn't he Billy Idol's guitarist and songwriter. Man, that is quite a career jump. Impressive.

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    • rb4x
      Regular in the Side
      • Dec 2007
      • 968

      Jack Maibaum, Matt Ling and Zac Foot have all nominated along with many of our VFL list.

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      • Mr Magoo
        Senior Player
        • May 2008
        • 1255

        Kevin Dyson appointed head coach of UTS Bats

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        • Aprilbr
          Senior Player
          • Oct 2016
          • 1803

          Given that Ronke and Bell did not get picked up by any other Clubs it will be interesting to see where they end up playing next season.

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          • KSAS
            Senior Player
            • Mar 2018
            • 1763

            Sam Naismith has signed to play with Port Melbourne in the VFL next season. He shunned several offers to play in the WAFL. Just heard him interviewed on SEN. Said his body is feeling good after not playing much footy last 2 years and is confident his body will hold up. Hasn't given up on resuming his AFL career. His love of footy has returned after being frustrated on & off the field last 2 years (Covid didn't help when he wasn't allowed to use club's facilities during the AFL lockdowns).

            Former Sydney ruckman Sam Naismith joins VFL outfit Port Melbourne - AFL News - Zero Hanger

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            • 707
              Veterans List
              • Aug 2009
              • 6204

              Adelaide Channel 7 news apparently running with a story Jordan Dawson to take over captaincy from Rory Sloane, who is coming back from an ACL

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              • barry
                Veterans List
                • Jan 2003
                • 8499

                Originally posted by 707
                Adelaide Channel 7 news apparently running with a story Jordan Dawson to take over captaincy from Rory Sloane, who is coming back from an ACL
                Well that's something we could never have offered him, so probably a good move on his part.

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                • barracuda
                  Regular in the Side
                  • Jun 2016
                  • 551

                  James Bell has gone to Glenelg where if he has the passion he will become a very dominant mid

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                  • stevoswan
                    Veterans List
                    • Sep 2014
                    • 8543

                    Originally posted by 707
                    Adelaide Channel 7 news apparently running with a story Jordan Dawson to take over captaincy from Rory Sloane, who is coming back from an ACL
                    Really? They must have a serious dearth of experienced leadership at their club.

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                    • 707
                      Veterans List
                      • Aug 2009
                      • 6204

                      Cows have the second youngest list, mature players are not that good. Current captain Sloane coming off a poor season in 2021 then an ACL early 2022, Tex Walker still very good but had a leadership ending six match racial vilification suspension in 2021, Wayne Milera and Brodie Smith are other mature players but just not that good on field to be leaders, Tom Doedee was heir apparent but is battling injuries and indifferent form.

                      Dawson the only senior player of high playing standard that kids can look up to. Dawson added to the leadership group mid season this year.

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                      • liz
                        Veteran
                        Site Admin
                        • Jan 2003
                        • 16733

                        Originally posted by 707
                        Cows have the second youngest list, mature players are not that good. Current captain Sloane coming off a poor season in 2021 then an ACL early 2022, Tex Walker still very good but had a leadership ending six match racial vilification suspension in 2021, Wayne Milera and Brodie Smith are other mature players but just not that good on field to be leaders, Tom Doedee was heir apparent but is battling injuries and indifferent form.

                        Dawson the only senior player of high playing standard that kids can look up to. Dawson added to the leadership group mid season this year.
                        While all that is true, his elevation to captain (if it happens) highlights the stark contrasts in the playing groups. Had he stayed in Sydney, I have little doubt Dawson would have become an increasingly respected player and one integral to the team's success. But I can't see him getting into the leadership group, let alone higher office. At least not in the next few years.

                        Not only do we have three captains, each of whom gives off an aura of capable of captaining on their own, were that the Swans' model, we have a handful pushing up from below who seem to have "future captain" oozing from their pores.

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                        • bloodspirit
                          Clubman
                          • Apr 2015
                          • 4448

                          A handful?

                          Gulden ?
                          T. McCartin ?
                          Rowbottom ?
                          Warner ?
                          Florent ?

                          You might be on to something.
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                          • i'm-uninformed2
                            Reefer Madness
                            • Oct 2003
                            • 4653

                            Originally posted by bloodspirit
                            A handful?

                            Gulden ?
                            T. McCartin ?
                            Rowbottom ?
                            Warner ?
                            Florent ?

                            You might be on to something.
                            Take Gulden as being as inevitable as Mills was. Just born to it.

                            If The Bloods was still here, he’d flip at the mention of Rowie but it’s a good call. I’ll be interested to see if Chad wants it, or if he’s like Heeney, who apparently wasn’t that fussed by it and has a bit more of a happy-go-lucky personality. The other one rated internally is McInerney, but his priority for this season is obviously getting his body right and full form back.

                            As for the Crows, if that is happening, it just shows how far off it they still are.
                            'Delicious' is a fun word to say

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                            • Roadrunner
                              Senior Player
                              • Jan 2018
                              • 1445

                              Originally posted by i'm-uninformed2
                              Take Gulden as being as inevitable as Mills was. Just born to it.

                              If The Bloods was still here, he’d flip at the mention of Rowie but it’s a good call. I’ll be interested to see if Chad wants it, or if he’s like Heeney, who apparently wasn’t that fussed by it and has a bit more of a happy-go-lucky personality. The other one rated internally is McInerney, but his priority for this season is obviously getting his body right and full form back.

                              As for the Crows, if that is happening, it just shows how far off it they still are.
                              Why, where’s TB? On holidays?
                              As for Dawso being captain, just because he is a good player doesn’t make him a leader in my book. Hope the Crows remain cellar dwellers for a long time!

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                              • i'm-uninformed2
                                Reefer Madness
                                • Oct 2003
                                • 4653

                                Apparently TB's "interest" in a certain player got the better of him and he was "encouraged" to migrate over to bigfooty.
                                'Delicious' is a fun word to say

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