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  • magic.merkin
    Senior Player
    • Jul 2008
    • 1199

    Originally posted by wolftone57
    It wasn't the sole factor obviously. There was an illness in the family I am led to believe by someone closer than us. But the girlfriend thing is important too. Some people from Melbourne, including my nieces and nephews, would not think happily about a life in Sydney. Melburnians generally don't want to move to Sydney. Many do of course, to further their career or for other reasons, and become Sydneysiders. But if you took a survey of Melbournites on moving to Sydney I'm pretty confident it would be in the negative. This is why the Melbourne go home factor is so huge compared to WA or SA. What's more it is compounded when they are from the Bush near Melbourne

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    the other thing is, that he trains and is at the club alot, his weekends are recovering or playing when home, every second weekends he's gone. If she has no other friends up there, it'd be tough and not such an attractive opportunity if she's content at home.

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    • barracuda
      Regular in the Side
      • Jun 2016
      • 551

      Originally posted by wolftone57
      It wasn't the sole factor obviously. There was an illness in the family I am led to believe by someone closer than us. But the girlfriend thing is important too. Some people from Melbourne, including my nieces and nephews, would not think happily about a life in Sydney. Melburnians generally don't want to move to Sydney. Many do of course, to further their career or for other reasons, and become Sydneysiders. But if you took a survey of Melbournites on moving to Sydney I'm pretty confident it would be in the negative. This is why the Melbourne go home factor is so huge compared to WA or SA. What's more it is compounded when they are from the Bush near Melbourne

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      They would miss living in a city that smells like pee

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      • Markwebbos
        Veterans List
        • Jul 2016
        • 7186

        Originally posted by Mel_C
        The Herald Sun has reported that Kinnear Beatson is going to extend his contract with us and that Carlton have missed out ????. I can't read the full article but this is excellent news.
        SEN article references the Hun. Brilliant news!

        Report: Highly rated list manager re-signs with club, knocks back Carlton advance

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        • Aprilbr
          Senior Player
          • Oct 2016
          • 1803

          Yes it's great news about KB. A strong club generally has top people in the key posts and he certainly fits the bill. I heard that Longmire declined a King's ransom to change to North a few months ago and now KB has knocked back what would have been a substantial offer from the Blues to switch. This shows the buy-on that we have from our current club leadership.

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          • wolftone57
            Veterans List
            • Aug 2008
            • 5857

            Originally posted by magic.merkin
            the other thing is, that he trains and is at the club alot, his weekends are recovering or playing when home, every second weekends he's gone. If she has no other friends up there, it'd be tough and not such an attractive opportunity if she's content at home.
            Exactly. A big city can be a very lonely place when you know nobody. That was how I found it when I first moved to both Melbourne and Sydney. In Melbourne I was lucky. I was able to live with family but Sydney was daunting.

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            • stevoswan
              Veterans List
              • Sep 2014
              • 8559

              Originally posted by barracuda
              They would miss living in a city that smells like pee
              Now, now.....there are Vic Swans on this site as well. A lot live in Melbourne.....remember the original Swans? No need to overplay the inter-city rivalry.

              BTW, Melbourne does not smell like pee.....it smells like coffee. Really GOOD coffee......

              - - - Updated - - -

              Originally posted by Markwebbos
              Brilliant news! Stuff you Carlton!

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              • Meg
                Go Swannies!
                Site Admin
                • Aug 2011
                • 4828

                Originally posted by wolftone57
                Exactly. A big city can be a very lonely place when you know nobody. That was how I found it when I first moved to both Melbourne and Sydney. In Melbourne I was lucky. I was able to live with family but Sydney was daunting.

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                My impression is that the WAGS of the players are a very friendly and welcoming group and quickly bond with partners of new interstate players. I have noticed many keep following each other on Instagram even after the players shift back home. So I really don’t think loneliness is a problem for WAGs.

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                • Melbourne_Blood
                  Senior Player
                  • May 2010
                  • 3312

                  Originally posted by Meg
                  My impression is that the WAGS of the players are a very friendly and welcoming group and quickly bond with partners of new interstate players. I have noticed many keep following each other on Instagram even after the players shift back home. So I really don’t think loneliness is a problem for WAGs.
                  Not sure I would be using using Instagram follows as a measure of loneliness to be honest.


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                  • Meg
                    Go Swannies!
                    Site Admin
                    • Aug 2011
                    • 4828

                    Originally posted by Melbourne_Blood
                    Not sure I would be using using Instagram follows as a measure of loneliness to be honest.


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                    I wasn’t.

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                    • Melbourne_Blood
                      Senior Player
                      • May 2010
                      • 3312

                      Originally posted by Meg
                      I wasn’t.
                      You made a reference to wags following each other on Instagram, and followed it up with a statement that you don’t believe wags have issues with loneliness ... ?


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                      • wolftone57
                        Veterans List
                        • Aug 2008
                        • 5857

                        Originally posted by Meg
                        My impression is that the WAGS of the players are a very friendly and welcoming group and quickly bond with partners of new interstate players. I have noticed many keep following each other on Instagram even after the players shift back home. So I really don’t think loneliness is a problem for WAGs.
                        That's OK if they actually come to Sydney. But what I am saying is there is a perception that a young lady may be lonely, miss family, miss their peers in Melbourne. The players are friendly too and yet the go home to Melbourne factor is still huge for players who go interstate. It is not so much of an issue for those from WA and SA.

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                        • Meg
                          Go Swannies!
                          Site Admin
                          • Aug 2011
                          • 4828

                          Originally posted by Melbourne_Blood
                          You made a reference to wags following each other on Instagram, and followed it up with a statement that you don’t believe wags have issues with loneliness ... ?


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                          Gawd, that was an incidental comment to my main point that the WAGs seem to make warm, sometimes close, friendships.

                          That’s not surprising, they share a lot in common through their lifestyles (as partners of players) and often for the very fact that they have moved to Sydney from interstate.

                          The comment was made earlier that ‘A big city can be a very lonely place when you know nobody’. These young women get to know other young women of similar age and shared backgrounds very quickly after arrival.

                          Of course missing family and friends back home is still a factor - particularly when babies come along.

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                          • Ralph Dawg
                            Senior Player
                            • Apr 2018
                            • 1729

                            I'm friends with the couple who renovated and sold the finished product to Lachie Neale when he moved up here last year.

                            Apparently at an open house, his wife turned up with all the Lions wags who convinced her the house was the one and as a result, the sale went through. Poor old Lachie had minimal say, although the house was beautiful and very well located!

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                            • Markwebbos
                              Veterans List
                              • Jul 2016
                              • 7186

                              The Hun have identified Sydney’s Jordan Dawson as one of five potential SuperCoach breakout players for 2020. Their others are: Chayce Jones, Andrew Brayshaw and Hunter Clark (one is yet to be named).

                              Category: | Herald Sun

                              The versatile Dawson, who ranked in the top-10 at the Swans for a number of key areas in the second-half of the year, is now one of John Longmire’s most-important players,

                              “We know he can play any position now that he’s got that confidence,” Longmire said late last season. “He’s an important player wherever we play him.”

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                              • 707
                                Veterans List
                                • Aug 2009
                                • 6204

                                Is that the same Jordan Dawson who wasn't selected for a senior game in the latter half of 2018 when he was "on fire" in the ressies?

                                Really upbeat about Dawson, his time trial wins add to his exciting potential that should be seen next season.

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