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I have a soft spot for any Swans player who is moved on for better opportunities and as a result has helped build our list strength AA being your obvious examples recently. I don’t have a great deal of time for players such as Grant and Rocca from many years ago who decided that they would use the Swans as a starting point and never had any intention of staying.
Of the current players the one that I have a lot of time for is Travis Boak from Port Adelaide I remember a few years back when Geelong made a concentrated and arrogant approach with the belief that the go home factor would prevail.
They seriously underestimated his ethics and his personal values.
I also appreciate the fact that he is committed to going home to his local club Torquay where is father was an absolute legend and playing after his AFL career is over.
Operation Boak: The day Geelong went on a brazen mission to poach TravComment
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From the old days...
Kevin Murray
Darrell Baldock
Plugger
Wayne Carey
Bob Skilton
Bob Rose
John Coleman
Dermie
Plenty more...one of the benefits of being older.Comment
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Toby Greene, just gives his all every game, and so much class. Really enjoy watching him play.
Also like Marcus Bontempelli, Sam Walsh, Jack Lukosius and both King boys.
Any former Swans player who has moved on for non-monetary gain reasons, so Hanners, Allir, even Nic Newman. Never been that partial toward Tom Mitchell, although his 2016 GF was outstanding.Comment
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Touk Miller
Tim English
Bob Murphy
Matt Rowell
Oscar Allen (please, please pay him anything)
Kosie Pickett
Bob Murphy
Tim Membrey
Bob Murphy
Callan Ward
Sam Walsh"I'll acknowledge there are more talented teams in the competition but I won't acknowledge that there is a better team in the competition" Paul Roos March 2005Comment
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I like how you listed Bob Murphy twice! He was an easy to like player from another club. National Living Treasure type.
Would you consider Jarrod Brander instead of Oscar Allen? He'd be a lot more gettable (since he's not getting a game and not about to), cost less and comes from NSW border zone (Mildura) whereas Allen is Perth born and raised. Brander, Aaron Francis and Harrison Petty are three players I've been wondering whether we might target by way of trade to fill our need for an extra KPP.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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One of the ill informed and least comprehensible Swans crowd behaviors was hearing Tiger Greg Stafford being booed every time he got the ball, while in the same match Darren Gaspar was left in peace.
Gaspar's departure was much worse than either Grant or Rocca. He wasn't even homesick and we got nothing at all in exchange.Last edited by Ruck'n'Roll; 8 May 2021, 06:06 AM.Comment
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"I'll acknowledge there are more talented teams in the competition but I won't acknowledge that there is a better team in the competition" Paul Roos March 2005Comment
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Some great suggestions. It's interesting how some players just come across as more likeable than others, even though most of us only get our impressions of them from TV.
Every Grand Final our family plays a game where we rank the winning team based on how well they interact with the Auskick kids at the medal ceremony. To score full points you must bend down and receive your medal, shake hands with good eye contact and most importantly - put the cap on the kid's head properly! Bonus points if you have a few kind words for the kids.
I guess it may be biased towards older players who are fathers but I have to say, Jack Riewoldt always scores very highly.Comment
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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)Comment
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Willie Rioli - because to be on suspension for drug offences and then take weed through an airport - shows serious commitment to the cause of pot smoking!'Delicious' is a fun word to sayComment
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