All-Australian Swans?

[TheBloods]

I quoted you saying that Chad was the only deserving swan to make the AA team. Henceforth, you didn’t rate Mills and Heeney as worthy of making it and so valued other AA squad members more highly.

Yes but you said i didnt see their value . Lots of good players i dont think should be AA but that doesnt mean i dont see their value .

[AB Swannie]

Yes but you said i didnt see their value . Lots of good players i dont think should be AA but that doesnt mean i dont see their value .

I guess it’s a matter of interpretation. Similar to when you suggested that some members of RWO were unhappy that the Warner Bros were re-signed. I interpreted your original quote to mean that you didn’t value Mills and Heeney as much as others. No one has ever said that they didn’t want the Warner Bros re-signed but you made an interpretation.

I guess it goes to show how difficult discussions can be when divisive, belittling, and combative language is used. Cmon. God help us if you can’t see that.

[KTigers]

mmm... is this what the founding fathers and mothers of RWO had in mind all those years ago?

[TheBloods]

I guess it’s a matter of interpretation. Similar to when you suggested that some members of RWO were unhappy that the Warner Bros were re-signed. I interpreted your original quote to mean that you didn’t value Mills and Heeney as much as others. No one has ever said that they didn’t want the Warner Bros re-signed but you made an interpretation.

I guess it goes to show how difficult discussions can be when divisive, belittling, and combative language is used. Cmon. God help us if you can’t see that.

i was having a joke ! Some made shocking calls about Chads kicking and tackling , if you cant laugh at your self then who can you laugh at . I say every 2nd week how wrong i was about Hayward . Y

You said i didnt value Mills and Heeney and you werent joking , you got it wrong so apologise please as you wont find one negative comment from me about Mills especially ever .

[Ludwig]

I've come up with a new game, called ChadFL.

There is only 1 team and 1 player in the league. Guess who?

The game goes like this: The umpire bounces the ball in the centre and Chad kicks and handballs to himself, running down the ground in a predetermined direction until he scores or turns the ball over, like for kicking the ball our bounds, which would have to be rule insufficient intent, or tackling himself in the head, and both winning and giving away a free kick to himself. In these cases, nothing changes except that Chad runs to the opposite side of the ground and the game continues. Whichever side of the ground scores the most points, wins the game.

We can still have the usual end of season awards: The All Chad Team Selection, Tlhe Chadman Medal for most goals kicked, and the Chadlow medal for MVP.

Of course Chad would win all the medals, but all the better, since we can see all the Chad highlights again and again. And we wouldn't have our time wasted on other less deserving second rate players.

Don't laugh. I've already signed up a season ticket holder for next year.

[jono2707]

i was having a joke ! Some made shocking calls about Chads kicking and tackling , if you cant laugh at your self then who can you laugh at . I say every 2nd week how wrong i was about Hayward . Y

You said i didnt value Mills and Heeney and you werent joking , you got it wrong so apologise please as you wont find one negative comment from me about Mills especially ever .

Yet another thread hijacking .

It's such a shame you've taken wonderful news and dragged it downhill looking for yet more petty arguments. Seriously why do it? Just leave it.

[AB Swannie]

i was having a joke ! Some made shocking calls about Chads kicking and tackling , if you cant laugh at your self then who can you laugh at . I say every 2nd week how wrong i was about Hayward . Y

You said i didnt value Mills and Heeney and you werent joking , you got it wrong so apologise please as you wont find one negative comment from me about Mills especially ever .

I’m sure you see some value in them. Perhaps when I said that you didn’t see their value, I may have made myself clearer and added “compared to the other AA candidates”. I assumed that it was implied given that we were talking about the All Australian squad and your statement that Chad was the only one deserving.

Do you think it was wrong for Mills and Heeney to have been selected in the AA side?

Perhaps we move on and just have a laugh about it?

[TheBloods]

I’m sure you see some value in them. Perhaps when I said that you didn’t see their value, I may have made myself clearer and added “compared to the other AA candidates”. I assumed that it was implied given that we were talking about the All Australian squad and your statement that Chad was the only one deserving.

Do you think it was wrong for Mills and Heeney to have been selected in the AA side?

Perhaps we move on and just have a laugh about it?

Thank you for acknowledging i didnt say that .I would never say anything critical about Millsy ever . I knew he would be a captain of this great club from day 1 , i stuck up for him when everyone i knew said it was wrong to give #14 to a kid who hasnt debuted yet , i said you will eat your words , he is a champion .

I dont think he shouldve been AA , there are a lot of great players in the comp and one on his own team who is better than him . Hows Mills year been any different to Parkers last year ? Parker has been shafted over and over and over , Mills has a good year and hes straight in. Doesnt sit well with me when i think about all the swans greats who have been shafted by this lot . What about Joey 2017 !

But im happy they are in. Anything that gives the VFL a middle finger i will celebrate . They are both fantastic players but yes its no secret i think Chad was wronged , they looked only at his age and his numbers and not on his performances that won us how many games .

[chalbilto]

I've come up with a new game, called ChadFL.

There is only 1 team and 1 player in the league. Guess who?

The game goes like this: The umpire bounces the ball in the centre and Chad kicks and handballs to himself, running down the ground in a predetermined direction until he scores or turns the ball over, like for kicking the ball our bounds, which would have to be rule insufficient intent, or tackling himself in the head, and both winning and giving away a free kick to himself. In these cases, nothing changes except that Chad runs to the opposite side of the ground and the game continues. Whichever side of the ground scores the most points, wins the game.

We can still have the usual end of season awards: The All Chad Team Selection, Tlhe Chadman Medal for most goals kicked, and the Chadlow medal for MVP.

Of course Chad would win all the medals, but all the better, since we can see all the Chad highlights again and again. And we wouldn't have our time wasted on other less deserving second rate players.

Don't laugh. I've already signed up a season ticket holder for next year.

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[i'm-uninformed2]

Thank you for acknowledging i didnt say that .I would never say anything critical about Millsy ever . I knew he would be a captain of this great club from day 1 , i stuck up for him when everyone i knew said it was wrong to give #14 to a kid who hasnt debuted yet , i said you will eat your words , he is a champion .

I appreciate you weren't on here back when Mills was given the number 14, so you're not referring to people on here. But whoever you were talking to that said Mills didn't deserve number 14 was a weirdo, and everyone on here was delighted with it.

A fun little nuggest about his talent, and how Swans insiders regarded him. At the end of the 2014 season, Horse was giving one of his presos to the Board and was asked about Mills, who was heading into his draft year in 2015. When asked how good he really was, Horse told them that right then, more than a full year out, he would have been playing first 22 in the seniors if he was available. And that's a side that took us to the minor premiership and a grand final.

[TheBloods]

I appreciate you weren't on here back when Mills was given the number 14, so you're not referring to people on here. But whoever you were talking to that said Mills didn't deserve number 14 was a weirdo, and everyone on here was delighted with it.

A fun little nuggest about his talent, and how Swans insiders regarded him. At the end of the 2014 season, Horse was giving one of his presos to the Board and was asked about Mills, who was heading into his draft year in 2015. When asked how good he really was, Horse told them that right then, more than a full year out, he would have been playing be first 22 in the seniors if he was available. And that's a side that took us to the minor premiership and a grand final.

Yes , some are made differently .

[joeykanga]

Thats ridiculous , i have never said they dont have value . Heeney is a fantastic talent but goes missing too much and Mills is the best two way mid in the comp but his 2nd half of the yr wasnt as good as the first , he gave more opportunities to Chad . I am pleased for them as they are hard working LOCAL players ,it is unfair to say i dont see their value so take that back please .

I'm starting Bangalore Swans and you are the same one...he used to say take it back

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Yet another thread hijacking .

It's such a shame you've taken wonderful news and dragged it downhill looking for yet more petty arguments. Seriously why do it? Just leave it.

+1000

[Markwebbos]

After so many posts identifying The Chad as the second coming, I’m now convinced that it wasn’t even Kinnear Beatson who identified Warner’s talent - clearly others knew about it probably at his conception. So you’d have a better chance of convincing a flat earther that the earth is round. Once he’s named AA, Brownlow medalist, Australian of the year and the Prime Minister not everything will be about Chad.

I think if one reads the New Testament carefully, there are passages which one can now see foretell the coming of The Chad.

I think it only appropriate that we henceforth refer to Him as He.

[rb4x]

Yes , some are made differently .

matt80 reincarnated

[Velour&Ruffles]

Great result, absolutely delighted for both, especially Callum who I felt deserved it but I didn't think would get picked. He's had an outstanding year (as has Isaac of course).

What a sensational endorsement for the Academy!

That's the really important point here. I wish people would focus on that rather than the internecine squabbling.