Baby Swans Flying High

[Reggi]

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/afl/sydney-deal-north-melbourne-a-40-point-hiding/story-e6frexwr-1225854925911

Actually the below is a really good match review by Rohan Connolly. He's stuck in the 80s, but he is not a Swans hater, one of the best game reviews I have read, ever really, just spot on

http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/swans-give-abject-roos-a-lesson-20100417-slkk.html

[Vonsteinman]

Yep, a great review of the game. Interesting to note another scribe putting J. Bolton in the best. A number have in other threads bagged his game but I thought he was pretty good.

As for Connolly, I've always thought he was, if not a hater, at least a disliker. I've often thought he never got over the '96 Prelim...

[dimelb]

I wasn't reading Rohan Connolly in '96 but in the noughties I got the impression he was a bit of a fan, and greatly admired our hard-at-it approach when others (e.g.Andy D) were critical. He certainly likes what he sees now.

[Red]

I wasn't reading Rohan Connolly in '96 but in the noughties I got the impression he was a bit of a fan, and greatly admired our hard-at-it approach when others (e.g.Andy D) were critical. He certainly likes what he sees now.
He's Jude's uncle, isn't he?

[liz]

He's Jude's uncle, isn't he?

Nah. that is Martin Blake. Unless they're both his uncles...

[Red]

Nah. that is Martin Blake. Unless they're both his uncles...
Ah yep. Right paper, wrong writer. Thx for the fix Liz.

[caj23]

I think he likes us. He actually predicted us to be premiers in one of the pre-seasons prior to 2005, suffice to say that he was in the minority at the time

[giant]

The umpiring really was very poor. Some absolute howlers that led to goals for both sides.