Kennelly...hopefully no repeat of Crouch's irish experience

**Ajn** · 27th October 2006, 09:22 AM

Kennelly the threat

Hopefullly he isn't targeted and set his year back, ala Crouch two years ago (Taken him two years to "recover")

**nat** · 27th October 2006, 09:25 AM

"We've got some great defensive players to go on him (including) Jim McDonald and it might even be one of his own team-mates from the Sydney Swans (that plays on him), but he's probably the one player that we're mindful of the fact that we don't want a great impact."

If one of his own teammates causes him any injuries then i will personally slap them across the face next year.

None of them better get any injuries.

**liz** · 27th October 2006, 09:57 AM

There was a Tiff Cherry documentary made two years ago about the last Australian tour to Ireland. In it they showed some footage of Gary Lyon's pre-game address to the Australian team and he kept going on and on about Kennelly, using some pretty ordinary language, to implore the Australians not to let him dominate the game.

He's obviously a pretty important part of the Irish team but I think the reason the Australian coaches keep bringing his name up as the "danger player" probably has as much to do with the fact that he's the one they know the most about.

**reigning premier** · 27th October 2006, 10:53 AM

Originally posted by liz
There was a Tiff Cherry documentary made two years ago about the last Australian tour to Ireland. In it they showed some footage of Gary Lyon's pre-game address to the Australian team and he kept going on and on about Kennelly, using some pretty ordinary language, to implore the Australians not to let him dominate the game.

He's obviously a pretty important part of the Irish team but I think the reason the Australian coaches keep bringing his name up as the "danger player" probably has as much to do with the fact that he's the one they know the most about.

Yep....

It's about the only name Shhedy and Frawley can pronounce... Hence the only guys they ever talk about....

**AnnieH** · 27th October 2006, 11:32 AM

Originally posted by nat
If one of his own teammates causes him any injuries then i will personally slap them across the face next year.

None of them better get any injuries.

If any aussie player damages him there's gunna be trouble!!

**swantastic** · 27th October 2006, 05:34 PM

Originally posted by Annie Haddad
If any aussie player damages him there's gunna be trouble!!

Thats why its a waste of time,fingers crossed.

**Go Swannies** · 27th October 2006, 06:00 PM

So you could say that last's years IR cost us the flag in 2006? If Crouch had played in the GF it probably would have been worth at least 2 points.

**swantastic** · 27th October 2006, 06:06 PM

Originally posted by Go Swannies
So you could say that last's years IR cost us the flag in 2006? If Crouch had played in the GF it probably would have been worth at least 2 points.

Yep that and Bazza.

**liz** · 27th October 2006, 06:50 PM

Originally posted by Go Swannies
So you could say that last's years IR cost us the flag in 2006? If Crouch had played in the GF it probably would have been worth at least 2 points.

a) It was two years ago that Crouch played and was injured.

b) you could speculate that O'Keefe, Bolton, Bolton, Kennelly, Davis, Buchanan, Hall, Goodes etc maybe would not be as good players as they are today without the motivational experience of representing their country. And hence we'd have missed the finals for the past 3 seasons.

Who knows?

**i'm-uninformed2** · 27th October 2006, 06:55 PM

Originally posted by liz
a) It was two years ago that Crouch played and was injured.

b) you could speculate that O'Keefe, Bolton, Bolton, Kennelly, Davis, Buchanan, Hall, Goodes etc maybe would not be as good players as they are today without the motivational experience of representing their country. And hence we'd have missed the finals for the past 3 seasons.

Who knows?

Liz - we are sick of your sensible and logical and considered contributions

**Go Swannies** · 27th October 2006, 11:47 PM

Originally posted by liz
a) It was two years ago that Crouch played and was injured.

But wasn't it an ongoing shoulder injury plus knee, ankle and, according to BF, testicles that forced him to drop out this season? So the Irish not only inflicted Enya on us but cost us back-to-back flags. And all they have given us is Tiger and Guinness widgets.