I do when he isn't playing the Hawks of the Giants, took me a few rounds to get to that point though, Lake's incident wasn't pretty and he should get a 2 week holiday for it but seen worse in a grand final.
I though he played like in was 2008 all over again, I think he would have ended up with 85+ goals this season if he did not miss a couple of games and get subbed out in a few more, I also think he played a little deeper more often in 2008. 100 in a season will be tough in the current game but he will be the man to do it if it happens any time soon. Swans certainly have there money's worth out of him to date.
Carn the Southern Power.....
So many people get this wrong:
Born Jan 1987, now is 27 contract runs out when he is 35 (same age as Goodes currently)
I see no problem with him playing until then, his role will reduce in last 2-3 years, otherwise plenty to look forward to.
$10 Million and 9 year contract, so many commentators mix up years and dollars.
Assume they think mm and inches are the same thing, inflated ego suggest ...yes
Staying ahead of the game...
I think Buddy won us a couple of games off his own boot this year. Without him we would not have been minor premiers and in that respect, maybe a few cracks were papered over.
He got us to a GF but it takes the entire team to pull off a win against the best in the land.
He's earned his money and garnered plenty of respect and fans. However, we have seen how Hawthorn continued on as if he never left. Therein lies the difference. We needed him more than they did.
Agree buddys payed for himself ,but has to !
I have believed for a long time that Buddy is the greatest all round athlete ever to play AFL football. I thought Goodes as an athlete was brilliant, but Buddy is better and that's saying something.
I thought he would be an exciting player, but would dominate the Sydney party scene. I expected he would form a brat pack with his mates in League and Union and whoever was the overseas Sydney FC marquee player. I thought he would be photographed with John Ibrahim and spend a lot of time in Confidential.
None of this occurred and I was proved wrong. I think Jesinta Campbell is the Swans best off ground this year. He is very happy in his personal life and I think he is ready for captaincy.
Well done Buddy. Party hard in the next three weeks but smash the pre-season with all you have.
Don't think buddy would thrive as a captain, nor is he traditionally the type of player that we choose as captain. Leadership group, maybe, but I think he's just best concentrating on kicking goals & doing his Buddy brilliant things, & being a very marketable public face of the club.
I hope he never strays from his current (relatively) exemplary behaviour (that car incident at the start of the year not withstanding), but if he did (& it's not beyond the realms of possibility), it's not the attention he (or the club) would need (or want) if he was captain.
But that's just my opinion
There is a lot of upside with Buddy. The look on his face when up on stage with Plugger is priceless. Just a bit star struck. Buddy I mean. There is something endearing about the man.
I do agree that he is not the type of player you would choose as a captain (see MickyO), but Leadership group yes. He has enough to do as it is.
He has bought into the Swans big time. He faaarrrr from being a "problem", he is in love with his life and his partner. He loves being in Sydney, he decided that he wanted to play with the Swans if they would have him, he always put in an effort, even at our lowest point it cannot be said that he didn't give 100%, and we got to the Granny. The kids love him, always a big indicator. On top of that, the players like him, like working with him, treat him like he is just part of the Swans mob, and that's telling in itself.
I love his smile. He just looks like a happy man in happy circumstances.
Its all good.
Last edited by Primmy; 5th October 2014 at 04:10 PM.
If you've never jumped from one couch to the other to save yourself from lava then you didn't have a childhood
His partner Jesinta needs to keep her mouth shut
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