Past players - what are they up to?

**Odysseus** · 27th February 2019, 06:45 PM

Originally Posted by liz

He's a complete scumbag.

I find it hard to believe that the Swans would make any comment about another club's choice of leadership group. I sullied myself by listening to the couple of minutes of the podcast that discussed Hannebery, and there's a mumbled bit in there that makes it unclear whether Barrett is actually quoting the Swans or suggesting he thinks they would have fallen off their chairs. I suspect it's the latter (for the reason stated in my second sentence). If Barrett fell off his chair, that's his downfall. But to put the opinion in another club's mouth is pretty ordinary "journalism".

Longmire has just been interview by SEN's Sam McClure. I reckon McClure asks good questions. Amongst other things, he asked about the Hannebury media report. Horse said Hannebury had been the Swans' vice-captain and, if anything, he - Horse - would have been surprised if Hannas hadn't been made part of the Saints' leadership group.

"I put it to you" that Damien Barrett has been taking lessons in credibility from Jussie Smollett.

Just sayin'.

**KSAS** · 1st March 2019, 10:49 PM

Article on Nic Newman on he was disappointed leaving the Swans:

Outline - Read & annotate without distractions

**Odysseus** · 1st March 2019, 11:01 PM

Originally Posted by KSAS

Article on Nic Newman on he was disappointed leaving the Swans:

Outline - Read & annotate without distractions

Thanks for the heads-up; it's an interesting article. It sounds like he's accepted the move from Sydney with maturity.

**jono2707** · 2nd March 2019, 09:41 AM

Nic was very very good for the Blues the other night. He looked fitter too. He'll do well down there - looks to be a good fit for them. Good luck to him.

**caj23** · 4th March 2019, 09:56 AM

Originally Posted by jono2707

Nic was very very good for the Blues the other night. He looked fitter too. He'll do well down there - looks to be a good fit for them. Good luck to him.

Yep the new kicking out rules will suit him to a tee

Makes you wonder why we didn't use him in that role

**Mr Magoo** · 6th March 2019, 09:23 AM

It probably was a simple question of like for like. The swans saw Newman as a certain type of player and in their view they had one or two ahead of him in that space. Better to offer him the opportunity to further his career elsewhere , open up some salary space and everyone wins.

The hard part in these situations is that if you are Newman , it can be difficult to see why they elect to keep a certain player who he may not see as performing as well as he did or they trade in someone like Clarke who it may seem doesn't really on paper offer much different to what he did.

**stevoswan** · 7th March 2019, 10:31 PM

Well.....I'll tell you what Gary Rohan has been up to. Kicking four goals tonight for the Cats that's what. Aaaarrrgh!! Oh well, good luck to him, as long as he and his family are happy....

**Aprilbr** · 8th March 2019, 08:54 AM

Originally Posted by stevoswan

Well.....I'll tell you what Gary Rohan has been up to. Kicking four goals tonight for the Cats that's what. Aaaarrrgh!! Oh well, good luck to him, as long as he and his family are happy....

I watched that game. The Cats midfield was right on top for most of the game so there were loads of inside 50s for their forwards to feast on. He also got plenty of good supply from the midfielders. Very different to the Swans - low numbers of inside 50s and poor supply.

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**dejavoodoo44** · 8th March 2019, 09:28 AM

Originally Posted by stevoswan

Well.....I'll tell you what Gary Rohan has been up to. Kicking four goals tonight for the Cats that's what. Aaaarrrgh!! Oh well, good luck to him, as long as he and his family are happy....

Yes, but for Geelong fans, that could be like a novice poker machine player, jagging a large jackpot. That is, an early win, giving them an unrealistic expectation of what's going to happen in the future.

**Industrial Fan** · 8th March 2019, 09:30 AM

Originally Posted by dejavoodoo44

Yes, but for Geelong fans, that could be like a novice poker machine player, jagging a large jackpot. That is, an early win, giving them an unrealistic expectation of what's going to happen in the future.

spot on with that. Still only 9 touches