Also really nice to hear Heeney speak so enthusiastically about Bell in his interview.
Also really nice to hear Heeney speak so enthusiastically about Bell in his interview.
In: Bell Rampe
Out: Jack Rose
Emg: Jack Melican Rose Stoddart
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Emg: Wines McKenzie Howard Mayes
Arctic conditions here, very cold, strong winds, driving showers and rain, Saturday won't be nice, not sure I've got enough warm clothes to cope!
Will make for an ugly but interesting game played below the knees a fair bit I'd suggest.
Jack and McVeigh were always very different types of on-field leader. Jack led by example, and one might hypothesize that as his physical powers have waned then perhaps so too have his on-field leadership capabilities because they were so dependent upon actions. If that is the case, the they may also limit his effectiveness as a coach.
McVeigh on the other hand has always been a do-what-I-say-not-what-I-do type on-field leader, probably because Captain Gumby has always been a tackle-shy outside runner.
That the club and his team mates respect his leadership, despite this limitation, speaks volumes of his other leadership attributes, which may well help him to become an effective coach.
Loose translation from the Latin is - I am tall, so I hit out.
"You get the feeling that like Monty Python's Black Knight, the Swans would regard amputation as merely a flesh wound."
Lovely article in today’s News Corp papers about James Bell (if you can read it behind pay wall - somehow I fluked it.)
Talks about major role Mick O and Chris Smith have had on his development. And Micky O’s generosity in spending money on refurbishment of the aboriginal hostel James lived in.
Plus ‘We had Goodesy (Adam Goodes) mowing the lawns and whipper-snippering.’
NoCookies | The Australian
I don't usually read the Daily Telegraph but absent neighbours said we could have their copy when it was delivered, and that's where I found this story. It's well worth getting hold of it, and you can read it on the computer if you try The Australian as Meg says above, if they offer a "visitor sample" so to speak.
Here are James's closing words:
Telling (mum and dad) about my debut was like a weight lifted off my shoulders. ... I'm doing this for my whole family and I'm doing it for myself."
He reminds him of the guys, close-set, slow, and never rattled, who were play-makers on the team. (John Updike, seeing Josh Kennedy in a crystal ball)
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