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    Quote Originally Posted by TheBloods View Post
    Lacks speed and foot skills ?? How does this make him different to Kennedy who is untouchable, or the golden child?
    I'm not sure what you are getting at?

    They do have similar weaknesses (speed and foot skills) but both are players that all Swans fans love, respect and admire.

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    Quote Originally Posted by barry View Post
    We didnt get a single player in the #22 under 22 from AFL players association

    22Under22 - AFL Players

    To be fair though, there are a couple of hundred players across the competition under 22.

    Serong, Rowell, Anderson didn't make this list either.
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    Quote Originally Posted by dejavoodoo44 View Post
    And I'm not sure if anyone else has mentioned it, but Rampe won the Robert Rose Award, for the season's most courageous player. He joins other Bloods; Kelly, Kirk and Parker, as winners of the award.
    There are some nice quotes about him from Grundy and Smith in this article:

    Great Dane's courage no surprise to former teammates

    I liked "He’s just a little bit different to everyone else and good on him" from Grundy

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    Quote Originally Posted by neilfws View Post
    There are some nice quotes about him from Grundy and Smith in this article:

    Great Dane's courage no surprise to former teammates

    I liked "He’s just a little bit different to everyone else and good on him" from Grundy
    Nice video chat with Horse there as well. Well deserved Dane! Congratulations.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Captain View Post
    I'm not sure what you are getting at?

    They do have similar weaknesses (speed and foot skills) but both are players that all Swans fans love, respect and admire.
    The point I'm getting at is there is much excitement about young Rowbottom and what he can become, but it's most likely that at absolute best, he ends up as good as Parker, who people seem to nit pick at and find fault with for, I don't know what reason. Because he is not on Fyfe or Dangerfield's level? Confusing.

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    Quote Originally Posted by stevoswan View Post
    Nice video chat with Horse there as well. Well deserved Dane! Congratulations.
    Another quality individual at the Swans. Club HOF candidate after his career finishes.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Thunder Shaker View Post
    To be fair though, there are a couple of hundred players across the competition under 22.

    Serong, Rowell, Anderson didn't make this list either.
    Rowell was not eligible, not enough games. Serong and Anderson both made the squad of 40 from which the 22 was chosen as did Rowbottom who was the only Swan in the squad. Will Day of Hawthorn was the only other one of last years draft who made the squad.

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    Quote Originally Posted by stevoswan View Post
    Nice video chat with Horse there as well. Well deserved Dane! Congratulations.
    I think Rampe's mum and Longmire's son make a fair point.

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    Quote Originally Posted by TheBloods View Post
    Lacks speed and foot skills ?? How does this make him different to Kennedy who is untouchable, or the golden child?
    Parker has good foot skills.

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    Just on the Parker debate. I hope nobody has taken my comments as suggesting that Rowbottom is better than Parker. I pretty much agree with what TheBloods wrote at #41, although there is a (small) chance Rowbottom will go past him eventually. Rowbottom is quicker and possibly a better kick. Conversely, he's got a long way to go in consistency, durability, leadership, toughness and levels of production.

    My comments about Parker were to suggest that possibly he has passed his peak. However, after saying that, I wondered if I wasn't being overly harsh. Obviously he is absolutely one of our best handful of players at the moment and has been since at least 2014. JPK on the other hand, I am more confident in asserting has passed his peak. Both remain very important and good players and will go down as club legends.
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    Quote Originally Posted by TheBloods View Post
    Perhaps , but he spent most of the yr playing the same role as the Kings and not getting near their numbers. Only went back and started performing well in rd 14
    I thought he was performing well until his unfortunate concussion, which seriously affected the middle part of his season. His move down back was a revelation.

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