Leo Re-signs ...

[Jeffers1984]

I think it's good news. Onya Leapin.

[2005]

Great news.
Think it will be more a mentor role though ( Faulks/Murphy ).
He still has something to offer especially if the kids arent up to it.

Must stand down as Co Captain though.

[hammo]

As a great club man, he would definitely be on the front foot to ask whether he should step aside, and pave the way for Goodesy.

A carrot to entice O'Keefe to stay might be to offer him the captaincy.

[Bear]

Will he stand down as co-captain?

I would say he probably would.

As a great club man, he would definitely be on the front foot to ask whether he should step aside, and pave the way for Goodesy.

It will depend on the internal feedback.

Although I am a one-captain person myself.

[Bear]

[QUOTE=Rob-bloods;415189]That is very bad news. For those who think he had an OK year he gave away around the most frees in the league I understand, and what about all the goals he gave away from direct mistakes in possession.

QUOTE]

We have a winner for THE most ignorant, myth-based opinion re AFL football.

You clearly have never played the game (kick to kick after the game does not count).

The AFL key defender role is the hardest job in the team, and is a multi-dimensional role. Your guesswork and attempt to boil it down to one or two areas, and the inability to even understand those, exposes you.

Go and do some real research to back up that opinion next time

[stellation]

Will he stand down as co-captain?

[swanage]

Pretty good news I think. He's definately slowed down and would get pasted on the oppositions top forward much of the time, but I didn't think he was outside the top 22. A guy that did so much for us in the past should be able to choose his time of retirement as long as he's contributing, and I think on the whole Leaping still is.

I agree with others though when they say if he's really slumping in form he should be sent to the reserves.

[Bob Neil]

He can play until he's 75 if he wants.
Thanks for single-handledly winning Swans the 2005 premiership, Leo.

[NMWBloods]

That is very bad news. For those who think he had an OK year he gave away around the most frees in the league I understand,

About 9th.

[Rob-bloods]

That is very bad news. For those who think he had an OK year he gave away around the most frees in the league I understand, and what about all the goals he gave away from direct mistakes in possession.

There is no point having an 'experienced' defender around with a year like he has had, you may as well have a youngster in playing dopey football.

[laughingnome]

I see the risks but I have to say that without Leo at the helm of the back 6 this year, we looked lost back there. We need another year out of Leo even if all he does is teaches C. Bolton, LRT, someone to marshall and control the defense. In addition, this Canadian guy is going to need someone like Leo if we want to put him in the backline at some stage, even if it's as a ruckman falling back.

[Bloody Hell]

How many teams actually have 4th, 5th and 6th forwards that stay close to goals anymore?
Aren't the roles on the lesser light forwards normally best suited for the modern day fleet-footed rebounding back? Whilst I do think Leo was fantastic at this 5 years ago, would he really be our best option now?

By that I meant a forward pocket.

[swantastic]

Just play him at FF.

When he goes on his crazy runs he will run through the goals and give us a point insted of kicking a goal.

[Bas]

Just play him at FF.

[Nico]

2 Years in a row Leo has had bad hamstring injuries. It would be fair to expect being another year older and another year slower, his ability to keep up will sorely test the hammies again.