Folou better kick than Shaw

[KirkysSocks]

You hope he fails??? - wow what a fine human being you are.

And? its only football lady, perspective please.

I've done some inhuman things in my life i agree, like yelling out to Wayne Carey once he had chewy on his boot and that i hoped he failed.

[Jewels]

Gees BSA5 - do you really want to put yourself through it - I mean its a few minutes of your life you wont get back any time soon!

Hahaha, gotta agree Wardy

[Wardy]

How would you have done it then?

Gees BSA5 - do you really want to put yourself through it - I mean its a few minutes of your life you wont get back any time soon!

[Wardy]

There is a difference between difusing a "bomb" where the ball goes directly up and then comes straigt down than going for a mark or grabbing the ball lace out.

I really hope he fails, just to teach the AFL a lesson on how not to do things..oh wait..brisbane bears..swans in the 80s..oh dear.

You hope he fails??? - wow what a fine human being you are.

[BSA5]

There is a difference between difusing a "bomb" where the ball goes directly up and then comes straigt down than going for a mark or grabbing the ball lace out.

I really hope he fails, just to teach the AFL a lesson on how not to do things..oh wait..brisbane bears..swans in the 80s..oh dear.

How would you have done it then?

[KirkysSocks]

Well Folau took a few decent contested grabs last night - even Rabs Warren excitedly said "My god how high can that boy jump??" if he can learn to kick, and the rules of the game - he has 2 years to do it - perhaps a position as an old fashioned full forward might be an option............siller things have happened!!!

There is a difference between difusing a "bomb" where the ball goes directly up and then comes straigt down than going for a mark or grabbing the ball lace out.

I really hope he fails, just to teach the AFL a lesson on how not to do things..oh wait..brisbane bears..swans in the 80s..oh dear.

[AnnieH]

You KNOW I love throwing spanners .....

Shaw didn't lose the Hawthorn game.

Goodesy did. (Can you believe I just said that??)

Had he kicked 2.4 instead of 1.5, we would have won.

[Wardy]

Minty did catch one one day as I recall fondly - went on to spray it on the full - but it was a catch none-the-less?

those were the days!!!

[Dalai Lama]

Valid Point - but at least Folau can actually catch a ball!

Minty did catch one one day as I recall fondly - went on to spray it on the full - but it was a catch none-the-less?

[Wardy]

yes - like Simon Minton-Connell?

Valid Point - but at least Folau can actually catch a ball!

[Dalai Lama]

............siller things have happened!!!

yes - like Simon Minton-Connell?

[Wardy]

Well Folau took a few decent contested grabs last night - even Rabs Warren excitedly said "My god how high can that boy jump??" if he can learn to kick, and the rules of the game - he has 2 years to do it - perhaps a position as an old fashioned full forward might be an option............siller things have happened!!!

[Jesse Richards]

Any publicity for the swans is bad for GWS atm, which makes me very cynical about the AFL and their agenda atm...i really think secretly Andy D is content we are travelling not so good..i bet he was panicking when were 1st for 2 weeks.

I agree. I'm happy to have code jumpers jump into GWS - saw something yesterday on TV about the 2 new jumpers likely to be playing against each other in Round 1 NAB Cup 2011 - ho ho ho, I think. Andy D and co.'s arrogant coup will fail, Swans will pay and play AFL experienced players to great advantage and Andy D will have to come up with yet another way to screw the Swans. My guess it will be scandal related - drugs, sex, betting, and failing that, Buddhist pre-game rituals (can look odd to the uninitiated). 2005/2006 was not that long ago.

[KirkysSocks]

Given the financial disparity between the codes - I am not positive but pretty sure that AFL rules allow you to have non pre registered AFL players i.e. someone from Rugby outside of the salary cap

IS it something we should consider? Pyke is going OK is it worth another try or likely to just be a wasted investment?

Personally I think few players could make the change

The AFL will prob block it and tell the swans we need to fit under the cap. Allowing any kind of code jumper to join the swans will be seen as a negative to GWS..havent you noticed, the AFL have completely ignored the swans, even the media. You would have thought that there would be more coverage of players like Pyke...but nada..just one article and even that was ignored.

Any publicity for the swans is bad for GWS atm, which makes me very cynical about the AFL and their agenda atm...i really think secretly Andy D is content we are travelling not so good..i bet he was panicking when were 1st for 2 weeks.

[KirkysSocks]

There are a large number of people on here, like me, who have been supporters for a long time and lived and supported the Swans through the dark ages of the early 90s (and early 80s for some) and we kept the faith and stayed positive. What we're getting now has been a bloody good ride for nearly 15 years and it's a ride that is likely to continue a fair bit longer.

This has now become our woodstock. The amount of people that were there during those dark times sitting in the rain watching us get pumped by 100+ each weekend - makes you wonder how wrong the swans got their membership and attendence figures during these years. I guess they didn't count people dressed as seats at the games.