The Grand Final: curb your enthusiasm.

[Ludwig]

That 2009 draft had so many duds in it, especially the first round, yet produced arguably the 2 best players going around today in Martin and Fyfe.

At the time I thought we did very well to land Rohan and Jetta. Who could have known what a superstar Martin would become? Well our recruiters did, given we offered our 2 first round picks for him. His kicking is beyond extraordinary. And that's only one part of his many talents.

[dejavoodoo44]

That Dusty fella goes ok.
I believe, not only did we offer the Tigers pick 6 and 14 for pick 3, as he lived in Sydney for a period of time we tried to get him as some sort of zone/academy priority. Unfortunately he hadn't spent enough time in Sydney to qualify.

Although 5 years or so ago, I was of the opinion not to go after him, under the no dickheads rule.
IIRC, there was (or perhaps still is) a psychologist at the Tigers, who spent a large amount of time with him and helped him to become a more chilled and well adjusted person. Possibly his father being deported was also helpful?

[dejavoodoo44]

That 2009 draft had so many duds in it, especially the first round, yet produced arguably the 2 best players going around today in Martin and Fyfe.

At the time I thought we did very well to land Rohan and Jetta. Who could have known what a superstar Martin would become? Well our recruiters did, given we offered our 2 first round picks for him. His kicking is beyond extraordinary. And that's only one part of his many talents.

Yes, now that you've made me check, there's not a huge amount of quality there. Our recruiters probably did really well, to get Rohan, Jetta and Reid.

[stevoswan]

2020 really has been a crap year. Hurry up 2021!!

It's not all bad. AC/DC have saved it!

Power Up!

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I think this resolves the debate re Rohan.

It certainly does....

[andreww1]

And we then used that pick 6 on Gary Rohan

Rohan had 5 disposals. Only plays well when he his team is on top. Has struggled in big games.


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[Meg]

This is The Age rating of Rohan. So perhaps we should forget the debate about whether the Swans misused Gary.

Gary Rohan
HALFFOWARD
The dashing mid-sized forward had the job of dragging Dylan Grimes out of the play. He did that well. Looked to get busy after the main break but was unable to have an impact.

RATING: 4

https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/...6846.html?btis

[Meg]

2 streakers in the first quarter. Was it the 2012 grand final that the streaker with the Adelaide jumper ran on the ground?

Yes we did have a streaker wearing Crows jumper in 2012 GF. It was during the last quarter and the game stopped for several minutes while security got him off.

We had subbed Mumford off at three quarter time so Mike Pyke rucked the whole last quarter without relief. I subsequently read Mike being quoted as saying words to the effect that he has never been so grateful in his life as he was to that streaker. He said he was absolutely exhausted and the several minutes the game was stopped allowed him to regain his breath.

[KTigers]

+1

We were discussing this last night. Isn't Sachin Tendulkar "the little master" too? There are likely more of these "little
masters". Mookie Betts, who is probably the best player in the MLB and playing for the Dodgers in the World Series
right now is basically a midget. What about Glen Boss, who rode his 4th Cox Plate winner yesterday? These guys are
everywhere.

[KTigers]

Familiar face fronting the Amazon ads at half time on channel 7

As the protests in the US say, "If you want Amazon to be the only retailer in the world, keep buying from them".

[707]

Here's hoping we get our own Dusty at pick 3 this year and then go and win three GF in quick succession.

It's why you don't trade pick 3. In 2013 Melbourne gave up pick 2 to GWS who got Kelly, Melbourne got Salem & Dom Tyson - ouch!

[Faunac8]

As the protests in the US say, "If you want Amazon to be the only retailer in the world, keep buying from them".

I agree completely and don’t use their platforms of any description I was more trying to draw attention to Adam being featured in the advertising. I haven’t seen that many campaigns featuring him.

[KTigers]

I agree completely and don’t use their platforms of any description I was more trying to draw attention to Adam being featured in the advertising. I haven’t seen that many campaigns featuring him.

Yeah, he hasn't done a lot of ads really. There was Powerade or one of those silly "sports" drinks for a while, and
"ambassador" gigs with David Jones and Qantas are all I can think of.