Originally Posted by Aaron
Heh yep! I only included the recent lot as our 22 and under players! We just have an incredible rate of producing quality players at the elite level!!
Heh yep! I only included the recent lot as our 22 and under players! We just have an incredible rate of producing quality players at the elite level!!
I saw him kick one of the great goals in a NEAFL final in 2019, a superb individual effort. Came home and raved about what a talent we had on the list. JMac will be one the great Swans wingers, so heartily agree.
Its funny you mention that as that was when i became a big fan , one of the best goals ive seen in the neafl and the minute i knew he was too good for the level and would be playing AFL by his 2nd year
I thought about this too.
Longmire:
5 Mills
4 Florent
3 Hickey
2 Dawson
1 Hewett
Simpson:
5 Mills
4 Heeney
3 Florent
2 McInerney
1 Franklin
I'm more confident about 3 and 4 than 1 and 2.
The narrowness of Geelong helps push away from a boundary led game, and yesterday was like a training run because the work rate of West Coast was utterly pathetic. Will be interesting to see what we manage at Marvel this weekend, as we sure know the fairypuppies won't give us that sort of ride.
It hadn't even clicked in my mind that JMac was still eligible for a rising star nom. Been a while since we've had a player of his style coming through, so going to be enjoyable to see him find his level over the next little while.
Last edited by mcs; 5th July 2021 at 10:45 PM.
"You get the feeling that like Monty Python's Black Knight, the Swans would regard amputation as merely a flesh wound."
I haven't gone to check, but I suspect Franklin received a nomination in his time too.
Round 4, 2005.
The final votes are mildly interesting.
1 Brett Deledio Richmond 43
2 Ryan Griffen Western Bulldogs 34
3 David Mundy Fremantle 19
4 Brock McLean Melbourne 15
5 Jed Adcock Brisbane Lions 14
6 Jordan Lewis Hawthorn 3
7 Adam Selwood West Coast 2
Justin Sherman Brisbane Lions 2
9 Kepler Bradley Essendon 1
Lance Franklin Hawthorn 1
Will Minson Western Bulldogs 1
He may be infectious, but you don't want to be stuck sitting next to him according to Hickey. In the Zoom meeting the other day he said that he never shuts up, and whilst it's endearing ...
Regardless, he's a super talent and I'm glad he's in the Red and White. Stoked for JMac and it's a fitting nomination. He like Papley knows how to celebrate a good goal! He was in everything against West Coast.
Yes that was a beauty. He shows an awareness well beyond his years. A joy to watch.
It's very hard to live in a studio apartment in San Jose with a man who's learning to play violin. That's what she told the police when she handed them the empty revolver.
The Scarlatti Tilt - Richard Brautigan
Well, wasn't that lovely.
I heard the first quarter on the radio, and the commentators said that it was going to be hard kicking goals to the end Wet Coke were kicking.
Didn't seem to bother us much.
Great game. Big ask, but jeez I'd love to see that every week.
Wild speculation, unsubstantiated rumours, silly jokes and opposition delight in another's failures is what makes an internet forum fun.
Blessed are the cracked for they are the ones who let in the light.
Got me thinking - who was the last great Swans winger? Fosdike....and, um?? Paul Williams was more in/out like Hannebury I recall, but memory often cannot be relied upon.
Hannebery was a GREAT winger at his peak, who could also play inside and was phenomenal at contested ball.
But it's easy to forget just how far, hard and relentlessly he could run up and down a wing. That first half against Freo in (from memory) 2015 when they sent Ryan Crowley - then easily the best, fittest and most ruthless tagger in the game - to him, and Hannebery simply burned him into the ground and kicked four first half goals was out of this world.
'Delicious' is a fun word to say
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