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Deja Vu
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qldmagpie67
Joined: 18 Dec 2008
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Sorry to not continue this Buckley bashing but thought I might get back on topic about the impending retirement of Swanny
Has there ever been a player you could bet your house on to play nearly any role the team require with success so often ?
He's been a true great of the game without doubt.
Marched to the beat of his own drum and admitted he wasn't the most enthusiastic trainer and often took short cuts but come game day he was simply amazing.
He was in my opinion the main reason behind our success in 2010/11/12
Yes we brought in some other talent like Ball & Jolly but they were to compliment him he was the general leading the troops.
I was listening to a few people talk about the type of injury he suffered at a rugby league luncheon the other week and they all agreed it's a 2yr injury at best and the older you get the harder it is to recover from.
Swanny all the best mate in your future hope to see you knocking back a few schooners one day in a local bar |
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HAL
Please don't shout at me - I can't help it.
Joined: 17 Mar 2003
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| Where did Marched to the beat of his own drum and admitted he wasn't the most enthusiastic trainer and take short cuts but come game day I was amazing? |
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What'sinaname 
Joined: 29 May 2010
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Goodbye Swanny
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The Boy Who Cried Wolf
Joined: 26 Sep 2013
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| What'sinaname wrote: | | Goodbye Swanny |
Honestly despite what others might say, the very best player I've ever seen put on a Pies guernsey (with apologies to P.Daicos <3 ). |
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HAL
Please don't shout at me - I can't help it.
Joined: 17 Mar 2003
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| Do you have any idea what I am talking about? |
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RudeBoy
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There'll only ever be one Jolsen.
"Swanny, how I love you, how I love you, my dear old Swanny" |
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Darkstranger
Joined: 06 Jun 2012
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Press conferences tomorrow apparently
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SteveH67
Joined: 17 Jul 2004
Location: Canberra, Australia
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End of an Era now.
Jake Niall confirmed it on AFL tonight on Foxtel.
Swanny cannot run apparently, and he still has a noticeable problem when he walks on it.
New Pies generation now, almost all the premiership heroes are gone.
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The_Staunton 
Joined: 30 Jul 2007
Location: Hobart
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Swanny leaving is the end of an era
Never be as passionate about any Collingwood side or group again...
Don't want to go down the obvious road again, but "my" Collingwood, the Side by Side/Army years, are now gone...
But tomorrow should be about the best player I've ever seen play for Collingwood...enjoy your retirement Swanny
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MatthewBoydFanClub
Joined: 12 Feb 2007
Location: Elwood
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So is that it, is it?
Need to hear it confirmed tomorrow, but on top of Toovey and Macaffer retiring today, so sad. |
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The Boy Who Cried Wolf
Joined: 26 Sep 2013
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| RudeBoy wrote: | There'll only ever be one Jolsen.
"Swanny, how I love you, how I love you, my dear old Swanny" |
Ironically I just watched the utube to this and I hadn't even seen this comment, like seriously 2 minutes ago lmao. |
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Piesnchess
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Joined: 09 Jun 2008
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IF he retires, along with mc caffer, tooves and cloke leaving, we are going to be a very young team next season. That has a great upside, but if swannie does go, I now think we should perhaps keep cloke as insurance for Moore.
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jackcass 
Joined: 01 Mar 2005
Location: Bendigo
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| Mugwump wrote: | ^ 35F, you were once as emphatic as you are above, that Daisy Thomas would win a Brownlow and be a star for Carlton. What "some of us see that you cannot" (to answer your question) is that doubt and an appreciation of uncertainty are the hallmarks of good judgement ; the present only hints at the future, it does not tell it.
I think those hints are that we are ripening, you seemingly think it is certain that we are not. You also state categorically that this is the "best list in the game". That is not only dubious, it has no basis in current evidence - in supercoach points, browlow votes, expert opinion, or anything else. Those who will not doubt, always suffer the most frustration. |
Yep, multiple posters have submitted lengthy posts outlining responses to his rants so the issue isn't that responses aren't forthcoming, rather that it appears he is so busy re-writing War and Peace that he just doesn't even take the time to read them. |
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jackcass
Joined: 01 Mar 2005
Location: Bendigo
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| Be very sad to see Swanny's great career end this way, he certainly earned better, but have to respect his decision if that's what he announces. Will always be remembered as a legend of the club and sits comfortably among Greening, Carmen, Daicos, Moore, McGuane, Wright, and Buckley as the best I've seen at Pieland, and the most entertaining. |
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