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stui magpie 
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Joined: 03 May 2005
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| Quote: | THINK Dane Swan and the minds wanders.
To technicolor tattoos. Or Spider Man costumes on Brownlow night. Or hipster beards.
Or former feuds with his coach. Or his disdain for all things conventional.
Yet while we wax lyrical about his captain Scott Pendlebury�s football abilities, how often does Swan enter the argument as a modern-day great?
As if we needed a reminder of that breathtaking gift, Swan torched Essendon on Anzac Day with yet another masterpiece more Jackson Pollock than Frederick McCubbin.
It was a performance of such raw power and impact it made you flick back to his resume to see what he had achieved. |
http://www.news.com.au/sport/afl/dane-swans-brilliance-against-essendon-on-anzac-day-reminds-us-he-is-one-of-afls-modernday-great-players/story-fndv8g1a-1226901206852
I changed a small typo in the quoted bit, in case anyone notices.
Must be the week for giving recognition to Collingwood players. Swanny is a gun and when his career is over as the article points out, his record is up there with the very best.
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pietillidie
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Yes, absolutely. The best performed Pies player since Bucks, and clearly so IMO.
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Didaksgoal 
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| pietillidie wrote: | | Yes, absolutely. The best performed Pies player since Bucks, and clearly so IMO. |
Agreed, PTID. Swanny is our best since bucks, he's a bloody ripper.
Go the Pies |
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Albert Parker
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^Swan is a fantastic footballer. A prolific Brownlow poller and winner one year (should have been a second as he was desperately unlucky that Judd won it the year prior)
I think Pendlebury is better - bit more consistent, far better disposal & vision which is why he is widely considered the No 2 in the AFL at present behind Ablett. It is why he and Bucks were the only players bandied about by the so-called experts in the revised Team of the Century this week.
He's younger too and may have more Copeland's by career end given his age. He has won a Norm Smith and, like Swan, 2 Anzac Medals. Hopefully can match his Brownlow too.
Both pretty special footballers. We're lucky to have them both in our team currently. Hard to argue that Swan is clearly our best performed player since Bucks though for mine.
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AN_Inkling
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Swan's had a better career than Pendles so far. Has been doing it longer and polled more Brownlow votes in the last 5 years than just about anyone. Right now, you could consider Pendles the better player, but over the journey Swan is our best since Bucks.
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Woods Of Ypres
Joined: 27 May 2003
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| the strongest gut-runner I have ever seen. even with bad wrists he fends them off left, right and centre. absolute machine. |
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Flashman
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An out and out champion, pure and simple.
Swan is a legend of the game now and there's plenty more chapters to be written I think.
I feel privileged to have watched both Swan and Pendlebury turn it on for our great club together for nearly a decade now. Just bloody wonderful footballers the two of them and the prime reason why we've been such a strong club for a long period of time now.
I reckon they're a better mid field combo than Judd and Cousins were and they were exceptional in their own right as well. |
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Az
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Warms my heart to know that even 100 years down the track when we're all long dead and gone, Pies supporters will still be hearing about the legendary Dane Swan. No doubt another bronze fixture outside the club awaits our champ in the distant future. (Unsure how they'll get his ink looking right on that though  ) |
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MagpieBat
Joined: 27 Nov 2010
Location: Brooding in a cave... somewhere... maybe...
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Get outta my way!!
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September Zeros
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^ magnificent photo, magnificent moment.
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Techno12
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I changed a small typo in the quoted bit, in case anyone notices.
Swan torched Essendon on Anzac Day.
Swan torched Collingwood on Anzac Day. |
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stui magpie
Prepare for the worst, hope for the best.
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| MagpieBat wrote: | Get outta my way!!
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Great photo. And to add insult to injury, the bloke he's pushing over, check out the trajectory of his left foot.
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Achilles
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| Those tats make him scary. |
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watt price tully 
Joined: 15 May 2007
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Is that troll on the essendon players shorts?
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Albert Parker
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That photo is a man surrounded by boys isn't it.
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