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We do all laugh every year how much this triggers you all and the thread appears. Like clockwork. :tongueoutv1:

Pies wanted to play us in Sydney so they could play in front of their Sydney fans and get visible in Sydney. Was purely for marketing etc.

Hardly new, its been like that pretty much since GWS entered the comp. If the Swans were having 3 players in the draft top 20 right now like Suns are their would be screaming and battering of the doors at AFL House. But any other northern team, nope. Thanks Eddie for the persecution.

Not to get off topic but I'd its because the AFL has matured somewhat, only a little bit but it has matured. Buddy was amongst the first and by far the biggest FA signing. AFL house responded in a very immature way that is well documented due to their micromanaging obsession. I'm all for Free...

No its not. Magpies just want to get more fans in NSW and this is one way to do it. A 'home' game in NSW - get stuffed.

Then you're either very young or you simply haven't seen done enough research to find the articles that called us a basketcase. Because what you're talking about has been very very well documented. Strange post OP.

Every time you play in Sydney your fans do nothing but complain...about playing in Sydney.

Yes by all means.

Why is Sydney the winner here? Why should we help you grow your market in our own home town?

Ryan O'Keefe was after a trade to Hawthorn. Swans refused and he signed a 4 year deal with us - and subsequently won another GF & a Norm Smith in 2012.

Another 200 pages on the same subject - every year. Move the thread somewhere else.

I love it when fans from other teams speak for us.

Which really fracking annoying. I'd 100% tune into it more if actually covered NSW AFL in depth with the respect it deserves.

It was tHe ANZAC bridge. He'd had have better luck using the Red Rooster divide, could have grabbed a new sponsor:tongueoutv1:

Wrong. There's a stack of Swans supports spread out all over Sydney, and fairly large number in the Hills district which is as far from the inner east as you can get. It's why the club & the fans seriously hate that rubbish 'Battle of the Bridge' moniker Sheeds cooked up. Swans fans in...

Media coverage in Sydney is complete bollocks. Due to Murdoch & Nine not wanting to damage their NRL earning and a cost cutting measure which means they use the AFL Media in Vic to generate from if not all ALF Swans stories. Drives me nuts.

Yes! Finally some one gets it. Crows were expecting us to use our 2nd F1 pick on him. So they 100% knew we were interested - we don't bid on players we don't want. Kinnear has said this a million freaking times. He has a list, and during draft night he goes down that list as the names are called...

I think every successful coach has a good team around them. The game is just too demanding for it rest on the shoulders of one man. There's a reason successful teams assistant coaches get head hunted by other teams.

Less fixture talk more Prelim Finals talk. Would be nice.

Further to the above the NRL teams are not only paying players <18 years of age and paying them very well, they are also paying for all medical, transport & kit.

Just click the AFLW symbol on the AFL page and the fixture pops up straight away https://www.afl.com.au/

AFL have released an announcement regarding Cat B Rookies The AFL recently wrote to all clubs regarding exemptions to re-list Category-B players due to exceptional circumstances. https://www.afl.com.au/news/825193/afl-statement-category-b-rookie-extensions

Three players from NSW largest state. Is a disgrace. And that's with both GWS and Swans working overtime to encourage the game.

This year there are 3 NSW players invited to the Draft combine. Three. Meanwhile, feel free to count the number of Vic, SA & WA players. I'll wait.

From a development perspective, players are told they own it, across all levels. There is also a large mentoring programme between the older & younger players and its not just lip service, its a programme in which the senior players are responsible for assisting the younger ones meet their...

Of course I know that. Bloody pain meds making me loopy as all h:embarrassedv1:

Welcome to the plight of the small defender. Nick Smith was one of the best small lockdown defenders and never made an AA team only made 1 AA.

Free Agency compo should go all together.