Toast Adam Selwood and Mark Nicoski retire

[HoneyBadger35]

I know people's opinion, including mine, of Adam Selwood's ability was decreasing game by game, but what he provided in the past was very very impressive and he should be remembered as a vital cog to our mid 2000 dominance.

Nicoski I feel sorry for, having missed out on the grand final, but having revitalised his career from half back to zone busting half forward, I feel he was in our best 22 even until today. Injuries cost him more than most.

Both will be missed as a presence around the club, well done to both.

 

[Mop]

It's 100 games at the moment. (No guarantee it won't change in the next 18 years of course).

Am I getting confused with the WAFL alignment eligibility changes from a few years back?

 

[Miguel Sanchez]

Am I getting confused with the WAFL alignment eligibility changes from a few years back?

Possibly. We can't take players based on their father's WAFL games any more anyway, we're limited to sons of Eagles (e.g. Jacob Brennan, Alec Waterman, Zac Mainwaring).

 

[Hap Hapablap]

Typical of Nico he was injured and missed the second half of the '06 season.

Will never forget the embrace between him & Brauny after the siren went, can't seem to find a picture of it though

was actually him and fletcher. try your luck with that. that brought a tear to my eye at the time you could see how devo fletcher was for nicoski.

 

[Chris_6678]

Am I getting confused with the WAFL alignment eligibility changes from a few years back?

Yeah up until 2006 it was 150 with certain WAFL clubs and now its 100 for AFL club.s

 

[lamaros]

Well done to both of them. Anyone who can play 100 quality games at AFL level should hold their head up high.

 

[WWSD]

One of the reasons why West Coast were able to climb back up the ladder in 2011 was because of Nicoski breakout season which saw the half forward/wingman kick 41 goals from 25 games. He was an attacking weapon on that forward line with his left foot kicking a real feature of his game. I thought Adam Selwood was an underrated tagger. Not the most skilled player going around, but he gave it his all during his 11 year career and he goes out playing 186 games for the Eagles.

Good luck to those two in their future.

 

[Public Enemy No1]

Well done guys

 

[Barney Stinson1]

wooh saves us cap

 

[bodazoka]

Good on you both, congrats on great careers.

 

[Karim Abdul Yeo]

great career guys.. our average age just dropped dramatically.

 

[swannies]

Yep, very good, loyal servants to the club. Congrats to both on good careers.

 

[Natho]

Sad to see these two retire. Selwood was a true warrior. His body took some battering over the years. Real shame nico has so many injuries. He was a classy player.

 

[idmfts]

Two guys who gave their absolute all to the club, will be remembered as fantastic clubmen. Nico's 2011 was one of my favourite individual years from a player, he epitomized our resurgence that year. Adam sounds like a great guy who I believe has the tools to become a very good development coach.

 

[Chris_6678]

Reporter: What was backyard footy like ?
Selwood: A lot of Ducking

Haha got to love his sense of humor to say to that.

 

[salo]

Well done to Nico and Adam. From everything I've ever heard, read and seen you couldn't have asked for any more dedicated clubmen than these blokes. If there's opportunities for them at the club they'd always be welcome down there I reckon.

Looking back it's unbelievable what a rotten run Nico had with injury. His 2011 resurrection as a goal-sneaking forward was magic and a real highlight of that season for me. One wonders what he might have become if he'd been able to stay healthy more often.

As for Adam, I've stated on here before that I always thought he had "future-captain" written all over him in those dark, dark post-judd/cousins days. Like each of his brothers he always gave his all without any thought for self-preservation and left it all out on the paddock every week. I'd say all of us are left with very positive memories. Here's one of my favourites:

 

[Agent93]

I think one of the saddest things about Nico retiring is that of his 10 year career, he played in less than 10 games with both Beau Waters and Sam Butler.

 

[Alphanumeric]

Hopefully Selwood can get a farewell game in round 23. Was always a selfless player so I hope the club can do the same for him.

 

[Obeanie1]

Congratulations to both players.

Adam a Premiership player and hard as nails, had plenty of knockers on here but I always thought he got the most out of himself and showed that guts and determination still has a place in out game over just skills or pace.

Nicoski was very unlucky with injury but for someone picked in the rookie draft he did more than some #1 draft picks have.

Could see both coaching at some level going forward.

 

[Tiff]

Congrats, bye, thanks.Both soldiers.

 

[mattyc75]

well done to the boys,niko for reinventing himself as a forward when he was washed up as a backman and selwood who was instrumental in implementing the duck as a game winning strategy

 

[CursoryMercenary]

The right time for them both, congrats on your Eagles career guys!

 

[getgaff]

Congrats to both fellas on ending there career with there dignity and respect within the club intact, and thanks for your years of service both on and off the field

It's a shame we never really got to see the best of Nicoski due to a cruel injury history but his 2011 season will always go down as special when he helped lead a resurgent team up the leader

For Selwood the new style of game had passed him by but again looking back on his highlights he along with Stenglein were very effective stoppers back in the early to mid 2000s with Selwood often getting the job on a dangerous small forward and was hard to beat

Thanks again fellas and hopefully West Coast, Subiaco or East Perth can find roles within the club for you to hopefully continue your progression into other areas

 

[Smotie]

Thanks...for the great memories.

 

[Dark Sharks]

Really feel for Nicoski, the emotion on his face in the aftermath of the 2006 grand final he should have been playing in, was hard to forget.