Media Swans Talk in the Media 2025

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[Ticky009]

 

[bedford]

Josh Kennedy was on SEN at 9am +

 

[Adnico26Parker]

Couple of interviews from Sunday via 3AW

Errol post-game:


Tom Harley pre-game:

 

[ashep]

Chad on the Dan Does Footy podcast.

Sounds like he really was leaning towards going home.

 

[Neverwas]

Fox Footy going on about the Xerri hit and Tribunal hearing. Last night in "On the Couch" clearly saying that the fact that "it's an automatic 3 week suspension" because the player was knocked out.

No mention of the McCartin hit which knocked him out and nearly broke his cheek bone and maybe ended his career not even getting a mention from the MRO. No credibility!

The AFL , MRO and the Tribunal are a joke.

 

[JZ_Skitzo]

Fox Footy going on about the Xerri hit and Tribunal hearing. Last night in "On the Couch" clearly saying that the fact that "it's an automatic 3 week suspension" because the player was knocked out.

No mention of the McCartin hit which knocked him out and nearly broke his cheek bone and maybe ended his career not even getting a mention from the MRO. No credibility!

The AFL , MRO and the Tribunal are a joke.

That's the risk of running back with the flight towards a forward on the lead. I dont understand the outrage.

 

[Adnico26Parker]

Ben Mathews

Ben Mathews

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47

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182cm

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84kg

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15.8

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9.2

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6.6

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3.8

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2.5

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8.2

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4.8

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3.4

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1.2

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on RSN with Harf this morning:

The Swans have found late momentum - Breakfast with Harf

Sydney Swans Assistant Coach Ben Matthews joined Breakfast with Harf to discuss Sydney's turn in form over the last month and what the club is looking for as the end of Home and Away season approaches.WHAT’S GAMBLING REALLY COSTING YOU? For free and confidential support call 1800 858 858 or...

omny.fm

 

[bedford]

I was watching a fair bit of NEAFL at the time and agree about Cameron and Nankervis. We have always favoured tap ruckmen.

We only got rid of Cameron because he was always injured , we liked him , but couldn't persist with a bloke that couldn't get on the park

 

[Jewelsbon]

You two need to take this to the Ye Old Bear and Bandicoot! The place where all disputes are settled over a quiet pint....

 

[bedford]

I love revisiting 2016. Its a decade ago and still provokes frustration. I could find my posts from around then as well. I wasnt particularly frustrated with losing tom Mithcell as i felt he was the most replaceable of the mids we had. unfortunately as with a lot of things about then hanners basically broke down after 2016 and keiran jack was starting to slow down. but i would have played parker, hanners, jack and jpk before mitchell every time.

I do remember being frustrated with losing nank. the way the hawks bullied us in 2014 without mummy to land on top of lewis suggested we needed a big lad not afraid to throw his weight around. nank was it and naismith wasnt. Once we got buddy it sort of pushed tippett to playing largely ruck and sometimes forward. nank was a better forward than naismith and he was the bully we needed. naismith the better tap ruck.

all ancient history now.

And would've rag dolled Tom Boyd

 

[bedford]

Back in the media today Mick McGuane in the Herald Sun rating the teams out of the 8 and we of course is number 1 to win a flag out of that lot and gives some obvious but true assessment of our year
I do rate Mick , he's very astute

 

[melbournehammer]

And would've rag dolled Tom Boyd

yep we needed a bully that day.

 

[Dubai Quacker]

We treated him in a way that led to him wanting out, is that not a mistake?

It was a mistake trading in Buddy.

ducks, to avoid rotten tomatoes being hurled at me

 

[McGowan3]

Someone will have a crack at me about wrong thread
But if we play Nank in 16 even with the cheats we win the flag , it was a dumb decision to keep Sam who wouldn't get a mark in an exam

The mistake we made with Naismith was backing his body to hold up. His best was very good and suited our midfiield. His prelim in 2016 v Cats was excellent.

 

[bedford]

ON AFL media socials they are asking who is the greatest Bulldog lol , might have commented Scott Jeffrey just over Matt Stevic

 

[Jewelsbon]

ON AFL media socials they are asking who is the greatest Bulldog lol , might have commented Scott Jeffrey just over Matt Stevic

Well they certainly did the most work in getting them their only AFL premiership.

 

[Adnico26Parker]

Found an interview with Leon Cameron

Leon Cameron

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53

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185cm

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82kg

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17.2

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12.4

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3.6

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0.9

3star

No current season stats available

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20.8

5star

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14.4

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6.4

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3.6

4star

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0.8

3star

from before the game last Sunday on MMM (should play from start of interview)

SUNDAY RUB | Stevie J's ’Very Serious’ Legal Matter + Browny's Picking Too Many Fights - Triple M Footy AFL

Intervention for beef between Browny and Jay Z with Media-Ocre causing a stir | The Stevie J umpiring saga | The Sunday Rub's Big 3! | Sydney GM of footy Leon Cameron joins the Sunday Rub | Interview with GWS six-goal star Aaron Cadman | Interview with St Kilda's Brendon Bolton |...

omny.fm

Worth a listen, very forthright on our current position and the year so far, and a brief but good chat about our list (at 40m40s mark); very bullish on Joel's future

 

[bedford]

Well they certainly did the most work in getting them their only AFL premiership.

Stevic in the lead up and he also tried to deny us in 12 GF , but Scott drove the bravedogs to victory

 

[bedford]

ON AFL media socials they are asking who is the greatest Bulldog lol , might have commented Scott Jeffrey just over Matt Stevic

Feedback has started lol

 

[tombomb]

Garlick was good on SEN this morning.

Northern Academies are important for developing the game.

NGA rules need to be tightened up to stop it just being a rort.

F/Son is an unfair lucky dip that should just be abolished.

 

[Kiama Chris]

Garlick was good on SEN this morning.

Northern Academies are important for developing the game.

NGA rules need to be tightened up to stop it just being a rort.

F/Son is an unfair lucky dip that should just be abolished.

With the NGA it seems to me that the missing link in the "traditional" states is around the non-private school pathways more so than indigenous or even non-anglo. Needs a total rethink but running state or zone based academies to address this seems reasonable to me.

 

[Jewelsbon]

With the NGA it seems to me that the missing link in the "traditional" states is around the non-private school pathways more so than indigenous or even non-anglo. Needs a total rethink but running state or zone based academies to address this seems reasonable to me.

Far too logical for the AFL.

 

[tombomb]

With the NGA it seems to me that the missing link in the "traditional" states is around the non-private school pathways more so than indigenous or even non-anglo. Needs a total rethink but running state or zone based academies to address this seems reasonable to me.

The fundamental issue is that it was brought in as a rort to placate the non NSW/QLD teams.

If it was intended to be a way to identify talent from other sports, it would have been set up that way.

They could have just fixed the bidding system, so you couldn't get players like Darcy or Daicos or Heeney for f all, but the AFL instead chose to make the problem much worse.

 

[bedford]

The fundamental issue is that it was brought in as a rort to placate the non NSW/QLD teams.

If it was intended to be a way to identify talent from other sports, it would have been set up that way.

They could have just fixed the bidding system, so you couldn't get players like Darcy or Daicos or Heeney for f all, but the AFL instead chose to make the problem much worse.

Im off topic again but st scum abuse this system

 

[Kiama Chris]

The fundamental issue is that it was brought in as a rort to placate the non NSW/QLD teams.

If it was intended to be a way to identify talent from other sports, it would have been set up that way.

They could have just fixed the bidding system, so you couldn't get players like Darcy or Daicos or Heeney for f all, but the AFL instead chose to make the problem much worse.

Yes, it was clearly set up as a rort but there is an opportunity to rejig it to something much more meaningful while abolishing FS.
Just as a for instance (totally arguable of course) combine Swans and Giants Academies, GC and Lions into NSW and QLD Academies, funded by the AFL. Provide scholarships for indigenous and non-anglo kids. Similar for SA and WA. That's four academies outside Victoria. Establish two in Vic - one metro and one country. Same structure. National oversight body. Like our academies, make and female. The private schools stay as is. At the top level it can be like CHS and CAS in NSW.