Mega Thread The Former Player Thread

[swansfan51]

I can't believe he hasn't been picked up, youth is overrated.

There were much better senior players than Bevan who weren't picked up in the draft.

 

[mark121]

Bevan has something to offer a young team and should have been picked up but so many teams under the current system of rewarding poor performers with high draft picks dont even consider seasoned players.

Many teams seem prepared to bottom out and have large numbers of kids out on the field and this may get them senior experience but this can rob them of confidence and role models who set a good example on and off the field. They may be getting games when they shouldn't sending the wrong message to their players as well by making them think they are better then they are.

 

[GoTheSwannies]

There were much better senior players than Bevan who weren't picked up in the draft.

And there were a whole heap of players who WERE taken who will either be delisted in 3 years or won't he able to cope with the rigors of afl training and pack it in. Bevan's a proven quantity who's done most of his development and is now at a stage in his career where he can perform at a fairly high standard. He's not a superstar, but he's a solid player and would've been a great addition to any developing team (and there are a number of them) or even a handy addition to a premiership contender who are lacking forward line depth. He can go in and do a job week in week out, he has great defensive pressure. He just let's himself down with his options going forward at times, but he's a handy player, and i think in the right set up could really provide a lot to a team. At the very least he'd be a great mature body in a developing team who can go out there and provide some grunt.

And if u were refering to fev or Leon Davis as better options don't even go there, both have 2-3 yrs max left and are on the downhill portion of their careers

 

[bedford]

He's not that good, put him at GWS and he wouldn't get a kick. Having said that he played his role well at the club

 

[CAS79]

According to champion data Adam Schneider is elite. From our list on Adam Goodes and Mumford are.

so Adam Schneider is better than Ryan O'Keefe..... LOL so hard.

 

[bedford]

Champion data is there to make money and make up shit stats. Roosy would back that up.

 

[awesummm]

Looking at the Suns picking up delisted players to add some strong bodies amongst the reserves and senior team (admitedly they're going to get a lot less games than they did at their old clubs) I would have thought GWS would have thrown Bevan a life line for a year or two.

But then again Sheedy mentioned Bevan was on their radar a few weeks ago, perhaps he knocked back the offer to play for GWS or would have just rathered playing in a top tier state team and not a reserves team.

 

[Aardvark]

or even a handy addition to a premiership contender who are lacking forward line depth.

Hmmm .... sounds a bit like us really......

 

[grimlock]

Vez is on Twitter now

http://twitter.com/#!/veszpremi89

 

[SOPH_CROSS]

Vez is on Twitter now

http://twitter.com/#!/veszpremi89

YAYAYAAYAYAYAYAY!

Miss him so much!

 

[grimlock]

A former Academy player so he deserves mentioned in this thread (no not Bevan, keep reading further down)

http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport/afl/magpies-miss-out-on-bevan/story-fn525un5-1226226892899

 

[BarneyBent]

A former Academy player so he deserves mentioned in this thread (no not Bevan, keep reading further down)

http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport/afl/magpies-miss-out-on-bevan/story-fn525un5-1226226892899

Damn. I liked watching Brain play.

 

[.Shotties.]

Damn, I liked that he played for Uni.

 

[grimlock]

Damn, I liked that he played for Uni.

Do you know where Kane Murphy is playing next season?

 

[bedford]

Do you know where Kane Murphy is playing next season?

He should be with us Grim

 

[grimlock]

I can assure you he is not. Heard he was close to signing with a vfl club but nothin official

 

[bedford]

I'll get on to the old man and get him a gig at the Borough

 

[lincsPJ]

Do you know where Kane Murphy is playing next season?

Norwood. What are your thoughts on him?

 

[DeadlyAkkuret]

Vez is on Twitter now

http://twitter.com/#!/veszpremi89

He must know he'll need something to kill the time next season.

 

[SOPH_CROSS]

Ryan Brabazon has signed to play with the Eastlake Demons next year

 

[liz]

Max Otten will be with the Box Hill Hawks next year, according to IF.

 

[scottwade]

Ryan Brabazon has signed to play with the Eastlake Demons next year

Interesting move.

A native West Australian moving from a higher grade competition to Canberra.

Personal or dollars?
But whichever it would appear he may have given up his draft hopes.

 

[grimlock]

Interesting move.

A native West Australian moving from a higher grade competition to Canberra.

Personal or dollars?
But whichever it would appear he may have given up his draft hopes.

It was written somewhere that he was moving back to Sydney because he wanted to further his photography career. So to end up playing for a Canberra club would suggest a little from each column

 

[scottwade]

It was written somewhere that he was moving back to Sydney because he wanted to further his photography career. So to end up playing for a Canberra club would suggest a little from each column

Thanks grimlock.

 

[lock33]

SHARKS coach Shane Flanagan has drafted AFL flag-winner Nick Davis onto his staff to resurrect Cronulla's kicking and catching game.


http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/n...-swan-nick-davis/story-e6frfgbo-1226233920470