Whats up with Maxie this year.

[windbag]

I think it may have had more to do with the fact that he had little else to do with his time. It would be also be the case that Roos and Maxfield are good friends and Roos would need to shore up Maxfield's claims such as they were for the role of Captain.

It is also a fact of life that most players when injured volunteer there services to their clubs. We also only have Roos' word that Maxie was an asset in this area.

I would like to think he had other qualities.

BTW what is that all about on the other board?

 

[CharlieG]

Windbag... to be honest... I have little interest in what you think of my credibility.

As for the "rumours"... How many times do I have to say it? THE PSYCHOPATH WON'T SAY!!!

 

[tully]

Originally posted by CharlieG
Windbag... to be honest... I have little interest in what you think of my credibility.

As for the "rumours"... How many times do I have to say it? THE PSYCHOPATH WON'T SAY!!!

I cant see from his post that he is worried about what you think but as a few people are stating, you never answer queries after making these outlandish and incredible quotes without any substantiation.

So forget your fixation with the psychopath and answer the questions or be quiet. Or others on this baord might be thinking the same of you.

 

[robbieando]

Gee some of you seem to enjoy yourselves on Swans Talk. Want a banana????? Get over it Maxfield was named Captain - so I think the Swans coaching staff knows a bit more about his leadership quailty's than you.

 

[tully]

Originally posted by robbieando
Gee some of you seem to enjoy yourselves on Swans Talk. Want a banana????? Get over it Maxfield was named Captain - so I think the Swans coaching staff knows a bit more about his leadership quailty's than you.

I cant see the merit behind this post. But why the banana bit and do you have doubts about Maxie being Captain as seems likely.

 

[robbieando]

The banana bit is targeted at someone on another board who I know will be reading this - HELLO MMP.

On Stu I have no problems with him. He was my pick as captain in the first place and I think he is a great leader off the field - as shown by his actions after the Bulldogs loss last year when he got the team together on the Monday at his house and got the team on track for the next week in our close loss to Essendon. Actions like this show off the field he leads the team well. On the field he isn't the Paul Kelly type but he does his job well and has so far this year popped up when needed (His goal against Melbourne)

People who don't rate Maxfield do so because they compare him to the Buckley's, Voss's and even the Primus's of this world. He plays a different game to every other captain in this league and has come off a serious knee injury. He has done what I expected him to do.

The club felt no one else was up to the task so why question him as a captain????

 

[tully]

I am absolutely lost with your banana jokes mate!

And you seem to me to be overly defensive about Maxie which suggests to me that you have very real doubts about him and his being Captain.

What the hell did this guy get up to anyway.

 

[robbieando]

Originally posted by tully
I am absolutely lost with your banana jokes mate!

And you seem to me to be overly defensive about Maxie which suggests to me that you have very real doubts about him and his being Captain.

What the hell did this guy get up to anyway.

Don't worry about the banana joke unless your the person who its aimed at.

I'm not defensive of Maxfield. He is the captain of my club and I support the decision. I think he is a good captain, not the best in the league but a good captain all the same. I have no doubts about him, why should I???

Some guy who claims to be from the UK , claims to have witnessed an incident last year when the Swans were in Perth. He came on RWO and posted it and in the end got banned, he has since taken over Swans Talk and is posting the same crap. The thing is he won't say what happen, except to say something happened.

 

[windbag]

Originally posted by robbieando

I'm not defensive of Maxfield. He is the captain of my club and I support the decision. I think he is a good captain, not the best in the league but a good captain all the same. I have no doubts about him, why should I???

The thing is he won't say what happen, except to say something happened.

As I have said already there is smoke but no flame but he must be saying something to get your back up. I am not keen on Maxfield as a Captain he doesnt have a lot going for him which suggests that the Swans must be lacking in potential leaders that they had to go with him.

 

[robbieando]

Originally posted by windbag
Swans must be lacking in potential leaders that they had to go with him.

Well other than Williams the Swans really didn't have a clear cut younger option. Goodes might just be the guy for the job when Stu retires. I think the move to appoint Maxfield is a good one as it give the club a chance to see which young guys has what it takes. A few have stepped up this year - Goodes, J.Bolton, Kennelly and others.

The smoke is there but until there is fire and the moron gives us all proof I choose to take what he says with a grain of salt

 

[windbag]

Originally posted by robbieando
Well other than Williams the Swans really didn't have a clear cut younger option. Goodes might just be the guy for the job when Stu retires. I think the move to appoint Maxfield is a good one as it give the club a chance to see which young guys has what it takes. A few have stepped up this year - Goodes, J.Bolton, Kennelly and others.

The smoke is there but until there is fire and the moron gives us all proof I choose to take what he says with a grain of salt

The Swans should have gone with a younger option and toughed it out. Williams is highly respected although may be too old for the job.

Goodes seems to be your main chance the other two dont strike me as leaders, although I was impressed with kennelly the other night on TV.

 

[robbieando]

Look I don't think naming a younger captain this year would of been a good idea. Now when we named Kelly back in 1993 it was a punt that paid off, but there was nothing to prove a simular move would of worked this time around. I think Goodes is the best future captain we have, but Goodes said yesterday that Bolton was his tip. Kennelly seems a good pick off his interview the other night, plus its clear he is in it for the honor not the money.

The had to pick between Maxfield and Willo and Maxfield got the nod, because of the way he handles himself off the field and the fact he had been at the club longer. Done nothing wrong so far and with more matches under his belt his fitness will pick and hopefully he can get back to his very best football.

 

[windbag]

Originally posted by robbieando
Look I don't think naming a younger captain this year would of been a good idea. Now when we named Kelly back in 1993 it was a punt that paid off, but there was nothing to prove a simular move would of worked this time around. I think Goodes is the best future captain we have, but Goodes said yesterday that Bolton was his tip. Kennelly seems a good pick off his interview the other night, plus its clear he is in it for the honor not the money.

The had to pick between Maxfield and Willo and Maxfield got the nod, because of the way he handles himself off the field and the fact he had been at the club longer. Done nothing wrong so far and with more matches under his belt his fitness will pick and hopefully he can get back to his very best football.

Sometimes punting is the only way to go Robbieando and the bet on Stu Maxfield wasnt the smartest bet the Swans have made.

I think Bolton is too concerned with his image to make a good Captain but there is a lot to like about Goodes.

Kennelly still needs a couple of years yet. I think he has a lot of character and if the Swans go back to picking vice captains then he could be a possibility.

 

[JennyJ]

Originally posted by robbieando
Look

The had to pick between Maxfield and Willo and Maxfield got the nod, because of the way he handles himself off the field and the fact he had been at the club longer.

Dreadful choice and from what I can surmise Maxie's performance of the field hasnt been crash hot.

 

[robbieando]

So your telling me that you guess that Maxfield hasn't been too crash hot this season??? I take it you haven't seen us play this year??? And you ask Charlie to put up or shut up

 

[JennyJ]

Originally posted by robbieando
So your telling me that you guess that Maxfield hasn't been too crash hot this season??? I take it you haven't seen us play this year??? And you ask Charlie to put up or shut up

Will you ask CharlieG to do as asked .....please!!

And it was meant to say that he wasnt to crash hot OFF the field but then agian he hasnt been that good on it either.

I left an f for fool out of the off.

But anyway what did he get up to?

 

[CharlieG]

You ask why I'm defending Maxi so much?

Because you three are continually asking to know what he apparently did, when AS FAR AS I KNOW IT WAS NOTHING! Why do you keep asking me what the rumour is, WHEN I KEEP SAYING I DON'T KNOW??? Some psycho has taken an intense dislike to Stu, and in his cowardly manner has used aliases to bring up exactly this type of suspicion. Have you seen the posts about me, Robbie, Des and others from the RWO board? All we did to this little worm is doubt his story.

As for what he does off-field... all I can say is that when he was named captain, there was a lot of comments by players and staff that were supportive of the decision. I have no reason to assume that the players and club aren't happy with the decision... and really, that's all that matters. If a player respects a captain, they will generally work well under him. That's all that matters to me. I don't care how Maxi goes about his job... just as long as the results are there on field. In my mind, with the form of players like Goodes, O'Loughlin and Jude Bolton this year, there is a great sense of direction at the club. I'm not interested in trying to fix what isn't broken.

If you want to keep bitching and moaning about that... go right ahead. But I'm bored....

 

[mantraray]

Originally posted by CharlieG
You ask why I'm defending Maxi so much?

Because you three are continually asking to know what he apparently did, when AS FAR AS I KNOW IT WAS NOTHING! Why do you keep asking me what the rumour is, WHEN I KEEP SAYING I DON'T KNOW??? Some psycho has taken an intense dislike to Stu, and in his cowardly manner has used aliases to bring up exactly this type of suspicion. Have you seen the posts about me, Robbie, Des and others from the RWO board? All we did to this little worm is doubt his story.

As for what he does off-field...

I'm not interested in trying to fix what isn't broken.

If you want to keep bitching and moaning about that... go right ahead. But I'm bored....

I think you arent as bored as you say you are. I have spent a couple of hours reading these posts and the other board. There seems little doubt where the incident is alleged to have taken place just look up the internet search engines.

But what is alleged to have happened?

Whoever the Pschopath is ( they're your words) he also seems to have taken a healthy dislike to someone called Jug Ears and a Gemma as well. So he isnt selective in his approach.

Now if you could give us all a few details about why he is such a respected leader maybe everyone can move on. Hearsay is not good enough CharlieG.

 

[CharlieG]

Fine. Go on thinking that he's not a good enough leader. Really no skin off my nose. The Swans are winning pretty well at the moment... so there's really no problems as far as I'm concerned.

 

[mantraray]

Originally posted by CharlieG
Fine. Go on thinking that he's not a good enough leader. Really no skin off my nose. The Swans are winning pretty well at the moment... so there's really no problems as far as I'm concerned.

So once again we stick our head in the sand CharlieG and no respectable answers to any questions about the posts you make.

 

[CharlieG]

I have a distinct feeling that no matter what I post it won't be acceptable anyway... so why bother?

As I said... the Swans are winning... and no sooking by a couple of blow-ins on here is going to bother me.

 

[mantraray]

But you dont answer posts CharlieG you just keep saying it aint worrying me and then you have another swipe.

Now why is he a born leader?

What did he get up in the where I think I know now.

 

[CharlieG]

Question 1) My original post said "By all accounts". It was not ME making the statement. I was just posting what I'd heard and read Swans players and staff saying over the past 2 years. If you have an issue with that, take it up with someone at the club. I'm sick of the question really... I've answered as best as I can, considering that I'm 800km away from the club itself. Now, I'd appreciate if you drop that issue.

Question 2) I DON'T ******* KNOW!!! Hell... HOW MANY TIMES DO I HAVE TO SAY IT?

 

[mantraray]

Originally posted by CharlieG
Question 1) My original post said "By all accounts". It was not ME making the statement. I was just posting what I'd heard and read Swans players and staff saying over the past 2 years. If you have an issue with that, take it up with someone at the club. I'm sick of the question really... I've answered as best as I can, considering that I'm 800km away from the club itself. Now, I'd appreciate if you drop that issue.

Question 2) I DON'T ******* KNOW!!! Hell... HOW MANY TIMES DO I HAVE TO SAY IT?

Well he isnt a born leader in your own estimation .....Thank you for finally coming to terms with that.

I think you protest too much and you do know ... now share it with us and stop screaming.

 

[TheMase]

Mate

We can only see the ins and outs of the club, by what we are told and see.

From all I have been told and that I have seen, Maxfield is a very good leader.

He is great on the track and demonstrates how an AFL football should approach training, very professionally. If anything on the track he is an excellent role model, and that is the sort of person we need as captain, to give the young guys a bit of 'get up and go' and confidence.

On the field he has been reasonable. He has had a bit of the ball, and has done the things a captain should do at the times needed (great goal against Melbourne lifted team?).

You can say all you like about the 'rumours' but the Swans results in the past few weeks speak for themselves. If there was that much doubt over the potential leadership of Maxfield, the players and staff certainly aren't showing it with excellent wins over Melbourne and moreso Collingwood and Brisbane.