Nice to see a few of the better informed posters starting to question Swann's role...................dont wanna say i told you so.But from the day this guy walked in the door his conditions of employment was absurd beyond belief.Having a CEO heavily involved in the footy department is a recipe for disaster at any level............Front of house and the backroom dont mix.No iffs,no butts.While Swann is meddling in the backroom we will go nowhere...........................Swann is only an average CEO at best and he actually wants to run the footy team.Laughable...........but im not laughing coz this guy has got the wool pulled over the eyes that people that count.

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Granted that there may be queries over his involvement but I wouldn't see him as anything more than a deal-negotiator/closer.
The guy hardly even knows details of the players at the club.

Mick would lay out his wants/needs.

Rogers' input would be on players recruited in his tenure as Recruiter / Head Recruiter.
It would be prudent to discuss players targeted with the individual that had been directly tracking them for a number of years. i.e. Docherty, Tomlinson, Patton etc etc as some of these guys really haven't had much output in the two years they may have been at another club.

McKay is the one that would deal largely with players currently on the list whilst juggling numbers to keep everything in order. He's not a talent spotter.

Swann? The king-pin? Maybe just likes the long lunches chewing the fat with other CEO's. I don't know. Maybe he has some sort of yin and yang (Good guy/Bad guy) thing happening with Mckay.

Looks a bit unbalanced as a group but if it starts to work drag in the janitor if that's of any value.

Times change.

SOS' boys are each keen footy players - their parents are keen for them to continue beyond junior footy - which if any make it to AFL standard is the only question.

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Sos is so jaded he has continued to work in the industry fulltime

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Just re-signed with GWS for 3 yrs I'm told. Jack playing at Xavier this year. No TAC at this time.

Regards Cazzesman

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Ben is the one.

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Which is the oldest? I haven't seen them for years.

Regards Cazzesman

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Jack, Ben and Tom. I also hear that Ben (born May 2000), is the one.

Great player. I was there for the Starkevich (Sp) mark. Great mark. Shit result. After the game we were being absolutely caned by the Cillingwood faithful. I said to a mate of mine in the hearing of a group of them, "when a boy asks his dad how it feels to win a flag, his dad has to say, 'I don't know, son. Ask your grandfather.'" They had the good wit to laugh at that at least.

SOS would be a good get for the club I'd like him on the board. He's been to several other clubs and he's an astute young man with his feet on the ground. We can't afford to have him at GWS when Jack is eligible. We don't need the waters muddied. There should be no question of where he plays (or the rest of them for that matter) if they're good enough. Is it next year? I thought he was the same age as Jack Sheahan, a mate's son who turned 17 last year.

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Are we going to recruit Cloke style

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Jack is 16. He turns 17 in December. Players must be at least 18 years of age on 31 December in the year in which they are drafted. Therefore he's eligible for next years' draft. Ben played Under 13's last year....so there's 5 or so years to wait yet.

Ben Silvagni - Runner Up Best & Fairest

'Ben Silvagni has frustrated the opposition and delighted his team-mates this season with dominant marking around the ground and relentless desire to win the ball. Aside from a few weeks late in the season where he missed games due to injury, Ben featured regularly in the best players on the ground. Ben's versatility and passion to compete makes him a valuable asset to his team and a very handy 'swing-man' for his coaches. In what was a very challenging season for the 13s, Ben became incredibly important as a player we could rely on down back, up forward and through the middle of the ground. He competed fiercely in the ruck and although often outsized by taller opponents, Ben could still dominate the hit-out to our advantage. Ben was also nominated by his peers to form part of the group's leadership team, a role that he fulfilled admirably and an honour that he can be most proud of. His talent and work ethic combines to make him an exciting player to watch and an enjoyable player to coach but it's his honesty, passion and sportsmanship qualities that will propel his endeavours to an elite level in time to come.'

The most important and best post on tc

Swan has been a failure for our club..i expect him to leave carlton by mid season ....

Good looking rooster too, chip off the old block

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We are Carlton, @#$%&! the rest !!!!!!

That's the rumor....

Mate...this is the first time we have ever agreed on something

Lets all have a drink

My shout!

in some good news to come from the night, i saw the silvagni clan at the game tonight. all i can say is i dont know if the kid can play footy, but the oldest is already taller than SOS. was enough to give me hope even while sitting through that match.




ps. a better looking woman than jo at her age does not exist.

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Can't read the weather for shit though.

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dane's trolling again

awful neck, seriously, have a look next time she's on.

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