Greg Swann – Appointed Lions CEO (p40)

The Rhino · **Joined:** Tue Feb 08, 2011 3:20 pm **Posts:** 6923

We loved Fev.

Synbad · **Posted:** Thu Jun 26, 2014 2:22 pm

best forward i have ever seen at the club...

Sydney Blue · **Posted:** Thu Jun 26, 2014 2:29 pm

Synbad wrote:

best forward i have ever seen at the club...

i agree but he was also the biggest flower

camel · **Posted:** Thu Jun 26, 2014 2:54 pm

On AFL360 last night I got a shiver down my spine when Maclure said "I hope McKay gets the CEO job...

He's a good footy person.

He knows the club.

He's good mates with Gill McLachlan..."

cimm1979 · **Posted:** Thu Jun 26, 2014 3:09 pm

I think Eddie Maguire smells an easy kill with Gillon.

moshe25 · **Joined:** Wed May 11, 2005 1:23 am **Posts:** 11671

Synbad wrote:

best forward i have ever seen at the club...

Close, but I reckon Jezza was better. And Walls was probably a better all-round forward too. But gee, Fev's close. You and I saw him do things at training that I'd never seen NYONE do before, and he replicated most of them in matches.

I'll never forget that game against Essendon* in 2008, where he hadn't kicked a goal up till 5 minutes before half-time and we were 48 points down.

Fev kicked 8 from there (AND should've kicked a ninth, but handpassed to Stevens from 15 metres out), and we won a classic game. That was probably as good as Ratten was ever going to get with some great moves (Hoops into the centre, etc).

woof · **Joined:** Thu Mar 02, 2006 9:51 am **Posts:** 4919

moshe25 wrote:

Synbad wrote:

best forward i have ever seen at the club...

Close, but I reckon Jezza was better. And Walls was probably a better all-round forward too. But gee, Fev's close. You and I saw him do things at training that I'd never seen NYONE do before, and he replicated most of them in matches.

I'll never forget that game against Essendon** in 2008, where he hadn't kicked a goal up till 5 minutes before half-time and we were 48 points down.

Fev kicked 8 from there (AND should've kicked a ninth, but handpassed to Stevens from 15 metres out), and we won a classic game. That was probably as good as Ratten was ever going to get with some great moves (Hoops into the centre, etc).

Kernahan was a forward as well. People tend to forget the total package required to be a good footballer.
Fev was just a good footballer and nothing else.

verbs · **Posted:** Fri Jun 27, 2014 8:25 am

moshe25 wrote:

Synbad wrote:

best forward i have ever seen at the club...

Close, but I reckon Jezza was better. And Walls was probably a better all-round forward too. But gee, Fev's close. You and I saw him do things at training that I'd never seen NYONE do before, and he replicated most of them in matches.

I'll never forget that game against Essendon** in 2008, where he hadn't kicked a goal up till 5 minutes before half-time and we were 48 points down.

Fev kicked 8 from there (AND should've kicked a ninth, but handpassed to Stevens from 15 metres out), and we won a classic game. That was probably as good as Ratten was ever going to get with some great moves (Hoops into the centre, etc).

Pretty sure we lost that one.

Clayman · **Joined:** Wed Nov 29, 2006 8:02 am **Posts:** 1770

Synbad wrote:

best forward i have ever seen at the club...

He was the best and worst forward - it depended on which Fev turned up.

I went and watched him last weekend against Albury Tigers. Sooky Fev turned up that day. Just had his head down, didn't chase and didn't care. Next week he will kick 10.

ThePsychologist · **Joined:** Sun May 03, 2009 9:52 am **Posts:** 7893

woof wrote:

moshe25 wrote:

Synbad wrote:

best forward i have ever seen at the club...

Close, but I reckon Jezza was better. And Walls was probably a better all-round forward too. But gee, Fev's close. You and I saw him do things at training that I'd never seen NYONE do before, and he replicated most of them in matches.

I'll never forget that game against Essendon*** in 2008, where he hadn't kicked a goal up till 5 minutes before half-time and we were 48 points down.

Fev kicked 8 from there (AND should've kicked a ninth, but handpassed to Stevens from 15 metres out), and we won a classic game. That was probably as good as Ratten was ever going to get with some great moves (Hoops into the centre, etc).

Kernahan was a forward as well. People tend to forget the total package required to be a good footballer.
Fev was just a good footballer and nothing else.

Agree. I rank Jezza, Kernahan & Walls ahead of Fev for those reasons alone. For what they did for the club they were better. Let's not forget Soapy Vallence either. :wink:

woof · **Joined:** Thu Mar 02, 2006 9:51 am **Posts:** 4919

Clayman wrote:

Synbad wrote:

best forward i have ever seen at the club...

He was the best and worst forward - it depended on which Fev turned up.

I went and watched him last weekend against Albury Tigers. Sooky Fev turned up that day. Just had his head down, didn't chase and didn't care. Next week he will kick 10.

He is one of the best individual, undisciplined, selfish players I have ever seen but definitely not the best forward at Carlton I have ever seen.

camel · **Posted:** Fri Jun 27, 2014 12:36 pm

Haha, so no comments on Maclure's endorsement of McKay as the new CEO?

moshe25 · **Joined:** Wed May 11, 2005 1:23 am **Posts:** 11671

verbs wrote:

moshe25 wrote:

Synbad wrote:

best forward i have ever seen at the club...

Close, but I reckon Jezza was better. And Walls was probably a better all-round forward too. But gee, Fev's close. You and I saw him do things at training that I'd never seen NYONE do before, and he replicated most of them in matches.

I'll never forget that game against Essendon*** in 2008, where he hadn't kicked a goal up till 5 minutes before half-time and we were 48 points down.

Fev kicked 8 from there (AND should've kicked a ninth, but handpassed to Stevens from 15 metres out), and we won a classic game. That was probably as good as Ratten was ever going to get with some great moves (Hoops into the centre, etc).

Pretty sure we lost that one.

Nah. We won it.

emtwenty · **Joined:** Sun Nov 18, 2012 3:29 pm **Posts:** 7074

moshe25 wrote:

verbs wrote:

moshe25 wrote:

Synbad wrote:

best forward i have ever seen at the club...

Close, but I reckon Jezza was better. And Walls was probably a better all-round forward too. But gee, Fev's close. You and I saw him do things at training that I'd never seen NYONE do before, and he replicated most of them in matches.

I'll never forget that game against Essendon**** in 2008, where he hadn't kicked a goal up till 5 minutes before half-time and we were 48 points down.

Fev kicked 8 from there (AND should've kicked a ninth, but handpassed to Stevens from 15 metres out), and we won a classic game. That was probably as good as Ratten was ever going to get with some great moves (Hoops into the centre, etc).

Pretty sure we lost that one.

Nah. We won it.

Are you sure you're not talking about 2007? Pagan still coaching. We had a big comeback in that game. And Fev kicked 8 and only kicked his first just before half time.

cimm1979 · **Posted:** Fri Jun 27, 2014 1:51 pm

Jezza...daylight..... about 5 other dudes.

dane · **Joined:** Tue Mar 08, 2005 10:14 am **Posts:** 22357

The Rhino wrote:

We loved Fev.

rodrocketman · **Joined:** Mon Dec 17, 2007 1:56 pm **Posts:** 84

cimm1979 wrote:

Jezza...daylight..... about 5 other dudes.

Yep

moshe25 · **Joined:** Wed May 11, 2005 1:23 am **Posts:** 11671

emtwenty wrote:

moshe25 wrote:

verbs wrote:

moshe25 wrote:

Synbad wrote:

best forward i have ever seen at the club...

Close, but I reckon Jezza was better. And Walls was probably a better all-round forward too. But gee, Fev's close. You and I saw him do things at training that I'd never seen NYONE do before, and he replicated most of them in matches.

I'll never forget that game against Essendon***** in 2008, where he hadn't kicked a goal up till 5 minutes before half-time and we were 48 points down.

Fev kicked 8 from there (AND should've kicked a ninth, but handpassed to Stevens from 15 metres out), and we won a classic game. That was probably as good as Ratten was ever going to get with some great moves (Hoops into the centre, etc).

Pretty sure we lost that one.

Nah. We won it.

Are you sure you're not talking about 2007? Pagan still coaching. We had a big comeback in that game. And Fev kicked 8 and only kicked his first just before half time.

Yeah, probably. Whichever year it was, we won it. ;-)

camel · **Posted:** Sat Jun 28, 2014 10:08 am

So how about McKay getting the CEO position.

cimm1979 · **Posted:** Sat Jun 28, 2014 10:19 am

camelboy wrote:

So how about McKay getting the CEO position.

I don't know if he'd be a good CEO or not but I'd really like someone from outside the org.

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