| View previous topic :: View next topic |
| Author |
Message |
Proud Pies 
Joined: 22 Feb 2003
Location: Knox-ish
|
| Post subject: The World is fascinated by Dane Swan |  |
|
Actually a pretty good article on Swanny by Mark Robinson.
| Quote: | DANE Swan was a nobody when he and a couple of mates touched up a security guard at Federation Square in 2003.
It was act of delinquency that caused pain and hurt.
Now Swan is a somebody, a Brownlow medallist, three-time Copeland Trophy winner and a premiership player.
The road from nobody to somebody has been one of the more impressive journeys for a player in the AFL, although it's safe to say the laid-back and likeable Swan would still like to be a nobody in a somebody's world.
He is a rare bird, Dane Swan.
A knockabout who loves a drink, the nightlife and whatever else that may tickle his fancy, Swan still plays footy at unbelievable levels of speed and endurance and leather-poisoning.
If you believe rumours, and there are hundreds of them, Swan is Ben Cousins Mark II, a player whose behaviour is of major concern who, finally this off-season, realised he had to pull his head in.
If you believe those who know him, Swan is nothing of the sort.
"Dane Swan has not changed one bit from when he was a 17-year-old lad," his manager, Liam Pickering, says. |
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/afl/teams/dane-swan/story-e6frf9kx-1226609088121
let me know if you can't access the whole article and I'll post it all
_________________
Jacqui © Proud Pies 2003 and beyond
Last edited by Proud Pies on Sat Mar 30, 2013 10:10 am; edited 1 time in total |
|
|
|
 |
Stupied
Joined: 14 Mar 2013
|
|
|
|
|
think better
Joined: 16 May 2005
Location: Adelaide
|
| Post subject: | |
|
Apart from Caroliine Wilson, who wouldn't love Swanny?
_________________
I think therefore I think - I think |
|
|
|
|
mattys123
Joined: 06 Jul 2009
Location: Narre Warren, VIC
|
| Post subject: | |
|
It's good that Robbo wrote that article, apart from the fact that one of them has an immense talent on the football field Swanny and Robbo aren't that different. 
Nice article, Swanny is set to explode tomorrow, just you wait and see.  |
|
|
|
|
Doc63
Joined: 06 May 2004
Location: Newport
|
| Post subject: | |
|
| mattys123 wrote: | | Nice article, Swanny is set to explode tomorrow, just you wait and see. |
47 possessions & 4 goals before being subbed off halfway through the third to keep him fresh for the Scum.
_________________
I hold a cup of wisdom, but there is nothing within. |
|
|
|
|
Dave The Man 
Joined: 01 Apr 2005
Location: Someville, Victoria, Australia
|
| Post subject: | |
|
People think he is on Drugs and If Proven Correct it will Ruin Collingwood
_________________
I am Da Man |
|
|
|
|
Dave The Man
Joined: 01 Apr 2005
Location: Someville, Victoria, Australia
|
| Post subject: | |
|
| mattys123 wrote: | It's good that Robbo wrote that article, apart from the fact that one of them has an immense talent on the football field Swanny and Robbo aren't that different.
Nice article, Swanny is set to explode tomorrow, just you wait and see. |
I see what you mean. They Both would love a Beer
_________________
I am Da Man |
|
|
|
|
John Wren 
"Look after the game. It means so much to so many."
Joined: 15 Jul 2007
|
| Post subject: | |
|
| Dave The Man wrote: | | People think he is on Drugs and If Proven Correct it will Ruin Collingwood |
it won't ruin collingwood but it will test the mettle of the club.
_________________
Purveyor of sanctimonious twaddle. |
|
|
|
|
WhyPhilWhy?
WhyPhilWhy?
Joined: 09 Oct 2001
Location: Location: Location:
|
| Post subject: | |
|
Note the article in The Age on Thursday alleging Buddy turning up incoherent and disorented at the Gran Prix.
Imagine if that had been Dane... |
|
|
|
|
burnsy17
Joined: 10 Aug 2003
|
| Post subject: | |
|
| WhyPhilWhy? wrote: | Note the article in The Age on Thursday alleging Buddy turning up incoherent and disorented at the Gran Prix.
Imagine if that had been Dane... |
He was in a tent with Demitripoo and other noteables including Eddie i believe..... he's a protected species.... Particularly now that he'll be assisting Dimi with boosting the games profile in the West of Syd.
I noticed too that WSW in the A-League are flying and their crowds are huge.... Dimi would be wanting party boy up there very quickly now that his fertile market is being infiltrated...... 
_________________
Beware the swooping Magpie. |
|
|
|
|
What'sinaname 
Joined: 29 May 2010
Location: Living rent free
|
| Post subject: | |
|
Just checked LA Times and NY Times and nothing about Swanny. Maybe the world doesn't realy give a shit about Swanny.
_________________
Fighting against the objectification of woman. |
|
|
|
|
think better
Joined: 16 May 2005
Location: Adelaide
|
| Post subject: | |
|
| What'sinaname wrote: | | Just checked LA Times and NY Times and nothing about Swanny. Maybe the world doesn't realy give a shit about Swanny. |
Did you check the entertainment sections?
_________________
I think therefore I think - I think |
|
|
|
|
What'sinaname
Joined: 29 May 2010
Location: Living rent free
|
| Post subject: | |
|
| think better wrote: | | What'sinaname wrote: | | Just checked LA Times and NY Times and nothing about Swanny. Maybe the world doesn't realy give a shit about Swanny. |
Did you check the entertainment sections? |
Touché
_________________
Fighting against the objectification of woman. |
|
|
|
|
David
to wish impossible things
Joined: 27 Jul 2003
Location: the edge of the deep green sea
|
| Post subject: | |
|
| What'sinaname wrote: | | Just checked LA Times and NY Times and nothing about Swanny. Maybe the world doesn't realy give a shit about Swanny. |
Lol. I've heard he's big in Mozambique, though.
Methinks 'Robbo' or his long-suffering sub-editors should have titled his piece "Why a handful of Melbourne-based hack newspaper columnists are fascinated by Dane Swan". Might have been a little closer to the mark.
_________________
"Every time we witness an injustice and do not act, we train our character to be passive in its presence." – Julian Assange |
|
|
|
|
What'sinaname
Joined: 29 May 2010
Location: Living rent free
|
| Post subject: | |
|
Lol David,
Swanny has a HUGE following in parts of Africa. I hear that tats are all the rage now in the Kalahari and the tourists are now favouring the number 36 to the Daktari pants for the first time in 25 years!!!
_________________
Fighting against the objectification of woman. |
|
|
|
|
|
The Rules
FAQ
Usergroups
Calendar
Search
Log in
Register
