COLA Can't buy you a Premiership.
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COLA Can't buy you a Premiership.
with all the cash splashed still can't beat a well organized well drilled team. Hawks now as good to maybe better then the cats since 07 due to this back to back flag.
Con Grats to Benny Mac... played a good game well deserved win.
Con Grats to Benny Mac... played a good game well deserved win.
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Re: COLA Can't buy you a Premiership.
But you can buy a bit of COKE
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Re: COLA Can't buy you a Premiership.
Should've spent the $10 mill on Bundy and not BuddyJacks Back wrote:But you can buy a bit of COKE
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Re: COLA Can't buy you a Premiership.
after Tippet then Buddy i felt they where taking the piss... but today just show's money can't buy it all for you.
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Re: COLA Can't buy you a Premiership.
But they always go back to the AFL in season 2015 and ask if their Cola can be raised just a teeny weeny bit, say $1million per annum, and will probably be granted it.
Anything to keep those freeloaders on side.
Anything to keep those freeloaders on side.
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Re: COLA Can't buy you a Premiership.
They will probably get a priority draft pick now ;p
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Re: COLA Can't buy you a Premiership.
Yes just as well the Hawks do not tempt players from other clubs..no Burgoyne, Lake or Gibson for them....
No doubt the Swans have a salary cap advantage that the Hawks do not have. But both teams do a lot more right than wrong off field and on. After the Wastaway wasted years, I am praying that our new President and CEO can at last get our off field side performing at a high standard.
Swans simply did not mentally turn up today for whatever reason. Cash has nothing do do with it though.
No doubt the Swans have a salary cap advantage that the Hawks do not have. But both teams do a lot more right than wrong off field and on. After the Wastaway wasted years, I am praying that our new President and CEO can at last get our off field side performing at a high standard.
Swans simply did not mentally turn up today for whatever reason. Cash has nothing do do with it though.
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Re: COLA Can't buy you a Premiership.
A champion team will always beat a team of champions.ShanghaiSaint wrote:after Tippet then Buddy i felt they where taking the piss... but today just show's money can't buy it all for you.
Well that's what they reckon anyway.
As ex-president Peter Summers said:
“If we are going to be a contender, we may as well plan to win the bloody thing.”
St Kilda - At least we have a Crest!
“If we are going to be a contender, we may as well plan to win the bloody thing.”
St Kilda - At least we have a Crest!
Re: COLA Can't buy you a Premiership.
That's the rumour, lake to retire...Frawley to hawksloris wrote:Look out Geelong............ they will steal Frawley out from under your nose, Swans chequebook will becoming out of the safe very soon.
Re: COLA Can't buy you a Premiership.
Good idea! But Rendell's a bit old isn't he?Dr Spaceman wrote:Should've spent the $10 mill on Bundy and not BuddyJacks Back wrote:But you can buy a bit of COKE
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Re: COLA Can't buy you a Premiership.
Exactly, let's not kid ourselves here…Trixilver wrote:Well they did win in 05 and 12
In the last ten years they have 2 flags, played in 5 grand finals & how many other prelims?
Whether they won today or not is irrelevant, the fact is they have been at the top of the ladder for a very long time and don't look to be going anywhere, in fact they would be odds on favourite to win the flag next year.
They have academy players coming out of their ears, will probably farm off a couple of un-needed players then snap up Frawley…
No wonder it's so hard to even make the top 4, there's actually only 3 spots available each year when you remove Sydney's guaranteed one.
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Re: COLA Can't buy you a Premiership.
Jacks Back wrote:A champion team will always beat a team of champions.ShanghaiSaint wrote:after Tippet then Buddy i felt they where taking the piss... but today just show's money can't buy it all for you.
Well that's what they reckon anyway.
Hawthorn did poach Gibson, Borgoyne, Hale, Guerra, Lake and Gunstan to be fair.
It wasn't exactly David vs. Goliath out there today.
Re: COLA Can't buy you a Premiership.
Buddy destroyed Sydney in a more subtle way, and probably unwittingly.
Caro was right.
Never, have "the bloods" just turned up and expected a win.
Believed the hype.
Caro was right.
Never, have "the bloods" just turned up and expected a win.
Believed the hype.
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Re: COLA Can't buy you a Premiership.
Although clearly they were outmuscled all over the ground - it was the '2 blokes gonna kick a winning score' approach that I think was a danger for them.
When was the last time a 'big' forward line kicked enough goals to win a GF?
They bully teams in the H&A through sheer ability - but it's just so rare that big forwards and predictable forward lines win flags.
When was the last time a 'big' forward line kicked enough goals to win a GF?
They bully teams in the H&A through sheer ability - but it's just so rare that big forwards and predictable forward lines win flags.
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Re: COLA Can't buy you a Premiership.
Lucky that coke was taken out of cola eh? Couldn't have anyone sipping (sniffing) cola through a straw eh SainterK?SainterK wrote:Cola, c c c c c Cola...
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Yes that is what I texted to a friend (swannie supporter) at half time at the MCG. I said to her...... 'Oooooophs I think Swans have believed the media hype. Inthat all they have to do is bring Buddy to Melbourne and the Grand Final is theirs.........'SainterK wrote:Buddy destroyed Sydney in a more subtle way, and probably unwittingly.
Caro was right.
Never, have "the bloods" just turned up and expected a win.
Believed the hype.
As they say, it stood out like the proverbial 'dogs balls'
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Re: COLA Can't buy you a Premiership.
Thought they only played in 4 GF. 05, 06, 12, 14.dragit wrote:Exactly, let's not kid ourselves here…Trixilver wrote:Well they did win in 05 and 12
In the last ten years they have 2 flags, played in 5 grand finals & how many other prelims?
Whether they won today or not is irrelevant, the fact is they have been at the top of the ladder for a very long time and don't look to be going anywhere, in fact they would be odds on favourite to win the flag next year.
They have academy players coming out of their ears, will probably farm off a couple of un-needed players then snap up Frawley…
No wonder it's so hard to even make the top 4, there's actually only 3 spots available each year when you remove Sydney's guaranteed one.
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Re: COLA Can't buy you a Premiership.
Yep, my bad.SaintPav wrote:Thought they only played in 4 GF. 05, 06, 12, 14.
They've had a fair old run though, missed the finals only 4 times in 20 years, can't see them missing for another 3 or 4 years minimum. I think we're all pretty over it.
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Re: COLA Can't buy you a Premiership.
Sweet, sweet Cola.dragit wrote:Yep, my bad.SaintPav wrote:Thought they only played in 4 GF. 05, 06, 12, 14.
They've had a fair old run though, missed the finals only 4 times in 20 years, can't see them missing for another 3 or 4 years minimum. I think we're all pretty over it.
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Re: COLA Can't buy you a Premiership.
How many have they developed off the rookie list? How many low draft picks have they turned into very good players? How many discards have they turned into guns?
COLA has nothing to do with it, if we were half the club they are we'd have the same sort of record!
COLA has nothing to do with it, if we were half the club they are we'd have the same sort of record!
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Re: COLA Can't buy you a Premiership.
You're right, they've had no help. Well done Sydney. Plugger was just first class recruiting.Bernard Shakey wrote:How many have they developed off the rookie list? How many low draft picks have they turned into very good players? How many discards have they turned into guns?
COLA has nothing to do with it, if we were half the club they are we'd have the same sort of record!
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