Just heard on 3AW that David Swallow may be on the move, or at least looking around.

Could be worth a look.

Wants to go to North, whose Doctor has said that they can fix him in six weeks.

hee hee hee haa haa haw haw haw

Will there be anyone left in Gold Coast's midfield?

I heard a rumour the AFL were planning to launch an AFL team up there sometime.

 

Something tells me he's not on our radar. 

I'm a little bit bemused by his reaction to the president labeling O'Meara 'disloyal'.  I would have thought that, with all the support they've given him, that he was well within his rights to be pretty angry and frustrated by his decision to leave.  

Regardless, Swallow is another bloke with bucket loads of talent but a body that can't stand up to the rigours of professional footy.  If he does choose go, it will either be to North with brother, or back to Perth.

1 minute ago, Wiseblood said:

I'm a little bit bemused by his reaction to the president labeling O'Meara 'disloyal'.  I would have thought that, with all the support they've given him, that he was well within his rights to be pretty angry and frustrated by his decision to leave.  

Regardless, Swallow is another bloke with bucket loads of talent but a body that can't stand up to the rigours of professional footy.  If he does choose go, it will either be to North with brother, or back to Perth.

Cochrane is an absolute loose canon. Last thing they need is an attention seeking, speak first think later kind of guy like him running the place. No surprise their culture is falling apart at an exponential rate with him in charge. He's the Bob Katter of AFL presidents.

 

Just now, stuie said:

Cochrane is an absolute loose canon. Last thing they need is an attention seeking, speak first think later kind of guy like him running the place. No surprise their culture is falling apart at an exponential rate with him in charge. He's the Bob Katter of AFL presidents.

 

That may be true mate, but I still think he is within his rights to be angry and frustrated.  They've drafted these kids and put plenty of time into them, and now they want to up and leave when things get a bit tough.  It leaves the Suns looking like a basket case, but still, I understand where he is coming from.  Swallow should just get on with playing football.

1 minute ago, Wiseblood said:

That may be true mate, but I still think he is within his rights to be angry and frustrated.  They've drafted these kids and put plenty of time into them, and now they want to up and leave when things get a bit tough.  It leaves the Suns looking like a basket case, but still, I understand where he is coming from.  Swallow should just get on with playing football.

Yeah well within his rights, but you don't come out and show it like that. He's shown he runs off emotion rather than logic and that's a weakness when you need to be making the final decisions yourself. Bluey isn't there anymore, so he might need to start looking elsewhere for the blame now that all their players want out. Culture starts at the top, have a look at how PJ and Mahoney operate, cool, clam and collected, but this guy goes off his rocker at anyone and anything.

Incredibly silly and immature to indicate that you might let him walk for nothing because you're a stubborn fool, and even worse to be slagging off a player at a time when you desperately need to try and attract other ones to your club.

Culture killer.

 

On 8/27/2016 at 0:42 PM, DemonAndrew said:

Wants to go to North, whose Doctor has said that they can fix him in six weeks.

Like the Saints Doctor has fixed Freeman.

The "Cochrane Cracks" are growing now...

"DAVID Swallow is open to a trade to a rival club this off-season as Gold Coast players rebel against the aggressive attitude of chairman Tony Cochrane."

"But the 23-year-old was one of several senior players shocked by Cochrane’s savage assessment of departing star Jaeger O’Meara, who will move to a Melbourne club.

It is understood the mild-mannered midfielder stood up in a leadership meeting and staunchly defended O’Meara’s conduct after he was publicly labelled “disloyal” by Cochrane.

Cochrane repeated that assessment to the entire list, which is believed to have been the last straw for an angry Swallow."
 

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/david-swallows-exit-could-leave-gold-coast-suns-in-death-spiral-says-gerard-healy/news-story/4970c3019d5944901b885714843a344d

 

Looks to be an active trade period ahead. Logical landing spot would be north given their lack of young talent. Certainly worth having a look at if we can find the right offer.

3 hours ago, Adzman said:

Looks to be an active trade period ahead. Logical landing spot would be north given their lack of young talent. Certainly worth having a look at if we can find the right offer.

They'll have sc space for someone of his ilk.