Barry Hall Quits Swans

[bazza1]

With all the incidents he was involved with, we wouldnt of won a premiership without him, kicking 80 odd goals and handing off dozens of others with his unselfish play, he will be missed, taking the best defender every week. The start of the end was unfortuanately the 2006 GF when he had a shocker. Still and always be a premiership captain.

[rod_rooster]

It would give Mooney someone to pass to so he doesn't have to kick at goal.

Premierships

Mooney 2
Port 1

regards,

REB

Humiliating Grand Final Performances

Mooney 1
Port 1

and LMAO at people thinking Mooney is some sort of intimidating prescence

[Adelaide Hawk]

Hall wasn't always a mad bastard though. Remember him being fairly quiet when at the Saints.

You have to be kidding. He was actually more disciplined after he trasferred to the Swans. It has only been the past couple of years he has returned to the bad old Saints days.

[Brad]

Id agree with an earlier post that the 2006 GF was the start of his decline, Sydney saved him from wasting his talent as he didn't perform to his maximum at the Saints, reckon someone like the Dogs will punt on him for 2010.

[whufc]

It would give Mooney someone to pass to so he doesn't have to kick at goal.

Premierships

Mooney 2
Port 1

regards,

REB

Humiliating Grand Final Performances

Mooney 1
Port 1

and LMAO at people thinking Mooney is some sort of intimidating prescence

No offence but i wouldn't want to take the bloke on in the ring, he has been doing muay thai kick boxing for over 10 years and has a mentality to match.
The bloke can handle himself very very very well.

[aceman]

It would give Mooney someone to pass to so he doesn't have to kick at goal.

Premierships

Mooney 2
Port 1

regards,

REB

Humiliating Grand Final Performances

Mooney 1
Port 1

and LMAO at people thinking Mooney is some sort of intimidating prescence

No offence but i wouldn't want to take the bloke on in the ring, he has been doing muay thai kick boxing for over 10 years and has a mentality to match.
The bloke can handle himself very very very well.

Normally people who take on those type of self defence activities show marked improvement in their anger mentality, hasn't worked in this bloke then.

[Mr66]

Remember him being fairly quiet when at the Saints.

Obviously you have never watched the 1998 Semi Final against melbourne at the MCG.

[Turbo]

I doubt anyone will pick him up next year with all the recent problems he has had. Career in the ring maybe???

[Rik E Boy]

Age has caught up with the great man unfortunately.

At 32, its hard to keep up with very talented, super fit, highly skilled 24 year olds.

At 30+, it's shameful to be beaten by youth.

But the answer is not to thump em.

Most of us in his position and experience would have done the same.

Finally he has excepted his fate.

Pity it wasn't 18 months prior, he still is a Great man.

WTF? The guy is a gutless thug. Great men don't hit people when they aren't looking. Hall is goose and a coward. Good riddance to him.

PS - before people point out i am a Hawthorn supporter and one of the supposed greats of the Hawks is Leigh Matthews who is guilty of pretty much the same things as Hall, fact is i don't hold Matthews in very high regard either.

Bravo. I've never seen a Hawk fan say something like that about Matthews. It the same sort of way I feel about Ablett Snr now. He was my idol during the eighties and early nineties but I now realise his sublime skill on the field is match by his total ineptitude off it.

regards,

REB

[Rik E Boy]

It would give Mooney someone to pass to so he doesn't have to kick at goal.

Premierships

Mooney 2
Port 1

regards,

REB

Humiliating Grand Final Performances

Mooney 1
Port 1

and LMAO at people thinking Mooney is some sort of intimidating prescence

LOL. Can't argue with that one.

regards,

REB

[Rik E Boy]

Where to now for the swans forward line?

We have Playfair who showed a bit of promise at Geelong, but is injured at the moment
Johnston who is only young and injured at the moment
Veszpremi young player who did well last season and only has played a handful of games this season
White who looks like a player that will turn into a very good footballer imo.

O'Loughlin and Hall gone by the end of the year will leave a big hole to fill in our forward line

You'll never make a footballer out of Hank Pidge. Playfair has a crack, you can't fault him for that but he has several flaws in his game. The main one is his inability to keep his feet when the ball hits the deck. He still kicks like a Cat too.

regards,

REB

[RoosterMarty]

It would give Mooney someone to pass to so he doesn't have to kick at goal.

Premierships

Mooney 2
Port 1

regards,

REB

LMFAO, was he scared of kicking for goal when he played FOR ANOTHER CLUB in the first one?

Bit hard to have a shot for goal when you can't get a kick...

[Adelaide Hawk]

PS - before people point out i am a Hawthorn supporter and one of the supposed greats of the Hawks is Leigh Matthews who is guilty of pretty much the same things as Hall, fact is i don't hold Matthews in very high regard either.

Bravo. I've never seen a Hawk fan say something like that about Matthews.

Yes .... it's almost as rare as finding a Geelong supporter who has anything positive to say about Hawthorn.

[Rik E Boy]

PS - before people point out i am a Hawthorn supporter and one of the supposed greats of the Hawks is Leigh Matthews who is guilty of pretty much the same things as Hall, fact is i don't hold Matthews in very high regard either.

Bravo. I've never seen a Hawk fan say something like that about Matthews.

Yes .... it's almost as rare as finding a Geelong supporter who has anything positive to say about Hawthorn.

To go through a whole league season without recording a single victory is a remarkable achievement. Full credit to the Hawks as they have managed this twice.

regards,

REB

[rod_rooster]

Age has caught up with the great man unfortunately.

At 32, its hard to keep up with very talented, super fit, highly skilled 24 year olds.

At 30+, it's shameful to be beaten by youth.

But the answer is not to thump em.

Most of us in his position and experience would have done the same.

Finally he has excepted his fate.

Pity it wasn't 18 months prior, he still is a Great man.

WTF? The guy is a gutless thug. Great men don't hit people when they aren't looking. Hall is goose and a coward. Good riddance to him.

PS - before people point out i am a Hawthorn supporter and one of the supposed greats of the Hawks is Leigh Matthews who is guilty of pretty much the same things as Hall, fact is i don't hold Matthews in very high regard either.

Bravo. I've never seen a Hawk fan say something like that about Matthews. It the same sort of way I feel about Ablett Snr now. He was my idol during the eighties and early nineties but I now realise his sublime skill on the field is match by his total ineptitude off it.

regards,

REB

I call a spade a spade and Matthews was a dirty sniper. No denying that. A very very talented player that should never have needed to stoop to the level he did. At least if he was going to belt a bloke he could've done it when they were looking. Great player, great coach, bad bloke.

[Brad]

Age has caught up with the great man unfortunately.

At 32, its hard to keep up with very talented, super fit, highly skilled 24 year olds.

At 30+, it's shameful to be beaten by youth.

But the answer is not to thump em.

Most of us in his position and experience would have done the same.

Finally he has excepted his fate.

Pity it wasn't 18 months prior, he still is a Great man.

WTF? The guy is a gutless thug. Great men don't hit people when they aren't looking. Hall is goose and a coward. Good riddance to him.

PS - before people point out i am a Hawthorn supporter and one of the supposed greats of the Hawks is Leigh Matthews who is guilty of pretty much the same things as Hall, fact is i don't hold Matthews in very high regard either.

Bravo. I've never seen a Hawk fan say something like that about Matthews. It the same sort of way I feel about Ablett Snr now. He was my idol during the eighties and early nineties but I now realise his sublime skill on the field is match by his total ineptitude off it.

regards,

REB

I call a spade a spade and Matthews was a dirty sniper. No denying that. A very very talented player that should never have needed to stoop to the level he did. At least if he was going to belt a bloke he could've done it when they were looking. Great player, great coach, bad bloke.

Matthews ended Barrie Robran the dirty ****, hate him forever cause of that.

[rod_rooster]

Couldn't agree more Brad.

[redden whites]

Does anyone have a youtube link to the Robran-Matthews "incident" .It seems to grow 10% worse each year. Was it a headbutt to the knee?

[silicone skyline]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r81_FLjfNOg&feature=related

This one has the Neville Bruns incident. Dirty as ****.

[Pup]

I don't give a crap who does it, as long as it gets done.

Hall wasn't always a mad bastard though. Remember him being fairly quiet when at the Saints. Must be the boxing.

Ahh No.

Was pretty bad back then as well. Probably worse in fact.