Swan suspended by Pies

[bornadog]

COLLINGWOOD has decided to suspend Brownlow Medallist Dane Swan over a night on the town last Sunday.

It is believed the Magpies will ban Swan from their next two matches,
against the Sydney Swans and North Melbourne.

A Magpies player challenged Swan about his condition at training on
Monday, and a meeting with coach Nathan Buckley and at least two other
players followed.

Recently, the club's players pledged to refrain from drinking alcohol
until the end of the season.

Swan is understood to have denied drinking alcohol on Sunday night,
admitting he went out but only consumed water before getting home at
midnight.

Collingwood officials could not be contacted.

Link (http://www.afl.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/208/newsid/143883/default.aspx)

[bornadog]

Maybe he was out with Libba:D

[Dancin' Douggy]

Maybe he was out with Libba:D

My guess is Swan was forcing booze and drugs down Li'l Libba's throat all night.

[LostDoggy]

Side by side we snitch together?

[Maddog37]

My guess is Swan was forcing booze and drugs down Li'l Libba's throat all night.

Dirty mongrel. How dare he do that to our sweet innocent Libba!!

[Dancin' Douggy]

Dirty mongrel. How dare he do that to our sweet innocent Libba!!

will the AFL investigate? Of course not.

[Ghost Dog]

Yay!!! something to take the heat off us.

[Mantis]

Maybe he was out with Libba:D

Wasn't Libba out Saturday night?

:rolleyes:

[bornadog]

Wasn't Libba out Saturday night?

:rolleyes:

Lighten up Mantis its a joke, no need to roll eyes.

[azabob]

Yay!!! something to take the heat off us.

In all seriousness we have flowm under the radar again.

A coach was sacked on the same day and now this.

The media don't and haven't gone hard on this at all.

Why is that?

[Ghost Dog]

In all seriousness we have flowm under the radar again.

A coach was sacked on the same day and now this.

The media don't and haven't gone hard on this at all.

Why is that?

It made SBS news.... is that going hard? :D The station for the woooorld of foooosball.

[G-Mo77]

I wish Collingwood thought of my Supercoach team before they did that!

[Greystache]

In all seriousness we have flowm under the radar again.

A coach was sacked on the same day and now this.

The media don't and haven't gone hard on this at all.

Why is that?

I think his age and last name have played a part . I think the Liberatore name is so synonymous with 100% commitment to footy that this incident is being perceived as a one off error of judgement for an otherwise highly committed young player.

[jeemak]

I think his age and last name have played a part . I think the Liberatore name is so synonymous with 100% commitment to footy that this incident is being perceived as a one off error of judgement for an otherwise highly committed young player.

It's interesting you say that. I think commercial realities are more prevalent though, and family traits don't come into it. Libba senior has been an easy target for the media for a while now, if we were playing out the season for a spot in the top four the club would be under a lot more scrutiny.

It's probably a good thing in some ways Tom plays for us, rather than a side that has any hope of being competitive from a finals perspective. Or one that is slightly important with respect to media exposure.

[chef]

In all seriousness we have flowm under the radar again.

A coach was sacked on the same day and now this.

The media don't and haven't gone hard on this at all.

Why is that?

Maybe we are a bit irrelevant ATM.

[Topdog]

chef is correct, we are irrelevant and it is super depressing.

[chef]

chef is correct, we are irrelevant and it is super depressing.

Yep, no one cares. Even Smorgon has come out and said the reason that he's not heard much this season is because no one is coming to get comments from him anymore.

[Topdog]

So does this mean that the Pies have leadership issues?

[azabob]

So does this mean that the Pies have leadership issues?

They have some sort of a problem every year someone seems to do something at it appears to be the same blokes. Didak, Shaw, Swan, Wellingham and even Maxwell.
But they are still getting the job done on the field though.

[azabob]

Maybe we are a bit irrelevant ATM.


chef is correct, we are irrelevant and it is super depressing.

It is a totally different response to the whole Minson affair.

[bornadog]

In all seriousness we have flowm under the radar again.

In this case that's good, isn't it?

[azabob]

In this case that's good, isn't it?

Not sure if its good or bad.

[Topdog]

They have some sort of a problem every year someone seems to do something at it appears to be the same blokes. Didak, Shaw, Swan, Wellingham and even Maxwell.
But they are still getting the job done on the field though.

Exactly. I feel like a lot of people take off field issues = bad leadership far too seriously.

[chef]

Exactly. I feel like a lot of people take off field issues = bad leadership far too seriously.

Yep, they are footballers what do we expect?

[Ghost Dog]

The fact that one of his teammates questioned his condition on the track is a sign of good leadership isn't it? Also too, the fact he is their top shelf player, but doesn't get an easy out.

[LostDoggy]

What a load of rubbish this is.
Loss of respect because he had a drink? More likely cos of stupid beanie he wore.
They have 6 day rule. Lucky he doesn't play with us as we always have 6 day breaks.

[Topdog]

The fact that one of his teammates questioned his condition on the track is a sign of good leadership isn't it? Also too, the fact he is their top shelf player, but doesn't get an easy out.

I'd have thought good leadership will realise that people are not robots and everyone is different.

[bornadog]

What a load of rubbish this is.
Loss of respect because he had a drink? More likely cos of stupid beanie he wore.
They have 6 day rule. Lucky he doesn't play with us as we always have 6 day breaks.

The team made a pack to not drink, he broke the team rules so he is out. Pretty simple.