I was absolutely wrapped in that win but I have to admit I am disappointed the Swans players didnt line up when Shannon Grant left the field. A 300 gamer who started off at our club, it would have been a nice touch.
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no swans guard of honor for grant?
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They were going link arms and have him walk underneath but were wary of being accused of tunneling.
It would have been, but this is finals football. It's up to his club to honour him on his magnificent career. I'm sure the Swans players would have congratulated him.
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Yeah, I reckon you are probably right.
Why would the swans send him off. He didn't want to be drafted by the swans in the first place. He put a $60,000 sign on fee on his head to dissuade clubs. This caused a drafting rule change . And then he took off sooking back to Melb as soon as his mandatory 2 year contract was up. And besides, clubs sending off opposition players is something reserved for champions (eg Archer at port last year). Grant was a good player no doubt, but not a champion.
I am quite sure that when players shook hands post match, he would have been wished good luck.
I am quite sure that when players shook hands post match, he would have been wished good luck.
Apart from a Brownlow medal, what more could he do?
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We owe him nothing!!! Remember he wanted out, did not want ot stay with the swans.
Anyhows best of luck to him and his family!!!!
Agreed,never got over his defection,hated him ever since. Has been a great
player for North,the team he chose over the Swans.Enough said!
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I'd like to think I'm a fair minded guy, but I'm so happy we sent him off in style. Never got over his shenanigans to leave the club and I'm so so happy to have put that bloody whining mob out of the finals.
Congrats on the win, but you've really embarrassed yourselves now, you couldn't even do a GOH for a player who used to be a servant of your club, lost my respect now.
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No doubt this will take most of us some time to get over. Once again, you nth supporters continue to embarrass yourselves. Your continued sooking and whinging only serves to make tonights win all the more enjoyable. As others have pointed out.. Guards of honour are reserved for champions of the game such as Archer and Hird, not the likes of Grant.
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Well for this week anyway, we were cheering you home, glad we have got rid of North and their trolling, whinging supporters. See you at the G on Friday
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As for the subject north fans he did run out on the club as soon as his contract was up so many of us still feel bitter about that.
We were focused on the win not on Shannons last game.
I think the only players left from his time with the swans are mick e o (didn't play)
And leaping leo barry (not sure they actually played together but were on list at the same time)
Nethertheless he has been a great player for you guys and I am sure he would make an fine assitant coach.
We were focused on the win not on Shannons last game.
I think the only players left from his time with the swans are mick e o (didn't play)
And leaping leo barry (not sure they actually played together but were on list at the same time)
Nethertheless he has been a great player for you guys and I am sure he would make an fine assitant coach.
We gave him his start as a player and he turned his back on the club. Now North Melbourne fans EXPECT the same club he turned his back on to honour him with a Guard Of Honour after his last game. You have to be kidding me, you really do. I couldn't care less about what he did after he left the club but to earn a GOH you have to earn respect and Shannon LOST any respect he might of had when he left the Swans to "Go Home". In one respect the Swans "honoured" Shannon by turning their backs on him the same way he did to our club.
If it was Glenn Archer then yes, 100% yes give a Champion of the Game a Guard Of Honour. But Shannon Grant does NOT get a Guard Of Honour from the Swans Playing Group because he IS NOT A CHAMPION, a good player yes, but not a champion. North's Playing Group can do what they like for him (and they rightfully did), but you can't expect the Swans (or any other club for that matter) to join in.
He might of played for us but that was over 10 years ago and that was for only 58 games, hardly what I would call "worth" giving someone a Guard Of Honor to.
North fans who are sooking over this matter just grow up. Shannon was a good player who was hououred by his club after his final match. The Swans shouldn't even factor into the matter other than the fact they were the team that beat you on the night.
Still I guess for Shannon, Karma was a bitch. We gave him his start and we finished his career.....
If it was Glenn Archer then yes, 100% yes give a Champion of the Game a Guard Of Honour. But Shannon Grant does NOT get a Guard Of Honour from the Swans Playing Group because he IS NOT A CHAMPION, a good player yes, but not a champion. North's Playing Group can do what they like for him (and they rightfully did), but you can't expect the Swans (or any other club for that matter) to join in.
He might of played for us but that was over 10 years ago and that was for only 58 games, hardly what I would call "worth" giving someone a Guard Of Honor to.
North fans who are sooking over this matter just grow up. Shannon was a good player who was hououred by his club after his final match. The Swans shouldn't even factor into the matter other than the fact they were the team that beat you on the night.
Still I guess for Shannon, Karma was a bitch. We gave him his start and we finished his career.....
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I really couldn't care less, I don't regard him as a "Swans player". He left a long time ago. Hardly a player exists from '99 so I doubt too many Swans players have any great personal feelings on the matter anyway. Some may have said a private "good luck" to him, but probably with no more passion than they might say to any other 300-gamer.
It did strike me as odd that something like the GOH wasn't done by Swan & NM together.The Swans did do their customary lap of honour after the win,& I said to the people I was with that North players weren't even waiting for our boys to form a guard of honour.They got very close to the end ofg their lap by the time the North boys farewelled him & I'm sure that if someone from either club had said something it could've been done.But alas,not.
Oh wee, move on.
Congrats Shagger on a great career.No bitterness from my POV
Oh wee, move on.
Congrats Shagger on a great career.No bitterness from my POV
Gee, how often do opposition teams do guards of honours for retiring players? It's happened just a handful of times, and normally when someone quite extraordinary has retired, or someone who's been a complete stalwart of their club (ala Neitz earlier this year). But in the Neitz case it wasn't a final and there wasn't the emotion in winning that the Swans rightly had yesterday.
The Swans players were rightly caught up in acknowledging those who mean more to them than Shannon Grant, namely their supporters.
The Swans players were rightly caught up in acknowledging those who mean more to them than Shannon Grant, namely their supporters.
Robbie summed it up,Grant means nothing to us yes he played in a GF for us then he wanted to go home to mum. WHO CARES ABOUT HIM.What about Wade Chapman there is someone i would like to remember from that GF,not Grant !!
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Hell yeah was there a player who went in much harder than him ??? Not many. Shame he was injured for so long (probably his crazy attack on the ball) Was great to see him hit plugger to that famous little point.
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