10 years service, a B&F, an All-Australian. Consistently our top finals performer over the course of Buckley’s 2018-2020 tenure. Carried our inside midfield unit for a few years. Did a lot of heavy lifting and particularly in big games. He is a club champ and will certainly be a life member.Why? He isn’t a premiership player and hasn’t played 200 games. I suppose he won a Copeland in 2020.
He was VC who left the club most likely because he had to play in a position he didn’t want to play in for the better of the club. A move that was justified with the club winning a premiership.
As I said, job security was there for him. He was best 22 and picked every week. Job security was not going to be an issue as we’ve seen hasn’t for every 30 yr old player on our list.
He made the decision to leave the club who still wanted him.
And I’m disappointed for him not making the Swans team. If they make the GF, I hope he gets selected.