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Re: Ryan O'Keefe wants out of the Swans
« Reply #15 on: October 02, 2008, 12:18:41 AM »
How I wish he was only 24 going on 25 :'(

Absolute gun player...one of my favourites in the comp

if that was the case my opinion would change , as it stands 28yo next year..NO WAY

Why not? If we could somehow keep pick #8
the blokes a gun. would give us some class when brown/richo/simmonds all retire around the same period.
O'Keefe / Coughlan / Tuck / Newman is a nice older bunch for a young team.

I am not normally in favor of going for older players but I reckon he's a star. Love the way he goes about it - finals player

Connors Thursfeild Moore
Newman McGaune Tambling
Cotchin Coughlan Tuck
O'Keefe Riewoldt White
Richo Brown Morton
Simmonds Deledio Foley
Pattison Edwards McMahon Schultz

The best 22 has alot of kids. Connors, Tambling, Cotchin, White. Morton, Lids, Foley, Patison, Edwards etc. are all about 22 yoa or younger.

Outside that we have mostly more kids knocking on the door:

old: Johnson/Bowden
4-5 seasons or less: Meyer/Rance/Polo/Raines/Jackson/Hughes and the really young one

Wit very little in between -> Polak, Hyde, Howatt, King etc.  :P


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Re: Ryan O'Keefe wants out of the Swans
« Reply #16 on: October 02, 2008, 05:51:39 PM »
Blues have offered O'Keefe $1.5m over 3 years according to Ch 10 news.

They don't want to give up their first round pick (#6) but Paul Roos said he's clearly worth a first round pick.

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Re: Ryan O'Keefe wants out of the Swans
« Reply #17 on: October 02, 2008, 05:54:46 PM »
Blues have offered O'Keefe $1.5m over 3 years according to Ch 10 news.

They don't want to give up their first round pick (#6) but Paul Roos said he's clearly worth a first round pick.

What ? Is half that club paid in twisties ! Dirty rotten cheats - Hope they get done.

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Re: Ryan O'Keefe wants out of the Swans
« Reply #18 on: October 03, 2008, 02:28:00 PM »
SEN interviewed Miller saying O'Keefe isn't work $600k. He's a $400k over 3 year player.

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O'Keefe quits the Swans (Age)
« Reply #19 on: October 06, 2008, 04:49:34 AM »
Swans' O'Keefe looms as key to trade week
Cameron Noakes | October 6, 2008

SYDNEY Swans All-Australian half-forward Ryan O'Keefe is leaving the the club he played two grand finals for and heading home.

In a report by the West Australian newspaper, it is believed Melbourne clubs have already been informed O'Keefe will be leaving the Swans.

The report said that the 27-year-old "knocked back a three-year deal from the Swans to enable him to finish his career in his home state".

O'Keefe now becomes a a key figure during trade week but it seems Essendon will be the likely destination for him given that the Swans have already expressed interest in that club's wayward midfielder Andrew Lovett.

http://www.realfooty.com.au/news/news/swans-okeefe-looms-as-key/2008/10/05/1223145181257.html
http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/sport/afl/story/0,26576,24450921-19742,00.html