Daniel Bradshaw? May never play again

SydneyRox · April 11, 2011, 01:03:13 PM

This is so shower, terrible news for us if this turns out to be the end for Daniel Bradshaw.

Was bad enough to lose our best defender last week, but if you throw in our best forward as well, makes it harder on guys like Goodes and the younger brigade of Reid, White, TDL etc who may now have to cover him for the entire season not just a few games.

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/daniel-bradshaw-may-never-play-again/story-e6frf9jf-1226036655780

j959 · April 11, 2011, 01:43:31 PM

Quote from: SydneyRox on April 11, 2011, 01:03:13 PM
This is so shower, terrible news for us if this turns out to be the end for Daniel Bradshaw.

Was bad enough to lose our best defender last week, but if you throw in our best forward as well, makes it harder on guys like Goodes and the younger brigade of Reid, White, TDL etc who may now have to cover him for the entire season not just a few games.

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/daniel-bradshaw-may-never-play-again/story-e6frf9jf-1226036655780

Everitt, it's your chance to shine!!?!?! :o

SydneyRox · April 12, 2011, 06:19:37 PM

Noooooooo!!!!

Sam Reid, he is our man!!

Would also like to see Johnston get a game one day!! Seems to have slipped so far down the pecking order

Cruiseon · April 12, 2011, 06:23:51 PM

Bradshaw was never sounds even his his final years at Brisbane so its difficult to try and build anything around him. Tough luck for him as he is a likeable guy but unusually poor recruiting from the Swans.

Guess it could have been worse, you could have gone for Fev!

Cruiseon · April 13, 2011, 10:59:27 AM

All may not be lost.

http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/scans-clear-bradshaw-for-return-to-training-20110412-1dcmt.html //

roo boys! · April 13, 2011, 11:04:13 AM

Let's hope he can return sooner rather than later, as he is very important to the Swans.

j959 · April 13, 2011, 11:22:15 AM

Quote from: roo boys! on April 13, 2011, 11:04:13 AM
Let's hope he can return sooner rather than later, as he is very important to the Swans.

but we've got Everitt now! ;)

Cruiseon · April 13, 2011, 12:26:38 PM

Quote from: j959 on April 13, 2011, 11:22:15 AM
Quote from: roo boys! on April 13, 2011, 11:04:13 AM
Let's hope he can return sooner rather than later, as he is very important to the Swans.
but we've got Everitt now! ;)

more to the point you've got BOB ........ commonly known as 'brother of Ben' (Reid).

SydneyRox · April 13, 2011, 11:02:36 PM

Bye the end of the year ben will be BOS

Sam is one impressive kid

Wes Mantooth · May 10, 2011, 12:25:19 AM

sam reid ehhh? hmm...*ponders and strokes beard^*

^ i don't have a beard

sammyo7 · May 20, 2011, 08:32:11 AM

Dont forget TDL

SydneyRox · June 14, 2011, 11:20:24 PM

See, told you so!!

Sam Reid, nominated for the Rising star this week. Could not kick straight to save himself, but some of the marks he took this week were really really impressive.

j959 · June 17, 2011, 11:57:22 AM

yes, need the Reid boy to step up now ...

Hobbled Bradshaw calls time on a stellar career
Source: afl.com.au website - 17 June 2011

SYDNEY Swans forward Daniel Bradshaw has called an end to his 231-game career.

The 32-year-old was granted leave by the Swans earlier this month to decide whether he wanted to continue his rehabilitation from his latest knee operation - a procedure to release the iliotibial band in May.

He struggled with knee and hamstring problems last season, his first at the Swans, and had been unable to train since February this year before the most recent operation.

Bradshaw played 222 games for the Brisbane Lions, including the 2001 and 2003 premierships, between 1996 and 2009 before he left the club disgruntled after being used as trade bait in the negotiations with Carlton regarding Brendan Fevola.

He was picked up by the Swans in the 2010 NAB AFL Pre-season Draft but was largely restricted by his body in his first season in red and white.

"Daniel has been a genuine star of the competition during his career,'' Swans coach John Longmire told sydneyswans.com.au.

"Even though he played only nine games with the club since we recruited him from the Lions, we have absolutely no regrets about the decision. Despite his knee problems, he made a real contribution to the Swans after coming to us in the pre-season draft.

"When we were coaching against him, the combination of Daniel, Jonathan Brown and Alastair Lynch in the Brisbane forward line was always an enormous challenge," Longmire said.

"Even at the end of his career, his enormous talent was evident in that semi-final against the Bulldogs when he took nine marks even though he had been on the sidelines for three months.

"Everyone at the Swans wishes Daniel and his family all the best for his life after football."

He will hold a press conference at 9.30am AEST today.

Link: http://www.afl.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/208/newsid/116440/default.aspx
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Pity we didn't get to see his best at the Bloods but 'such is life' ... wish him well for the future.