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I would describe Charlie as immature. Laid back and living the dream lifestyle wise. Can at times inspire the team with that spectacular and impossible mark or goal but has the lazy downsides at times. I don’t think we were a good enough team to take full advantage of such a luxury player. We need talent yes but we are very reliant on sheer hard work for the most part, at least for now.  Be fascinating to see how we go next year, at least for me it will.
Reality always wins in the end.

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Reply #166 –
How do you think Cox would go with that Cookie?

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How do you think Cox would go with that Cookie?

I don’t think Cox is one to cop any crap BBlue.
Charlie will find no doubt that expectations on him are very high ! He is an expensive acquisition and will definitely be expected to perform.
Reality always wins in the end.

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How do you think Cox would go with that Cookie?

I don’t think Cox is one to cop any crap BBlue.
Charlie will find no doubt that expectations on him are very high ! He is an expensive acquisition and will definitely be expected to perform.
he'll work out fine for them.

Sydney have an on field culture the envy of the competition which is why im chuffed to have ended up with 4 of them in our squad next year.  He wouldnt want to look sideways at heeny, gulden, warner, Blakey, Grundy, mills, mcinerney, Lloyd and rampe and not play team footy. 

Hewett, Florent, Hayward and Newman are all going to have a bigger impact culturally than any player we recruited could ever have which is why im not sad we traded Charlie and got back players and picks.  Yeah I know we all wanted a genuine star but the other benefit is the St. Kilda sized salary cap hole we have now.

With Charlie going, add mcgovern out we could very well have created a giant cap surplus that we can exploit to the Max next season.  Im looking forward to free agency next year.
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Reply #169 –
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How do you think Cox would go with that Cookie?

I don’t think Cox is one to cop any crap BBlue.
Charlie will find no doubt that expectations on him are very high ! He is an expensive acquisition and will definitely be expected to perform.
He has some big shoes to fill..The Wiz, Plugger, Big Bad Barry and Buddy....Swans have a very good kicking midfield plus a unique home ground so id expect him to have to deliver 50-70 goals next season to satisfy the Swans faithful.

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I don’t think Cox is one to cop any crap BBlue.
Charlie will find no doubt that expectations on him are very high ! He is an expensive acquisition and will definitely be expected to perform.
He has some big shoes to fill..The Wiz, Plugger, Big Bad Barry and Buddy....Swans have a very good kicking midfield plus a unique home ground so id expect him to have to deliver 50-70 goals next season to satisfy the Swans faithful.

Nobody ever mentions Kurt Tippets shoes.

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Reply #171 –
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He has some big shoes to fill..The Wiz, Plugger, Big Bad Barry and Buddy....Swans have a very good kicking midfield plus a unique home ground so id expect him to have to deliver 50-70 goals next season to satisfy the Swans faithful.

Nobody ever mentions Kurt Tippets shoes.
Kurt is University educated and runs a property development business somewhere, probably didnt need to rely totally on his footy skills, though he did have one good year at the Swans didnt he?
Charlies alternatives to football or when retired might not be as productive as Kurt's...
 

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Nobody ever mentions Kurt Tippets shoes.
Kurt is University educated and runs a property development business somewhere, probably didnt need to rely totally on his footy skills, though he did have one good year at the Swans didnt he?
Charlies alternatives to football or when retired might not be as productive as Kurt's...

Tippett enjoyed more success with Sydney than he did with the Crows and averaged around two goals a game, apart from his last two injury-stricken seasons.

Tippett was heavily involved in the Gold Coast surf life saving scene as well as spending a couple of years as a Suns' assistant coach and is now on the Suns board.  I'm not sure that's a career move that Charlie is likely to follow.

What Charlie does have going for him is his popularity.  When he and Ed played for Jan Juc in a cricket match against Torquay. the ground announcer had to plead with the kids to leave Charlie alone so the game could start.  My youngest grandson was among them and, like most of the other kids, isn't a Carlton supporter.  I suspect that Charlie will cruise through life after footy with more enterprises like Barry that rely more on his reputation and popularity than on his business acumen.
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