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SF will probably snare him what's the cost of crayfish per kg these days?......30k for Jacky?......wow how muchwould Kerr cost than?......christ 300k at least........surely......even if he has only one good knee!

Any further updates last night Swan42 with regards to Swoop....will he stay or will he go???

swan42 wrote: For the record: at the AGM last night it was stated UNEQUIVOCALLY and UNAMBIGUOUSLY that ALL of our major sponsors have committed to the club - SIGNED, SEALED and DELIVERED. We will continue as an ongoing concern as the Swan Districts Football Club. To paraphrase Mark twain our announced death is very much a mistake.

We certainly need all members and supporters to continue to support the club to their fullest extent;

Congratulations also to Tallan Ames and Tony Notte - our captain and vice-captain for the 2014 season.

Too right mate, great to read a sensible and informed post! Carn the Ducks!!

Freezin wrote: SF will probably snare him what's the cost of crayfish per kg these days?......30k for Jacky?......wow how muchwould Kerr cost than?......christ 300k at least........surely......even if he has only one good knee!

Jacky wont be playing WAFL this year unless a particular club is happy with him playing 2 to 3 games a month. His new job requires him to do the odd w/end for the 1st 6 months or so. He will more than likely play in the country, then return to the WAFL next year.

Swandog wrote:

swan42 wrote: For the record: at the AGM last night it was stated UNEQUIVOCALLY and UNAMBIGUOUSLY that ALL of our major sponsors have committed to the club - SIGNED, SEALED and DELIVERED. We will continue as an ongoing concern as the Swan Districts Football Club. To paraphrase Mark twain our announced death is very much a mistake.

We certainly need all members and supporters to continue to support the club to their fullest extent;

Congratulations also to Tallan Ames and Tony Notte - our captain and vice-captain for the 2014 season.

Too right mate, great to read a sensible and informed post! Carn the Ducks!!

As I had posted last week Geappen has committed to playing the 2014 season at Swans. He was at training the night of the AGM. As was the likes of Pratty and Cass. Robbo it was said was a 50-50 proposition at the moment - will make a decision within the next week or two. Roach is going back to Melbourne. Hildebrandt and Twomey are off to Subi. Twomey's decision came down to him considering that we would not be competitive this year. Hams has moved down to Busselton but he has been seen and will continue to be seen at Swans during the season. Harding's contract has been extended to the 2015 season - which is a strong indicator that the board think that we are going in the right direction with respect to our focus on the local players.

Harding addressed the AGM and suggested that in his opinion we will be far more competitve than what some people think. He re-iterated the need for all of us to get behind the club with all the support we are able to give. Coming out of the meeting I fell more optimistic than I felt before the meeting. I still think there will be some hard times; but if you are a longterm Swans' supporter that would not be an unique or unprecedented situation. Harding was asked about some younger players who will be regular league players this year. He mentioned the likes of Broad who will be far better for the experience of 2013, players like Rogers, Blight, Latch will be regular league players this season. Also both the Blakeley boys. He mentioned some others as well. As I said from his perspective it is not all doom and gloom. See more of Harding's views at:

www.swandistrictsfc.com.au/news/coaches-...ack-on-the-track-14/

Trent Cooper will be our colts' coach this year and Andrew Peuyn will continue as Reserves' coach. Guys like Mark Piani, John Laurito and Travis Edmonds wll continue in their various coaching roles. As will Geappen as forwards' coach (with assistance of Trent Cooper on game day.

It was asked why we haven't recruited some players and whilst the answer involved a little spin, and I believe may have been influenced to a certain extent by our current financial situation, it was stated that the board and coaching staff have faith in our players to be more than competitive this year.

As I mentioned in my earlier post we are certainly not flush with funds but we have had all our major sponsors already committing to our club and with the suport of the normal WAFC financial support our future is not in doubt.

One other point to make is that the entire club from the board, coaching staff, particularly the players and members and supporters HATE the club alignment and with that in mind they would especially like a large number of Swans' supporters to come to the matches against Peel and the club formerly known as East Perth.

There are some pre-season matches coming up in the next few weeks - please check the Swans site or ring Swans to get the times and dates - all our scratch matches will be at Basso.

Hopefully, I have covered most of the major points from the meeting - I didn't take notes so this is from memory and my apologies if I have forgotten anything.

Finally, as a very longtime Swans' supporter and member can I urge all Swans' supporters to get behind our club, players and board this year to ensure that we have a good 2014 season. To the other WAFL supporters and members of other clubs I also hope that they commit to their respective clubs and that we have some good crowds at the WAFL matches this season.

Great news swan42 with regards to Swoop, south Bunbury were making noise again so glad to hear he's staying....personally I think we will be more than competitive this year, have taken full membership out and am looking forward to watching a full season, father in tow, with no ammo commitments to hinder me....if Robbo were to stay even better, quality player who I enjoy watching more than most...thanks for ur update swan42, I'll do my best to bring the joy again this year!!

Thanks for the report swan 42. Can you tell me who the major sponsors are? Do we still have some of the big mining companies behind us?

Will be interesting to see how we go. The last few years our reserves and colts have been pretty abysmal. Swans seem to desperately need an accountant or someone with at least a background in running a business in charge. It seems like the members have entrusted too many people over the years who probably love the club and have their heart in the right place but had absolutely no idea with money.

I'm very concerned that this debt could send us under. In my opinion it could not have come at a worse time time as I expect crowd numbers to drop drastically this season because of the host club scenario and both local afl teams probably playing finals. I realise it is unpopular but i am also not averse to a merger with Perth but the problem, as with all mergers, is one club tends to benefit greatly at the expense of the other. It would be unthinkable for me to back a merger if my club wasn't going to play at Bassendean.

swan42 wrote: One other point to make is that the entire club from the board, coaching staff, particularly the players and members and supporters HATE the club alignment and with that in mind they would especially like a large number of Swans' supporters to come to the matches against Peel and the club formerly known as East Perth.

Good to see your club took my idea to use the games vs EP/Peel as an us vs them marketing tool to get more people through the gates. You remember the idea you rubbished because you thought using AFL clubs has no marketing currency?

astro wrote: Ducks were on deaths door 10 years ago, banks were hours away form closing them down. They got help then from all, sadly the past administration blunders have really smashed this club. Cannt see any more handouts but i do hope the Ducks stay around for while longer

The WAFC bail out that abomination known as Peel every second year!

Just received a message from a key player telling me Swooper has changed his mind already! great news!