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Ryan Fergusson Announces Retirement

Postby Brodlach » Sat Oct 12, 2013 7:38 am

IMO one of the best players to play at West Adelaide. Well done Ferg, we will miss you

The West Adelaide Football Club regrets to inform our Members and supporters that Ryan Ferguson has announced his retirement with plans to relocate back to Victoria.

History will show Ryan Ferguson as perhaps the best player to wear a West Adelaide guernsey. His leadership, courage and pride in performance could never be questioned. He finishes as one of the Club's longest serving captains.

The West Adelaide Football Club will forever look to Ryan as a champion player and a champion person.

We also acknowledge the contribution from his wonderful wife Bree Munro in her role of Player Welfare Manager.

Ryan, Bree and their family will always be welcome back at the Club and they will be missed by many. We wish them all the best for the future.
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Re: Ryan Fergusson Announces Retirement

Postby Peter Griffen » Sat Oct 12, 2013 9:02 am

What a champ and a huge hole to fill.
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Postby silent hour » Sat Oct 12, 2013 9:35 am

Agree he certainly was a champion and one of our greats, all the best for the future Fergy.
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Re: Ryan Fergusson Announces Retirement

Postby blood bath » Sat Oct 12, 2013 9:55 am

A true champion. Certainly one of the greatest WAFC best ever players. Courageous, skilled, dependable, and rarely beaten. Would be first picked in my team any day.
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Re: Ryan Fergusson Announces Retirement

Postby FlyingHigh » Sat Oct 12, 2013 10:09 am

Great career, certainly one of the modern-day champions. Unfortunate for him not to be able to play in a flag at Westies.
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Postby RB » Sat Oct 12, 2013 10:14 am

FlyingHigh wrote:Unfortunate for him not to be able to play in a flag at Westies.

The gameplan was to blame for that IMO. A great player though. Still can't believe he played for so few years in the AFL.
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Re: Ryan Fergusson Announces Retirement

Postby FlyingHigh » Sat Oct 12, 2013 10:17 am

Agree, but didn't think it was the time or the place to rehash that.
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Re: Ryan Fergusson Announces Retirement

Postby RB » Sat Oct 12, 2013 10:33 am

Couldn't resist!
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Re: Ryan Fergusson Announces Retirement

Postby Jim05 » Sat Oct 12, 2013 10:40 am

Congratulations on a fantastic career but not sure he needs his own thread
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Re: Ryan Fergusson Announces Retirement

Postby dedja » Sat Oct 12, 2013 12:14 pm

Agreed, has been a very good player but the best ever?
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Re: Ryan Fergusson Announces Retirement

Postby Wolf Pack » Sat Oct 12, 2013 12:17 pm

Certainly the best player we have had in the last 20 years.
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Re: Ryan Fergusson Announces Retirement

Postby Brodlach » Sat Oct 12, 2013 12:34 pm

Jim05 wrote:Congratulations on a fantastic career but not sure he needs his own thread


So don't read or post in it then.
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Re: Ryan Fergusson Announces Retirement

Postby SABRE » Sat Oct 12, 2013 8:48 pm

That's a bit of a shock, how old is he ?
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Postby Thiele » Sat Oct 12, 2013 9:30 pm

SABRE wrote:That's a bit of a shock, how old is he ?
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Could Ryan be doing a Ben Warren ?

Ryan is 31. I don't think so he has a couple of young Childeren
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Re: Ryan Fergusson Announces Retirement

Postby daysofourlives » Sat Oct 12, 2013 9:44 pm

I guess he can slip off into coutry footy in Vic where he will be free to duck his head and pull out of contests without the scrutiny that comes with the SANFL
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Re: Ryan Fergusson Announces Retirement

Postby blood bath » Sat Oct 12, 2013 11:05 pm

daysofourlives wrote:I guess he can slip off into coutry footy in Vic where he will be free to duck his head and pull out of contests without the scrutiny that comes with the SANFL


Like how he ducked into Ainger's knee in the Qualifying final and spent a night in hospital, number of stitches in the head and missed the following final. Didn't realised that happens to players that pull out of contests.......
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Re: Ryan Fergusson Announces Retirement

Postby Wolf Pack » Sat Oct 12, 2013 11:19 pm

Days Of Our Lives...... Congratulations you are officially the di&@ head of the 2013
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Postby Harry the Horse » Sun Oct 13, 2013 10:12 am

dedja wrote:Agreed, has been a very good player but the best ever?


Ludicrous statement from the club. Dick Head, Bruce McGregor, Neil Kerley, Luders, Lindner, Borchard, Mickan, Benton ... Frank Lesiputy
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Ryan Fergusson Announces Retirement

Postby dedja » Sun Oct 13, 2013 10:19 am

Peter Meuret.

Anyway, let's not diminish a very good career and significant contribution.
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Re: Ryan Fergusson Announces Retirement

Postby Gozu » Tue Oct 29, 2013 4:16 pm

RYAN Ferguson is moving back to Victoria after six seasons, 108 games and four best and fairests at West ­Adelaide.

But the 32-year-old ­defender may not have played his last game under former Bloods mentor Andrew Collins.

Ferguson is weighing up an offer to line up for VFL club Williamstown, which signed Collins as coach earlier this month.

Collins joined the Bloods in 2008 - the same year as Ferguson - before stepping down at the end of the recent season.

If he joins Williamstown, Ferguson, a teacher, is likely to eventually move into coaching.

"Williamstown has made a pretty good offer ... which I'm considering pretty strongly," Ferguson says.


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