Teams: Swans v Bulldogs

[SWANSBEST]

WESTERN BULLDOGS FC


PLAYERS
Backs: R. Hargrave A. Morgan B. Harrison
Half Backs: R. Smith C. Grant S. Koops
Centre: D. Giansiracusa S. West R. Murphy
Half Forwards: P. Bowden J. Rawlings N. Eagleton
Forwards: A. Cooney B. Harris S. Garlick
Followers: B. Johnson, M. Hahn, L. Darcy
Interchange: M. Robbins, M. Boyd, W. Minson, J. McMahon
Emergency: C. Faulkner, W. Skipper, D. Cross

SYDNEY FC


PLAYERS
Backs: J. Crouch C. Bolton P. Bevan
Half Backs: L. Barry A. Goodes T. Kennelly
Centre: S. Maxfield P. Williams B. Mathews
Half Forwards: R. O'Keefe B. Hall J. Saddington
Forwards: A. Buchanan, M. Nicks M. O'Loughlin
Followers: J. Bolton, B. Kirk, J. Ball
Interchange: N. Fosdike, L. Ablett, J. McVeigh, N. Davis
Emergency: S. Dempster, S. Doyle, H. James

[motorace_182]

Nicky D is back!! No Warfey, i guess thats a good thing, pity, he tries so hard for so few results.

[SWANSBEST]

Dempster is an emergency. Last week in the Reserves he spent a lot of time on the wing and went OK. Previously he played in a KP role in the Reserves games that I have seen . A tallish winger can be very useful at AFL level.

[penga]

Originally posted by SWANSBEST
A tallish winger can be very useful at AFL level.

ala McPhee...

[stellation]

Presumably Ball will follow Darcy forward (I thought he was decent on Spider doing this last week)- how big are the Bulldogs backup ruckmen?

Bit of run on that bench.

[Bleed Red Blood]

Nicks as a full forward?

No talls on the bench.

Like to see Dempster get a game.

[liz]

Originally posted by stellation
Presumably Ball will follow Darcy forward (I thought he was decent on Spider doing this last week)- how big are the Bulldogs backup ruckmen?

Bit of run on that bench.

Now that they seem to have lost faith in Street, I think their back-up ruckman on the team is Minson. I've not seen him play at all but reports are that he is a huge lump of a guy, very raw but promising. Per the AFL Guide he is 199cm and 98kg so he will present something of a challenge for Saddo, but Jason coped Ok with the similarly sized (and even heavier) Campbell last week.

[Thunder Shaker]

Originally posted by lizz
Jason coped Ok with the similarly sized (and even heavier) Campbell last week.

If you want an action shot of Saddo in the ruck from last week's game, I found one on the ABC web site. There's an interesting collection of footy photos here.

http://www.abc.net.au/afl/2004/galleries/aflround9/pages/13_saddi.htm

[ScottH]

Originally posted by Thunder Shaker
If you want an action shot of Saddo in the ruck from last week's game, I found one on the ABC web site. There's an interesting collection of footy photos here.

http://www.abc.net.au/afl/2004/galle...s/13_saddi.htm

At first look they seem simialr, but check out the difference in the size, Esp. the legs and arms. Campbell is huge.

[Rizzo]

I think the whole team looks solid when you have a half back line reading L. Barry, A. Goodes, and T. Kennelly.

Will Grant take Bazz?

[Grant]

Originally posted by SWANSBEST
. A tallish winger can be very useful at AFL level.

Which is what Saddo was so good at back in 98,99.Should try him there again,imho

[jixygirl]

Originally posted by Rizzo
I think the whole team looks solid when you have a half back line reading L. Barry, A. Goodes, and T. Kennelly.

Especially when you look at Leo Barry's size!

[stellation]

Originally posted by Grant
Which is what Saddo was so good at back in 98,99.Should try him there again,imho

he seems to half kind of be moving back there at the moment, with filling of gaps thrown in..