Carried away.

[Triple B]

LRT, next few weeks? Maybe, but I would have thought he would have spent the afternoon at fullback if he was seriously under consideration for that spot in the seniors. He just played as a loose big man in defence and taking the majority of the ruck contests in the back half. I mean, we copped a pasting, so there was no shortage of action for him if he had played fullback.

I don't think he needs to be rushed anyway. Hopefully Schauble is back soon and the Hueskes lookalike is back from suspension and should fast track Warfe's introduction to the ressies coach.

[Ajn]

Originally posted by Reggi
Our lack of body strength will tell eventually but exciting nonetheless.

Garbage!

[desredandwhite]

I don't know Ajn, I think that comment is pretty much right. At the moment we don't have dunkley or seymour or schauble, and they are 3 big, strong guys. Saddo, CBolton and co, while good defenders don't have that body strength IMHO. We'll need to get a bit more muscle back in the defence to do well against the likes of Carey, Tredrea, Lynch etc

[NMWBloods]

Originally posted by Ajn
Garbage!

Care to elaborate, or is that it?

I agree with the original comment - we will have trouble against large, strong forwards.

[penga]

Originally posted by chammond
I actually thought that Warfe played okay. Admittedly only watching on the TV,

he did look better on tv but he looked far too weak at the ground... cant catch, cant kick...

[penga]

Originally posted by Reggi
Any chance LRT in the next few weeks?

We need a quality full back

i think LRT would be better plug at chb than fb, sadders is less of a chb than schauble is a fullback...

b: fixter schauble c. bolton
hb: barry LRT saddington

i think that looks like quite a competent backline on paper... schauble is not the best fb goin around but that unit would work very well together, i think... although i am pinning my hopes on LRT of whom i havent even seen played yet

[chammond]

i think LRT would be better plug at chb than fb

Big call.

FB and CHB are key positions, playing on Carey, Rocca, Grant, Lloyd etc.

LRT has played hardly any senior football, is injury prone, and has yet to debut for the Swans.

Hard to see him regularly matched up against champions until he's played at least 50 games. Not even Roos was that good.

[penga]

my point was in regards to reggi saying that LRT is needed for fullback

schauble vs LRT at fullback - schauble would be better
saddington vs LRT at chb - line ball really, i dont think saddington is much of a KPP, however i think he is a champion player just better suited on a flank than on the spine... LRT vs carey, rocca, grant (not this season), lloyd etc would be the same as putting saddington on them IMHO, where LRT has the extra height to counteract his lack of body weight whereas sadders is just skinny... that is just explaining my call a little better

[SWANSBEST]

We do have a problem at FB . At the moment Schaubs is our only option until LRT develops with more experience . The top FFs would cut him to shreds at present. IMO Craigh Bolton and Saddo are best suited to half back flank or back pocket. I worry that we could really get caught out by a tall ruckmen stationed in a forward pocket. The only option would be to drop Goodes or Ball back. One interesting move that I noticed near the finish of the Carlton game was the move of Stevens to CHB. If he struggles up forward it could be a good move to play him there.

Some one suggested Mickey O for Doyle That will not happen.
IMO again I think Cressa might be in danger unless he finds some form quickly. In the pre season matches that I saw he was unimpressive. A few years ago I saw Mickey play a great game as a ruck rover in an Inter State game and he could be an option to replace Cressa. Although aerobic fitness could be a problem at the present time for Mickey.

[snajik]

Originally posted by SWANSBEST



IMO again I think Cressa might be in danger unless he finds some form quickly.

Cressa's role seemed to be to blanket Ratten, which I think he did quite well.

[NMWBloods]

Originally posted by snajik
Cressa's role seemed to be to blanket Ratten, which I think he did quite well.

If that was his role (which is quite likely and will probably be a key facet of his game this year) then he did a great job.

[penga]

Originally posted by SWANSBEST
We do have a problem at FB . At the moment Schaubs is our only option until LRT develops with more experience . The top FFs would cut him to shreds at present. IMO Craigh Bolton and Saddo are best suited to half back flank or back pocket. I worry that we could really get caught out by a tall ruckmen stationed in a forward pocket. The only option would be to drop Goodes or Ball back. One interesting move that I noticed near the finish of the Carlton game was the move of Stevens to CHB. If he struggles up forward it could be a good move to play him there.

Some one suggested Mickey O for Doyle That will not happen.
IMO again I think Cressa might be in danger unless he finds some form quickly. In the pre season matches that I saw he was unimpressive. A few years ago I saw Mickey play a great game as a ruck rover in an Inter State game and he could be an option to replace Cressa. Although aerobic fitness could be a problem at the present time for Mickey.

i think the best way to combat a ruckman in the forward pocket would be to make a preemptive strike, ie have ball/doyle/goodes put into our forward line and then go to the smaller fellas to kick goals... we have to protect our back half this year, i was really pleased with c. bolton's composure when he had the ball near goal

i was quite surprised that stevens did play at chf on sat night, i expected him to be played at chb all night but i guess not

i would love to see micky o pushed up the ground, in all the old games on FFX he was played at hbf actually, which gave him a lot more run through the ground, lets see how he does at hff first, i love our forward line this year!

i was watching the brissy - bombers game and at half time stephen quartermain gave un update of our game, it was 3 quarter time score and he said, "for all those collingwood fans out there watching this game, williams has 3 and so does davis!" to which i laughed rather hardly...

[Rizzo]

From what footy I saw on the weekend, The Lions, Crows and (I hate to say it) the Pies look to be the benchmark teams. I didn't see Port V Weagles...anyone?

Not sure if playing the Blues first up is a good thing...always nice to get a win on the board, particularly one that takes you to the top of the table with the margin, but the Blues looked pretty average all around the ground. We managed to beat them in all categories including tackles!

The Crows killed Freo on the weekend. If we beat Freo well I'll feel a llttle more confident about the Crows the week after.

[chammond]

Playing Carlton, Freo and Adelaide (i.e. the worst team, a middle of the road team, and one of the very best) should at least give us a better feel for the Swans' performance, and make our expectations a little more reasonable (one way or another).

[penga]

Originally posted by chammond
Playing Carlton, Freo and Adelaide (i.e. the worst team, a middle of the road team, and one of the very best) should at least give us a better feel for the Swans' performance, and make our expectations a little more reasonable (one way or another).

very good point, what if we end up 1-1-1? it would mean we are very middle rated