Vs Hawks. (Teams)

[Bleed Red Blood]

Jacobs Beaumont Ball

O'Loughlin Doyle Schneider

Croad Hay Smith

O'Keefe Hall Davis

Lonie Hodge Bateman

Williams Kirk Kennelly

Miller Holland Barker

Crouch (Nicks if Crouch isn't ready) LRT James

Dixon Everitt Williams

Schuable(Dempster) Barry Mathews

Campbell Crawford Vanderberg

Jolly Bolton J Maxfield

Brown, Lewis, Franklin, Ries

Ball, Buchanen McVeigh Bevan

[midaro]

IN: Goodes
OUT: LRT

[swansrule100]

dont know who hawks will pick nor care enuff to try and guess


but heres my swans line up presuming i cant pick schuable and crouch and that saddington would play (cos may as well for extra height)....but apologies if there is no chance of him playing...(then id give jolly a game)

B: Bevan, C.Bolton, Nicks
HB: Maxfield, Roberts-Thompson, Barry
C: Kennelly, Kirk, Williams
HF: O'Keefe, Hall, Davis
F: Doyle, O'Loughlin, Buchanan
Foll: Ball, Goodes, J.Bolton
Int: Dempster, Saddington, Mathews, Schnieder

Emg: Jolly, Spriggs, Mcveigh

'any problems down back id just chuck goodsey down there and bring on mathews

[OldE]

Is their any reason to believe Roos will actually move Kennelly to the midfield? I know many of us would like to see it, but I was under the impression that he'd be a half-back a while longer.

[liz]

So you're proposing B2 is dropped?

Tis unlikely.

And while splitting the pre-season form of Doyle, Ball and Jolly might be hard, going in with all three would be a brave move I reckon. There are already a fair number of tallish players in the team and I suspect they might run out of legs without another small player capable of taking turns through the middle. I am expecting Spriggs to get a game first-up.

I also think that Nicks is pretty certain of a start regardless of the availability of Crouch.

That said, I think it is a very difficult task to pick a best 22, even allowing for the absences of Saddo, Crouch (prob) and Schauble. I think we probably have a best 14 or 15 and then another 10 or so players almost equally capable of filling the remaining places.

[swansrule100]

Originally posted by eirinn
Is their any reason to believe Roos will actually move Kennelly to the midfield? I know many of us would like to see it, but I was under the impression that he'd be a half-back a while longer.

personally and i cant speak fro bleed red blood but i put kennelly on the wing so i could start maxfield on the half back flank, but i doubt ill even be close to the team.... its who id pick, not a guess at what they will do.

[Charlie]

Hall, Davis, McVeigh, Mathews, O'Keefe, Bolton, Williams, Maxfield, Schneider, Doyle, Kennelly, James, O'Loughlin, Barry, Saddington, Nicks, Bolton, Ball, Roberts-Thomson, Kirk, Goodes, Bevan.

Defies belief that Buchanan might miss after kicking 4 goals, but unless we go in with one less tall (probably James or perhaps Saddington), I can't see who will miss out for him.

Jolly and Dempster will be close. Spriggs a little further away.

[swansrule100]

dempster ahead of james for me. James has had a few chances already and not done a lot, dempster deserves a go

[liz]

Originally posted by Charlie

Defies belief that Buchanan might miss after kicking 4 goals, but unless we go in with one less tall (probably James or perhaps Saddington), I can't see who will miss out for him.

Monty has a case for being ahead of Schneider and Bevan at this stage, maybe McVeigh as well.

He was listed in our best last week against the Crows and I had him as best in the team against the Lions. I would be amazed if he missed out.

[midaro]

No one has mentioned Fosdike.
Like it or NOT, we all know he'll get a run, don't we?

...or is he injured?
I haven't heard anything about him lately.

[swansrule100]

i think fossie could have a good year and become the player i know he can be. But round 1 i think some people are ahead of him.

[midaro]

Originally posted by Charlie
Hall, Davis, McVeigh, Mathews, O'Keefe, Bolton, Williams, Maxfield, Schneider, Doyle, Kennelly, James, O'Loughlin, Barry, Saddington, Nicks, Bolton, Ball, Roberts-Thomson, Kirk, Goodes, Bevan.

Saddington is going to play at least a few games in Canberra (or so I read) so he's out.
Roos has said that Goodes will play in defense at first, so we will only need one of James or LRT or maybe Dempster (too small?) to replace Schauble.

So from your list I'd have:
OUT:
Saddington (Canberra), LRT (or James - I prefer James), Doyle (I prefer Jolly).

IN:
Buchannon (he's a big hope for this yaer), Jolly (he and Doyle are much of a muchness ATM), Fosdike (I don't like it, but I think its inevitable).

So the team list will be something like this:

FB: CBolton James Bevan
HB: Kennelly Goodes Barrry
C: Maxfield Williams Mathews
HF: O'Keefe Hall Davis
FF: Schneider O'Loughlin Nicks
Ruck: Ball Kirk JBolton
Int.: Jolly McVeigh Fosdike Buchannon
Emg: Doyle Spriggs LRT Dempster

I also wouldn't be at all surprised if Spriggs got a game, but I like that less than Fosdike playing.
Also I'm sure that at least one of O'Loughlin, Goodes or Davis won't play. Roos' has flagged that he doesn't want too many underdone players in the team, and I'm sure he had someone in mind.

[Bleed Red Blood]

Originally posted by liz
So you're proposing B2 is dropped?

Tis unlikely.

I was reminding myself to put Bolts in, must of forgotten.

Where would you play Nicks? I like him in defense, especially if LRT is there, for the experience.

I'd like to give Doyle a full game at FF. And I'd like to ease Ball in to the ruck work, giving Jolly 70% of the rucking.

[Bleed Red Blood]

Originally posted by midaro
IN: Goodes
OUT: LRT

I'd like to see LRT on the much vaunted Barker or Holland. Give him a whole game there.

Maybe drop McVeigh and Bevan for Buchy and Goodes.

[liz]

Originally posted by Bleed Red Blood


Where would you play Nicks? I like him in defense, especially if LRT is there, for the experience.

I reckon Nicks in defence, too.

Last year, when he swung back there, he seemed to calm it down and give it more structure. With Schauble out that seems pretty important - it will help whichever of Dempster, James, LRT play settle down, especially if Leo is given the number one defensive role.

If Davis, O'Loughlin and O'Keefe all play, there's not much call for him up in the forward line in any case.