Reserves Report

[liz]

Originally posted by ugg
Can someone clarify something for me? This rule of having only 12 players playing for the VFL club is something that applies to all AFL clubs that have a VFL affliate?

I think it is something negotiated on a case by case basis by the teams involved, rather than a hard and fast rule. But it makes sense from the "host club's" POV - they have their own existence apart from the AFL reserves comp.

Personally I'd prefer to see a return to an AFL wide reserves comp but I don't think that is likely to happen any time soon either.

[stellation]

I was pleased with Schaubs' creativity in the forward line. Obviously can take a mark but was also willing to bend the back (and at one stage switch on the after burners too!).

[Dpw]

Originally posted by liz
That would be worse, IMO. At least with the current system they are playing together, learning about each other and can play to the Swans "system". Farming out a handful of players each week to play with Weston Creek, for example, would be far more harmful to their development than them playing in a team that regularly wins by 100+ points.

I know the SA and WA teams have to work in a spread-out structure but I suspect they'd rather they didn't. And at least the SANFL and WAFL are decent, semi-pro competitions with few really really poor teams.

Funney you mention that Liz, two years ago the Dockers had all there players asigned to South Freo and the Eagles had Claremont, it was such a disaster that after one season they switched back to spreading them evenly out, I think the Swans would benefit from spreading across all teams I know the arguments aganist there development but over hear atleast they found that its the regular competion between teams that benefits the developlemt of the players not playing them altogether. And the WAFL has a few Western Creeks in the comp Peel thunder lose regulary by 50 to 100pts and they produced daniel wells and Farayn Ray. For what its worth I think that If these results keep happening then the Swans should really consider spreading the players out.

[Ruck'n'Roll]

Originally posted by stellation
I was pleased with Schaubs' creativity in the forward line. Obviously can take a mark but was also willing to bend the back (and at one stage switch on the after burners too!).

I didn't know he even had after-burners?

RE: The ressies are dominating the ACTFL but while everyone's talking about dumping that league and playing in the VFl, perhaps we should be thinking of enriching that league? I don't think there's been an ex-afl player captain-coaching in the ACTFL since Heaver. Why don't the Swans send recently retired (but not too old) players like Rohan Warfe, Frosty McPherson and perhaps next year Heath James and Matthew Nicks to play there.

Just an idea, but it's be good for the league (inluding the Swans reserves), it'd be good for the players (a fiirst coaching gig) and it might also help with the salary cap.