LRT at the Gabba

[penga]

Originally posted by giant
Groundhog day.

The thread is only 3 pages long - is it too much to expect that you might at least flick thru the first few pages?

In fact upon reflection this must be the most balanced and flexible backline the swans have had in the dozen years i have been a member

I'm sorry but do the names Dunkley, Bayes, Heuskes, Seymour and Roos ring a bell?

[penga]

Who played BP in the '96 GF? Chapman?

[The Big Cat]

Get off LRT's back. He's a bit of a space cadet at times but how many strong tall kids have we had that showed as much promise as he does? All our big guys seem to have been imported - BBBBH, Schauble, Plugger, Bally, Jolly. When was our last home developed big guy? (not counting the tallish Goodesy) Doyley perhaps, if we could get him on the park!

[timthefish]

Originally posted by The Big Cat
When was our last home developed big guy? (not counting the tallish Goodesy) Doyley perhaps, if we could get him on the park!

it's not a great list - stafford, goodes (brownlow), doyle, LRT, vogels

don't forget the fleeing draftees (salary cap extension bait) - a. rocca, d. gaspar

imports - hall, ball, jolly, chambers

swans minus tall imports = 2005 bottom eight [edit] i guess we lost stafford to gain hall (plus nick daffy iirc) so let's say 9-12 2005

[Travelling Swan]

Originally posted by penga




I'm sorry but do the names Dunkley, Bayes, Heuskes, Seymour and Roos ring a bell?

All excellent players however its hard to go past a backline that kept the opposing team to one of the lowest scores in the last 30 years in a Grand Final

[NMWBloods]

I think the West Coast forward line's incompetence had something to do with that too.

[Swanner]

Sticking to my guns

Penga...all at least good players..Roos and Dunkley were great players...still I think this is the better backline. Why...they play better together...because they are flexible and they can adapt if things are going bad...i never get the sense that if things are going bad that we can't turn it around with this lot.

Perhaps they are coached better!

[penga]

I know which backline I'd prefer.

NMW is right, to use a basketball analogy, the Eagles played a game heavily relient on 3-point shooters. While it looks pretty when your on top and flowing, you need a Shaq-type posting up in the middle to win a championship/premiership. Bomb it long and hope for the best won't work when there isn't a key forward capable of sitting underneath.

[Old Royboy]

LRT has really made the big time! Named CHB in Terry Wallet's team of the week on WLF last night. Seems most of us are very poor judges.

[cruiser]

Originally posted by Old Royboy
LRT has really made the big time! Named CHB in Terry Wallet's team of the week on WLF last night.

[j s]

Originally posted by penga
you need a Shaq-type posting up in the middle to win a championship/premiership

Not even the Weagles could fit Shaq under the salary cap!!

[stellation]

Jonathon Brown has 21 disposals, 14 marks and kicked 7.4 at 3/4 time. Extra kudos to Lewis for his job last week if the original praise was partly diminished by Brown's poor form?

[ScottH]

Originally posted by stellation
Jonathon Brown has 21 disposals, 14 marks and kicked 7.4 at 3/4 time. Extra kudos to Lewis for his job last week if the original praise was partly diminished by Brown's poor form?

And today.

[Ruck'n'Roll]

Originally posted by stellation
Jonathon Brown has 21 disposals, 14 marks and kicked 7.4 at 3/4 time. Extra kudos to Lewis for his job last week if the original praise was partly diminished by Brown's poor form?

With the ball he can be indecisive, his decision making suggests he is prone to panic, his kicking lacks precision, sometimes he appears not to know the rules, he looks ungainly, with arms flailing about and a somewhat ungainly run. Sometimes he falls over for no apparent reason . . . . . . . and yet . . . . . . . . and yet his effectiveness grows. It's a mystery, but a pleasant one.

[Doctor]

He played very well on Richardson too, one of the players Leo Barry has always struggled to play on. Roos is obviously planning to use him to match up on the taller forwards as he continues to improve in his reading of a game and so far he's delivering. It can't hurt Leo's game either to move him onto someone closer to him in size. I was a sceptic about LRT's contuned inlcusion early last season but I'm reasonably confident that the coaching staff know what they're doing, after all, their recent record is not unimpressive....