Changes vs Richmond/Injury List

[Kafka's Ghost]

You are right KG- there is never a case for attacking a fellow Swan, even if we disagree vehemently! We are all supporters of our beloved club and differences of opinion are valid and call for healthy discussion.

Agreed we miss Liz- simply great and insightful comments. Come back soon Liz!

Cheers Roadrunner. Appreciated.
Go Bloods!

[Auntie.Gerald]

I make it a rule not to check my phone when at the footy

screw that

amazing effort without 7 players in our best team

[Auntie.Gerald]

IN Harry Kyle, Harry Cunningham, Peter Ladhams,

Hayden McLean

OUT

Callum Mills (Injured), Malcolm Rosas (Injured), Tom Papley (Injured), Brodie Grundy (Managed)
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this is great opportunity for our squad - lost last week and a real test with Gulden, Campbell and Rampe also missing from our best game day team

that is 7 players missing and 5 of them are gun players of which 4 have been playing white hot footy at the minute

not many teams in the comp could have 7 players missing and win

I suspect the best teams in the comp would struggle if 7 taken from their best line up

this could be one of our best wins of the season if we gets the points !

can’t wait !!!

[mcs]

I have sneaking suspicion Cox is contemplating in playing 2 Rucks against St Kilda the following week, who have TDK and Marshall.

Selecting McLean this week also gives Cox the option of resting Armatey against Saints and give McLean a run of consecutive games as we head to towards our R15 bye. Experiment with our tall forwards / ruck setup, paricularly with keeping Grundy fresh in the back half of the season.

I'm also hoping he'll similary rotate our small forwards, particularly with Paps now out for 6 weeks and that we may also see Dattoli & Phillipou get a run.

Snell may also get a game if we decide to rest Lizard (worried about his sore shoulder).

Good to test out our list and help improve our depth in the back half of the season.

I hope we try a few things like you suggest KSAS - because you need depth that is ready to go if you are going to win a flag - not hope you have your best 23 on the park, because chances are you wont.

[Sandridge]

You are right KG- there is never a case for attacking a fellow Swan, even if we disagree vehemently! We are all supporters of our beloved club and differences of opinion are valid and call for healthy discussion.

Spot on!

[dejavoodoo44]

Question:
How does the Ruck allocation work in the 2's?
I think Green is still injured and I recall some poster saying McLean doesn't ruck

Ladhams has been doing the large majority of rucking. McLean has been doing a small amount of rucking, while Tom Ryan has been doing a little bit more. However, Ryan at 195cm, is more a tall forward. Podmore-Taylor started in the ruck about 5 or 6 weeks ago, but picked up a concussion and he's only come back into the side recently as a defender. Ryan has been named in the ruck for tomorrow's game, where he'll be up against his cousin Samson. Hopefully Podmore-Taylor will also ruck, as he's athletic with a good leap, and at 202cm, he's genuine ruck size.

[KSAS]

Ladhams is unreliable sometimes as a forward. But he can kick bags, and I think has been working hard to improve in that regard - and that has shown at VFL level. Has to convert it to AFL level of course, but he deserves his chance to show what he can do.

I have sneaking suspicion Cox is contemplating in playing 2 Rucks against St Kilda the following week, who have TDK and Marshall.

Selecting McLean this week also gives Cox the option of resting Armatey against Saints and give McLean a run of consecutive games as we head to towards our R15 bye. Experiment with our tall forwards / ruck setup, paricularly with keeping Grundy fresh in the back half of the season.

I'm also hoping he'll similary rotate our small forwards, particularly with Paps now out for 6 weeks and that we may also see Dattoli & Phillipou get a run.

Snell may also get a game if we decide to rest Lizard (worried about his sore shoulder).

Good to test out our list and help improve our depth in the back half of the season.

[KSAS]

Question:
How does the Ruck allocation work in the 2's?
I think Green is still injured and I recall some poster saying McLean doesn't ruck

I was thinking the same!

[mcs]

I believe that Ladhams can only play as a ruck. He is useless as a forward, not a consistant goal kicker whereas Haydne can play fwd and ruck for the time that Brody needs a break. This week as Brody is being managed the obious choise was Ladhams with Hayden to back up. Hayden is also a more consistent mark than Joel and is a better kick for goal.

Ladhams is unreliable sometimes as a forward. But he can kick bags, and I think has been working hard to improve in that regard - and that has shown at VFL level. Has to convert it to AFL level of course, but he deserves his chance to show what he can do.

[Mountain Man]

Question:
How does the Ruck allocation work in the 2's?
I think Green is still injured and I recall some poster saying McLean doesn't ruck

[Roadrunner]

Same here, Stevo. After being attacked for saying Harry C was a valued member of the team and using appropriate grammar, I don’t say much anymore. But do read the more insightful posters, such as yourself among others. Missing Liz, her comments were always very interesting and knowledgeable. Hope she’s OK.
Go Swannies!

You are right KG- there is never a case for attacking a fellow Swan, even if we disagree vehemently! We are all supporters of our beloved club and differences of opinion are valid and call for healthy discussion.

Agreed we miss Liz- simply great and insightful comments. Come back soon Liz!

[Kafka's Ghost]

Wow....just wow. Do you think we're going to lose against a half reserves Richmond? Where's the confidence?

We're second from top with a few injuries and it's all doom and gloom. Now I know why my visits to RWO are few and far between.

Same here, Stevo. After being attacked for saying Harry C was a valued member of the team and using appropriate grammar, I don’t say much anymore. But do read the more insightful posters, such as yourself among others. Missing Liz, her comments were always very interesting and knowledgeable. Hope she’s OK.
Go Swannies!

[lwjoyner]

I believe that Ladhams can only play as a ruck. He is useless as a forward, not a consistant goal kicker whereas Haydne can play fwd and ruck for the time that Brody needs a break. This week as Brody is being managed the obious choise was Ladhams with Hayden to back up. Hayden is also a more consistent mark than Joel and is a better kick for goal.

[Ludwig]

Regarding the ruck situation, Grundy is a workhorse and likes it that way. He plays around 85% game time and is much more valuable in the ruck than as a forward. Ladhams, on the other hand can play forward and split time between forward and ruck. So playing Grundy is a unique situation for us that requires a stand in to allow Grundy to rest for 15% of the game, rather than having him split ruck time with another player. But we can also recogmise that this kind or workload will have a toll on him, so he will need a few rest days during the season. Using Ladhams to fill in for Grundy's rest days is a logical way to go, as as opposed to playing a both together on a regular basis.

When Ladhams plays along with McLean, I look at line up as having 5 KPfs, with one playing in the ruck, and 4 on the ground at any one time, this yielding 80% game time per player. We will most likely see Ladhms and McLean sharing most of the ruck time, but wouldn't be surprised to see Joel and Logan play some minutes in the ruck. It depends on what Cox is looking to see from this combination of players.

I think Hanily remains in the side because we lost 2 small forwards this week and that is his natural position. I also think Cox likes to give young players a stint of several weeks before dropping them Cootie and Corey Warner may have been strong selections, but giving Hanily another week, given the opposition, is not a bad choice.

Our team is still quite strong, despite the injury losses. We still have our spine intact, all our KPPs and most of our our midfield, except for Errol. It's not like we are putting a weak side out to play Richmond. It's probably the right game to give Kyle a go in the AFL, so why not do it?

More than player changes, I want to see how we adjust our game plan to account for our fall off in midfield competitiveness and drop off in our turnover game. We need to adjust our game yield fewer points, even if we score less, as well as getting the edge, both offensively and defensively in turnovers, which will be the key to a serious premiership run.

[UUaswan]

Apart from the @@@@witt part, I totally agree blind Freddy can see having one decent ruck doesn’t work on there own (look at the Collingwood game, the loss of Stein changed the game without that injury we wouldn’t have won) Grundy/Ladhams for me BUT happy if it’s Grundy/Mclean

The language is how crucial it is to our season
Without Grundy, we may as well look to 2027.

Hopefully Mclean and Ladhams have been told only 1 of you are staying in the team.

Ladhams for me but both would be hungry to impress.

I still believe Ladhams Ruck to Bench is a top 12 Ruck in the comp.