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[sharp9]

That's just incredible. How, on any rational opinion, could you drop Schmidt and Moore ahead of McVeigh?

Do we not want to win (not to mention kick straight?).

[ScottH]

LOL, we're going to set a record for lowest kicking efficiency this week.

If McV gets anyhwere near goal!!

[Danzar]

Yeah, that's the problem. Every time one of our Rookies ('newly promoted seniors') starts to get some legs and settle, they're dumped. While I understand that a coach must think long term, you can't think TOO long with a rookie. At some point, frustration will set in and you can lose them.

[ROK Lobster]

Moore not even an emergency.

[Triple B]

Bewildering..................

...........and, as per earlier opinion, I think Buchanan is over-rated. His kicking is atrocious. Been watching him. It's because he kicks across his body too often. Would rather see Moore in the team.

In your own words, bewildering.

No wonder you've got a clown as your avatar.

[NMWBloods]

What a @@@@ing joke!

[Legs Akimbo]

In your own words, bewildering.

No wonder you've got a clown as your avatar.

No wonder you've got none at all because you are a complete non entity.

Go and look at some videos and you'll see what I mean. He had a purple patch for a while, but he's very inconsistent.

I quote Sharp9

"Buchanan kicks a clanger with 1 out of 5 medium/long kicks."

I am not saying he cannot be good, or indeed that he hasn't been good. Creativity entails risks. To pull it off consistently you need to be highly skilled. He has a flaw in his kicking technique which is why he misses the target a lot.

[ugg]

Buchanan's kicking efficiency last year of 69.9% was atrocious, yet he was 3rd overall in the AFL with goal assists (35). If he follows through with his kicks, he is much more effective, however if he doesn't a lot of his kicks float up and make it very hard for the intended recipient to mark the ball.

[barry]

Based on the idiotic selection of Philips from the rookie list last year (proven by hindsight to have been just ridiculous),

Yes, the Phillips promotion and playing in seniors has been a complete failure. I count at least 2 games that were lost on that selection alone.

Is the 'bloods' culture somehow wrapped up in this? Does Bevan has a premiership tattoo on his arse that gives him membership of a select group. Did 'the playing group' decide they like Bevan more than Schmidt.

Bevan does have history I guess, and it reeks of a Kirk call.

..and, as per earlier opinion, I think Buchanan is over-rated. His kicking is atrocious. Been watching him. It's because he kicks across his body too often. Would rather see Moore in the team.

Buchanon is our best midfielder. Like it or not, he's our smoothest running cortina in the garage.

[Go Swannies]

I hope they both play well and kick start the rest of the team.

Roos v Lyon means a lot of it will come down to match ups and I'd be interesting to see how the players are juggled in the course of the game. I think the availability of Buchanan and Bevan may have led to Roos picking them for specific purposes. I'd love to see Roos outcoach Lyon and the Swans outplay the Saints.

Or it could just be completely random. . . .

Or he hates anyone that didn't play in the Premiership team. . . .

[DST]

I have no issue with the selection of Bevan. I also don't have an issue with McVeigh as long Roos releases him to a wing and asks him to just run his guts out both ways.

All week both sides have set themselves for what is going to be a red hot slug fest and the match committee have gone for Bevo in the hope that he can stand his ground early and lock down their best small forward.

We got a taste last week with the Roos of a real hard contested game of football, this week I get the feeling it's going to another level as for the Saints to win they are going to have to do it ugly.

DST

[liz]

All week both sides have set themselves for what is going to be a red hot slug fest and the match committee have gone for Bevo in the hope that he can stand his ground early and lock down their best small forward.

They only really have one small forward - Milne. Crouch has done the job on him very well before and I will shudder if he doesn't get given the task again this week.

Bevan is maybe suited to someone like Voss who has been playing forward quite a bit since he returned from injury.

[smasher]

Maybe McVeigh has been kept in the team to tag Robert Harvey this week.Harvey is having another great season ,maybe McVeigh is in the side to run him off his feet?Who knows?

[Snake]

What a @@@@ing joke!

Yep my words exactly, McVeigh should be out and Moore in.

[giant]

Can't remember being more pissed off with a team selection than that.

Moore unfortunate but we could see it coming.

Schmidt stiff as anything. When he and Bevan have played alongside each other in the twos, he's been the more consistent player. He is the incumbant, he's done little wrong, he could be part of the solution to the centre clearance problem, he can kick the odd goal etc etc

Only apparent thing going against him is that he isn't a premiership player.

But surely Liz the like-for-like swap is Bevan for Moore, Buchanan for Schmidt. On that basis, the selections actually make a fair bit of sense. Bevan will give us more grunt and more flexibility than Moore; Monty gives us more "Montyness" than Schmidt. If Monty wasn't fit this week I assume Schmidt would have played.

These young kids have got to learn that at the Swans you only get a slim window of opportunity to make an impression - while Schmidt has improved he certainly hasn't demanded a place in the side, not before Monty.