pick your team to play port

[swansrule100]

Well we all know this side needs to turn it around quick, so if you picked the team who would you pick for next weeks game?? and who would you chuck back to the ressies?

[ROK Lobster]

Longmire

[vanberlo=god]

reserves
mcveigh
j.bolton
crouch
in
schmidt
brabazon
laidlaw

[TheMase]

reserves
mcveigh
j.bolton
crouch
in
schmidt
brabazon
laidlaw

I think the best we can hope for is Schmidt for McVeigh, or probably more likely Schmidt for Jack.

[Danzar]

B - Richards, Barry, Jack
HB - Crouch, Bolton, Malceski
C - Buchanan, O'Keefe, Kirk
FOL - Jolly, Goodes, Fosdike
HF - Bolton, Davis, Schneider
F - Everitt, Hall, MOL

IC: Ablett, Schmidt, Phillips, Mathews

IN: Phillips, Schmidt
OUT: Bevan, McVeigh

I'm sticking with Mathews as I think he's getting better with every game.

We need some goals sneaks - Phillips and Schneider at HF.

Stick with Jack.

[TheMase]

B - Richards, Barry, Jack
HB - Crouch, Bolton, Malceski
C - Buchanan, O'Keefe, Kirk
FOL - Jolly, Goodes, Fosdike
HF - Bolton, Davis, Schneider
F - Everitt, Hall, MOL

IC: Ablett, Schmidt, Phillips, Mathews

IN: Phillips, Schmidt
OUT: Bevan, McVeigh

I'm sticking with Mathews as I think he's getting better with every game.

We need some goals sneaks - Phillips and Schneider at HF.

Stick with Jack.

Davis at CHF?

[liz]

Port are an interesting challenge because you look at them on paper, with two Burgoynes, Pearce, Rodan and Krakouer and think "how are we going to match them for speed?" There's a temptation to think you need all the taggers in the world in the team to stand a chance.

But the other way of looking at it is that they are untaggable from a pace point of view so there is no point going down that route. Quite simply, if the Swans can't get their hands on the ball first at stoppages - and especially centre bounces - they are going to get slaughtered. And Port have possibly the only other ruck combination in the competition (based on current fitness of players) with two strongly built, highly experienced and skilled rucks. This won't be like Jolly and Spida going up against the gallant but lone, inexperienced McIntosh, or part-timer Koschitske and raw Rix. Lade is about as good as it gets, and Brogan ain't bad either.

Schmidt should never have been dropped and needs to come back in. He needs to spend a considerable amount of time in the centre, not stuck in a pocket, and instructed to focus just on getting those clearances.

I'd also bring in a tall marking target- be it Grundy, Vogels or Doyle (though the collective scarcity of goals this afternoon from those three is a bit perplexing) to see if some of the Baz-focus can be addressed, and allow Davis to play his HFF role along the O'Keefe lines, as he did yesterday.

I'm not going to name outs. We all know who we want and we all know its probably not going to happen.

[Danzar]

Davis at CHF?

Yep!

EDIT: I'll explain. I don't rate Davis in a marking contest. However, Sydney tend to kick to the pocket. Hence, put him at CHF.

[ROK Lobster]

Schmidt should never have been dropped.

I just hope that the Swans football department has as much respect for your opinion as we do Liz

I'd also bring in a tall marking target- be it Grundy, Vogels or Doyle (though the collective scarcity of goals this afternoon from those three is a bit perplexing) to see if some of the Baz-focus can be addressed, and allow Davis to play his HFF role along the O'Keefe lines, as he did yesterday.

RO'K has been playing tremendous footy, but I think that he needs to drift forward occasionally to mix things up. He is probably the best overhead mark in the team, is not short, is good below his knees as well, and an OK kick for goal (just not in traffic). Although he is better value further towards the middle, he is someone that could provide a good option forward at times during a match.

[hammo]

I think it's time to plonk the Donk.

And Schmidt's recall goes without saying. That was the most disgraceful decision in Roos' tenure so far.

[liz]

RO'K has been playing tremendous footy, but I think that he needs to drift forward occasionally to mix things up. He is probably the best overhead mark in the team, is not short, is good below his knees as well, and an OK kick for goal (just not in traffic). Although he is better value further towards the middle, he is someone that could provide a good option forward at times during a match.

Agree with that. I wonder whether Hall's recent injuries and inferred loss of mobility is one reason why he hasn't been doing so as much this year. Certainly Hall seems to have been wandering up the ground far less and hopefully this will change soon as it might help free him up from the attention he's been getting.

Two goals from each of ROK and Davis yesterday was one of the few pleasing aspects of the game considering the work both were doing up the ground. As I said in one of my other rambles this afternoon, if we got that every week we'd be pretty happy.

[NMWBloods]

Yep!

EDIT: I'll explain. I don't rate Davis in a marking contest. However, Sydney tend to kick to the pocket. Hence, put him at CHF.

Nice idea!

[swans song]

In 2005 in WA colts Brabazon won f&b for Claremont Nathan Krakouer was playing in same team.
In that year Brabazon was a standout and Nathan did well also.
Nathan had 2006 in WAFL colts whilst Brabazon was in Canberra
Thornton played the 2005 as did Toovey now with Collingwood and Harry O'Brien the year before.
Maybe its right time to play one of the these to compete with the likes of Krakouer

[swantastic]

B - Richards, Barry,Schneider
HB - B2, Vogels, Laidlaw
C -Melcho , Kirk,ROK
HF - Davis, Hall,Ablett
F -Monty , Spida, MOL

FOL - Jolly, Goodes, Fosdike

IC: Jack, ,B1,Schmidt, Mathews

IN: Vogels, Schmidt,Laidlaw
OUT: Bevan, McVeigh,Crouch

[NMWBloods]

reserves
mcveigh
j.bolton
crouch
in
schmidt
brabazon
laidlaw

I think this is too much change in experience in one go.

I would have:

Out
Bevan
McVeigh

In
Schmidt
Brabanzon/Laidlaw

And then in a couple of weeks drop Crouch or J Bolton, unless they miraculously find form. At that time bring in Laidlaw/Brabanzon/Moore. Richards may also be looked at - there must be someone in the reserves who could replace him.