RSS: Laidlaw to debut, three changes

[ScottH]

The Swans have made three changes for their round 13 clash against Geelong on Saturday

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[barry]

The Swans have made three changes for their round 13 clash against Geelong on Saturday

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IN: Davis, Laidlaw, Moore
OUT: Hall (groin), Grundy, Schneider

Is Laidlaw a CHF ?

[Industrial Fan]

Hmmm - Grundy out, and still no BLT or Vogels....!

Odd changes.

[barry]

I'm guessing Everitt will play mostly FF, with Jolly rucking for 80% of the game.

[liz]

Can only think that someone's decided Schneider needs a kick up the backside. Even so, find his omission puzzling since over the season he's not been too bad. I'd have had Buchanan out first.

As for the Grundy omission, I really have no idea what their plans / expectations are for him. Would have been the logical choice to replace Barry as a key forward target - not a decoy forward. Maybe they've decided that the forecast wet conditions won't suit him.

[ugg]

What the? They drop Grundy when he could have taken Hall's role? Talk about a weird season for Reg. Rushed straight in without a reserves game earlier in the season, and now dropped when there was an opportunity for him to play his favoured role.

And from reports, Moore hasn't been that good in the reserves, I think Phillips could have had a run instead.

Congrats to Matthew Laidlaw!

[RED RAG]

Laidlaw ? how do you think he will go? any opinions. sorry Gundy is out . Should have tried him out at FF.

[ugg]

IN: Davis, Laidlaw, Moore
OUT: Hall (groin), Grundy, Schneider

Is Laidlaw a CHF ?

No, more of a flanker/winger. I'm guessing he'll spend time in the forward line as he's a pretty good mark.

[hot potato]

Oh, I thought Schiender would have been OK in the wet.
Davis's inclusion will spook THE CATTERY.

[gazza]

What the? They drop Grundy when he could have taken Hall's role? Talk about a weird season for Reg. Rushed straight in without a reserves game earlier in the season, and now dropped when there was an opportunity for him to play his favoured role.

And from reports, Moore hasn't been that good in the reserves, I think Phillips could have had a run instead.

Congrats to Matthew Laidlaw!

i said 2 years ago that grundy will never be a senior footballer and he's done nothing to change my mind.he'll be gone come october

[hot potato]

Leaping Leo At Full Forward, I'd Like To See That.

[NMWBloods]

IN: Davis, Laidlaw, Moore
OUT: Hall (groin), Grundy, Schneider

So this is "throwing caution to the wind" and doing "something different"...?

[liz]

And from reports, Moore hasn't been that good in the reserves, I think Phillips could have had a run instead.

He's not been bad - just hasn't been absolutely ripping it up in the way we might hope a third year, sturdily built player who already has some senior experience might be expected to. And the Swans brain trust name him in the top two or three in pretty much every game.

I don't have a problem with him over Phillips, especially in wet conditions where Phillips' speed becomes less relevant and his lack of body strength becomes more significant.

[ugg]

3 changes is doing something different. I think Schneider will feel very hard done by as the scapegoat.

[Legs Akimbo]

I feel happy about Laidlaw

I feel bad about Reg

I feel bemused about Mcveigh

The ways of Paul Roos are inscrutible (or is it the senior leadership group)