V PA @ SCG Sunday. Out: Davis N In: Barlow E
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I knew him as a gentle young man, I cannot say for sure the reasons for his decline
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I this article was some sort of weird signal from the swans to explain the davis omission.
Official AFL Website of the Sydney Swans > News Article > Grundy goes back to move forward
"The work ethic here is player-driven. You're sort of left out if you don't work hard. Most of the senior players set a good example so you get an idea of how hard you have to work very quickly. Otherwise, you look a bit stupid."
hmmmHe had observed that people who did lie were, on the whole, more resourceful and ambitious and successful than people who did not lie.Comment
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Looking at the team list I am really suprised at the number of people, Grundy included, who were worse than Davis last week but have retained their spot for this week. If they had to bring Barlow in (based on training form alone?) he is a utility and arguably could have been brought in anywhere.I knew him as a gentle young man, I cannot say for sure the reasons for his decline
We watched him fade before our very eyes, and years before his timeComment
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By trading Schneider and dropping Davis we have got rid of half of our top 4 leading goalkickers from last year.
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No. Our second worst player was Scott Russell. Our fourth worst player was Bomford. The reason Davis is out of the team now is because of the age of our forward line. Hall (30), Magic (31) Davis (28) are now relatively slow. The solution is to bring in a quicker, taller, more versatile and determined player than Davis.Comment
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I found this comment from Roos on the selection very interesting (taken from this article posted on the Swans website).
We know it's going to take some time. Maybe there are similarities in playing different positions, I remember with Lewis Roberts-Thomson where there were times when we just kept playing him.
"And a lot of players are like that and I think Ed's going to be a really good player but he just needs to be played.I knew him as a gentle young man, I cannot say for sure the reasons for his decline
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Roos has lost it. Dropping one of our best players from last week yet keeping the likes of Bevan and Bolton in the side? Ridiculous."As everyone knows our style of football is defensive and unattractive, and as such I have completely forgotten how to mark or kick over the years" - Brett Kirk
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I found this comment from Roos on the selection very interesting (taken from this article posted on the Swans website).
Whilst I agree you sometimes just have to play guys, is Roos giving the selection committee a bit of a safety net here in advance in case Ed comes in and does little?Officially on the Reid and Sumner bandwagon!Comment
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"It's up to the rest of the players in the room to make a new batch of premiership players next year," Adam Goodes, triple Bob Skilton Medallist, October 7, 2011.
YOU BETCHA!!!!!!Comment
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we must be tanking this year?
dropping davis is stupid, i said jokingly last week whilst watching to my family that davis will get dropped after he went for the goal that would of given us the lead, kind of spooky.
He hasnt set the world on fire but he also has not had a bad game for a while, been better than barry hall.
this is just one sites opinion but heres last week he was the 8th best last week
2008 Player Statistics
Pos Num Player MT K H D Avg M Avg HO Avg T Avg FF FA G Avg B SC Rat Avg
1 17 Tadhg Kennelly 1 14 11 25 25 9 9 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 99 99
2 5 Ryan O'Keefe 1 13 5 18 18 9 9 0 0 5 5 1 2 0 0 2 2 93 93
3 21 Leo Barry 1 10 9 19 19 11 11 0 0 2 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 88 88
4 32 Amon Buchanan 1 11 9 20 20 7 7 0 0 3 3 0 1 1 1 0 6 87 87
5 6 Craig Bolton 1 12 8 20 20 8 8 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 81 81
6 15 Kieran Jack 1 11 5 16 16 5 5 0 0 6 6 2 1 0 0 0 0 81 81
7 3 Jarrad McVeigh 1 12 8 20 20 6 6 0 0 3 3 1 2 0 0 1 1 78 78
8 2 Nick Davis 1 10 4 14 14 7 7 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 1 2 8 65 65Theres not much left to sayComment
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I didn't know it took a lot of "guts" to run around nowhere near your opponent, chasing stats, while your team mate minds both his and your player. Because being at the game live, that's all I saw Bevan do all night. Run around in defence without his opponent, whilst leaving Mattner and others to mind two men.Does God believe in Atheists?Comment
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