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i dont doubt that white and johnston are going to have a few tough times against quality defenders in the next couple of years while they learn and develop but thats the nature of rebuilding a team. Thats exactly the reason i though Hall should play another year.
Jolly would make a handy forward but would hardly dominate at best would only be worth 40-50 goals a season if he spent all his time in there. As a ruckman he is in the best 3 in the AFL and kicks a few goals already he probably end up with around 20 for the season. I think that a top ruckman is more valuable than a 40 goal forward especially considering the swans stoppage oriented style of play that relishes on first use of the ball.
Currie and Pyke would not do nearly as good a job. By your same reasoning imagine currie and pyke getting slaughtered by Sandilands.
Either way we are low on experienced big men and our performance will suffer somewhat over the next couple of years because of itComment
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Unless we get a Ff in the draft here's hopingComment
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I think the coaching staff are thinking the same as most of us Swans' forward cupboard is bare - AFL Premiership - Fox SportsComment
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White had a ripper of a game on Scarlett. Who said he couldn't handle him.
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Moore White Laidkaw/DOK/CurrieComment
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He reminds him of the guys, close-set, slow, and never rattled, who were play-makers on the team. (John Updike, seeing Josh Kennedy in a crystal ball)Comment
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We need to find our own FF from within the Club. We have had Plugger and BBB over the last 14 years and haven't they done us proud. But it is time to find someone from within.
I am putting my money on White. Firstly because I have watched him develop massively over the last couple of years into a proper Swan, secondly because he has the ego required (and I mean that nicely), thirdly because he has an absolutely dense body mass which makes him physically hard as nails. His concentration and reading of the play has improved extraordinarily in the last couple of months. Does anyone know who is his mentor/private coach? Bravo to whoever.
Also having watched Marty recently pop up and kick some cracking good goals, is he our secret weapon that the other teams don't take into consideration. Has he been given the green light to go ahead and take his chances? Hope so.If you've never jumped from one couch to the other to save yourself from lava then you didn't have a childhoodComment
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I don't agree with u Robamiee I think we have found our full forward in White. The problem at the moment is the delivery to him. A lot of the older & mid age players would not have played with him in his capacity as a leading forward in the reserves. They don't know where to kick to his advantage yet but by next season they will, then look out oposition.Comment
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Based on feedback coming in from the reserves, I suspect Vez is being groomed as a backline marshall in the mould of Luke Hodge. I think this is an oustanding turn of events. Vez as a forward seems wasted to me. Sure throw him down there for impact occassionaly, but no one spends their first draft pick on a forward pocket crumber.He 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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Shaun Playfair is injury prone & that is why Geelong got rid of him, other than the fact he wasn't able to take a strong contested mark at the cats in the years he was there.Comment
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I don't think the forward line is going to be a problem, the real problem has been & will be generating enough youngsters with real pace. Our lack of pace has been a problem recently & was obvious against the pies & at times the saints. We need 1 more big man and a group of fast skillful youngsters. (O'Dwyer is a relevation)Comment
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That should be revelationComment
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Unfortunately I agree that some of our pace is not effective enough in the short hard sprints. It shows up massively when McVeigh is not on deck. We forgive Kirky because he is so good at so many things, but pace isn't his forte, and the same can be said for most of the more senior players; its just not there either to start with or any more.
Marty is good. Rhyce is good. Hanners too. But we don't have Kennelly, Willo, or even Mal all of whom could generate real pace. Its that linked fast delivery to the forward line that is at present compromised. It doesn't just happen like magic (sorry), the talent has to be there to start with, and then the setups can develop.
We do however have pace in the ressies, such as Braba, but when you look at him other parts of his game are just not happening. He still isn't making good decisions or delivery often enough to make him reliable.
I believe though that there is hope in Gilchrist, Gordon and BotNoon if they all make it onto the list proper. We may need to shop for pace on a recycled player for 2010. We could get lucky again, along the lines of St Kilda with the dropped Zac Dawson (What were Hawthorne thinking of!!!).If you've never jumped from one couch to the other to save yourself from lava then you didn't have a childhoodComment
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