Mitchell watch

[Ludwig]

A lower ranked team would offer McGlynn a 1 year deal you'd think.
He's playing regular seniors at a highly ranked club.
If there are no offers for him, it speaks volumes to the rose coloured glasses we all may be wearing....

A lower ranked team would be looking more to add younger players to build toward the future. It would more likely come from a team in contention for the cup that needs to fill a specific role. If McGlynn loses his spot to Papley, let's say, it's a good indication that he's no longer up to senior footy at top level. He's really fallen away since he started that string of injuries and is not the player he was a couple of years ago. He turns 31 next month and it's hard to comeback from here.

[AnnieH]

A lower ranked team would be looking more to add younger players to build toward the future. It would more likely come from a team in contention for the cup that needs to fill a specific role. If McGlynn loses his spot to Papley, let's say, it's a good indication that he's no longer up to senior footy at top level. He's really fallen away since he started that string of injuries and is not the player he was a couple of years ago. He turns 31 next month and it's hard to comeback from here.

Someone once said that about Goodesy when he was around the same age.
Personally, I think we need McGlynn.
He's our free kick magnet, i.e. don't touch him, it's automatic high contact.

[troyjones2525]

McGlynn should be out of the team this week and stay there until retirement/delisting at the end of the season unless we are decimated with injuries. He has been a great servant for the club but the game is moving past him and his poor skills by foot become more glaring by the week! Clubs need to make the hard calls on players to be able to win premierships and i believe that one needs to be made now for the benefit of the team.

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[CureTheSane]

A lower ranked team would be looking more to add younger players to build toward the future. It would more likely come from a team in contention for the cup that needs to fill a specific role. If McGlynn loses his spot to Papley, let's say, it's a good indication that he's no longer up to senior footy at top level. He's really fallen away since he started that string of injuries and is not the player he was a couple of years ago. He turns 31 next month and it's hard to comeback from here.

OR, maybe they want a stable blue collar player to add some stability.
Who would you prefer at the Swans right now?
An "almost end of career" Stevie J, or McGlynn?
Sometimes experienced players can add quite a lot to a side where the team they left saw little value in them.

[Ludwig]

Someone once said that about Goodesy when he was around the same age.
Personally, I think we need McGlynn.
He's our free kick magnet, i.e. don't touch him, it's automatic high contact.

At the same age, 5 years ago, AG was a superstar. He was our highest ranked player (DT), kicked 41 goals and had the highest average possessions of his career. Anyone suggesting Goodes was past it in 2011 would have been seriously delusional. I'd love to know the name of the person who said that, Annie. Surely you're making it up.

OR, maybe they want a stable blue collar player to add some stability.
Who would you prefer at the Swans right now?
An "almost end of career" Stevie J, or McGlynn?
Sometimes experienced players can add quite a lot to a side where the team they left saw little value in them.

I'm not sure the point of your post. Surely everyone would take Stevie J. McGlynn has been good during the prime of his career, but Johnson was a star of exceptional talent. Johnson is demonstrating that he may not be at his prime, but is still playing at a high level. McGlynn, on the other hand, is just barely hanging on. He can still play, but is clearly below his best and fading. There are better options for us in our forward line.

[CureTheSane]

There was some surprise when GSW took the 'risk' and took on Johnson.
What was he traded for? A fifth round future pick!
His value was pretty much nothing.

My point is that I wish we have traded for him.
Also that the eye of the beholder plays a role in this stuff.
Obviously GWS saw the merit in taking him on and it's paid huge dividends.
Fresh start at a new club for a player who was playing regular senior footy but the old club no longer saw the value in him
Might well ring true for McGlynn. Kind of in the same boat.

I think if he moved to a new club for a couple of years everyone here would be happy to see him thrive, as at this point of his career, you'd think the Swans have got the best from him they can get.

[jono2707]

Geelong have done with Stevie J and a few others what other clubs are realising they sometimes need to do - cut loose a veteran even if they have a year or two left in order to either retain young talent on their list, or sign big names from elsewhere. I think this may happen to Benny at the end of this year. And we need to make calls like this if we want to maintain our young talent alongside Buddy and Tippett.

[AnnieH]

At the same age, 5 years ago, AG was a superstar. He was our highest ranked player (DT), kicked 41 goals and had the highest average possessions of his career. Anyone suggesting Goodes was past it in 2011 would have been seriously delusional. I'd love to know the name of the person who said that, Annie. Surely you're making it up.

I'm not sure the point of your post. Surely everyone would take Stevie J. McGlynn has been good during the prime of his career, but Johnson was a star of exceptional talent. Johnson is demonstrating that he may not be at his prime, but is still playing at a high level. McGlynn, on the other hand, is just barely hanging on. He can still play, but is clearly below his best and fading. There are better options for us in our forward line.

As soon as Goodesy turned 29, he was considered "too old" to be playing by commentators.
At the time, I recall saying that someone had better tell Goodesy, he's playing like a 21 year old!!

[barry]

Since GWS and the suns are out of their incubator days, i doubt there is much call for 31 year old fringe players

[kilroy]

I dont recall any of that.

If anything commentators were amazed at how quick he still was for his age and size and were actually saying that he could go on and play past 400 games even more - until the 2012 GF when he did that knee.

After 2013 its when i heard commentators and media pundits start questioning his longevity.

[Scottee]

There was some surprise when GSW took the 'risk' and took on Johnson.
What was he traded for? A fifth round future pick!
His value was pretty much nothing.

My point is that I wish we have traded for him.
Also that the eye of the beholder plays a role in this stuff.
Obviously GWS saw the merit in taking him on and it's paid huge dividends.
Fresh start at a new club for a player who was playing regular senior footy but the old club no longer saw the value in him
Might well ring true for McGlynn. Kind of in the same boat.

I think if he moved to a new club for a couple of years everyone here would be happy to see him thrive, as at this point of his career, you'd think the Swans have got the best from him they can get.

I'm sure the club would have been interested in him if not for the trade ban.

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[Dosser]

Caught on the radio that Hawthorn are into Tom Mitchell

[56-14]

Caught on the radio that Hawthorn are into Tom Mitchell

Sicily for Mitchell - sounds good to me.

[Melbourne_Blood]

Id take Isaac smith for him.


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[0918330512]

Alistair Clarkson for Mitchell

kidding! Keep Mitchell!!