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A healthy O'Meara is no doubt a great player, but I think he wouldn't fit well at the Swans. We'd have too many young midfield stars. I think, psychologically, there would be too much internal competition with O'Meara playing alongside Heeney and Mills.
If Mitchell were to leave, I don't think he should be 'replaced' by a midfielder from outside the club. We have enough good midfielders already. I noticed that Melican is back on the injury list with yet another hamstring injury. I now think it is becoming increasingly likely that he will be cut this year. He looks promising, but hardly ever plays. Although Aliir has been a revelation, for one reason or another (mostly injury) we struggle with KPP depth. Reid also is back to a 2-3 proposition and you have to wonder whether he will actually play senior footy this year.Comment
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Yes, perhaps they could make the ritualistic removal of three premiership trophies a televised event? They could finish the night, with each player getting a kick in the shins from a young Auskicker.Comment
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Its a fair point Ludwig, but if it was me, I'd snap up O'Meara in a heartbeat - get his body right and you have an A grade midfielder for a long time, guaranteed. As much as Heeney and Mills may end up in the midfield, given the revelation Mills has been in the backline, and Heeney up front (Though he is suffering from the 2nd year blues a bit), they may spend a lot longer out of the midfield group then most expected - when they can contribute so much playing elsewhere in the team, there shouldn't be a rush to get them into the middle, especially when our midfield group as it currently stand still has plenty to offer.
What is for sure is there are going to be no easy list management decisions at the club this year - we have a lot of talent coming through that we need to find space for and to keep at the club."You get the feeling that like Monty Python's Black Knight, the Swans would regard amputation as merely a flesh wound."Comment
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Brian Waldron worked at Richmond in their good years and StKilda as well.
I wasn't sure how to do a new post but just saw Adam Goodes guest presenting on Play School a natural.Comment
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Just lovely!
Watching Play School Celebrity Covers Adam Goodes: Counting Aussie Animals In My Backyard in iview
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O'Meara would be great. Kennedy is 28 and Jack 29 so we have to also plan for 2019 onwards where it is possible/likely Kennedy and/or Jack are on the decline. 2020 midfield: Hanners, Heeney, Mills, O'Mearea, Jones and Hewitt
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No space for Parker in that group?
It would be nice of we had Mitchell in that group and it shows why signing him would just be the cherry on top for our list managementComment
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Parker plays as a forward. Ok I confess, I forgot Parker hehe.
If we had Mitchell though (as you suggest), we wouldn't be able to get O'Meara though?Comment
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While i would be happy for Tom to stay as it would show to all the other clubs that we keep our good players and only let go who we want to let go, if we had to choose to let him go so we could sign a keen O'Meara we would be mad not to!
Yes i know he has had injury issues in his early career (so did Tom too remember?), but when on the field it looked like it was only a matter of time before he was the best player in that Gold Coast side, Ablett included!
I remember watching him play a couple of seasons back thinking wow, if only we had one like him in the swans to complement our hard working blue collar (but still talented) bunch. He would be the cream on top of the cake and looked like a future Brownlow medallist without a single doubt.
Yes i felt the same about Tom once too but the more I've seen of him, while he still is a great young player, he has some glaring weakness in his game most notably his ordinary foot skills and pace.
O'Meara didn't appear to have any weaknesses that i could see. He's a good size, clean hands, great speed, sublime skills and hard enough to win his own ball. And that was when he was a teenager! If he can get his body right again there is no telling what that kid could achieve and put him in the mix with our group coming through... Well I don't want to get too excited because these rumors always pop up about us but wow, if we could pull this off then it would be a dream come true! ????
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O'Meara is reportedly (and yes, I understand you can't take every report at face value) looking for a contract >$800k pa. Regardless of how talented he is, that is an enormous amount for a young player who's barely played for two seasons and has an ongoing question mark on the condition of his knees. I imagine it is more than Parker, Hannebery or Kennedy are on. Given we already have a fair bit invested in two marquee forwards, and a couple of absolute young guns who will demand decent pay rises when their initial contracts expire, I can't see how O'Meara could possibly be an option for the Swans even if Mitchell were to leave. I can't imagine Mitchell will command a salary quite at that level, or if he does, the offer will come from a club that has very few good players and loads of salary cap space that it is obliged to use.Comment
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Heeney and mills in their junior dats play a similar style to Omeara but maybe there is a delay on mills and Heeney moving into the midfield in 2017
Mills could become the next Luke hodge ie half the time in the midfield and 50% HBF
Omeara is reasonably quick off the mark
In saying all this the money for Mitchell must beyond what we can afford?? As I think Mitchell is a perfect player for the scg and our style of play
We use our hands more then kicking and Tom is amazingly quick at this"be tough, only when it gets tough"
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Just how does us giving up Mitchell( to hawthorn) deliver us O'meara ( from Gold Coast) . I feel that's the burning question nobody has answered. Does it seem a tad odd that hawthorn would engage a three way trade to get Mitchell and deliver us O'meara when they could clearly just trade for O'meara if they are in a position to do so ?? My head hurts ....
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