Changes for next week.

[Melbourne_Blood]

Yeah i checked there but that's all Kirky related, nothing i could see about changes this week. Did find this on the swans facebook page though:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TzvW5J_1pCM

Classic Kirky, gets back up and straight back into it

[Brettb]

White's been dropped to the reserves. No Currie or Vesz either, looks like LRT or Teddy or Playfair or Goodes (sans center bounces) as the backup to Pyke. Heath a chance to debut.

If this is the case, then the selection commitee are a joke.

Why would you persist with a 27yr old hack in Playfair who has been in the system now for over 8 years and has simply not improved against a 21yr old KPP with upside.

Big footy suggests both White and Ted have been dropped for Bradshaw and Campbell Heath.

[stellation]

I guess Campbell played a blinder in that reserves fixture that didn't exist last week?

[Robbo]

Wow, dropping White and keeping Playfair. That is just ludicrous whichever way you look at it.

[Melbourne_Blood]

I'd wait until we see what the actual selcetions are tomorrow before we start calling for the selection committees collective heads.

From what i can gather this is just heresay. If it proves tomorrow to be true however.................... OFF WITH THEIR HEADS!!!!

[Lucky Knickers]

I hear ya Damien, since Davo and Schaubs departed I haven't really had my pulse race over team selections but I have to admit this does get me a bit excited; not so much because White is approaching the Davo/Schaubs level of affection, but mainly because it just seems dumb.

Unless White has done something dumb this would seem an odd decision to me also.

[aardvark]

Playfair 7 kicks 3 hballs 6 marks 5 cont poss 5 uncont poss 4 tackles supercoach 69pts
White 1 kick 6hballs 0 marks 3 cont poss 4 uncont poss 1 tackle supercoach 29pts

White did have 12 hitouts but its the same every week. He has almost no influence on the game. I would really like to see him play well but its just not happening.

[liz]

Playfair 7 kicks 3 hballs 6 marks 5 cont poss 5 uncont poss 4 tackles supercoach 69pts
White 1 kick 6hballs 0 marks 3 cont poss 4 uncont poss 1 tackle supercoach 29pts

White did have 12 hitouts but its the same every week. He has almost no influence on the game. I would really like to see him play well but its just not happening.

It's not really the same every week because White was played out of position last week (in the ruck).

That said, I can believe that Roos and the coaches might have some issues with White's workrate. He was super during the first half against Geelong but then went missing. In other games he has played in patches too. His second efforts and overall tackling impact have sometimes been poor also. If the coaches think that a couple of weeks back in the twos to work on some specific parts of his game without having to worry about getting in Goodes or Bradshaw's way is going to help him become a better player in the short to medium term, I don't have a problem with that.

[Melbourne_Blood]

All well and good but Playfair had no score board impact. I cant rememebr him getting a touch inside 50 at all , and i thought that was the role he was coming in to play. Lead, create a contest, maybe kick a goal ?

Not get junk touches on the wing. There are far better players that could be doing that.

White had a stinker but just having him in the forward line with Bradshaw fit creates headaches for opposition defences. With him out they can focus more energy solely on Bradshaw .

[Nico]

It's not really the same every week because White was played out of position last week (in the ruck).

That said, I can believe that Roos and the coaches might have some issues with White's workrate. He was super during the first half against Geelong but then went missing. In other games he has played in patches too. His second efforts and overall tackling impact have sometimes been poor also. If the coaches think that a couple of weeks back in the twos to work on some specific parts of his game without having to worry about getting in Goodes or Bradshaw's way is going to help him become a better player in the short to medium term, I don't have a problem with that.

Over the years on here there has been talk about doing the job they have been set for. Maybe he hasn't done this the last couple of games.

[DST]

All well and good but Playfair had no score board impact. I cant rememebr him getting a touch inside 50 at all , and i thought that was the role he was coming in to play. Lead, create a contest, maybe kick a goal ?

It was pretty clear that was the exact opposite of his role last week.

It was his job to play up the ground so that Goodes could play deeper and hopefully put scoreboard pressure on the Dogs in the absence of Bradshaw.

In terms of roles, he was better than a number of others that played last week.

If Bradshaw comes back in, you will probably see him play closer to goal with Bradshaw and have Goodes go into the middle where he is needed badly at present.

DST

[stellation]

Playfair 7 kicks 3 hballs 6 marks 5 cont poss 5 uncont poss 4 tackles supercoach 69pts
White 1 kick 6hballs 0 marks 3 cont poss 4 uncont poss 1 tackle supercoach 29pts

White did have 12 hitouts but its the same every week. He has almost no influence on the game. I would really like to see him play well but its just not happening.

Granny smiths and navels.

[CJK]

I almost want to see White dropped to see the storm that will unleash.

Good times.

[stellation]

If the coaches think that a couple of weeks back in the twos to work on some specific parts of his game without having to worry about getting in Goodes or Bradshaw's way is going to help him become a better player in the short to medium term, I don't have a problem with that.

Even in the face of insanity, the leader is good, the leader is great.


I kid, I kid!

[Plugger46]

It was pretty clear that was the exact opposite of his role last week.

It was his job to play up the ground so that Goodes could play deeper and hopefully put scoreboard pressure on the Dogs in the absence of Bradshaw.

In terms of roles, he was better than a number of others that played last week.

If Bradshaw comes back in, you will probably see him play closer to goal with Bradshaw and have Goodes go into the middle where he is needed badly at present.

DST

Playfair closer to goal - well that's all we need, a bloke who can't kick to save himself, kicking for goal. Dud.