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  • laughingnome
    Amateur Statsman
    • Jul 2006
    • 1624

    #16
    Originally posted by swansrob
    Has he pretty much taken up that Reserves leadership kinda position offered to Ablett last year? As in a "your unlikely to play Seniors, but we want to keep you around the club as a mentor" type thing?
    As I understand it, yes.
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    • Matty10
      Senior Player
      • Jun 2007
      • 1331

      #17
      You don't keep a player around the club if he is zero chance of playing in your senior team. The coaching staff obviously believe that he has something to offer - even if that is just in a pinch. Either way, good form is good form, and if he managed to string a few games together and put pressure on other players in the team, because he was starting to catch the eye of the selection committee then it is a win for us.

      I would not discount anyone on our list.

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      • royboy42
        Senior Player
        • Apr 2006
        • 2078

        #18
        I hope no one is being paid as a player by the swans if they are considered as no chance of a first's spot..at any time. At least, not at the start of the season. Playfair is a big body, looked ok in practice matches and has kicked a few goals over his time here. He would sit as a 3rd big forward (if the team was in injury trouble) in my team. The days of carrying guys as mentors with no chance of playing firsts went with leather stops!

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        • Trickster
          On the Rookie List
          • Jul 2009
          • 377

          #19
          Originally posted by Matty10
          You don't keep a player around the club if he is zero chance of playing in your senior team. The coaching staff obviously believe that he has something to offer - even if that is just in a pinch. Either way, good form is good form, and if he managed to string a few games together and put pressure on other players in the team, because he was starting to catch the eye of the selection committee then it is a win for us.

          I would not discount anyone on our list.
          Bar-low?

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          • msb
            On the Rookie List
            • Mar 2006
            • 827

            #20
            He would have to come under consideration if jesse white got a long term injury (touch wood no!) as the 3rd tall forward, but other than that I can't see him getting a game in the seniors

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            • Plugger46
              Senior Player
              • Apr 2003
              • 3674

              #21
              Originally posted by msb
              He would have to come under consideration if jesse white got a long term injury (touch wood no!) as the 3rd tall forward, but other than that I can't see him getting a game in the seniors
              I hope Johnston is next in line there.
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              • Peace
                On the Rookie List
                • Mar 2010
                • 598

                #22
                well its good to see there is some debate over him if he keeps his body in good nick and plays well in the reserves, we could see him get a call up. I reckon all the boys would love it if he got a game.

                he has had two seasons off pretty much, going to take a while for anything to happen though.

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                • msb
                  On the Rookie List
                  • Mar 2006
                  • 827

                  #23
                  Originally posted by Plugger46
                  I hope Johnston is next in line there.
                  Yes agree, if he's fit, but they would consider playfair IMHO.

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                  • Primmy
                    Proud Tragic Swan
                    • Apr 2008
                    • 5970

                    #24
                    Originally posted by Plugger46
                    I hope Johnston is next in line there.
                    Agree on many levels, but he is a season away for match hardness and all that. Its all there, but I doubt he would get a gig this year. If they think he is worth it then I wouldn't complain, but I don't think we could ever expect to see LJ this season. Can't wait for when we do though.
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                    • ugg
                      Can you feel it?
                      Site Admin
                      • Jan 2003
                      • 15970

                      #25
                      I reckon LJ could play this season as a flanker/wingman, but certainly not as a CHF.
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                      • Matty10
                        Senior Player
                        • Jun 2007
                        • 1331

                        #26
                        Originally posted by Trickster
                        Bar-low?
                        Well, he played on the weekend - albeit not to any great standard - so he obviously wasn't discounted up to that point.

                        I actually re-watched the first half earlier today and his big stuff-ups (getting caught with the ball etc) are glaring, but he actually worked a little harder than I gave him credit for after my first viewing. Mind you I have not revisited the second half.

                        Either way that is one of the things about football - players get second chances to improve - even if that chance begins in the reserves competition.
                        Last edited by Matty10; 11 May 2010, 11:43 PM.

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                        • swansrule100
                          The quarterback
                          • May 2004
                          • 4538

                          #27
                          rather bring plugger back and reinvent him.
                          Theres not much left to say

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                          • Xie Shan
                            Senior Player
                            • Jan 2003
                            • 2929

                            #28
                            I think Podsi is better. The Bulldogs must be kicking themselves that he was playing for Werribee right under their noses when they needed a key forward (before he joined the Geelong VFL team)... how would Pods at FF and Hall at CHF look now??

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                            • dread and might
                              Back, strapped and intact
                              • Apr 2004
                              • 949

                              #29
                              Playfair has good hands, but he's not a great set sot from what I recall.
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                              • Far Reach
                                On the Rookie List
                                • Mar 2010
                                • 69

                                #30
                                He can play ruck too at a pinch.

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