Sydney V Richmond pre game thread (with teams)

[RogueSwan]

Thanks for the link M10 - again, a Swans story in the online edition that's not in the print edition...

It is is the SMH but the title is "Change in the air as Swans try to recover winning ways".
It is not quite as dramatic as "Young Swans hit for six in aftermath of loss to Pies"

[Number 43]

My reading of the age article is that Kennelly, Moore and Playfair will come in for Jetta, White and Rohan. I would love to see TDL play though.

[ugg]

I read it as TDL, Meredith and Playfair will be the emergencies but with doubts over Bradshaw, Kennelly and Moore all of them are some chance of playing.

[Captain]

I think it can be safely assumed that TDL is in the 22 to play.DST

Really? Not sure how you figure that.

Bradshaw, Kennelly, Moore, Playfair sound like they will all be picked ahead of him.

[johnno]

I hope Meredith plays. The kid was absolutely star-ing before injury got hold of him last year. If I recall correctly, he played the first 7-8 rounds last year before injury hit him. I came up for the round 4 game against Carlton last year on a Saturday afternoon at the SCG and the boy played an absolute blinder. one of our FEW players who can take a contested mark.

[msb]

@@@@ it is getting frustrating with bradshaw if he AGAIN doesnt make it through. WE NEED HIM IN THE TEAM!

[Plugger46]

I think it can be safely assumed that TDL is in the 22 to play.

Unless you have some inside information, I don't how you could possibly get that out of that article.

[ernie koala]

Well after reading Roos comments in the SMH this morning.
If Bradshaw doesn't get up, he's going with the "Playfair, Moore thing", as he puts it.
I like Moore, but Moore (with a dodgy ankle) and Playfair together would have to be the slowest forward combination possible.
If this eventuates, then the Tigers are a real chance.

[aardvark]

Look on the bright side, if Braddy and Henry both play we will get goodsy in the mid for a change.

[Triple B]

Really? Not sure how you figure that.

Bradshaw, Kennelly, Moore, Playfair sound like they will all be picked ahead of him.

Unless you have some inside information, I don't how you could possibly get that out of that article.

In fairness to DST, they posted before that article appeared, although I agree the vibe in the article certainly appears that TDL is anything but a shoo-in.

I have certainly not been on the 'give TDL a run' bandwagon up until now, simply because he had been injured and hadn't done nearly enough. His last month has been great however and he'd be VERY unlucky to miss this week given our forward line woes of present.

[SimonH]

Moore deserves a run, if fit, on a 'horses for courses' policy. Richmond, while obviously improving, are still raw and inexperienced, and don't have the mature bodies of most of the other 15 sides. Their defence is liable to be swept aside if we have a hard attack on the ball on the ground in our forward 50, and the body, across 4 quarters. Jetta (to take an obvious example) can't exploit that weakness like Moore can.

[ugg]

Field Umpires:
8. Brett Rosebury (8 wins 9 losses 1 draw = 44.4%)
10. Shane Stewart (2 wins 1 loss = 66.7%)
13. Stefan Grun (4 wins 2 losses = 66.7%)

(W/L records since 2005 R1)

Umpires in GREEN

[Primmy]

ugg you are a treasure.

However, Rosebury aaaaaggghhhhh.

Glad to see Bulldog in the mix, and would love to see Merry back, sideburns and all.

[swansrule100]

i would of left rohan in the team. I would never consider playfair for any team

[Nich]

i would of left rohan in the team. I would never consider playfair for any team

As a proud Rohan groupie I can understand why he's not there. He only came into the team last week as a replacement for Tadhg and if Tadhg and Braddy and Moore are in the team it makes it difficult for a first season player to hold a spot. I think Roosy is giving him a break (even though they just had a mid-season break). I just hope they don't screw around with him and mould him into a utility player. He really isn't a defensive player, no matter how good he might look doing it sometimes. His old coach has labelled him as the most exciting prospect he's seen, he's played his juniors at CHF, he knows how to find a goal and he creates something out of nothing. We've played him in some serious high level matches in different positions. He's young and it's great experience I guess. Makes it harder when you have Goodes, McGlynn, ROK, Moore, Kennedy all around CHF. Hard to slot him into the side at the moment. He will find a place soon enough, hopefully! He is young - plenty of time for the young kid. He's still got a lot of learning to do.