R19, AFL 2010 Swans V Hawks: Pre-game discussion

[Dalai Lama]

Hoss Longmire must weild ye olde axe?

[Go Swannies]

Bird also a fortnight away.

So if Smith is fit, he'll come back in most likely for Meredith. Then the coaches will have to look at whether they'll promote one or more of Dennis-Lane, Johnston, Reid and/or Veszpremi.

I spoke to Bird on Saturday. He said he's ready to play - and so are LRT and Smith. I asked if he thought they'd be brought back into the seniors straight away and he wouldn't comment.

[caj23]

If Meredith is dropped before Shaw then it just proves that Roosy doesn't give a @@@@.

Not defending Shaw but Meredith has been v ordinary in the last 2 games

[CJK]

Very

[msb]

WE will still be in the top 8 if we lose again next week.

Yeah just noticed that, north getting toweled up yesterday and adelaide losing has helped. I rekon 1 more win could be enough to sneak in as well as results to continue to fall our way, we have effectively a 2 game break on north with the %. As someone else said, melbourne could be the threat, although they still have the hawks and port in adelaide so that is tough for them.

[Thunder Shaker]

WE will still be in the top 8 if we lose again next week.

But will be still be in the top 8 after round 22?

Hawthorn 9.5 wins: Syd, Melb, Freo, Coll.
Carlton 9 wins: Ess, Rich, Geel, Freo.
Sydney 9 wins: Haw, Freo, WB, Bris.
North 8 wins: Freo, ST, WC, Melb.
Melb 7.5 wins: Rich, Haw, Port, NM.

If we lose to Hawthorn, our tough fixture may mean that we only win one more game, against Brisbane in round 22 for 10 wins.
Melbourne have a much easier fixture with four winnable games. If they win three of them, they will end with 10.5 wins.

If Carlton win one more game, they are likely to see finals action at our expense if they maintain their small percentage lead over us. However, just as we've been belted by Melbourne and Geelong in the past fortnight, Carlton too have been belted, so there is a chance they could continue this form and drop below us on percentage.

A final note - of the six contenders for the last three spots in the finals, five of them (Hawthorn, Carlton, Sydney, North and Adelaide) all lost on the weekend. Last weekend the same six sides had four losses and a draw.

[hammo]

I have no interest in us stumbling into the finals only to be thumped at Subi in week 1.

If we're going to stumble in - which is probably likely at this stage - we should do so with some fresh ideas (risk taking) and fresh faces. I don't see what we have to lose by getting games into the likes of TDL, LJ, Vesz and maybe even Currie. Maybe not all of them at once, but they can't do any worse than the current mob and just may provide some spark to get excited about the rest of the season.

[Kirkari]

He's also spent the past month not playing, due to injury, and is clearly not match fit.

I'd love to see him back but he played in the ressies on the weekend and looked to be limping a bit in the last quarter.

[ugg]

I spoke to Bird on Saturday. He said he's ready to play - and so are LRT and Smith. I asked if he thought they'd be brought back into the seniors straight away and he wouldn't comment.

I was only going by what Roos said a the press conference. However today's DT report says both Smith and LRT are a chance. It also says McGlynn might come under scrutiny for his 'strike' on Ablett's face, but I think the impact is so minimal they will throw it out.

[AnnieH]

Not looking forward to losing again.
Oh well .. at least it'll be a HUGE surprise if we win.

Is anyone else going to the 14/20/25 year membership function before the game??

[Donners]

Roos gave White a fair whack after the game, so he may well be a candidate for the axe.

[Captain]

LRT said on Sat night that he should be ok for this week.

After calling for no changes last week, I would do the following this week:

In: LRT, Smith, Vez, Johnston
Out: Meredith, Bevan, Shaw, White

[Go Swannies]

Roos gave White a fair whack after the game, so he may well be a candidate for the axe.

Or the reverse? We really need Jesse to step up and he only does in patches. No wonder Roos is frustrated. I wonder if he'll stay this week but get a new support in TDL (or LJ)? Goodes kicking for goal suggests he's coaching Jets so I'd much rather him in the midfield while we try another way to score goals (rather than points).

How good will it be to have LRT back? So many potential Swans' goals were touched on the line by the Cats and we needed LRT doing the same at the other end of the ground.

[CJK]

I have to be in Singapore this weekend.

/checks Australian Network

[CJK]

How good will it be to have LRT back?

The Cats fan I sat next to on Sat night was insistent that LRT only got a game as his old man paid the club to ensure he got a spot.

$1.2 mill/year

W.T.F??

She was good value apart from that madness.