Changes for Rnd 10 v Roos (LJ to debut!)

[JudesaGun]

When it comes down to it, we need more genuine forwards in the team (not fill ins or resting players).

Reid has been struggling a little, but is still presenting well and involving himself in lots of contests. The delivery isn't helping.

Everitt has been ok, but ideally should be played as a roaming HF (similar to what O'Keefe used to do). I'd actually give him a rest this week and see what Johnston can do in the same position.

I'd also bring in TDL as a permanent forward, along with Reid and McGlynn. I'd also bring in Seaby who can relieve in the ruck and rest up forward.

So the forward line would be:

Johnston Reid Hannebery/ O'Keefe
TDL Seaby McGlynn

Changes for this round therefore should be:

Outs: Bird, Everitt, Johnson
Ins: TDL, Johnston, Seaby

Johnson unlucky, but more so out for team balance with LRT back to a permanent role in defence.

Thoughts?

[Peace]

I reckon Jetta is a victim of high expectations. He's not getting much help from his fellow midfielders, but still contributes imo. And why does he need to build his tackling, pressure? That's not what we recruited him for.

We recruited him for his pace with AND without the ball.... so far this season he is only interested in using his pace when he has the ball in his hands. Only a handful of times have a seen him make 2nd and 3rd attempts on pressuring the opponent into spilling the ball over.

I have always been a jetta fan, but after his first few games with us last year, he has just seemed a bit lacklustre in his defensive output. When was the last time you saw him suprise an opponent and ping them for HTB? You dont have to be 90kg+ to do that. I jsut want to see more really committed defensive efforts from him and i think a spell in the two's might spurr that on.

[Captain]

We are actually lacking a good tagging player. For years we had Kirky and then Jack stepped up, now we have no one.

They are trying to groom Bird for the role, though that doesn't seem to be working. Smith is the obvious one but then it robs our defence of someone to cover the small forward.

[Big Al]

We are actually lacking a good tagging player. For years we had Kirky and then Jack stepped up, now we have no one.

They are trying to groom Bird for the role, though that doesn't seem to be working. Smith is the obvious one but then it robs our defence of someone to cover the small forward.

I thought Bird did a pretty good job on Mitchell.

[Captain]

I thought Bird did a pretty good job on Mitchell.

Disagree. Whilst he wasn't BOG, Mitchell was involved in a lot of centre clearences and helped drive them forward in the 3rd qtr when the game was won.

The fact Mitchell got 28 positions highlights my point. Our taggers of old would consistently keep players under 20 possessions and in cases like Kirky, would keep them under 15.

[undy]

How did Smithy go ?

It was hard to tell from the radio commentary and I haven'y bought myself to watch the game yet.
I thought that he had been beaten at least once this year in a tagging role, which is unlike him. I think we need 3 good tagging players against some of those teams and its great if one of them is very good at it (like Kirky) or is good at it and can counter-attack (like Jack).

[Captain]

This clown has Nick Smith on the chopping block.

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/footy-barometer-round-10/story-e6frf9jf-1226041482103

[Plugger1300]

How did Smithy go ?

It was hard to tell from the radio commentary and I haven'y bought myself to watch the game yet.
I thought that he had been beaten at least once this year in a tagging role, which is unlike him. I think we need 3 good tagging players against some of those teams and its great if one of them is very good at it (like Kirky) or is good at it and can counter-attack (like Jack).

That is ridiculous we have to be offensive you can't have three taggers negating. We need players hunting the ball.

On Jetta i like him as a player but he is as soft as butter and it's killing us. He is brushed off the football/contest and tackles. I would play him as the sub for the next few weeks. Play LJ and TDL for god's sake let's see what they can do. Also Seaby or Pyke are a must otherwise Mummy won't last the year

[31 hard at it]

LJ to debut against North according to Swans website !

[jono2707]

That is ridiculous we have to be offensive you can't have three taggers negating. We need players hunting the ball.

Good point - there didn't seem to be too many times where we had first hands on the ball in contested situations. Too often we were waiting for a Hawks player to take possession and then tackle them, however this was pretty ineffective most of the time due to the Hawks speed and sharpness in close.

[ugg]

LJ to debut against North according to Swans website !

Doesn't sound like it's official yet.


Johnston in line for debut - Official AFL Website of the Sydney Swans Football Club
Longmire ponders team changes

[RogueSwan]

LJ to debut against North according to Swans website !

I got excited then read

Lewis Johnston is in contention to make his AFL debut this week

[JudesaGun]

Assuming LJ does play (and even if he doesn?t), one positive to take from this year so far is how many young recruits have been given a chance.

I just hope that Luke Parker is played for a full game to show his potential, rather than dropped. The fact that he hasn?t been listed of one of the players fighting to keep his spot is a good sign.

[ugg]

Horse's presso here

ABC Sport - Media Call: John Longmire

[ugg]

Only interesting point that wasn't mentioned in those articles:

TDL missed last week's training with a sore ankle, back in training this week. It might hurt his chances as it isn't perfect preparation for him but he's still in the mix.

I like how he mentioned LJ's name first when asked who the contenders were, he had a similar response a few weeks ago when he mentioned Nipper's name straight off.