Lets assess the Swans midfield vs the best

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  • Melbourne_Blood
    Senior Player
    • May 2010
    • 3312

    #16
    I think your thinking of Judd circa 2004, when he played for west coast and was skinny as a rail.

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    • liz
      Veteran
      Site Admin
      • Jan 2003
      • 16770

      #17
      I think Chookbilly has hit nail on head. Footspeed is an overrated commodity compared to brain speed and skills. It is useful to have a couple who can break the lines but we arguably have these with Jack and Goodes on the inside and Jetta and Rohan on the outside. We just need players willing to do the gut running that Hanners has managed to do even when the team has been poor, and we need to use the ball better.

      I do think the club actively started targeting more foot savvy players in the draft a few years ago . Rohan and Lamb tested very well at camp, LJ is a superb kick, Meredith is pretty reasonable, and even Vez offered much by foot (sadly not with his endurance). I think Campbells foot skills are decent too, and Sumner has some tricks. We just need to be a little patient and hope that several of these can establish themselves as regulars over the next two or three seasons.

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      • Matimbo
        Warming the Bench
        • Apr 2009
        • 334

        #18
        I wanna give credit to Josh Kennedy after today's game. He and Mummy absolutely great combo and was key to us winning the clearances.
        CIA Agent to Policeman: "Have you ever had anti-terrorist training?"
        Policeman: "Yes, I was married once."

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        • BSA5
          Senior Player
          • Feb 2008
          • 2522

          #19
          Originally posted by Matimbo
          I wanna give credit to Josh Kennedy after today's game. He and Mummy absolutely great combo and was key to us winning the clearances.
          Absolutely. Kennedy reads Mumford so well, and is just so STRONG. Myself and those I were sitting with today were just in awe of how strong he was in the stoppages. 12 clearances to Joey tells the story.
          Officially on the Reid and Sumner bandwagon!

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          • dimelb
            pr. dim-melb; m not f
            • Jun 2003
            • 6889

            #20
            Originally posted by Matimbo
            I wanna give credit to Josh Kennedy after today's game. He and Mummy absolutely great combo and was key to us winning the clearances.
            Yes. TLM points from me.
            He reminds him of the guys, close-set, slow, and never rattled, who were play-makers on the team. (John Updike, seeing Josh Kennedy in a crystal ball)

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