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I wouldn't say Spang is a forward line saviour but he certainly provides that extra tall forward option. I think his marking is better than LRT or White. He is able to do it on the lead or in a pack. If you look at that game against the Hawks we were totally outplayed. Our delivery was very poor, especially to our forward line. All we did was bomb it up to Sammy and all that happened was Josh Gibson punched the ball out of bounds and the Hawks rebounded. We looked for Sammy all day and ignored alternatives. So don't blame Spang for a bad game blame either the Coaches in their game plan or the mids for not carrying off the game plan.
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The only changes are;
In; Goodes & Benny
Out; Mal & DreyComment
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I don't know, with Mal out, I expect anyway, that leaves Marty as our only really long kick out of def. I also think that with Benny and Goodes in, Goodes playing primarily forward I'd think TDL is a chance to suffer. The heat is on for spots, with teh bottom 6 players needing to really show something, good for the team, tough for selectionYou can't argue with a sick mind - Joe WalshComment
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Mal was the sub last week and did nothing practically. I'd drop him frankly. TDL certainly wasn't brilliant, but he wasn't obviously bad or anything. I think we look a little tall TBH if Goodes, Pyke, Mumford, LRT all stay in the side. It would be sad to see Pyke omitted, but arguably for team balance, he or LRT are the most appropriate to go.
It's a little hard to read Everitt. Valuable is some patches, but then in others you would hardly notice he was there. However, for a relatively tall player he plays better small so his mobility could be useful as the sub?? He's done the role before with mixed success, but yeah, the sub role will probably be between him, TDL and Mal.
Very hard at the selection table this week, but I'm trusting the coaches. I absolutely canned their choices last week, but we had a good win so what would I know...
Just an aside, but the team we have now with the addition of Gary Rohan and Luke Parker looks quality. Sad to loose both given it's such an open season, but hopeful Parker's inclusion later in the year gives us just that little bit extra heading into the finals.Comment
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Assuming Goodsey is in, how nice is it that opposition coaches will have two players to especially exercise their minds when hatching their match up strategies this week, Goodes and Jetta. Dempsy did a good job minding Jets last week but Jets still kicked 3 goals and could have had 3 more. Both he and Goodes have that habit of bobbing up and creating minutes of mayhem. Bring it on!
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Dempsey was good in utilising his advantage in the air to take advantage of Jets and Liam Picken, in making the hard tag, was also successful in taking him out of the game.
It'll be interesting to see what opposition coaches do to deal with him. Is Wojo a chance to play on him? He has speed (though I'm not too sure how that compares) and certainly body or body he'd be able to beat Lewis.
But yes, as you said Rojo he does invoke an additional headache which is something we've lacked a little while. Goodesy has always been our X-factor and the primary attacking weapon so I'm glad we've got Jets up our sleeve too. As you said, they've got the ability to turn games and make an impact with very few disposals.Comment
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I hope someone tells the SCG that the Swans are expecting the gates to open at 4.05pm. The SCG and the stadium next door are advertising in all the papers about their weekend of footy - 3 codes - and stating that the gates open at 5pm.
Of curse, the SCG may have already decided that the reserves won't be playing there on Friday...All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing. - Edmund BurkeComment
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I knew him as a gentle young man, I cannot say for sure the reasons for his decline
We watched him fade before our very eyes, and years before his timeComment
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I am not sure what you mean Gong? I think Armstrong and AJ are both capable of very long kicks out of defence. The other thing it does give us is the chance to mix it up in the kick outs. Mal, Marty and Rhyce are pretty predictable, whereas Armstrong is a real wildcard when kicking in. He mixes it up every time he kicks in and then runs on for the second effort. Mal has been pretty poor at delivery over the last month and this is the problem. You can't continue to play a bloke who may have the ability to destroy a team with pinpoint kicking but just gives the ball up.Comment
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Sydney Swans
B: Nicholas Smith, Heath Grundy, Alex Johnson
HB: Martin Mattner, Ted Richards, Jarrad McVeigh
C: Rhyce Shaw, Adam Goodes, Lewis Jetta
HF: Craig Bird, Sam Reid, Jude Bolton
F: Ryan O'Keefe, Lewis Roberts-Thomson, Mike Pyke
Foll: Shane Mumford, Josh P. Kennedy, Kieren Jack
I/C: Daniel Hannebery, Ben McGlynn, Andrejs Everitt, Tony Armstrong
Emg: Nick Malceski, Jesse White, Trent Dennis-Lane
In: Adam Goodes, Ben McGlynn
Out: Nick Malceski, Trent Dennis-Lane
Geelong Cats
B: Tom Lonergan, Matthew Scarlett, Corey Enright
HB: Josh Hunt, Harry Taylor, Taylor Hunt
C: Steven Motlop, James Kelly, David Wojcinski
HF: Mitch Duncan, James Podsiadly, Mathew Stokes
F: Paul Chapman, Tom Hawkins, Steve Johnson
Foll: Trent West, Joel Selwood, Jimmy Bartel
I/C: Joel Corey, Andrew Mackie, Dawson Simpson, Allen Christensen
Emg: Cameron Guthrie, George Horlin-Smith, Lincoln McCarthy
In: Dawson Simpson, Allen Christensen, James Podsiadly
Out: Jesse Stringer, Cameron Guthrie, Orren StephensonComment
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