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  • Cheer_Cheer
    Regular in the Side
    • Jul 2009
    • 739

    #46
    Originally posted by ScottH
    Mummy is a concern as well.
    Does this mean White may come into contention ?

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    • Auntie.Gerald
      Veterans List
      • Oct 2009
      • 6474

      #47
      Originally posted by dimelb
      It depends whether they think we need a big body (Rampe to return) or to match North's foot speed (Harry to return). If Rhyce doesn't come up, I'd go for Harry.
      hhhmmm

      harry would be interesting but me thinks Armstrong would be a sound choice just now until Harry gets a little more experience in the backline
      "be tough, only when it gets tough"

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      • Auntie.Gerald
        Veterans List
        • Oct 2009
        • 6474

        #48
        Originally posted by Beerman
        Does anyone else think that Mummy looked very stiff in that chase against Zac Smith? Or does he just have a funny running style?
        after 20m Mummy has always looked stiff as an ironing board when he runs
        "be tough, only when it gets tough"

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        • Meg
          Go Swannies!
          Site Admin
          • Aug 2011
          • 4828

          #49
          Pyke would have caught Smith.

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          • Melbourne_Blood
            Senior Player
            • May 2010
            • 3312

            #50
            Changes for the North Melbourne game

            Yes Mummy looked stiff and slow. He has never struck me as slow for his size, in fact he's surprisingly quick when he normally chases. Definitely not right, and shouldn't be playing unless he's 100%.

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

              #51
              Originally posted by Auntie.Gerald
              hhhmmm

              harry would be interesting but me thinks Armstrong would be a sound choice just now until Harry gets a little more experience in the backline
              You may well be right. I was thinking that Rhyce usually takes Boomer, so perhaps someone with extra pace.
              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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              • liz
                Veteran
                Site Admin
                • Jan 2003
                • 16733

                #52
                Originally posted by dimelb
                You may well be right. I was thinking that Rhyce usually takes Boomer, so perhaps someone with extra pace.
                Boomer won't be playing.

                That said, a bit more pace wouldn't go amiss. Armstrong is the closest substitute in terms of rebound ability.

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                • Primmy
                  Proud Tragic Swan
                  • Apr 2008
                  • 5970

                  #53
                  Mummy can't run, not really. More of a donkey than a racehorse, can get the job done, but at the pace the gods gave him to work with.

                  Rampe probably. He was emergency, Tony wasn't.

                  Don't have to worry about Boomer as an individual, but... Tony was very anxious and Rampe isn't.

                  I see from the last few pages that discussions don't think Dre is going to be sacrificed? No, I don't think so either. Has really worked to make himself an around the ground player, can do some things weird (don't they all), but his endeavour as well as his nouse has to be acknowledged.
                  If you've never jumped from one couch to the other to save yourself from lava then you didn't have a childhood

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                  • liz
                    Veteran
                    Site Admin
                    • Jan 2003
                    • 16733

                    #54
                    Originally posted by Primmy
                    Rampe probably. He was emergency, Tony wasn't.
                    I am not sure that necessarily indicates the pecking order. They probably wanted to make sure Armstrong had a full game, after being emergency last week. If we want someone to replace Shaw's defensive ability, I wouldn't be picking Armstrong. But assuming Smithy will take Thomas, we can probably afford not to have another defender to pick up a small. North have three genuine talls, which Reg, Ted and LRT will be assigned to, Thomas, who is obviously very dangerous, and then others floating through on a rotational basis.

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                    • Ruck'n'Roll
                      Ego alta, ergo ictus
                      • Nov 2003
                      • 3990

                      #55
                      Anyone else unsure about LRT as the "3rd tall defender"?

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                      • liz
                        Veteran
                        Site Admin
                        • Jan 2003
                        • 16733

                        #56
                        Originally posted by Ruck'n'Roll
                        Anyone else unsure about LRT as the "3rd tall defender"?
                        I think it is horses for courses. We definitely lose a bit in the mobility stakes with him essentially replacing Johnson. But against North it probably works, with Petrie, Hansen and Tarrant to cover.

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                        • ugg
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                          Site Admin
                          • Jan 2003
                          • 15961

                          #57
                          He wasn't the third tall on the weekend that was Ted. Will be interesting to see who is assigned Petrie on Saturday
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                          • alt_mattr
                            On the Rookie List
                            • Mar 2013
                            • 169

                            #58
                            Originally posted by Ruck'n'Roll
                            Anyone else unsure about LRT as the "3rd tall defender"?
                            As a tall defender I think he is the bee's knees, but like liz says, we lose something else with him down back. I think a back line with Roberts-Thompson in it is stronger as a defensive unit, but a little weaker as an offensive unit - only a little weaker though, and only compared to AJ who is exceptional in that area. Never under-estimate Roberts-Thompson!

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                            • Burra
                              Warming the Bench
                              • Mar 2008
                              • 104

                              #59
                              Originally posted by joemoore12
                              Exactly right..This type of attitude typifies why Tasmania as a state fails to reach it's potential, not only in footy terms. Quite sad really. Anyway, I know there are stacks of Swans supporters in Hobart and we will be there in big numbers on Saturday!
                              To get a crowd estimate do they count the heads divide by two???

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                              • Nico
                                Veterans List
                                • Jan 2003
                                • 11328

                                #60
                                North normally reserve their best form for Ethihad Stadium where they played their first 2 games.
                                http://www.nostalgiamusic.co.uk/secu...res/srh806.jpg

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