Changes for the North Melbourne game

[stellation]

Hey Mountain Man, off topic- but how far up are you? I'm up the top.

[swansrob]

North are holding an open training session at Blundstone on Friday. Any chance the Swans will be having a run around as well? Nothing on the website, but I've got some time to kill in Hobart on Friday.

[Mountain Man]

I am flying out of Sydney Jetstar at 1755 on Friday.

The Mountains are those Blue ones, west of Sydney.

[Big Al]

Changes for the North Melbourne game

but I've got some time to kill in Hobart on Friday.

From what I've heard of Hobart you'll need all of the Expendables to have a chance of achieving this.

[stellation]

I am flying out of Sydney Jetstar at 1755 on Friday.

The Mountains are those Blue ones, west of Sydney.

Yep, I meant I live near the top of those Blue ones!

[Mountain Man]

a Blackheathen be I

[ugg]

Shaw ruled out

Twitter / AFL_JD: Rhyce Shaw has been ruled out ...

[DeadlyAkkuret]

Shame, his importance to us is underrated I feel. Bring in Rampe.

[Melbournehammer]

I hope he is not out for too long but I dont think it is a disaster to have a couple of players missing every so often - but losing too many defenders will upset the balance - johnson is bad, shaw adds to that significantly, particularly given that north boast a reasonable forward line with petrie and a few of the smalls.

[longmile]

Surely they'd bring in Armstrong to fill in for Shaw.
Don't they both play the running out of defence role?
Also I think Everitt for Morton would be a fair trade as well. Posters here have said to keep Everitt as he fulfils the role given to him, I think Morton is able to fulfil his role up forward but also add some additional X factor.

[stellation]

a Blackheathen be I

Holy crap, you're even further up the hill than I am! I'm a relative lowlander down at Ktown.

[Ludwig]

The Shaw brothers both have an incredible capacity to run themselves out of trouble. But as we saw in the latter stages of Leo Barry's career, this end can come quickly when you lose that fraction of pace that comes with age. Rhyce has been a fantastic player for us, and hope it stays that way as long as possible, but he is 31 and we shouldn't be surprised to see a drop off in the not too distant future.

As for the comparison of Armstrong and Shaw, they may fill similar roles, but their strengths are different. Tony's strengths are finding space, quickly sizing up the situation and hitting a target, while Shaw's are eluding a tackle, running as far as he can with ball in hand, then kicking it out of bounds .

Despite this, I would still prefer to have Rhyce in the side. I'm leaning to giving Lamb a go at a first game in the green vest.

[Ruck'n'Roll]

The Shaw brothers both have an incredible capacity to run themselves out of trouble. But as we saw in the latter stages of Leo Barry's career, this end can come quickly when you lose that fraction of pace that comes with age. Rhyce has been a fantastic player for us, and hope it stays that way as long as possible, but he is 31 and we shouldn't be surprised to see a drop off in the not too distant future.

You may be right, although if he wasn't up to a full game, perhaps as a super sub? Perhaps his aging legs would find less difficulty outpacing players that have already played over half a game?

[Go Swannies]

The Shaw brothers both have an incredible capacity to run themselves out of trouble. But as we saw in the latter stages of Leo Barry's career, this end can come quickly when you lose that fraction of pace that comes with age. Rhyce has been a fantastic player for us, and hope it stays that way as long as possible, but he is 31 and we shouldn't be surprised to see a drop off in the not too distant future.

As for the comparison of Armstrong and Shaw, they may fill similar roles, but their strengths are different. Tony's strengths are finding space, quickly sizing up the situation and hitting a target, while Shaw's are eluding a tackle, running as far as he can with ball in hand, then kicking it out of bounds .

Despite this, I would still prefer to have Rhyce in the side. I'm leaning to giving Lamb a go at a first game in the green vest.

Isn't he out with abdominal strain? So maybe the "ageing legs" argument is a bit premature. Unless the Shaws, like a faster version of Napoleon, have moved from an army marching on its stomach to a Swan running on his?

[Ludwig]

Isn't he out with abdominal strain? So maybe the "ageing legs" argument is a bit premature. Unless the Shaws, like a faster version of Napoleon, have moved from an army marching on its stomach to a Swan running on his?

Yes, I know he's out with a an abdominal strain. I was commenting more about the transition of our backline in general as some of our older players are replaced by younger ones. I hope that Rhyce can keep on running like he does till he's 40, but we have to be realistic about these things. I haven't written him off by a long shot.

All supporters walk a tightrope between loyalty to those players that have been the mainstay of the club for a long time and the desire to see some of our exciting young players getting a game. The fact is that you can only have 22 players out there on gameday, and for someone to come in, someone's got to go out.