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Rebuilding after finishing fourth with half our senior team out and after winning a premiership last year? Get real people! We don't rebuild, we refresh and a lot of that happened this year due to injury. Most teams revamp their teams by going to the bottom. We revamp the team and play in a preliminary final at the same time. This season may go down as a greater effort than either of our premiership years of late due to the players we lost due to injury.
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Great effort by the Swans! The amount of injuries that we have had this year, and to finish one game short... Excellent really. Yes we got spanked, however there are at least 10 other sides that would love to be in our position.. Finished top 4 and a heap of young players now have finals experience.
With luck we will get a few players back next year. Hopefully our injuries will be limited and we can give a tilt next year..
Couple of players to change, however the core will be as solid as the last few years.
Well done Swans in 2013!
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I'm extremely bullish on Adam Goodes having a great season in 2014. Paul Roos once said that Goodes would play well into his 30s. He will only be 34 next season!
How come some people on the thread think he may retire?Comment
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goodes will be flying in 2014 !!!"be tough, only when it gets tough"
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I agree on Goodes. He had a very limited pre season last year.
If he has a good, injury free, pre season....look out!
2014 could be a beauty especially with a fit Tippett, Rohan and Reid in the team.
Then of course there's LRT, Shaw, AJ, Mitchell.
And finally another pre season into, Lamb, Biggs, Cunningham, BJ, etc etc.
We don't need much of a revamp, just a re boot.Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it's time to pause and reflect... MTComment
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It would be seriously suicidial for the swans to let Mummy go and not at least get someone in as a back-up ruckman. To only have Pyke to be supported by White and Tippett is all well and good, but what if any of them are out for an extended period, especially Pyke? Naismith has promise but is nowhere near ready to go yet - it really would be like playing russian roulette hoping for no injuries (which this year has clearly shown doesn't happen too often).
Looking forward to what we can do in 2014 with hopefully a much closer to fit list. We do however need to tinker our game plan - you can see what every team is going to try and do against us next year after what Freo did to us on the weekend. We really struggle under the forward press.
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He has had 2 very injury interrupted seasons Matt - it is understandable that he might consider throwing in the towel. But I strongly doubt it - I expect 2014 will probably be his last though. You only have to look at Bolton this season to see how quickly you can go from having a great influence on games to being on the margins of the best 22."You get the feeling that like Monty Python's Black Knight, the Swans would regard amputation as merely a flesh wound."Comment
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Rumour on 3AW radio this morning was that a Brownlow Medalist and Premiership Captain was going to annouce his retirement this week.
If true I can only think of two options Adam Goodes and Chris Judd.Comment
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No it will be Judd. There was a lot of talk towards the end of the season about him retiring.
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Its true.Nothing like a good light bulb moment.Comment
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Tim Watson and Robert Walls said this morning on SEN that Mummy is gone from the Swans. Not sure if it makes it the opposite as it is from SEN...
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Oh, and I heard there is an after-Brownlow party at her plaice.Comment
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If Mummy is gone, does anyone know where to?
I hope it's not GWS, because they could take him with the first pick in the Pre Season Draft. The Swans would get nothing for him accept the satisfaction of processing the paper work to delist him!Comment
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