Sydney Swans best 22, 2015 AFL Premiership Season

[cherub]

Nick Malceski is an "out".

[Auntie.Gerald]

the only surprise for me was that we didnt look seriously reece mckenzie at 196cm and 2.87 seconds on the 20m sprint and he went in the pick 70s...........Draft prospect: Reece McKenzie - AFL.com.au

i certainly thought with that speed build he could have been a KP defensive project

[Dosser]

Yes, hopefully Mitchell and Rohan come into their own next year.

Last night there was nothing on TV (unless you were in the slightest bit interested in watching extensive coverage of one of the most anemic election results in recent state politics history) so I watched a replay of the prelim against North. I hadnt remembered just how good a game Rohan had played at HB. The guy took everything on and ran and ran. If he can do this from HBF all year next year then I dont think we have much to worry about with the loss of Eski.
In fact, he reminded me of Leo Barry's breakout year from FB when his job was to get the ball and just run - it didnt matter where, and half the time he didnt know - causing carnage in the opposition structure. I think we may have a lot of fun watching Rohan next season.

Still havent watched the replay of the GF and never will...

[Auntie.Gerald]

agree Dosser

with no Mal at training this pre season Rohan will get a stack of opportunity to learn his craft off the HBF and so to Zac Jones

That makes a massive difference to have so much time in a lower pressure environment to learn your decoy running, your angles, your looking down field before receiving the ball etc etc for me the HBF play making role is one of true art and it takes time to learn the body language and movements of your fellow backs posting up and looking for your attacking HBF "malceski" and now Rohan and Jones...........it also takes time to learn the movements of your forwards once you take off with ball in hand thru the middle of the field

I suspect that Shaw will play a more lock down role in 2015 "IF" rohan and jones can be the players we need in attack off our HBF..............Shaw will be under pressure though as we have so many players fighting for that best 22

[SA Swan]

Any news on Alex Johnson??

[wolftone57]

Any news on Alex Johnson??

He is going in for the op in January I heard.

[Auntie.Gerald]

interesting

Lars is approx 8 to 12 weeks recovery to full runnning

[Auntie.Gerald]

Senior Swans return - sydneyswans.com.au

great to see AJ training hard in the boxing and cycling !

amazing that he is doing that training prior to his OP ???

[S.S. Bleeder]

Senior Swans return - sydneyswans.com.au

great to see AJ training hard in the boxing and cycling !

amazing that he is doing that training prior to his OP ???

I'm sure he's not doing any impact work, ie running.
Does anyone the the status of the bacteria in AJ's knee? My understanding is that they have no way of being sure that it has gone.

[stevoswan]

I'm sure he's not doing any impact work, ie running.
Does anyone the the status of the bacteria in AJ's knee? My understanding is that they have no way of being sure that it has gone.

I read on BF the other day that his infection has apparently cleared up, and that's why the LARS surgery is all go now. Still, Jan 1st is still a while away, so maybe they're making sure the infection is gone properly over time, before proceeding. Hope word that the infection is gone is true, I was very worried about it, they can hang around for years in worst case scenarios. Hopefully now it's onward to the glory he deserves!

[Ludwig]

Hope they pick a better hospital than Dacca General for AJ this time round!

[JPK12]

The knife the surgeon used was found next to his bed

[wolftone57]

I read on BF the other day that his infection has apparently cleared up, and that's why the LARS surgery is all go now. Still, Jan 1st is still a while away, so maybe they're making sure the infection is gone properly over time, before proceeding. Hope word that the infection is gone is true, I was very worried about it, they can hang around for years in worst case scenarios. Hopefully now it's onward to the glory he deserves!

All I hope is they don't use the Austen. It is renowned for Golden Staf infection in the surgical unit. They had to close the unit down at one stage it got so bad.

[RogueSwan]

I see Lloyd, Jones, Heeney, Hewett and maybe Towers competing for spots 21 and 22. ...

I don't see Lloyd competing (maybe competing is the wrong word) for a spot. I think ATM it is his to lose.

[Auntie.Gerald]

someone earlier touched on how inferior our backline looks to the backline rotation of the hawks and i do believe they are right..........an awesome challenge for our club in 2015 to get our defence to a level where we can truly take on the HAWKS thru the season

Backline rotation at the Hawks with obviously Hodge in the midfield more so in 2014 and Whitecross if he comes back from his 2nd knee reco will get more time in the middle rotation also

Hodge - 186cm
Stratton - 189cm
Suckling - 187cm
Whitecross - 183cm
Birchall - 193cm
Jono ORourke - 188cm

Schoenmakers - 195cm
Lake - 195cm
Frawley - 193cm
Gibson - 189cm
Spang - 195cm