Depth Chart

[Matt80]

NFL teams use a depth chart to measure what roster player is ranked first to last in each position on the field. I'm going to attempt to do this for the Swans. Players in the AFL can appear on more that one depth chart position. Depth charts can change instantly depending on performance.

Tall Defender

1) Richards
2) Grundy
3) Reid
4) Aliir
5) X Richards
6) McLaren

Medium Defender

1) Rampe
2) Rohan
3) Laidler
4) Melican

Small Defender

1) Smith
2) Shaw
3) Jones
4) Nic Newman

Loose Defender

1) McVeigh
2) Jetta
3) Sam Reid

Ruckman

1) Pyke
2) Tippett
3) Tom D
4) Naismith
5) Toby N

Inside midfield extractors

1) Kennedy
2) Parker
3) Mitchell
4) Bird
5) Hewitt
6) Robinson

Running inside / outside midfielders

1) K. Jack
2) Hannas
3) McVeigh
4) McGlynn
5) Lloyd
6) Heeney
7) Jones

Fast outside midfielder

1) Jetta
2) Cunningham
3) Rohan
4) Perris
5) Marsh

Key Forward

1) Franklin
2) Tippett
3) Reid
4) Goodes
5) Pyke
6) Toby N
7) Abe Davis

Medium Forward Tall / Flanker

1) Goodes
2) Kennedy
3) Rohan
4) Towers
5) Robinson
6) James Rose

Small Forward / Flanker

1) Parker
2) Mcveigh
3) K. Jack
4) McGlynn
5) Cunningham
6) Brandon Jack
7) Hiscox

Please advise if I have missed out a player. Please debate the current positioning of the depth chart. How do you think this depth chart will change over the season.

[Ludwig]

NFL teams use a depth chart to measure what roster player is ranked first to last in each position on the field. I'm going to attempt to do this for the Swans. Players in the AFL can appear on more that one depth chart position. Depth charts can change instantly depending on performance.

Defensive Linesmen

1) Richards
2) Grundy
3) Reid
4) Aliir
5) X Richards
6) McLaren

Linebackers

1) Rampe
2) Rohan
3) Laidler
4) Melican

Corner Backs

1) Smith
2) Shaw
3) Jones
4) Nic Newman

Safety

1) McVeigh
2) Jetta
3) Sam Reid

Center

1) Pyke
2) Tippett
3) Tom D
4) Naismith
5) Toby N

Offensive Linemen

1) Kennedy
2) Parker
3) Mitchell
4) Bird
5) Hewitt
6) Robinson

Quarterback

1) K. Jack
2) Hannas
3) McVeigh
4) McGlynn
5) Lloyd
6) Heeney
7) Jones

Running Backs

1) Jetta
2) Cunningham
3) Rohan
4) Perris
5) Marsh

Tight Ends

1) Franklin
2) Tippett
3) Reid
4) Goodes
5) Pyke
6) Toby N
7) Abe Davis

Wide Receiver / Flanker

1) Goodes
2) Kennedy
3) Rohan
4) Towers
5) Robinson
6) James Rose

Flanker

1) Parker
2) Mcveigh
3) K. Jack
4) McGlynn
5) Cunningham
6) Brandon Jack
7) Hiscox

Please advise if I have missed out a player. Please debate the current positioning of the depth chart. How do you think this depth chart will change over the season.

Just changed a few titles so everyone is familiar with the new terminology.

And don't forget the Punters

[RogueSwan]

Just changed a few titles so everyone is familiar with the new terminology.

And don't forget the Punters

And the pre-game RWO gathering?

[Untamed Snark]

Heh-The Punters and the Gatherers

[satchmopugdog]

[RogueSwan]

Heh-The Punters and the Gatherers

Agreed!

[Matt80]

New recruits Issac Heeney, Abe Davis and Jack Hiscox along with rookie Lewis Melican will line up for their first competitive game in the red and white.

The squad also includes four players yet to play a senior game at AFL level with Toby Nankervis, George Hewett, Daniel Robinson and Harry Marsh named.

Jarrad McVeigh, Kurt Tippett, Lance Franklin, Adam Goodes and Ted Richards are the only senior players set to sit out the match against the Lions.

See the full squad below:

14. BIRD, Craig
7. CUNNINGHAM, Harry
9. DAVIS, Abaina
39. GRUNDY, Heath
4. HANNEBERY, Daniel
5. HEENEY, Isaac
29. HEWETT, George
17. HISCOX, Jack
33. JACK, Brandon
15. JACK, Kieren
32. JETTA, Lewis
12. KENNEDY, Josh
11. LAIDLER, Jeremy
31. MARSH, Harrison
21. McGLYNN, Ben
43. MELICAN, Lewis
6. MITCHELL, Tom
35. NAISMITH, Sam
13. NANKERVIS, Toby
26. PARKER, Luke
38. PYKE, Mike
24. RAMPE, Dane
20. REID, Sam
42. RICHARDS, Xavier
27. ROBINSON, Daniel
16. ROHAN, Gary
2. SHAW, Rhyce
40. SMITH, Nick
22. TOWERS, Dean

Fresh face named for NAB Challenge - sydneyswans.com.au

Below is the updated Swans positional depth chart for the available players in the different positions:

Sam Reid has it tough. He is the ranked two as a tall defender and ranked one as a tall forward. Cant have him everywhere. These positional depth chart rankings are the sole opinion of Matt80.

Tall Defender

1) Grundy
2) Reid
3) X Richards
4) Abe Davis

Medium Defender

1) Rampe
2) Rohan
3) Laidler
4) Melican

Small Defender

1) Smith
2) Shaw

Loose Defender

1) Jetta
2) Sam Reid

Ruckman

1) Pyke
2) Naismith
3) Toby N

Inside midfield extractors

1) Kennedy
2) Parker
3) Mitchell
4) Bird
5) Hewitt
6) Robinson

Running inside / outside midfielders

1) K. Jack
2) Hannas
3) McGlynn
4) Heeney


Fast outside midfielder

1) Jetta
2) Cunningham
3) Rohan
4) Brandon Jack
5) Marsh
5) Hiscox

Key Forward

1) Reid
2) Pyke
3) Toby N
4) Abe Davis
5) Sam Naismith

Medium Forward Tall / Flanker

1) Kennedy
2) Rohan
3) Towers
4) Robinson

Small Forward / Flanker

1) Parker
2) K. Jack
3) McGlynn
4) Cunningham
5) Brandon Jack
6) Hiscox

[S.S. Bleeder]

Melican is 194cm compared to Reg's 192cm so surely he has to be classified as a tall defender. Other than that it looks pretty good Matt.

[tasmania60]

Who ranks the players and where ?

[Doctor]

Matt's doing it himself. As a fan of Major League Baseball, where it has been used widely for a long time, I think it's a fun idea.

[Matt80]

Matt's doing it himself. As a fan of Major League Baseball, where it has been used widely for a long time, I think it's a fun idea.

Thanks Doctor. Posters should debate where different players rank in different positions. In 2014 players such as ROK and LRT fell down the depth chart from where they started in the pre-season. Players such as Cunningham, Lloyd and McGlynn would have risen up the depth chart rankings from where they started in the pre-season.

[mcs]

Just changed a few titles so everyone is familiar with the new terminology.

And don't forget the Punters

As always Ludwig, very good

[Matt80]

There is a definite change to the tall defender depth chart positions with the continued selection of X Richards and the non-selection of Aliir in the pre-season games. It appears that X Richards is ahead of Aliir.

1) Ted Richards
2) Grundy
3) Reid
4) X Richards
5) Aliir
6) McLaren
7) Davis

If the Gerald Healy rumour is true about Ted Richards hamstring then X Richards will move up to 3rd position and close to a senior debut for round one, depending on how the Swans deploy Reid.

[ugg]

I would classify Rampe as a tall defender, he has played on tall forwards in the last two years

[S.S. Bleeder]

I would classify Rampe as a tall defender, he has played on tall forwards in the last two years

Agreed. He's only 188cms but he's very athletic with a good leap. Extremely mobile too.