Changes for Round 19

[dejavoodoo44]

It certainly would be a selection stunner if the Dockers chose Jetta this week. Certainly is possible since he is unlikely to be in Melbourne for the Collingwood game.

Hmmm, maybe I could ask the AFL to rearrange this week's fixtures, just so I don't seem like a total tool on social media? Nah, that would only have a chance of working if I was a Hawthorn member.

[KTigers]

I often think there is a bit of "you're only as good as your last game" in the posts re some of our players on this forum.
But I've discovered we have nothing on Port fans. Check out a strand called ".... the @@@@@@@*** GWS game" on the Port page on
Big Footy. It's hysterical. Twenty pages of Port supporters mercilessly hoeing into their own players after Port were run over in
the second half by GWS yesterday.

[Ludwig]

Damn, I knew that I shouldn't have ordered that last glass of wine! Though of course, I could try to blame the liberal controlled media.

No big deal. Michael Talia thought we were playing Manchester United.

[waswan]

This is the game to get HC going, get him to Tag S Hill. Surely, surely someone in that coaches box can see that......Stop him and the game is done
Get Towers to play Fwd., Defensive on Mundy
Smith on Walters Deep, Mitchell on him around stoppages, Lloyd around the ground

[Nico]

You underestimate Harry's value as a decoy. Opposition sides are trying to keep him out of the play and let Hanners get the ball so he can kick it back to them. He's a very smart player by not risking injury at a time when we have so few senior players available. I'm sure he'll be back hammering in at those contests once AJ is fully recovered.

Harry does a lot of other underappreciated things.

• He very rarely gets caught holding the ball.
• He's never given away a free kick for umpire abuse.
• He's never been suspended by the MRP.
• He visits kids in hospital more than any other player.
• He calls his mother twice a day.

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Only one problem with this post.


We're playing Freo.


Otherwise, I like it.

Once again Harry's mum didn't have to wash his shorts. He doesn't get caught because he only gets the gimmi kicks 20metres in the clear.

[Nico]

Changes; Richards T to full back to release Rampe and anyone else to move the ball quicker out of the back line. Lloyd can then take up his usual untagged link player role. McVeigh to the HBF.
Out; HC and Foote (looks ok)

[Doctor]

No changes unless some of our injured players are good to go. Sinclair will play as he knows Subiaco pretty well.

I would think Cunningham's pace would be handy on Subiaco Oval as well. Foote is probably most likely to miss if Macca comes back in. Xavier Richards did very well in his first game as a senior forward IMO and should have kicked 4 or 5 had he not given chances off to Franklin that he should have taken himself.

[Ludwig]

Changes; Richards T to full back to release Rampe and anyone else to move the ball quicker out of the back line. Lloyd can then take up his usual untagged link player role. McVeigh to the HBF.
Out; HC and Foote (looks ok)

McVeigh has played 13 games and has 53 tackles and you want to have him replace 'Hard As Nails' Harry, who has also played 13 games, but has a massive 57 tackles to his name. I'd like to see Harry put the clamp on Michael Walters, who is their only dangerous player. McVeigh is too slow to keep up with him. Harry has also matched up well against Hill in the past.

Could be a good matchup between Neale and Hannebery. Both should have plenty of kicks, but will any of them hit a target (on their own team)?

[longmile]

Changes; Richards T to full back to release Rampe and anyone else to move the ball quicker out of the back line. Lloyd can then take up his usual untagged link player role. McVeigh to the HBF.
Out; HC and Foote (looks ok)

With the emergence of Marsh and Laidler back from injury I think we could play Teddy and use Rampe in the midfield where I think he'd be great. Obviously a bit of a left-field idea but we seem to have a surplus of decent-to-good mid sized defenders and I think Rampe's disposal and footy brains could help our forward 50 entry woes

[barry]

We won't win a flag if mcveigh (2016 version) is in the best 22.

[Go Swannies]

We won't win a flag if mcveigh (2016 version) is in the best 22.

Watching last week's game we decided that the Swans had crossed a point of critical mass of young players. There was a lack of cohesion.

Without McVeigh directing the backline I think we'll lose a few games during the rest of the H&A season and will be well off the pace for a run at the flag in 2016.

[barry]

I agree on experience, i just don't think the backline was the problem and i certainly don't think mcveigh is the answer.

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[Scottee]

Looks like the game will be wet and windy. Not sure what that means for team selections.

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[aardvark]

Watching last week's game we decided that the Swans had crossed a point of critical mass of young players. There was a lack of cohesion.

Without McVeigh directing the backline I think we'll lose a few games during the rest of the H&A season and will be well off the pace for a run at the flag in 2016.

I was interested to see how the backline would react to Macca not being there. It seems he does have quite a large influence. While i'm not his greatest fan I agree with you we need him for the time being.

[KTigers]

Right now, we have the best backline in the league, if you judge it by points against, and I can't think of a better way.
Though obviously defensive pressure from the mids and forwards helps them. The backs have only been run over
badly once this season. I know sometimes they look a bit clumsy, bumbling around.... but overall they are the real deal.
Come finals time, I'd prefer the old heads like McVeigh & Laidler there.