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  • Matty10
    Senior Player
    • Jun 2007
    • 1331

    Originally posted by Cosmic Wizard
    Yes but why would he make them????

    Goodwin no fool, so there must be something that has happened?

    They only just sign him to a three year deal last year.
    Goodwin has to do something if he wants to offload a player that is still under contract. Watts doesn?t have to leave, but comments like that might make him want to.



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    • barry
      Veterans List
      • Jan 2003
      • 8499

      Originally posted by S.S. Bleeder
      I would think that Watts would take the place of our 2nd ruckman. One ruckman seems to be the direction the game is heading and it would also make us more mobile. I would have some doubts about Buddy, Reid and Watts playing in the forward line. It seems too tall to me. I haven't seen much of Watts but my understanding in he's more consistent in the backline?
      Two ways it could go. He becomes 2nd ruck which means he replaces Sinclair.
      Or, he becomes key defender which means he replaces melican/mcveigh or someone like that until reg retires.

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      • YvonneH
        Senior Player
        • Sep 2011
        • 1141

        It seems almost every year the Swans are rumoured to be in the chase for high profile players, despite the constant talk of our limited salary cap etc.

        Funnily enough our biggest coup was Buddy. There was NO talk of that happening.

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        • mattybloods
          Warming the Bench
          • Jul 2016
          • 482

          Watts is tall but I don't see him as a KPP. Not physical enough to compete in the ruck. He has an accurate kick from what I've seen and is pretty athletic. If we get him would be interesting where we play him, possibly in the mould of Goodes rotate through wing and half forward


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          • Markwebbos
            Veterans List
            • Jul 2016
            • 7186

            Originally posted by YvonneH
            It seems almost every year the Swans are rumoured to be in the chase for high profile players, despite the constant talk of our limited salary cap etc.

            Funnily enough our biggest coup was Buddy. There was NO talk of that happening.
            All this Hodge to Brisbane talk is just a smokescreen. He?s really coming to the Swans.

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            • ernie koala
              Senior Player
              • May 2007
              • 3251

              Originally posted by Cosmic Wizard

              Goodwin no fool, so there must be something that has happened?

              They only just sign him to a three year deal last year.

              What would be the point of recruiting someone who is lazy and not hard at it?
              Agree, he turned up to pre season unfit. In a year when the Dee's were looking to make a finals push, that's terrible.

              I would of thought that's when the player/coach trust was lost, and is extremely hard to reinstate. He didn't do enough during the season to turn things around.

              Got a hammy, which could be linked to his poor pre season.

              Maybe the Swans could turn him around, but 9 years of really average footy is a big case against him....No thanks.
              Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it's time to pause and reflect... MT

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              • Plugger1300
                Warming the Bench
                • Feb 2010
                • 310

                the needs - goal kicking midfielder
                Not to be mistaken from a midfielder that goes forward

                Another classy kicker
                The MCG highlights our inability to pierce through defences.

                Watts could be this guy. We have an impeccable record of turning this type of player around
                Might be worth looking at Trent Mackenzie as well
                Huge kick of the footy. I'm told that the suns have really stifled his game style

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                • S.S. Bleeder
                  Senior Player
                  • Sep 2014
                  • 2165

                  Apparently David Armitage is looking to leave the Aints. He would be a good help to Junior as an inside mid for a couple of years?

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                  • waswan
                    Senior Player
                    • Oct 2015
                    • 2047

                    9yrs is 9yrs he is like Darling at West Coast bith horses have bolted they are what they are

                    Now ffs play Alir reg and Melican and release 188cm Ramps as a running defender with a great kick

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                    • caj23
                      Senior Player
                      • Aug 2003
                      • 2462

                      Originally posted by waswan
                      Now ffs play Alir reg and Melican and release 188cm Ramps as a running defender with a great kick

                      Couldn't agree more

                      While they're at it, no more second ruckman, Towers is it. Recent GFs have proved that having a dominant tap ruckman is pointless, you just need one with a big tank who can get involved in general play and take some contested marks. The relief ruckman can basically be anybody over 185cm!

                      We are clearly overstocked with ruckman at the moment, unfortunately none of them fit the above description

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                      • longmile
                        Crumber
                        • Apr 2011
                        • 3362

                        Originally posted by Markwebbos
                        All this Hodge to Brisbane talk is just a smokescreen. He?s really coming to the Swans.
                        eewwwwww. please. we already have Johnson.

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                        • WauchopeAnalyst
                          Regular in the Side
                          • Sep 2008
                          • 834

                          Originally posted by barry
                          Who in the 22 that ran out last, would watts replace?
                          Mcveigh.


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                          • WauchopeAnalyst
                            Regular in the Side
                            • Sep 2008
                            • 834

                            Originally posted by ugg
                            the day started with reports that the Giants has told Heath that his future was uncertain and ended with another report that he had secretly signed a contract extension till the end of 2019. The madness of trade week and it hasn?t officially started!
                            The Giants werent interested in keeping Shaw until the Wilson trade and a 180 degree turn and another extra year contract. Life is all about timing.

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                            • Ludwig
                              Veterans List
                              • Apr 2007
                              • 9359

                              Originally posted by waswan

                              Now ffs play Aliir reg and Melican and release 188cm Ramps as a running defender with a great kick
                              Originally posted by caj23
                              Couldn't agree more

                              While they're at it, no more second ruckman, Towers is it. Recent GFs have proved that having a dominant tap ruckman is pointless, you just need one with a big tank who can get involved in general play and take some contested marks. The relief ruckman can basically be anybody over 185cm!

                              We are clearly overstocked with ruckman at the moment, unfortunately none of them fit the above description




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                              • waswan
                                Senior Player
                                • Oct 2015
                                • 2047

                                The most frustrating part of all this is how @@@@ing obvious it is
                                Wake up coaching panel

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