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What a joke. Harry will get killed. He has the intensity of a used condom at the moment and Mitchell will murder him. You just can't take the peddle off against Sam Mitchell as he is the best inside mid in the comp, not to mention the best disposer in the comp. I'd play Foote on him. Not because Foote displays any great skill but exactly becaue he doesn't. He is tight and is a good tagger and I think could take Mitchell and bury him every time he gets the ball.
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Sheesh forgot about Ladler
He'd be feeling pretty poor, he'd be an easy pick in this sideComment
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I watched the game again today Liz and his lack of intensity at the contest is not only puzzling it is worrying. His short kicks were good but his long kicks were ordinary, not put to the advantage of the forwards. In fact Toby Pink and Murray made him look good several times by providing hard contests. It isn't just his skills, which were better than BJs but the intensity is missing.
No, Fisher's skills were far better than Harry's, having seen the replay so were Edward's skills.Comment
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Yes, it seems to be fashionable not to contest the ruck on occasion. Apparently Sandilands got so confused when no one went up against him one time he punched the ball OOB and gave away a free kick.
Couldn't do it every time though or even the dumbest ruck opponent would get the hang of punching the ball halfway to the goal square.Comment
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My first thought was that Cunningham had come in to tag Mitchell (he's had some tagging roles before from memory), but you could be right about Foote. Averages 5 tackles a game in his 3 games.
I'm happy for Papley to come back. He's in our best 22 and obviously judged to be fit enough. We need forwards who lead and mark. He'll also chase and tackle. His first game of AFL was pretty handy from memory, so can pick up the intensity quickly.
Cunningham better have a blinder, but again I don't mind the selection. It's not as though Dawson was prolific defensively last week. We also seemed a bit too weighed to youth last weekend.
Having said that, slightly surprised we didn't select Melican. Suggests Aliir won't pinch hut in the ruck too much (leaving our forward line super small when Reid does).Comment
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the team on our swans site video is very different in starting possies to what is on the AFL site
this is the team below as per swans website video team announcement etc
I just love the mids Florent, Hannes and Mills as it could be the midfield for many many years........I know when Heeney comes back it changes things but the youth looks awesome in potential and Mills being more and more up in the midfield looks a better balance
Def: Marsh, Grundy, Jones
Def: Lloyd, AA, Smith
Mids: Florent, Hannebery, Mills
For: Hewett, Reid,Foote
For: Paps, Franklin, Jack
Ruck: Sinclair, Kennedy, Parker
Interchange: Hayward, Cunningham, Newman, Fox
Don't be surprised to see a little bit of magic coaching when Reid goes to help in the Ruck........ we may just see the next chapter of Will Haywards meteoric rise.............
Will standing at FF one on one and saying catch me if you can !!!!! lol !!!!
freakish young talent and looks hungrier then Gary Rohan ever has as the random jack out of the box player upfront"be tough, only when it gets tough"
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The ruck solution(?) is a big concern. A lack of options, but I'm sure no one had Sinclair as the sole ruck going into the game.
They say thoroughbred's shouldn't ruck, but if Sinclair goes down in the first quarter, will we see Reid and Franklin rucking out the game?!?The eternal connundrum "what happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object" was finally solved when David Hasselhoff punched himself in the face.Comment
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This team is terrible. The half forward and half back line scares no one.
Would have lost last years GF by 12 goals. Even allowing for the improvement by the omission of Rohan and Tippett.
The only consolation is that, IMHO, that west coast aren't any good and failed their first test quite badly last week. If this game wasn't in WA it would be a coin flip. Especially if smith can cancel Lecras.
A rebuild on the run. If anyone can do such a thing it is this club. Let's hope they can keep the good kids with so much salary cap invested in so few ( although , for th most part, exceptional players)
A game against the hawks this week would have been so intriguing.Comment
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