Changes Rd 21 v Freo

[snajik]

I was startled while watching The Chaser to discover that the Boston Red Sox have adopted "Sweet Caroline" as an anthem.

Boston Red Sox - Wikipedia

And to think of all of all those great bands that came from Boston. Go figure.

I reckon #23 and #10 have been our two biggest passengers this past fortnight. I'm not saying we should drop either of them, but they sure can play a hell of a lot better. Joey should only return if he's 100%.

[Go Swannies]

I was startled while watching The Chaser to discover that the Boston Red Sox have adopted "Sweet Caroline" as an anthem.

Boston Red Sox - Wikipedia

You think they'd go with "More than a Feeling".

[CureTheSane]

Leave Towers alone. He's doing OK.

I've been a huge proponent of Towers since everyone came down on him for his end of game errors.
I'd like to see him stay in the team, but who comes out for Kennedy?

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Towers isn't going anywhere. Just put him on the bench for the last few minutes in tight games.

Way to perpetuate the negativity....

[Captain]

Towers has to be the one to go for Kennedy. Pretty simple really.

Would be crazy to change the Tippett/Sinclair combination.

Tippett will be our #1 ruck by finals if he stays injury free and will go back to being an absolute lock.

[Markwebbos]

On a a recent video interview with Heeney on Swans website, Heeney said the players like Sweet Caroline - it gets them going!

I cannot quite believe anyone could be fired up by Neil Diamond unless they mean it makes them angry. Has anyone analysed our 2nd quarters at home and away to see if there is a 'Sweet Caroline Effect'?

[crackedactor]

Towers has to be the one to go for Kennedy. Pretty simple really.

Would be crazy to change the Tippett/Sinclair combination.

Tippett will be our #1 ruck by finals if he stays injury free and will go back to being an absolute lock.

Yes Tippett/ Sinclair combination needs to stay for at least one more week. Bit worried about Buddy's form over the last two weeks. Could it be worthwhile to rest him? I would leave out Towers and Buddy and include Kennedy and Dawson, and Reid can play full forward and Dawson in the mid field.

[Markwebbos]

Two questions at selection:

1. Has Horse reverted to 2 rucks or is it personnel dependent? I suspect he's been scarred by BigBoyGate and will continue to play 2.

2. Whether to play Joey and if so who goes out. Horse isn't big on resting players, but we very rarely have major hammy injuries. I reckon if he's right to play they'll play him.

Callum Sinclair outplayed Tippo but Tippo has way more upside and is much more of a genuine forward.

IN: Kennedy, Naismith
OUT: Towers, Sinkers

If Kennedy isn't right I'd like to see them roll the dice and give Dawson a run in place of Towers, but that's almost certainly not going to happen.

[Ludwig]

1. Has Horse reverted to 2 rucks or is it personnel dependent? I suspect he's been scarred by BigBoyGate and will continue to play 2.

What McEvoy proved was that neither Sinclair nor Naismith can defend, not that we need 2 ruckmen. What it showed is that we need 1 ruckman plus another defender to cover a good ruckman who can take marks around the ground and kick goals.

Since Aliir will never play again in the senior side, Reid may have to play in defence. We can go with a small forward, a la Richmond, who have had good success playing a single KPF. If we play Richmond in the finals, Reid can move forward again. We will need Reid to play in defence anyway against Adelaide, so we might as well get some practice this week.

Last year we played Reg, Aliir, Rampe, Marsh and Laidler against Adelaide, with Rampe taking Walker. It seemed to work well. So Marsh or Laidler are other options if we want to leave Reid forward.

[barry]

Forget Dawson. If he wasn't selected in the last two weeks, he's cooked for 2017.

And let's cut this " drop towers" nonsense

[wolftone57]

It's Tuesday and this thread doesn't exist yet?

How much longer can Towers keep his spot? Finals are coming and we need less passengers

Up until last week Deano had been pretty good. Unfortunately he went missing in action last week. Because there is no surity that Joey will be back this week I would suggest resting Joey until next week and playing Dawson in Joey's role. This would give the young bloke a chance to strut his stuff in the big league. It would also give us a chance to set up a little differently.

Several players went missing last week, Deano wasn't the only one. if you look at the stats Tippett went missing again. Sinclair was by far the best ruckman for us with 17 disposals, 18 Hit Outs, 6 tackles and 8 inside 50's. Tippett on the other hand had 8 disposals, 16 HO, 4 T and 2 I50. I would look at bringing in Aliir as a mobile ruckman who can get taps as well as run off his opponent.

It's really interesting that Hayward, Papley & Rohan don't need to get huge numbers to really hurt the opposition. Paps & Will got 12 each and Gaz 9 but their goals tally was 8 between them. Fairly impressive.

I'd give Kizza a rest this week and play Rose just to see how he goes as he is getting plenty in the reserves. He has also started to play a good defensive game when he doesn't have the ball. That was James' problem, slack defensively.

[Doctor]

I was startled while watching The Chaser to discover that the Boston Red Sox have adopted "Sweet Caroline" as an anthem.

Boston Red Sox - Wikipedia

...in 2004

[ugg]

I cannot quite believe anyone could be fired up by Neil Diamond unless they mean it makes them angry. Has anyone analysed our 2nd quarters at home and away to see if there is a 'Sweet Caroline Effect'?

Conclusion: It's the Auskickers that are the most inspiring.

Quarters at the SCG
Q1

• 4.3 27
• 1.1 7
• 4.1 25
• 7.5 47
• 2.4 16
• 2.2 14
• 2.5 17
• 4.3 27
• 3.5 23

Avg = 22.56 points


Q2

• 4.2 26
• 4.6 30
• 0.3 3
• 5.5 35
• 2.2 14
• 3.6 24
• 3.6 24
• 6.2 38
• 4.3 27

Avg = 24.56 points


Q3

• 2.1 13
• 2.4 16
• 4.3 27
• 5.3 33
• 5.1 31
• 4.6 30
• 3.6 24
• 4.5 29
• 4.6 30

Avg = 25.89 points


Q4

• 2.4 16
• 4.2 26
• 1.2 8
• 3.2 20
• 2.2 14
• 3.2 20
• 3.3 21
• 3.6 24
• 3.3 21

Avg = 18.89 points


Q2 at Away games

• R2 Docklands 2.4 16
• R4 Subiaco 2.1 13
• R6 MCG 3.4 22
• R8 Docklands 6.5 41
• R9 Docklands 3.1 19
• R13 MCG 3.1 19
• R15 MCG 4.7 31
• R17 Showgrounds 3.1 19
• R19 MCG 2.2 14
• R20 Kardinia Park 3.0 18

Avg = 21.20 points

[Matty10]

...in 2004

Yeah, it is featured in the 2005 film, "Perfect Catch" (called Fever Pitch outside Australia) with Jimmy Fallon and Drew Barrymore. That is actually what I think of when I hear the song during game day.


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[wolftone57]

I don't think the coaches will back Sinclair to ruck a whole game solo. Naismith yes, but not Sinclair. I also doubt they'd have Tippett rucking solo either, unless forced to. If Naismith is ready to return, they could drop both Sinclair and Tippo if they want to retain a smaller structure but otherwise it will probably be Towers or Newman who makes way for Kennedy, if he's ready. I'm not in favour of dropping Newman but I think he and Towers are probably the two least important from a structural point of view. I can't see anyone else in the side who would even come up for consideration of being dropped given Horse is clearly taken by what Hayward brings to the side (and with three goals last week, it's hard to argue).

I don't know about Newman being one of the least important structurally. I think he squares us up and is able to get that really difficult kick out of defence. This has always been a problem for us when pressured, too many indiscriminate kicks to nobody. Newman seems to be able to stay cool and deliver a kick out of defence. Some of his attack was good too and the kick to Gazza was super. I wouldn't want him to go anywhere in a hurry.

[KTigers]

The book "Fever Pitch" by Nick Hornby is great and should be required reading for many here. It basically covers the writers obsession with Arsenal and
how following them over the 88/89 season effected his life & relationships. Many here will see aspects of their lives and their unhealthy obsession
with our team and how it's performing. Highly recommended.

The film "Perfect Catch" is loosely based around the book and because it's an American movie they've changed the main character to be an obsessed Red Sox fan. It's OK, but it's tamer and
a bit corny.

Yeah, it is featured in the 2005 film, "Perfect Catch" (called Fever Pitch outside Australia) with Jimmy Fallon and Drew Barrymore. That is actually what I think of when I hear the song during game day.


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