Grand Final: Sydney Swans Reserves v Brisbane Lions Reserves @ SCG

[Billericay]

Isn't playing Tippett in the Grand Final the equivalent of tanking?

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[Blood Fever]

?Best players: J Foote W Hayward T Pink O Florent J Dawson.?

Watched a lot if the game. Surprised to see Hayward in best.

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Watched a lot if the game. Surprised to see Hayward in best.

He was statless in the last quarter. I know he started in the first centre bounce of that quarter in the middle but not sure if he came off after that.

[rb4x]

What was the story with Osborne? Was he injured as I have not seen duck eggs like this since Chambers?

[Ludwig]

Foote and Pink both played well and could have been game winners had they kicked just a bit straighter. Foote moves ahead of Robbo in the midfield pecking order on their respective performances. Hopefully this kicks off Pink's career like last year's GF did for Melican. He had a great game against top opposition.

Murray tailed off toward the end of the season after showing so much promise. He's probably done enough to get another year. Ronke had a quiet game with some good moments and should be given another year. No doubt Fisher will go on and I think Edwards should get another as well.

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What was the story with Osborne? Was he injured as I have not seen duck eggs like this since Chambers?

I'm not sure he got on the ground at all. With 5 men on the bench and 21 listed players, the Swans probably went to a normal 4 men on the bench rotation and had Osborne there in case someone got injured during the game.

[barracuda]

Osborne played the first quarter and then was benched for the rest of the game. The other toppy Wicks had a bit more time, maybe a half. He also did some nice 1 percentters in the last quarter.

I guess shaw wanted his most experienced senior players on the ground if they were going to win.

[Thunder Shaker]

I wonder how the Swans reserves would have gone if the Brisbane seniors had been playing finals as well?

[Nico]

Sounds like Hayward has run out of steam.

[Aprilbr]

Grand Final: Sydney Swans Reserves v Brisbane Lions Reserves @ SCG

Looking at the reserves lineup I could not help but think there are 6-8 players there that played their last game for us yesterday - Laidler, Foote, Rose, Marsh, Jack, Leonardis, Talia.

Also must be a question mark over AJ (can he ever get back to afl standard) and O'Riordan (potentially heading back to Ireland). Then you have Alir and Tippett in the trade mix with the former having currency despite a very disappointing season but the latter very little in my view due to being injury prone. The upshot is that almost half of that reserves grand final team may be gone in a few months time. Food for thought.


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Laidler Foote Rose Marsh all under contract for next year

[barracuda]

The players in the team have been very selfish all year. I can only think that the dominant focus for the team is supporting the seniors. The selfishness of the players and the poor team culture cost the grand final. One of the players told me after the game that the aggressive and unsupportive culture in the team made it hard to be creative and to lean on others. One of the trainers also said that Shaws comment to the players after the game was that their selfishness cost the grand final.

[rojo]

It was a strange performance especially for a grand final and very disappointing. Almost from the first bounce it seemed like the Swans were a different team to the one which played v Gold Coast. For a time nearly everyone of KT's taps went straight to a Lion and there was a lack of energy and intensity about the players. Goal kicking was back to their most sloppy ... and not much changed over 3 quarters. It was then like a switch had been flicked and the team more or less sprang to life but still didn't take their chances in front of goal. No onfield leadership, no one able to take the game on. As I said, very odd. Maybe Barra's info explains it but if that was the case why was it not addressed before the last quarter?

[Back2oz]

I noticed COR give Florent a serve when Old didn't pick the ball up for him after a behind. I thought that was a bit odd. Like he expected someone to get the ball for him rather than do the work himself. I then watched him not pick up a player in defence even though he was being directed to. Definitely some cultural and commitment issues. Strange because you'd think they would adopt the same culture as the seniors so your attitude translates seamlessly if / when you're picked to play.