Pre-season 2018

[Auntie.Gerald]

Odd one out Dawson ?

Interesting

Great to see AJ with the Senior players though

[707]

Odd one out Dawson ?........

Please explain?

[707]

and so this is Xmas ........

So we've hit the festive season break, all players have returned to training after their longest breaks for some years, only Tippett with major post season surgery, Buddy and Heeney some minor stuff, all seven draftees turned up without niggles and nearly the whole squad has completed the majority of sessions.

So our Xmas present is a squad in better shape than it's been since records have been kept and new found enthusiasm and vision in the coaching box. That'll do me.

[AB Swannie]

Does anyone know who won the time trial this year?

[Auntie.Gerald]

Pretty amazing Reg played such a good season with minimal training during the week all season and same with Tippo carrying his ankle injury with minimal during the week training

Hannes with his OP all season which is a pain in the arse injury...... well almost but u know what I mean !

They are all tracking well

[707]

Champion Data's List Analysis has bee released. This rates players on their performance over the past two seasons with a 25/75 bias towards the 2017 season. Players are rated Elite top 10% of position, Above Average top 35% of position.

Swans top the list with 17 players rating Elite or Above Average. Other teams in order
16 Port
14 GWS
12 Melbourne, Richmond
11 Adel, Essendon, Geelong
10 Collingwood, Hawks, Dogs
8 St.Kilda, West Coast

Overall list ratings have us top followed by Port, Adel, GWS, Melb, Geelong, Dogs, Hawks to round out the 8, then Richmond, Collingwood, Essendon, WCE, North, St.Kilda, GC, Bris, Freo, Carlton

[Aprilbr]

Amazing how low the reigning premiers are on those lists. Just goes to show that it is all about the best team not just elite players.


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[707]

Amazing how low the reigning premiers are on those lists. Just goes to show that it is all about the best team not just elite players.

Swans 2005

[Auntie.Gerald]

Interesting chatting to the players and how much a tough vs easy draw makes a difference in their opinion come final time some teams are cooked and some have a full tank

Dogs
Richmond

Very nice draws each year respectively in their GF winning years

[stevoswan]

Interesting chatting to the players and how much a tough vs easy draw makes a difference in their opinion come final time some teams are cooked and some have a full tank

Dogs
Richmond

Very nice draws each year respectively in their GF winning years

Essendon next year? Let the fairytales continue......?

[707]

Essendon next year? Let the fairytales continue......?

Port has a very easy draw next year for a team that finished in the eight and their off season haul is unprecedented since the Edelston buy up.

I don't want to see an Essendon fairy tale, they don't deserve one.

[Auntie.Gerald]

finally the last few years we have had two games vs gws in Sydney ie only one extra game ie the away game vs gws at Blacktown but in a season of inches it all counts

The Melb teams have had a massive advantage re home and away in Melb games

[707]

My Swans magazine arrived today and as usual it's a good read.

I found the John Blakey pr?cis of our six debutants very interesting, particularly Jordan Dawson - "We expect Jordan to really stake his claim in 2018 .......... While he was outstanding in the NEAFL, he was easily our best player, for a variety of reasons he wasn't able to break back into the senior side"

derrrrr, maybe if you had selected Dawson instead of other much lesser players for promotion to the seniors on several occasions eh?

I really expect Jordan Dawson to become best 22 early in the season, far too much footy ability to languish in the NEAFL whilst other lesser players with low ceilings keep spots.

[707]

From the AFL website - "The Swans chose not to conduct time trials this pre-season"

[S.S. Bleeder]

From the AFL website - "The Swans chose not to conduct time trials this pre-season"

Why on earth would that be the case? Weird.