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  • Foreign Legion
    Senior Player
    • Feb 2003
    • 3315

    Originally posted by Cosmic Wizard
    This only works if you get rid of the dead wood on our list; can our club do this???

    It hasn't in the pass; will it get rid of Hannas and Reid??

    There are so many examples of players just keep on the list because five years ago they were good.

    Why are we keeping both Gundy and Mcviegh?

    And AA is also very slow
    AA slow? Are you watching the same player as me? Not saying he is express but he is nimble for his size.

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    • troyjones2525
      Swans Fanatic!
      • Mar 2008
      • 2908

      Just saw on a facebook AFL Trade Rumors page that apparently Gary Rohan was seen walking into North Melbourne headquaters with Zeibell, Tarrant, Cunnington and North GM Cameron Joyce. It stated a North supporter observed it today whilst apparently being there to purchase some merchandise from the NM Shop.

      This does make some sort of sense to me as I believe that Rohan and Ben Cunnington were junior teammates and were extremely close.

      Interesting...

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      • stevoswan
        Veterans List
        • Sep 2014
        • 8543

        I would get it if Gary felt a change of scenery is necessary to reignite his career......as unfortunately, it's stalled at the Swans. Hanners too.....although I think his best days are already behind him. The club should get the best deals they can for them.....

        Interesting comments from Horse at the end of his post match press conference.....on Hanners : "Well, he's contracted." .....and on Lloyd : "Yeah, we hope Jake stays." So, Lloyd is definitely considering an outside offer (Suns) and a standard response on Hanners which means not a lot......
        Last edited by stevoswan; 9 September 2018, 04:59 PM.

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        • waswan
          Senior Player
          • Oct 2015
          • 2047

          A few queries on some vets

          Rohan get a tank and play wing or back flank we have too many small forwards
          Smith insurance for a Toby Greene or similar opponent but need to move on from defenders that cant kick and carry the ball
          Reg imsurance behimd alir and melican as a big defender
          Jack insurance too slow need the younger guys running the midfield

          Fringe Newman Robinson not in 22

          Time to shine
          Dawson high half fwd
          Jones midfield
          Mills midfield
          Heeney Mid fwd
          Ollie wing
          Hayward high half fwd
          Naismith more around the ground

          Kennedy Parker mid fwd and only one in the middle at a time

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          • Markwebbos
            Veterans List
            • Jul 2016
            • 7186

            Originally posted by waswan
            A few queries on some vets

            Rohan get a tank and play wing or back flank we have too many small forwards
            Smith insurance for a Toby Greene or similar opponent but need to move on from defenders that cant kick and carry the ball
            Reg imsurance behimd alir and melican as a big defender
            Jack insurance too slow need the younger guys running the midfield

            Fringe Newman Robinson not in 22

            Time to shine
            Dawson high half fwd
            Jones midfield
            Mills midfield
            Heeney Mid fwd
            Ollie wing
            Hayward high half fwd
            Naismith more around the ground

            Kennedy Parker mid fwd and only one in the middle at a time
            Yes to pretty much all of you!

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            • Aprilbr
              Senior Player
              • Oct 2016
              • 1803

              I think our failings this season which were brutally exposed yesterday are found in the midfield and up forward. Our inability to get the ball into our forward 50 sufficiently has exposed us all year. Hence targeting talent in these areas in the offseason will be critical. A key question for the list manager is whether we target an established midfielder or try to draft in a future star? Watching the Dees on Friday night they have a potential premiership side built around drafted elite talent such as Oliver and Brayshaw. Perhaps that’s our best bet too unless someone really good comes available at a reasonable price?


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              • Blood Fever
                Veterans List
                • Apr 2007
                • 4040

                Originally posted by waswan
                A few queries on some vets

                Rohan get a tank and play wing or back flank we have too many small forwards
                Smith insurance for a Toby Greene or similar opponent but need to move on from defenders that cant kick and carry the ball
                Reg imsurance behimd alir and melican as a big defender
                Jack insurance too slow need the younger guys running the midfield

                Fringe Newman Robinson not in 22

                Time to shine
                Dawson high half fwd
                Jones midfield
                Mills midfield
                Heeney Mid fwd
                Ollie wing
                Hayward high half fwd
                Naismith more around the ground

                Kennedy Parker mid fwd and only one in the middle at a time
                Good food for thought except for Gary Rohan bit. Not sure if he is staying or going but reckon he probably should have played instead of Ronke. Said so before the game in a post. Despite some big time flops in finals, he has played some good ones up forward.

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                • waswan
                  Senior Player
                  • Oct 2015
                  • 2047

                  Also Buddy CHF
                  Reid or Mccartin deep forward
                  Buddy up the ground opens up our fwd line and make us less predictable

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                  • Muttley
                    Pushing for Selection
                    • Aug 2018
                    • 65

                    I know I am a broken record but id like to see us get both Todd Marshall and Nick Blakey this year.

                    We cant rely on bombing it to Buddy and this strategy got found out. He needs support and sooner or later he wont be there at all.

                    Mills needs to go in to the midfield. Then I'd love see Heeney, Jones, Dawson and Ronke get run through there as well.

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                    • mcs
                      Travelling Swannie!!
                      • Jul 2007
                      • 8149

                      Originally posted by Blood Fever
                      Good food for thought except for Gary Rohan bit. Not sure if he is staying or going but reckon he probably should have played instead of Ronke. Said so before the game in a post. Despite some big time flops in finals, he has played some good ones up forward.
                      His best final by far was playing off the half back flank. Ronke has struggled, but Rohan has hardly set things alight in the ressies either.
                      "You get the feeling that like Monty Python's Black Knight, the Swans would regard amputation as merely a flesh wound."

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                      • Mauzza
                        Pushing for Selection
                        • Mar 2010
                        • 57

                        Originally posted by troyjones2525
                        Just saw on a facebook AFL Trade Rumors page that apparently Gary Rohan was seen walking into North Melbourne headquaters with Zeibell, Tarrant, Cunnington and North GM Cameron Joyce. It stated a North supporter observed it today whilst apparently being there to purchase some merchandise from the NM Shop.

                        This does make some sort of sense to me as I believe that Rohan and Ben Cunnington were junior teammates and were extremely close.

                        Interesting...

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                        I saw that posted on Facebook this morning. According to the NMFC website the NM shop is not open on Sundays. I saw Gary, Aime and Bella last night around 8pm on their way to the carpark at the Entertainment Quarter. Plus he played in the NEAFL yesterday. So something not right there re the timeline.

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                        • Markwebbos
                          Veterans List
                          • Jul 2016
                          • 7186

                          This Age article quotes Josh Kennedy on Hanners: "I expect him here next year"


                          Embarrassed Sydney captain Josh Kennedy has flagged an uncomfortable few weeks of soul-searching in the wake of the Swans' ignominious finals exit on Saturday, while claiming he expects vice-captain Dan Hannebery to be part of Sydney's 2019 campaign.

                          While Sydney's forward woes were unsurprisingly an area of focus after the game, the Swans' midfield was also made to look second-rate, with uncertainty surrounding whether the same group of on-ballers will lead Sydney's charge again next year. Three-time All-Australian Hannebery has endured a difficult year in which he has been plagued by injury and poor form, and his future at the club is up in the air.

                          While the 2012 premiership hero is contracted for another three years, he has been strongly courted by St Kilda. The Saints' football chief Simon Lethlean has a strong relationship with Hannebery, with the pair sharing a background in the Xavier College network.

                          However despite St Kilda's play for Hannebery, Kennedy maintained his long-time teammate - who will be 28 by the start of next season - would be a Swan in 2019.

                          "I expect him here next year," Kennedy said.

                          "I'm sure the club are working through it with him. He's contracted, he's an absolute star of the club and the club's history, so I'm sure we'll work something out."

                          Another of Sydney's stars, Jake Lloyd, is out-of-contract, with coach John Longmire saying on Saturday he was hopeful Lloyd would remain with the Swans.

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                          • troyjones2525
                            Swans Fanatic!
                            • Mar 2008
                            • 2908

                            Originally posted by Mauzza
                            I saw that posted on Facebook this morning. According to the NMFC website the NM shop is not open on Sundays. I saw Gary, Aime and Bella last night around 8pm on their way to the carpark at the Entertainment Quarter. Plus he played in the NEAFL yesterday. So something not right there re the timeline.
                            Cool, thanks for the updated info. Probably just another bulldust social media rumor!

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

                              Originally posted by Mauzza
                              I saw that posted on Facebook this morning. According to the NMFC website the NM shop is not open on Sundays. I saw Gary, Aime and Bella last night around 8pm on their way to the carpark at the Entertainment Quarter. Plus he played in the NEAFL yesterday. So something not right there re the timeline.
                              Maybe it was Cameron Ling?

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                              • dejavoodoo44
                                Veterans List
                                • Apr 2015
                                • 8492

                                Originally posted by S.S. Bleeder
                                Maybe it was Cameron Ling?
                                I was thinking Ronald McDonald.

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