8 games to go

[rb4x]

As far as I am concerned it is a nobrainer that Cameron has to come in. He has been bashing the door down for some weeks in the NEAFL now. Sinclair is starting to look a little fatigued even though he topped the fantasy points for us against North. The Suns have two big ruckmen in Witts and Crossley so there will be no rest for the Swans rucks and I would not want to see either Parker or Kennedy going up against Crossley. Aliir has shown what he can do running out of defence. Let him consolidate on that. It seems a perfect opportunity against the out of form Suns for Cameron to debut. Given all that I will still not be surprised if Cameron is left on the shelf by the selectors who obviously know more about the players than I do.

[707]

It was a failure to not bring in Dawson last year when he was smoking hot in the NEAFL. A unique player who has footy smarts and skills and size (not as tall as Cripps!) and a booming left foot.

Thank goodness they finally gave COR a start, he looked so composed with excellent vision, reading of the play and great skills, a great debut. Aliir, well he's returned to that 2016 form that had him rated on the cusp of Elite by Champion Data, these two players have instantly made us a much better side as seen against North at the Etihad Speedway, how refreshing was that game!!

McVeigh I'm happy to return at the expense of Marsh who is limited in ability (showed again against North) but KJ and Hanners are a liability, no more Gold Passes, we must move forward.

[Mountain Man]

Marsh is a likely omission for Grundy, but I'm happy he has had a run

[AB Swannie]

With the introduction of COR and Cameron to the senior side and the long term injuries of Reid and Melican along with concerns with Hanners and Jack, what team would we like to have going into the finals?

This is my team with the assumption that all players who aren’t out for the season are available:

B: Nick Smith, Heath Grundy, Dane Rampe
HB: Jake Lloyd, Aliir Aliir, Jarrad McVeigh
C: Harry Cunningham, Josh Kennedy, Zak Jones
HF: Isaac Heeney, Tom McCartin, Oliver Florent
F: Will Hayward, Lance Franklin, Tom Papley
R: Callum Sinclair, Luke Parker, George Hewett

I: Ben Ronke, Dan Hannebery, Colin O’Riordan, Dean Towers

Hanners just makes it on the hope he can recapture some semblance of form as a 2016 version of Hanners would have is really challenging. I also remember the early games of this year when Towers was closer to our best six than the bottom six.

[707]

In the space of a couple of weeks almost all RWO's selection changes have come to fruition. Out with under performing Gold Pass holders KJ & Hanners, in with our favourite NEAFL stars COR & Cameron plus whipping boys Foote & Towers not in this week despite injuries. Only need Dawson to hit high gear again.

I like the above team, I doubt first choice players, Reid & Melican will make it.

[longmile]

Will McVeigh be back in time?

[Markwebbos]

Will McVeigh be back in time?

I think so. He’s already been doing some light pointing work at training. They are saying he’ll be back for Collingwood or Melbourne

Swans weighing up Kennedy conundrum - AFL.com.au

[Aprilbr]

No Gary Rohan there. Saids a lot about his season so far.


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[AB Swannie]

No Gary Rohan there. Saids a lot about his season so far.

The emergence of Ronke has really put Rohan down the pecking order for me. For me, they play a similar role with Rohan slightly better at marking above his head but Ronke significantly better at contested possessions and ground ball gets.

[Auntie.Gerald]

Ronke probably has won a few games for us this season

If we didn’t have him play how many wins would we be on this season ?

First year player !!! Amazing

[707]

Ronke probably has won a few games for us this season

If we didn’t have him play how many wins would we be on this season ?

First year player !!! Amazing

Ronke has great footy smarts and the ability to get deft touches on the ball in tight situations.

What was the knock on him in U18, just looks so natural, was overlooked 90 times before we called his name, how many of those 90 will end up better players? Reckon he'll be top 5 when the counting's finally done.

[Hotpotato]

B. Ronke is so rapid fire, sometimes you don’t see where the ball went because he’s snapped it in one motion. Next instant : GOAL !!

[Auntie.Gerald]

Yes
Yes
Yes

And the point I’m making is how many other top 8 teams have had a first year player win then games this year ?

It concerns me that he has probably won us 3 games as a first year player ?

[barry]

Ronke has the rising star in the bag.