Swans chat Best 22 for 2019

[Captain]

Obviously the trade period and draft are unknowns at this stage. Even before then, I think our best 22 stacks up pretty damn well for a good shot next year.

Mine would look something like this:

Papley Franklin Haywood
Ronke Reid Cunningham
Lloyd Kennedy Jones
Mills Aliir McVeigh
Smith Melican Rampe
Naismith Parker Heeney
Sinclair Hewett Florent O'Riordan
E: Grundy McCartin Jack, Stoddart

This is a pretty handy team that will only be stronger after the trade period.

Assumptions:
No injuries (obviously wishful thinking)
Hanners and Rohan traded
Towers, Rose, Fox, Robinson, Newman delisted or traded
Jack to play on

[Blood Fever]

Obviously the trade period and draft are unknowns at this stage. Even before then, I think our best 22 stacks up pretty damn well for a good shot next year.

Mine would look something like this:

Papley Franklin Haywood
Ronke Reid Cunningham
Lloyd Kennedy Jones
Mills Aliir McVeigh
Smith Melican Rampe
Naismith Parker Heeney
Sinclair Hewett Florent O'Riordan
E: Grundy McCartin Jack, Stoddart

This is a pretty handy team that will only be stronger after the trade period.

Assumptions:
No injuries (obviously wishful thinking)
Hanners and Rohan traded
Towers, Rose, Fox, Robinson, Newman delisted or traded
Jack to play on

Pretty fair team, especially if Naismith, Reid and Melican can stand up physically.

[barry]

That's a good team but not a great team. Hope we trade well to make us a contender.

[stevoswan]

Obviously the trade period and draft are unknowns at this stage. Even before then, I think our best 22 stacks up pretty damn well for a good shot next year.

Mine would look something like this:

Papley Franklin Haywood
Ronke Reid Cunningham
Lloyd Kennedy Jones
Mills Aliir McVeigh
Smith Melican Rampe
Naismith Parker Heeney
Sinclair Hewett Florent O'Riordan
E: Grundy McCartin Jack, Stoddart

This is a pretty handy team that will only be stronger after the trade period.

Assumptions:
No injuries (obviously wishful thinking)
Hanners and Rohan traded
Towers, Rose, Fox, Robinson, Newman delisted or traded
Jack to play on

Seems fairly on the money to me.

The question we have to ask now is, are the names being talked about as possible trade in's, ie: Moore, Clarke, Vandenburg, Duyrea, Thurlow(?) going to strengthen that team or indeed be better than the talent we are letting go?

At this stage, I would say that's a no....so only with a good injury run do we have the team to go further next season but with injuries, we probably haven't increased our depth enough to improve and go further.

Time to improve the best 22......and land a big fish or a few better ones. The time is now and Buddy's not getting any younger or less injury prone.

[Flying South]

Obviously the trade period and draft are unknowns at this stage. Even before then, I think our best 22 stacks up pretty damn well for a good shot next year.

Mine would look something like this:

Papley Franklin Haywood
Ronke Reid Cunningham
Lloyd Kennedy Jones
Mills Aliir McVeigh
Smith Melican Rampe
Naismith Parker Heeney
Sinclair Hewett Florent O'Riordan
E: Grundy McCartin Jack, Stoddart

This is a pretty handy team that will only be stronger after the trade period.

Assumptions:
No injuries (obviously wishful thinking)
Hanners and Rohan traded
Towers, Rose, Fox, Robinson, Newman delisted or traded
Jack to play on

We are in trouble if that's our midfield. I'm nervous about the Melican, Rampe and Aliir key defender combo as well.

[Nico]

That's not much of a change to 2018. With that 22 we are hoping that the perennial injured players will stand up for the season. We need more than that and agree that "someone new" is needed. Agree on Stoddart; I expect him to be a permanent fixture not too far into the season. The one we must get a lot more out of is Hayward. Highly skilled, exciting, freakish but very light, very outside, easily knocked off one on one contests and doesn't get enough of the footy. We need more than cameo efforts from him.

On Franklin; I wonder how long he can play CHF moving up the ground. It has to come soon where his longevity is dependent on him playing out of the 18 metre "square".

[liz]

The name not mentioned that I think needs to find his way into our best 22 is Dawson. I realise he's largely unproven at senior level and I'm projecting a lot, based on what he has so far delivered in the few senior games he's played, but his attributes potentially provide something that no-one else on our list really does. I see him playing a young ROK role, at least to start with, working hard as a half-forward who can take a contested mark, tackle, kick long and accurately into the forward line, and also convert opportunities himself. He just needs a bit of fortune on the injury front so that he can finally get a full pre-season into his body to get really fit, and also participate fully in the team drills so that he understands and becomes confident in his role in the team.

[Nico]

The name not mentioned that I think needs to find his way into our best 22 is Dawson. I realise he's largely unproven at senior level and I'm projecting a lot, based on what he has so far delivered in the few senior games he's played, but his attributes potentially provide something that no-one else on our list really does. I see him playing a young ROK role, at least to start with, working hard as a half-forward who can take a contested mark, tackle, kick long and accurately into the forward line, and also convert opportunities himself. He just needs a bit of fortune on the injury front so that he can finally get a full pre-season into his body to get really fit, and also participate fully in the team drills so that he understands and becomes confident in his role in the team.

But is he likely to put his body on the line like ROK. I haven't seen this in him as yet. Good tackler but what about first to the footy.

[liz]

But is he likely to put his body on the line like ROK. I haven't seen this in him as yet. Good tackler but what about first to the footy.

I don't see why not. He's played mostly in the midfield at NEAFL level and has racked up contested possessions. And even in the glimpses we've seen of him at senior level he's not shied away from contests, especially in the air. Indeed, he's taken a handful of very good contested marks at that level. I'm not suggesting he's a Jude Bolton, or Luke Parker, or even a 2012 vintage ROK (yet) but I don't think that's what you need in a high half forward, not as the primary attribute anyway.

[Auntie.Gerald]

Papley Franklin Haywood
Ronke Reid Cunningham
Lloyd Kennedy Jones
Mills Aliir McVeigh
Smith Melican Rampe
Naismith Parker Heeney
Sinclair Hewett Florent O'Riordan
E: Grundy McCartin Jack, Stoddart

If the below 5 make it after trade period ?
Where do they fit in ?

Vandenberg
Duryea
Clarke
Moore
Newnes

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Liz re Dawson
I see potential also
I was trying to think who he is similar top out of current afl players or past ?
I couldn’t think of a player ?

[Doctor]

You can forget Moore based on what's being said tonight. Of the others, I would think that Vandenberg is a near certainty given his family circumstances, all clubs seem to be willing to allow players to move in situations like that (the only time geography should come into it IMO). The rest are pure speculation.

[Bloody Hell]

We are in trouble if that's our midfield. I'm nervous about the Melican, Rampe and Aliir key defender combo as well.

Doubt they'd extend Grundy's contract if he wasn't playing.

[aardvark]

Dawson is a Jack of all trades, master of none. I remember Harley saying he can play but they've not sure where to play him.

[ISIBIDBI]

Obviously the trade period and draft are unknowns at this stage. Even before then, I think our best 22 stacks up pretty damn well for a good shot next year.

Mine would look something like this:

Papley Franklin Haywood
Ronke Reid Cunningham
Lloyd Kennedy Jones
Mills Aliir McVeigh
Smith Melican Rampe
Naismith Parker Heeney
Sinclair Hewett Florent O'Riordan
E: Grundy McCartin Jack, Stoddart

This is a pretty handy team that will only be stronger after the trade period.

Assumptions:
No injuries (obviously wishful thinking)
Hanners and Rohan traded
Towers, Rose, Fox, Robinson, Newman delisted or traded
Jack to play on

Solid 22; Ling, Dawson and Blakey also to be considered for senior footy I would think

[Auntie.Gerald]

SYDNEY SWANS 2019 probably the deepest list we have had for some time if the 5 players in conversation with the Swans happen. Florent, Hayward, ronke etc stepping up

Papley, buddy, Ronke
Hayward, Reid, Florent

Kennedy
Parker
Heeney
Cunningham
Jones
Naismith

Smith, AA, lloyd
Rampe, Melican, Macca

Bench:
Hewett
Mills
Moore
McCartin

Duryea
Vandenberg
Clarke
Jack
Ling
Dawson
Sinclair
O’Riordan
Grundy
Stoddart
Marsh
Maibaum
Cameron
Fox
Amartey
Rose
Bell


In: 5? With another 4 players to join ?
Vandenberg
Clarke
Duryea
Moore
Blakey


Out : 9 players
Brown
Foote
Tippo
Styles
Towers
Johnson

Newman
Hannes
Rohan