Swans' Pre-season 2019

[liz]

I didn't notice Melican in any of the photos. We need an injury free season from him.

He can be seen in the video.

The two I didn't notice that you'd expect to be there were Florent and Ling. Glimpses of Pink, Amartey, McCartin (and Melican) were fleeting.

It's good to see Dawson up and about on the first day of pre-season. I think that might be a first for him. Let it last...

[MattW]

He can be seen in the video.

The two I didn't notice that you'd expect to be there were Florent and Ling. Glimpses of Pink, Amartey, McCartin (and Melican) were fleeting.

It's good to see Dawson up and about on the first day of pre-season. I think that might be a first for him. Let it last...

Lloyd Perris called out Dawson as having a good first session. I was pretty impressed by Lloyd's interview on the official site. He's clearly a smart lad - only 23 and a development coach!

[liz]

Lloyd Perris called out Dawson as having a good first session. I was pretty impressed by Lloyd's interview on the official site. He's clearly a smart lad - only 23 and a development coach!

I agree with you on first impressions of Perris - well, not really first impressions given we almost got to see him play for the Swans. There have been a few very talented players whose careers were cut unfairly short by injury that I really wish we'd seen more of. AJ is clearly one, Wade Chapman another. But at least we did get to see them play nearly 50 games for the club and both got to play in a Grand Final. Perris is the third member of my mental "what if" group. I remember watching him as a scholarship player playing with the NEAFL team, and then graduating to playing as a rookie listed player. I reckon he'd have made his senior debut in his first year, even though still a rookie, had he not done his knee. He wasn't quite as quick as Amon Buchanan but he had that same cleverness with ball in hand. He could make things happen, and dodge and duck through packs in the same way Amon did during his couple of peak seasons with the Swans.

[stellation]

I think Stellation simply meant to type "older" rather than "younger":

Tom McCartin, DOB 30-12-1999
Ryley Stoddart, DOB 15-10-1999

Whoops! Yep- I think we were so aware of Tom being the youngest in the class that we might have forgotten that Ryley is just a baby himself.

[MattW]

Speaking of Tom, is it just me or has he bulked up noticeably? https://twitter.com/sydneyswans/stat...005731840?s=09

[Melbourne_Blood]

Speaking of Tom, is it just me or has he bulked up noticeably? Sydney Swans on Twitter: "Pre-season number two & still only
18-years old @TomMcCartin_ ???? ????#ProudlySydney… "

Was going to comment the same thing based on that exact pic! Definitely has in the arms , he had very little size or definition through their during the season.


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[707]

Lloyd Perris called out Dawson as having a good first session. I was pretty impressed by Lloyd's interview on the official site. He's clearly a smart lad - only 23 and a development coach!

Really hope Dawson is in the midfield mix this pre-season, forumites calling out for bid bodied mids when we have one not being used! Has so much upside, just needs a run at it.

[AB Swannie]

Franklin has had surgery on his groin and will not have a full pre-season. It would've been nice if he had gone in for the surgery at the end of the season but they were hoping rest in the Maldives would be enough.

[MattW]

Franklin has had surgery on his groin and will not have a full pre-season. It would've been nice if he had gone in for the surgery at the end of the season but they were hoping rest in the Maldives would be enough.

The guy deserved a holiday. I'm sure they did what they thought was right.

[AB Swannie]

The guy deserved a holiday. I'm sure they did what they thought was right.

Thanks. Now I can go and suck some eggs.

[MattW]

Thanks. Now I can go and suck some eggs.

I don't really know what that means. Reckon Lance, the coaches, all of us are bummed he will have a shorter preseason. Perhaps those who made the decision would make a different one in hindsight. But I don't see the point in potting them for it.

[waswan]

Ling anybody ?

A big thing about Stoddart hetting drafted and still nothing about Ling

I know Stoddart played but bloody hell Ling is a 1st Rounder that we saw something in that no one else did that early.

Has the kid even been sighted in Sydney ? Doing my head in, the least talked about 1st Rnd draft pick ever

[AB Swannie]

I don't really know what that means. Reckon Lance, the coaches, all of us are bummed he will have a shorter preseason. Perhaps those who made the decision would make a different one in hindsight. But I don't see the point in potting them for it.

I didn't pot them. I reported facts.

- Buddy has had an operation on his groin.
- The club thought that it could've been fixed with rest but it couldn't.
- It would've been nice if he had've known that at the end of the season.

You have implied that I potted them and decided to tell me something very obvious about a person having the right to have a holiday and the club doing what they thought was right. You basically told me how to suck eggs. It's a saying. Google it.

[MattW]

I didn't pot them. I reported facts.

- Buddy has had an operation on his groin.
- The club thought that it could've been fixed with rest but it couldn't.
- It would've been nice if he had've known that at the end of the season.

You have implied that I potted them and decided to tell me something very obvious about a person having the right to have a holiday and the club doing what they thought was right. You basically told me how to suck eggs. It's a saying. Google it.

"It would've been nice if he had gone in for the surgery at the end of the season but they were hoping rest in the Maldives would be enough," came across to me as sarcastic commentary; apologies if it was intended as a statement of fact.

[liz]

Has Buddy done anything approaching a full pre-season since he's been with the club? He seems to require some form of stitching back together at the end of every season. Last year it was a shoulder, I think. Or maybe a knee? Or both?

Doesn't seem to impact him much once the season starts. (Or maybe it does, and what we get to see is the "Buddy restricted by never being able to complete a pre-season".)