Swans chat Round II team

[Blood Relative]

Let's move on from a poor start.

In: cor & mc inerny

Out: grundy & mc veigh

[liz]

Out McVeigh???

He was one of our better players on Saturday.

[Plugger46]

Ronke and Thurlow/COR for Blakey and Melican.

[longmile]

In: COR and Thurlow as defenders

Out: Melican and Clarke

Mills to play midfield like he should be and Aliir to drop back to defence.

Melican played a terrible game, he needs to refind his form. Clarke was okay but we need to free Mills up to play midfield.

I'd persist with the tall forward line for the moment.

Also great news to hear Jack played a great game in the ressies, sounds like he has refound some form. Lets hope it persists, would love to see him back on song and in the team

[waswan]

Reg for Thurlow
Sinclair +80% in ruck
Dawson to take 3 steps and kick it as long as possible everytime
Mills into mid
Heeney more mid time than Kennedy
Papley deep forward

[Ralph Dawg]

In COR Rowbottom
Out Melican Clarke
Need some more grunt on ball. Look at all the 18 y.o. who stood up over the weekend. JPK to spend more time in forward line. Papley to stay deep. Blakey push up to wing more. No more side ways kicking from kick ins.

[Jeynez]

I would only bring in COR or Thurlow for Melican. We need to make some positional changes for Adelaide more than anything:

Aliir in defense
Mills up the ground
Heeney in the midfield
Kennedy on half-forward

Let's give this lineup another chance as it did begin to click for us in the last quarter - we just need to shake off the rust and find some consistency.

[waswan]

Melican will offer more as a mobile defender than Reg, put him with Alir Ramps and co and that is a solid defence, just needs a few games.
If you have played over 250 games like Reg has and all of a sudden your in the ruck it means you have been given a game on reputation and not what is best for the team.

Love Reg but he is insurance nowadays for Alir and Ramps

Mcveigh is slow but a fast thinker, we cant carry another slow defender especially a tall

[ernie koala]

Ronke and Thurlow/COR for Blakey and Melican.

Agree with this and would add, another performance like R1 from Clarke should see him dropped.

[mcs]

Out Reg, in COR or Thurlow, and possibly someone else (Not sure who) for Ronke or perhaps KJ. Dawson or Blakey perhaps going out, though I want to see Dawson given a proper run of games, and Blakey didn't do too much wrong either.

I wouldn't drop Clarke - not that he played well the other night, but I think we need to give him a reasonable chance to find his feet in the Sydney team and build up some confidence and form. I don't think giving him a single competitive game and dropping him would form a good start to his time at the club.

And also IN - playing players in their best position rather than here there or anywhere, in particular Papley.

[liz]

Out Reg, in COR or Thurlow, and possibly someone else (Not sure who) for Ronke or perhaps KJ. Dawson or Blakey perhaps going out, though I want to see Dawson given a proper run of games, and Blakey didn't do too much wrong either.

I wouldn't drop Clarke - not that he played well the other night, but I think we need to give him a reasonable chance to find his feet in the Sydney team and build up some confidence and form. I don't think giving him a single competitive game and dropping him would form a good start to his time at the club.

And also IN - playing players in their best position rather than here there or anywhere, in particular Papley.

I didn't think Clarke was any worse than all but a couple of our players on Saturday, and his contribution was greater than several. I agree with you that I wouldn't drop him. It will take him a little time to find his feet in a new system. It's one thing learning it at training but another thing in the heat of a game.

I'm bewildered at the suggestion (by some) that JPK should be moved out of the centre onto a forward flank. Onball is where Kennedy has excelled for close on a decade. Even last season (probably his poorest since he joined the Swans) he still ranked near the top of the AFL for clearances. If people are bemoaning the team's lack of ability to win clearances, why move the most proven clearance player away from his prime position. If people think he no longer has the ability to win clearances (and I don't think there's actually any evidence of that yet), he should be out of the team, not occupying a position that doesn't play to his strengths.

[waswan]

Not sure Longmire has found a good loophole with the new kick in rule either...
Only team that gets 20m to kick it in and somehow ends up 15m from defensive goal for our second kick

[Blood Fever]

Reg for Thurlow
Sinclair +80% in ruck
Dawson to take 3 steps and kick it as long as possible everytime
Mills into mid
Heeney more mid time than Kennedy
Papley deep forward

+1. Really annoyed me that Dawson looked to handball almost every time he got it. Your other moves make sense- maybe split time evenly with Heeney and Kennedy.

[rickmat]

My thoughts for team changes this week against Crows are that we need to include O'Riordan for his pace and rebound across the back line which we lacked against Dogs. I would give Melican a few weeks back in NEAFL to gain confidence which he has been lacking. I would also leave Papley in forward line even though selectors want him on the ball. But as most point out, we need Heeney, Jones and Mills in the middle for their pace and disposal. One aspect of our game that doesn't seem to have improved is many of our forwards flying together for the same ball, so no one crumbing. How easy was it for the Doggies to gain possession at the back and distribute down field. Its early in the season and I have confidence that our touch and wins will come. You could see in the last quarter how those goals brought great spirit and confidence. It was only a couple of bad handballs and turnovers that finally let us down.

[Doctor]

I am predicting no changes unless there are injuries we are not aware of.