Scratch Match Thread

[Markwebbos]

Listened to the AFL exchange podcast. They talked about AA as one of the players that should be traded to another club as its not really working with the Swans at the moment

[MattW]

Listened to the AFL exchange podcast. They talked about AA as one of the players that should be traded to another club as its not really working with the Swans at the moment

I don't know Mark, those dudes are just trawling lists for shallow content.

[Markwebbos]

I don't know Mark, those dudes are just trawling lists for shallow content.

I think he is struggling to cement a role at the Swans as illustrated by the fact Fox has overtaken him... if Brand plays this weekend and AA doesn't?
I think he's got huge upside, the club needs to figure out where to play him...

[Mark26]

I think he is struggling to cement a role at the Swans as illustrated by the fact Fox has overtaken him... if Brand plays this weekend and AA doesn't?
I think he's got huge upside, the club needs to figure out where to play him...

Didn't AA have an injury recently? Maybe that's the reason why his form was down and he needed a spell to recover. Going to the ressies for a short stint can work wonders. Blakey is a good example and Hayward is a better one. I think AA is part of our best 22. He won't be traded.

[MattW]

Ooo - scratch match content: https://www.sydneyswans.com.au/news/...t-for-reserves.

Agree with whoever said McLean's value is basically as a forward. I don't think there's any point playing him in the ruck. I think we're almost better off playing Reid in the ruck and McLean forward.

Good to hear Brand got through another. I think he's a first team player in our squad.

[MattW]

Some photos: https://www.instagram.com/p/CEbZmrtn...d=s04qp7rsr072.

(Thought that may be Stoddart for a sec, but realised it was a Port toppie in his shirt.)

[ugg]

Here’s the view from the other mob which includes some info about our side too

Assuming they wrote about all the goals it looks like we kicked 5 goals to their 6. It was 3 goals to 2 going into the last period (game of three periods). Motlop kicked 4 goals, all of them in the final period. Which doesn’t match up with the Swans report of us losing by 18 points, unless they kicked a lot of behinds?

3 goals to McLean, 1 to their player Cox playing for us and one to Knoll

Match report: Youngsters shine in win over the Swans

[barracuda]

I watched the port/swans scratchy.

My takeaways:

1. Taylor is noticeably out of shape. He has good skills and a good footy brain but spending such long periods on his haunches trying to recover is not good enough
2. Grey was better, but his ball use is too hurried and messy. Also hates to tackle
3. McLean, such a good deep forward. If that is the requirement then he is great. Struggling a bit around the ground and below the knees
4. Stephens played the entire game as an inside mid. There is some truth that he is a bit slight at this time for that role. But he had some very good runs out of the middle. Gradually getting some more confidence with his kicking on the run.
5. Chad Warner played inside mid. He is a solid lad, hard working. Over pre season I would slim him down a bit, try to up the zip but maintain the strength.
6. Armatey solid without being special
7. Gould, was solid and workman like. COR seems to break the lines a bit better, and attacks the ball better. Gould tends to be sitting deeper and moving the ball around the arc. Another one who needs another pre-season to slim him down a bit and gain a bit more pace. I wonder whether these new guys have fallen into the trap of bulking up too much.
8. Ling, had some good patches. He does have some zip
9. Rowles, wow this kid is quick. But his decision making and skills by hand are lacking. Having said that he does have a confident penetrating pass into the forward line which the swans lack.
10. Foote. Very quiet game. After his wonderful debut he had a quiet seniors game and was dropped. He now has to fight hard given his contract expires.

Overall port were much fitter. It was obvious looking at the body types. The swans were pretty gassed by the last period and motlop took full advantage with guys like taylor too tired to follow them into the forward line.
My revelation is that the swans need to change their pre-season training. Too many players are heavy rather than lean and quick.

[Mark26]

I watched the port/swans scratchy.

My takeaways:

1. Taylor is noticeably out of shape. He has good skills and a good footy brain but spending such long periods on his haunches trying to recover is not good enough
2. Grey was better, but his ball use is too hurried and messy. Also hates to tackle
3. McLean, such a good deep forward. If that is the requirement then he is great. Struggling a bit around the ground and below the knees
4. Stephens played the entire game as an inside mid. There is some truth that he is a bit slight at this time for that role. But he had some very good runs out of the middle. Gradually getting some more confidence with his kicking on the run.
5. Chad Warner played inside mid. He is a solid lad, hard working. Over pre season I would slim him down a bit, try to up the zip but maintain the strength.
6. Armatey solid without being special
7. Gould, was solid and workman like. COR seems to break the lines a bit better, and attacks the ball better. Gould tends to be sitting deeper and moving the ball around the arc. Another one who needs another pre-season to slim him down a bit and gain a bit more pace. I wonder whether these new guys have fallen into the trap of bulking up too much.
8. Ling, had some good patches. He does have some zip
9. Rowles, wow this kid is quick. But his decision making and skills by hand are lacking. Having said that he does have a confident penetrating pass into the forward line which the swans lack.
10. Foote. Very quiet game. After his wonderful debut he had a quiet seniors game and was dropped. He now has to fight hard given his contract expires.

Overall port were much fitter. It was obvious looking at the body types. The swans were pretty gassed by the last period and motlop took full advantage with guys like taylor too tired to follow them into the forward line.
My revelation is that the swans need to change their pre-season training. Too many players are heavy rather than lean and quick.

Thanks Barra. Insightful as always. How did O'Connor and Knolls look?

[111431]

I watched the port/swans scratchy.

My takeaways:

1. Taylor is noticeably out of shape. He has good skills and a good footy brain but spending such long periods on his haunches trying to recover is not good enough
2. Grey was better, but his ball use is too hurried and messy. Also hates to tackle
3. McLean, such a good deep forward. If that is the requirement then he is great. Struggling a bit around the ground and below the knees
4. Stephens played the entire game as an inside mid. There is some truth that he is a bit slight at this time for that role. But he had some very good runs out of the middle. Gradually getting some more confidence with his kicking on the run.
5. Chad Warner played inside mid. He is a solid lad, hard working. Over pre season I would slim him down a bit, try to up the zip but maintain the strength.
6. Armatey solid without being special
7. Gould, was solid and workman like. COR seems to break the lines a bit better, and attacks the ball better. Gould tends to be sitting deeper and moving the ball around the arc. Another one who needs another pre-season to slim him down a bit and gain a bit more pace. I wonder whether these new guys have fallen into the trap of bulking up too much.
8. Ling, had some good patches. He does have some zip
9. Rowles, wow this kid is quick. But his decision making and skills by hand are lacking. Having said that he does have a confident penetrating pass into the forward line which the swans lack.
10. Foote. Very quiet game. After his wonderful debut he had a quiet seniors game and was dropped. He now has to fight hard given his contract expires.

Overall port were much fitter. It was obvious looking at the body types. The swans were pretty gassed by the last period and motlop took full advantage with guys like taylor too tired to follow them into the forward line.
My revelation is that the swans need to change their pre-season training. Too many players are heavy rather than lean and quick.

thks Barra - just out of interest, how do you manage to see these games?

[barracuda]

Thanks Barra. Insightful as always. How did O'Connor and Knolls look?

Both pretty quiet.

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thks Barra - just out of interest, how do you manage to see these games?

The links to the videos are provided to player families. They are allowed to share them with friends and family. I get the link from a friend who is related to a player.

[rb4x]

Thanks for the insights Barra. It is great. For the 2021 pre season I would be recommending that the coaches should go back to what Dave Misson used to have the team do. Endless running up and down the sand hills at Kurnell. L Taylor and Gray are two who look they would have trouble passing a skinfold test so perhaps a double helping of sand hills for them as it looks like we might be stuck with them for another year. Might not do Buddy any harm either or Sam Reid for that matter.

[stevoswan]

Thanks for the insights Barra. It is great. For the 2021 pre season I would be recommending that the coaches should go back to what Dave Misson used to have the team do. Endless running up and down the sand hills at Kurnell. L Taylor and Gray are two who look they would have trouble passing a skinfold test so perhaps a double helping of sand hills for them as it looks like we might be stuck with them for another year. Might not do Buddy any harm either or Sam Reid for that matter.

The Percy Cerutty approach.....I like it.

https://www.runnerstribe.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Percy.jpg

That's Percy in front, leading the much younger squad.....what a legend!

[Nico]

Thanks for the insights Barra. It is great. For the 2021 pre season I would be recommending that the coaches should go back to what Dave Misson used to have the team do. Endless running up and down the sand hills at Kurnell. L Taylor and Gray are two who look they would have trouble passing a skinfold test so perhaps a double helping of sand hills for them as it looks like we might be stuck with them for another year. Might not do Buddy any harm either or Sam Reid for that matter.

Was that under the Roos era where we had very few injuries in 2005 and 2006?

[troyjones2525]

Both pretty quiet.

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The links to the videos are provided to player families. They are allowed to share them with friends and family. I get the link from a friend who is related to a player.

That's great Barra. Thanks for sharing your insights as there are so many of us in here that crave as much ressie info as we can get!

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