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Hickey is a stopgap he fills our immediate need, that's not to say he won't give great service, he may be 30 but as he's only played 100 games he should last.
However I'd be stunned if the Swans aren't keeping an eye out for a younger free agent ruckman to nab in the next couple of off seasons.Last edited by Ruck'n'Roll; 30 March 2021, 08:13 AM.Comment
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I don’t think I’ve ever heard the panel on On The Couch heap as much praise on a Sydney team as they did tonight.Occupational hazards:
- animal psychic Amanda de WarrenI don't eat animals since discovering this ability. I used to. But one day the lamb I was eating came through to me and ever since then I haven't been able to eat meat.Comment
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Just watched it on YouTube, at one stage Gerard looked like this
Interestingly Riewoldt remarked that the Swans had been trying to play to this new game style since halfway through last year.Comment
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I think the Swans this year could possibly win the flag. We now have the best young flankers in the game, maybe the best flanker unit period.
- Blakey
- Guldon
- Campbell
- Stephen’s
- McInerney
- Florent
These guys will provide the run, skill, carry and pressure to overcome most defences.
We have two very promising inside midfielders:
Rowbottom
Warner
We have three experienced inside midfielders
Kennedy
Parker
Hewitt
A midfielder who will push All Australian this year
Mills
We have the most acclaimed key forward in the game:
Franklin
The best upcoming key forward
McDonald
The most dynamic half forward
Heeney
One of the best small forwards
Papley
Brilliant kicks on half back
Dawson
Lloyd
A potential All Australian CHB
McCartin
One of the best medium defenders in the game
Rampe.
In the words of Jim Harbaugh “nobody has it as good as us”.
Time for everyone to revise the forecast to potential premiership winners.Comment
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On Footy Classified Kane Cornes was really critical on Norf for overlooking McDonald in the draft, especially after letting Ben Brown go. Even though it's still very early days, he reckons Will Philips better turn out to be a good prefacing McDonald has already shown he'll be special.
Feel sorry for Will Philips to get this sort of pressure without having even played a game yet! Hope he doesn't endure the same as Tambling when Tigers overlooked Buddy.Comment
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I'm sure others on here have seen it before, but I always find the squiggle analysis interesting to monitor throughout a season: Squiggle 2021
Most interesting at the moment is just how much our attack is already improved (no suprise there), but also how much the new rules seem to be for almost everyone seeing a massive swing to the left (i.e. worse off) in terms of defence.
Also side notes - I do hope that Geelong path continues, and well frankly Lol@Norf is highly appropriate at the moment."You get the feeling that like Monty Python's Black Knight, the Swans would regard amputation as merely a flesh wound."Comment
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You might have to explain that graph. It’s all just a squiggle to meComment
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Essentially we've played a slingshot style so far this year. That's where most of the scoring has come from. We've lost more centre clearances than we've won, and while we've created some turnovers in the midfield, I don't think the tackling pressure has been intense.
Go back to 2012 and we were one of the best slingshot teams in the competition.
So I don't think the strategy is something that Longmire has recently come up with (or an idea brought to the club by Pyke, as some commentators have suggested).
Furthermore, I think the club has recognised the value of speed (especially) and skill in the team for a decade or so. Go back to 2009 draft and we used our first two picks on Rohan and Jetta. The priority players we've had access to (particularly Mitchell, Heeney and Mills) have clouded this to some extent, but where we have had free choice of a first round player, it has invariably been used on player who's chief attribute was thought to be pace: - Lamb (yes, he was described as fast), Towers, Jones, Ling, Florent, Stephens. But the draft isn't perfect, and junior attributes don't always translate. Or players get established and then choose to leave (Jetta, Jones).
I think we are just seeing the green shoots of successive years of trying to build a squad capable of playing a fast, skillful game.Comment
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Looking at the fixture and if the fixture holds true over the course till our bye, I wouldn’t be surprised if we sit 8 wins and 5 losses or even 9 wins and 4 losses. That would be amazing. There is a lot of things that need to go well for that to happen but it is all possible with this group.Comment
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