Round 1: Brisbane v Swans @ the Gabba

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  • longmile
    Crumber
    • Apr 2011
    • 3367

    Originally posted by Auntie.Gerald
    So, all but Bud and Fox due to injuries?

    exciting that we have minimal injuries for rd1 and we have pretty much a full deck of cards to play with.

    Our 2019 no3 pick Stephens cant get a game nor McInerney a big improver last season. Niggling injuries or need more game time in ressies?
    My understanding is that Stephens and McInerney had little to no preseason, so they're being held back. Would love to see McInerney out there. While Stephens looks okay, he's probably not best 22

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    • Ludwig
      Veterans List
      • Apr 2007
      • 9359

      Originally posted by Auntie.Gerald
      So, all but Bud and Fox due to injuries?

      Our 2019 no3 pick Stephens cant get a game nor McInerney a big improver last season. Niggling injuries or need more game time in ressies?
      Ronke and Naismith also out with injury.

      Stephens (no. 5 pick) missed 2 weeks of training due to concussion, but named as emergency. McInereney had delayed start due to December surgery. Brand had delayed contact training due to shoulder reco, but is back in full training now.

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      • Ludwig
        Veterans List
        • Apr 2007
        • 9359

        Originally posted by TheBloods
        No idea what Longmire is thinking.
        Obviously.

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        • mcs
          Travelling Swannie!!
          • Jul 2007
          • 8168

          Originally posted by TheBloods
          Insulting nonetheless. One of the great warriors in our clubs history. Not just of his era. Deserves better than to be named on the bench while the follower spots go to an unproven player and a small forward.

          I am expecting Mclean to play forward and Reid to go back. Both disasters. Reid is a serviceable fwd. That is better than anything else we have right now. McLean is like a tonka truck, last game was nowhere near the level when he played forward. No idea what Longmire is thinking.
          Lol somehow I don't think Kennedy is going to take insult from where he is named on a team sheet.... But I guess whatever floats your boat, as at least it gave you another chance to have a shot at RB, so clearly that will leave you pleased.

          Just don't bother watching tonight. You've already decided the result anyway and all we will hear is everything is stuffed and we will never win anything ever again.
          "You get the feeling that like Monty Python's Black Knight, the Swans would regard amputation as merely a flesh wound."

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          • NeonBible
            Warming the Bench
            • Mar 2021
            • 280

            Its here!! The time is here! Round 1. Best time of the year i reckon. Everyone is filled with hope and faith in our prospects this year. So exciting. This group will be the ones that deliver on that hope. Not this year i dont think. But in the near future they will. It begins tonight. This is the team that will do it. Missing are Hayward, Stephens, McInerney and Melican. Apart from that this is our first preview into our next great Swans side!

            Looking forward to seeing Errol the little goal sneak, Wicks the tackling machine, Rowbottom crashing through, Isaac flying for marks, Ollie skipping tackles, the LIZARD jetting down the wing, McLean bashing some sorry Lions up!!

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            • stevoswan
              Veterans List
              • Sep 2014
              • 8560

              Originally posted by TheBloods
              Big trouble if we are dropping an average player like Melican for a plodder like McLean.
              Love your usual optimism....

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              Originally posted by longmile
              My understanding is that Stephens and McInerney had little to no preseason, so they're being held back. Would love to see McInerney out there. While Stephens looks okay, he's probably not best 22
              What the?! The kids going to be a gun.....did you not watch last season?

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              • longmile
                Crumber
                • Apr 2011
                • 3367

                Originally posted by stevoswan
                Love your usual optimism....

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                What the?! The kids going to be a gun.....did you not watch last season?
                I think he'll be a good player, I'm just saying I dont think atm he's best 22. But this is something to balance with getting games into young players

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                • liz
                  Veteran
                  Site Admin
                  • Jan 2003
                  • 16778

                  Originally posted by longmile
                  I think he'll be a good player, I'm just saying I dont think atm he's best 22. But this is something to balance with getting games into young players
                  I'm with you. Who would people leave out of the current side to put Stephens in. Allowing for the fact Buddy and McInerney are also not in the selected side. (Or Naismith, but he's not really competing for a spot with Naismith. Nor I guess with Buddy, though there are lots of ways to structure a team and include Buddy.)

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                  • stevoswan
                    Veterans List
                    • Sep 2014
                    • 8560

                    Originally posted by longmile
                    I think he'll be a good player, I'm just saying I dont think atm he's best 22. But this is something to balance with getting games into young players

                    Originally posted by liz
                    I'm with you. Who would people leave out of the current side to put Stephens in. Allowing for the fact Buddy and McInerney are also not in the selected side. (Or Naismith, but he's not really competing for a spot with Naismith. Nor I guess with Buddy, though there are lots of ways to structure a team and include Buddy.)
                    Forgetting that Stephens is not fully fit atm and remembering his form in his debut season, are you both saying that the three debutantes and Warner have gone past him already?

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                    • liz
                      Veteran
                      Site Admin
                      • Jan 2003
                      • 16778

                      Originally posted by stevoswan
                      Forgetting that Stephens is not fully fit atm and remembering his form in his debut season, are you both saying that the three debutantes and Warner have gone past him already?
                      It's possible that they're at least even with him, in the coaches' minds at least (which is where it counts). But he's not really competing with McDonald or Gulden. Campbell, possibly, in the sense that Stephens could probably play that role, even if it's not what he has his heart set on. Warner, who knows. We'll have to see if he keeps up his impressive preseason form.

                      Either way, it's not obvious that Stephens would come in for one of those, if he were fully fit. And I think McInerney ended last season with maybe half a nose in front of Stephens. We'll have to see how they go on with things.

                      The reality is that we will get injuries, and these players will all get their chances to show what they've got.

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                      • Ludwig
                        Veterans List
                        • Apr 2007
                        • 9359

                        Stephens, McInerney and Ling are 3 young players who could easily be in the side. But who to drop? That could be the question all year long. It's hard to rank them. It's so close, and all look to be on track for long AFL careers.

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                        • Markwebbos
                          Veterans List
                          • Jul 2016
                          • 7186

                          Stephens already going to be of more value in 2021 due to his elite endurance.

                          If Blakey is one winger, who is the other one?

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                          • AB Swannie
                            Senior Player
                            • Mar 2017
                            • 1579

                            I've spent a long time off the forums but am happy to be back with an exciting year ahead. We've been smashed with injuries for a few years so it is pleasing to start 2021 with only a few concerns.

                            I'm really looking forward to seeing the quicker, more direct play continue especially with the new man on the mark rule. I actually think Stephens and McInerney will thrive in this style of play when they are match fit. I do agree, though, that there are limited spot available but I suspect that there may be some rotation of the young blokes (and may be even some of the older ones).

                            The biggest concern is with the second tall back. McCartin will be pushing for AA in the next year or two but he will need some help and so it is a worry that Melican just can't hold form. It's also a shame that Will Gould hasn't quite developed but I still hold out hope.

                            For tonight, Brisbane are a really good side and so I'm not expecting a win. However, It wouldn't surprise if we gave them a scare at some point. Cheer cheer.

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                            • MattW
                              Veterans List
                              • May 2011
                              • 4223

                              As expected:

                              "Final teams #AFLLionsSwans: No changes.

                              Rhys Mathieson (Brisbane) and Will Hayward (Sydney) are the medical subs."

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                              • Aaron
                                Regular in the Side
                                • Jan 2009
                                • 805

                                No change in selected 22 but the starting position changed as below:

                                FB [34] Jordan Dawson, [30] Tom McCartin, [29] George Hewett

                                HB [7] Harry Cunningham, [24] Dane Rampe, [44] Jake Lloyd

                                C [22] Nick Blakey, [26] Luke Parker, [13] Oliver Florent

                                HF [45] Sam Wicks, [20] Sam Reid, [8] James Rowbottom

                                FF [21] Errol Gulden, [41] Hayden McLean, [5] Isaac Heeney

                                FOL [31] Tom Hickey, [14] Callum Mills, [11] Tom Papley

                                IC [16] Braeden Campbell, [1] Chad Warner, [12] Josh P. Kennedy, [6] Logan McDonald

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