Changes for round 15 v Port Adelaide

[Markwebbos]

I think Brand was playing on Casboult, who was ineffective. So Brand must have been doing a pretty good job with that matchup. I can understand why we didn't want to change it. At least we kept one of their talls under control.

Except Casboult was played in defence for most of the game. It might have been Silvagni he played on..,

[stevoswan]

The Swans recruit too many of the same type of players. Small to medium height midfield/half forward types who cant kick accurately and are played as defenders. These players are consistently out marked, out bodied and caught out of position. A tall strong centre half back, a decent knock ruckman to back up Hickey and who knows. Although the poor kicking has existed at Sydney for the past 10 years, so I don't expect any changes there.

These types of players have come cheap. We have been restrained by a recent trading ban and salary cap issues in recruiting ready made key position players....oh and a general lack of available KPD's. Hopefully this can be rectified over the next few seasons.

[Ruck'n'Roll]

Our team is far too buddy centric for my liking anyway... sure, he draws in four defenders, which leaves three of our forwards more or less free.

Players up the ground are too Buddy focused and keep playing to him even when he has 2-3 hanging off him.

I haven't seen 2-3 let alone 4 defenders marking Buddy this year. Whether that's a consequence of rule changes or because he's no longer feared as he once was I don't know, but it simply doesn't happen these days.

[Roadrunner]

I haven't seen 2-3 let alone 4 defenders marking Buddy this year. Whether that's a consequence of rule changes or because he's no longer feared as he once was I don't know, but it simply doesn't happen these days.

Quite often he has someone in front of him and another defender behind him. But I agree that a lot of the time he is 1 on 1, but the ball doesn’t get delivered to his advantage, just up in the air which enables the defender to punch away.
He has never been a great overhead mark so our guys need to be more accurate kicking to him, if they chose this option. He is not like Harry McKay who will outmark most defenders and even a pack of players. If we play through Buddy, we need to play to his strengths.

[O'Reilly Boy]

Quite often he has someone in front of him and another defender behind him. But I agree that a lot of the time he is 1 on 1, but the ball doesn’t get delivered to his advantage, just up in the air which enables the defender to punch away.
He has never been a great overhead mark so our guys need to be more accurate kicking to him, if they chose this option. He is not like Harry McKay who will outmark most defenders and even a pack of players. If we play through Buddy, we need to play to his strengths.

I'm not so sure. My sense at the ground has been that he has been double-teamed frequently, and is certainly held and scragged routinely. The situation is also complicated by the delivery he has been coping with—long, high bombs, which allow the defence to get bodies to the drop, or spears to the pockets, which have either been forced over the boundary, or have resulted in him 1) nailing a kick from tight angles; or 2) his trying to step around a defender to open up the angle, which has sometimes been successful, but has this season seen him caught more frequently than in the past.

He has managed, however, to take a couple of chest and over the head marks on leads, and even in a pack.

[Roadrunner]

I'm not so sure. My sense at the ground has been that he has been double-teamed frequently, and is certainly held and scragged routinely. The situation is also complicated by the delivery he has been coping with—long, high bombs, which allow the defence to get bodies to the drop, or spears to the pockets, which have either been forced over the boundary, or have resulted in him 1) nailing a kick from tight angles; or 2) his trying to step around a defender to open up the angle, which has sometimes been successful, but has this season seen him caught more frequently than in the past.

He has managed, however, to take a couple of chest and over the head marks on leads, and even in a pack.

Agreed O’ Reilly Boy. My main point being that a couple of our forwards flood back too often to help our defenders so it’s easy for the opposition to double-team Buddy. We then lose the ball and it comes back in to our back line.

Surely there’s no longer a need for this and we need to be more accountable in attack. It’s frustrating to see the ball kicked into our forward line, only to be outnumbered by their defenders. I just wish our forwards would stay where they are meant to be and give themselves proper chances to score. Horse, are you listening?

[TheBloods]

Wonder what we'll do when the cavalry are set to return

Gotta fit Chad Gulden Campbell Wicks Melican and Reid into this side

Few blokes playing for their spots now

Gulden - Bell
Chad - Rowbottom
Campbell - Hewett
Reid - Amartey
Wicks - Taylor
Melican - Fox

All straight swaps, plenty of upside in this team still

I'd prefer Brand over Melican and made no secret of the fact i think Melican is no good but he seems to have preference over Brand with the MC

[O'Reilly Boy]

Sorry RR—my comment was more a response to the previous post than to you. The other factor, of course, is that even when he has an opponent in front and another holding his arm, Buddy demands the ball (this is very clear at the ground, less apparent on television), and looks a bit aggrieved if the ball doesn't come his way (not necessarily at the kicker, who might have noticed that he is not the best option, but more frequently at the umpire who hasn't paid him a free for holding).

[Roadrunner]

Sorry RR—my comment was more a response to the previous post than to you. The other factor, of course, is that even when he has an opponent in front and another holding his arm, Buddy demands the ball (this is very clear at the ground, less apparent on television), and looks a bit aggrieved if the ball doesn't come his way (not necessarily at the kicker, who might have noticed that he is not the best option, but more frequently at the umpire who hasn't paid him a free for holding).

Cheers mate- totally agree!

[i'm-uninformed2]

Sounds from Longmire that the Chad is a couple of weeks away. Gulden might be this week, though not clear whether via VFL or seniors.

No Melican, Reid or Campbell yet. A couple of weeks away.

[TheBloods]

Spewing about Chad

[Roadrunner]

Spewing about Chad

Thought you might be- we all are. But it important for young players to be fully fit and not make their injuries worse, as Horse said.

Question now is: who comes in?

Out: Wicks, Fox
In: Brand, Stephens/ Blakey.

[Blood Fever]

Thought you might be- we all are. But it important for young players to be fully fit and not make their injuries worse, as Horse said.

Question now is: who comes in?

Out: Wicks, Fox
In: Brand, Stephens/ Blakey.

Longmire hinted pretty strongly that Gulden would come in.

[TheBloods]

Thought you might be- we all are. But it important for young players to be fully fit and not make their injuries worse, as Horse said.

Question now is: who comes in?

Out: Wicks, Fox
In: Brand, Stephens/ Blakey.

Nothing against the decision if hes not fit hes not fit but we miss athleticism in the midfield and dont have a single option in the reserves who offers that either

Shame is that i think its an area we could exploit against Port , Boak Wines etc are jets but not fast , Chad could've done some damage against them , will be a dog fight now

Hope Gulden gets up but dont want to rush these young fellas

[111431]

I saw Sammy Reid in the red jumper in the pic. Does this mean he's a chance?