Best 22 Round 1 2022

[NeonBible]

You should have said it was just an oversight on Rowbottom, because, barring injury, he's going to be a regulars in the side in 2022. He's the main reason we let Hewett go.

Fox and O'Riordan are both capable of playing as medium defenders, halfbacks and on the wing, if only we had a spot for them. With Paddy coming onto the list and Reid likely to train up with the key defenders, I don't think we will be playing an undersized defence this year, so Fox is not in competition with Melican for a spot in the side.

I don't doubt we will see plenty of Rowy next year, Ludwig. Injuries are unavoidable! I know you are a big fan of his - so am I My omission of him was less a knock on James himself and more a desire to see what others like Chad and Campbell can do in the midfield. With spots in there limited it seems inevitable that there will be one who misses out. I suppose everyone will have a different idea of who that player is! You've suggested Joey, others haven't included young Campbell as the most unproven mid.. i just see more of a place for those two than James at this point.

[Auntie.Gerald]

If Heeney can make the transition back to his natural position in the mids hunting the ball with Mills, Kennedy and Parker.....that is a ridiculously powerful inside combo of mids and didn't leave room for Hewett.

That is a very difficult 4 players to match up on as we haven't even seen the ceiling of what Mills and Henney can do in the mids and together with Parker and Kennedy......that is the Guns of Navarone fire-power.

Warner, Florent, Rowbottom, Cambo, Errol, Paps, Wicks, McInerny, Blakey, Stephens rotating through the centre and outside for parts of games and matchups is a strong cartel.

McDonald, Paddy, Latham, Reid and maybe even Sheather added at time to our forward line in 2022 will also bring a different blend than 2021 which is pretty exciting. Hayward 30 plus Paps 40 plus and Bud 50 plus goals for 2022 is starting to look standard if they play 18 plus games each.

Backline I would not discount Gould, Fox, Oriordan going to that next level to support Rampe, Tom, Harry, Lloyd, Blakey.

Strong unit for 2022 and if injuries are minimal top4 should be expected quote frankly.

Lower down the table is not acceptable while we still have critical big time players in Buddy, Kennedy and Rampe all on our list and ighly capable for 2022

[Kafka's Ghost]

If Heeney can make the transition back to his natural position in the mids hunting the ball with Mills, Kennedy and Parker.....that is a ridiculously powerful inside combo of mids and didn't leave room for Hewett.

That is a very difficult 4 players to match up on as we haven't even seen the ceiling of what Mills and Henney can do in the mids and together with Parker and Kennedy......that is the Guns of Navarone fire-power.

Warner, Florent, Rowbottom, Cambo, Errol, Paps, Wicks, McInerny, Blakey, Stephens rotating through the centre and outside for parts of games and matchups is a strong cartel.

McDonald, Paddy, Latham, Reid and maybe even Sheather added at time to our forward line in 2022 will also bring a different blend than 2021 which is pretty exciting. Hayward 30 plus Paps 40 plus and Bud 50 plus goals for 2022 is starting to look standard if they play 18 plus games each.

Backline I would not discount Gould, Fox, Oriordan going to that next level to support Rampe, Tom, Harry, Lloyd, Blakey.

Strong unit for 2022 and if injuries are minimal top4 should be expected quote frankly.

Lower down the table is not acceptable while we still have critical big time players in Buddy, Kennedy and Rampe all on our list and ighly capable for 2022

Great post. It became clear through 2020 we were building a strong list, despite the inexperience then. It bore fruit in 2021, and should again 2022, injuries and form being equal. Agree entirely regarding Mills; a future AA midfielder there.

[Ralph Dawg]

Barring injury, I think it's unlikely any of our draft haul debut R1. Maybe Sheldrick as a small pressure forward - some of his highlights show he's strong in the one on one marking contest around goals and he certainly can tackle.

[Bangalore Swans]

Updated team:

B Rampe P.McCartin Campbell
HF J-Mac T.McCartin Blakey
C Florent Heeney Stephens
HF Heyward Franklin Gulden
F Logan Ladhams Papley
Foll Hickey Mills Parker
Inter Chad Kennedy Rowbotton Sheldrick

Medical-Cunningham

No room in the 22 for Cunningham or Wicks. They are one position players and I want flexibility.

In the backline I can move J-Mac, Campbell or Blakey onto a wing.

Mills can play half back.

Florent, Parker and Heeney can rotate forward.

Papley can play in the centre square.

The bench midfield strength of Chad, Rowbottom, Kennedy and Sheldrick is huge and allows flexibility.

I can’t wait to see J-Mac, Blakey and Campbell breaking the lines with run, carry and skill off half back.

[Ralph Dawg]

Updated team:

B Rampe P.McCartin Campbell
HF J-Mac T.McCartin Blakey
C Florent Heeney Stephens
HF Heyward Franklin Gulden
F Logan Ladhams Papley
Foll Hickey Mills Parker
Inter Chad Kennedy Rowbotton Sheldrick

Medical-Cunningham

No room in the 22 for Cunningham or Wicks. They are one position players and I want flexibility.

In the backline I can move J-Mac, Campbell or Blakey onto a wing.

Mills can play half back.

Florent, Parker and Heeney can rotate forward.

Papley can play in the centre square.

The bench midfield strength of Chad, Rowbottom, Kennedy and Sheldrick is huge and allows flexibility.

I can’t wait to see J-Mac, Blakey and Campbell breaking the lines with run, carry and skill off half back.

Surely there's a spot for Lloyd in there. Cunningham is our best small defender IMO, has to be in the team if fit.

[i'm-uninformed2]

Updated team:

B Rampe P.McCartin Campbell
HF J-Mac T.McCartin Blakey
C Florent Heeney Stephens
HF Heyward Franklin Gulden
F Logan Ladhams Papley
Foll Hickey Mills Parker
Inter Chad Kennedy Rowbotton Sheldrick

Medical-Cunningham

No room in the 22 for Cunningham or Wicks. They are one position players and I want flexibility.

In the backline I can move J-Mac, Campbell or Blakey onto a wing.

Mills can play half back.

Florent, Parker and Heeney can rotate forward.

Papley can play in the centre square.

The bench midfield strength of Chad, Rowbottom, Kennedy and Sheldrick is huge and allows flexibility.

I can’t wait to see J-Mac, Blakey and Campbell breaking the lines with run, carry and skill off half back.

I get your logic and you do want balance and speed and flexibility, but sometimes there's value in having single role players like Cunningham. Hell, Nick Smith was one of our finest for a decade doing just that. I'll bet he saved us a lot more goals every time he clamped a Milne or a Betts or a Cyril than an alternative flexible dasher would have created.

[bloodspirit]

I think it's unlikely that any of our new draftees will debut R1 - with the possible exception of Paddy McCartin once he gets on our list.

[Bangalore Swans]

Surely there's a spot for Lloyd in there. Cunningham is our best small defender IMO, has to be in the team if fit.

Apologies. Sheldrick out, Lloyd in.

[Bangalore Swans]

I get your logic and you do want balance and speed and flexibility, but sometimes there's value in having single role players like Cunningham. Hell, Nick Smith was one of our finest for a decade doing just that. I'll bet he saved us a lot more goals every time he clamped a Milne or a Betts or a Cyril than an alternative flexible dasher would have created.

True. But we can’t go back. The football this year was the most entertaining I’ve seen from a Swans team. I want more of the entertaining football. I want switching, run and carry, corridor and elite skills from players who can play multiple positions.

That’s not Cunningham. We can’t go back.

[Auntie.Gerald]

wow 2011 round 8................. an inside inside inside mid by the name of Luke PARKER got in there at 18yrs of age and ripped in

Could Angus do the same in 2022 before round 8 ?



Sydney Swans v Port Adelaide
SCG – Sat May 14, 7:40pm - 2011

Sydney Swans

B: Lewis Roberts-Thomson, Ted Richards, Alex Johnson
HB: Tadhg Kennelly, Heath Grundy, Nicholas Smith
C: Rhyce Shaw, Craig Bird, Jarrad McVeigh
HF: Ben McGlynn, Sam Reid, Daniel Hannebery
F: Andrejs Everitt, Adam Goodes, Ryan O’Keefe
Foll: Shane Mumford, Jude Bolton, Josh P. Kennedy
I/C: Martin Mattner, Lewis Jetta, Nathan Gordon, L[COLOR="#FFFF00"]uke Parker[/COLOR]
Emg: Jarred Moore, Lewis Johnston, Mark Seaby

In: Lewis Roberts-Thomson, [B]Luke Parker[/B]
Out: Jarred Moore, Mike Pyke (Quad)

New: Luke Parker (Dandenong Stingrays)

[i'm-uninformed2]

True. But we can’t go back. The football this year was the most entertaining I’ve seen from a Swans team. I want more of the entertaining football. I want switching, run and carry, corridor and elite skills from players who can play multiple positions.

That’s not Cunningham. We can’t go back.

What’s Tom McCartin, or Tom Hickey?

[Bangalore Swans]

What’s Tom McCartin, or Tom Hickey?

You could throw Tom McCartin forward. It’s versatility. Hickey could go forward but less effective than Tom McCartin.

What I’m enthused about is J-Mac, Blakey and Campbell storing out of the backline and being creative. I got used to McVeigh off half back over many years with his little bauk and 20m kick. Now the Swans half back line is going to dominate the competition. Buddy will be able to play until he’s 40 because the ball will move so swiftly and so accurately. It all starts from off half back.

[i'm-uninformed2]

Personally, I wouldn’t have any of the three bogged down on Charlie Cameron or Kosie Pickett or Toby Greene or Shia Bolton or Weightman. And someone has to tend to them because good small forwards can do serious damage. (I also think it undersells Harry’s speed, willingness to run and kicking skills).

I’ll be clear: I don’t disagree with your principle of how we should play and look at our best, and if one of them can shut down those players AND give us the dash and dare, great.

But let me try it this way, if Papley was playing for an opposing side, which of the three above would you back to do a better job on him than Cunningham?

[Bangalore Swans]

Personally, I wouldn’t have any of the three bogged down on Charlie Cameron or Kosie Pickett or Toby Greene or Shia Bolton or Weightman. And someone has to tend to them because good small forwards can do serious damage. (I also think it undersells Harry’s speed, willingness to run and kicking skills).

I’ll be clear: I don’t disagree with your principle of how we should play and look at our best, and if one of them can shut down those players AND give us the dash and dare, great.

But let me try it this way, if Papley was playing for an opposing side, which of the three above would you back to do a better job on him than Cunningham?

Your correct with that argument. Cunningham would be the match for Papley. I think Blakey on Papley would be an interesting match. Blakey is very good at ground level and if Papley got too close to the marking contest then Blakey would kill the contest 3rd man up. Blakey would match Papley for speed and would challenge Papley with his attacking run.

Has anyone seen a Papley v Blakey match up at training?