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  • Mel_C
    Veterans List
    • Jan 2003
    • 4470

    Originally posted by lwjoyner
    regarding reserves. nothing yet on swans web page on loosing coach to gws
    There is now an article about Laidler leaving on the Swans app.

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    • Faunac8
      Senior Player
      • Mar 2014
      • 1548

      We should have attempted to pick up Lloyd Meek 24 year old ex Fremantle ruckman who I have rated as a good trade option for a few years now. He has some unrealised potential and is a baby in ruck years.
      However Hawthorn have signed him and given they will be tanking for a year or two he may end up stagnating and frustrated and could be available in his prime years in 2025 or thereabouts.
      Not sure what it is but he has in my opinion the physicality and touch of mongrel that good ruckmen have , something that seems to develop when they approach their late twenty’s.

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      • gloveski
        Senior Player
        • Jan 2003
        • 1018

        Originally posted by Faunac8
        We should have attempted to pick up Lloyd Meek 24 year old ex Fremantle ruckman who I have rated as a good trade option for a few years now. He has some unrealised potential and is a baby in ruck years.
        However Hawthorn have signed him and given they will be tanking for a year or two he may end up stagnating and frustrated and could be available in his prime years in 2025 or thereabouts.
        Not sure what it is but he has in my opinion the physicality and touch of mongrel that good ruckmen have , something that seems to develop when they approach their late twenty’s.
        We need to back Ladhams in long term . But do agree would not surprise at all if Meek turns out the steal of this trade period


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        • 707
          Veterans List
          • Aug 2009
          • 6204

          Originally posted by gloveski
          We need to back Ladhams in long term . But do agree would not surprise at all if Meek turns out the steal of this trade period
          Meek left Freo to be a number one ruck and get games. Would not have been clear number one here with Hickey and Ladhams. A fit Hickey and a clear headed Ladhams will be a good combo

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          • Ruck'n'Roll
            Ego alta, ergo ictus
            • Nov 2003
            • 3990

            Originally posted by 707
            Meek left Freo to be a number one ruck and get games. Would not have been clear number one here with Hickey and Ladhams. A fit Hickey and a clear headed Ladhams will be a good combo
            Especially if the AFL do away with the medi sub, and expand the interchange bench to 5, without increasing the number of interchanges each team can make.

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            • giant
              Veterans List
              • Mar 2005
              • 4731

              Can someone put my mind at ease that Francis wasn't that Bombers player that watched as the ball bounced slowly through our goals in the SCG game this year?

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              • Meg
                Go Swannies!
                Site Admin
                • Aug 2011
                • 4828

                Originally posted by giant
                Can someone put my mind at ease that Francis wasn't that Bombers player that watched as the ball bounced slowly through our goals in the SCG game this year?
                Already had his sights firmly fixed on becoming a Swan? [emoji3]

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                • Ludwig
                  Veterans List
                  • Apr 2007
                  • 9359

                  Originally posted by Nico
                  Sorry, my post wasn't meant to be sarcastic. Just asking who 707 thought we could have picked up.
                  Maybe you need to get a full body re-calibration, Nico. Don't fret. I'll fix you up on your next trip to Thailand. Easy now that cannabis is legal.

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                  • lwjoyner
                    Regular in the Side
                    • Nov 2004
                    • 951

                    laidler leaving may be on the app but still not on website. remains on the coaches page, vwry slow

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                    • 707
                      Veterans List
                      • Aug 2009
                      • 6204

                      Originally posted by Ruck'n'Roll
                      Especially if the AFL do away with the medi sub, and expand the interchange bench to 5, without increasing the number of interchanges each team can make.
                      That rule change would mean most teams will play two genuine ruckmen. Let's face it, the Medi-Sub has been a farce since day one, yet another dreamed up in five minutes knee jerk rule by the VFL.

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                      • ugg
                        Can you feel it?
                        Site Admin
                        • Jan 2003
                        • 15970

                        Originally posted by lwjoyner
                        laidler leaving may be on the app but still not on website. remains on the coaches page, vwry slow
                        I wouldn't hold my breath waiting for that to be updated, the content is from 2020.

                        Coaches: Jeremy Laidler
                        Reserves live updates (Twitter)
                        Reserves WIKI -
                        Top Goalkickers| Best Votegetters

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                        • KSAS
                          Senior Player
                          • Mar 2018
                          • 1789

                          Originally posted by 707
                          That rule change would mean most teams will play two genuine ruckmen. Let's face it, the Medi-Sub has been a farce since day one, yet another dreamed up in five minutes knee jerk rule by the VFL.
                          +1
                          I lament having seen game drift from being 18 v 18 to now possibly 23 v 23. Gap between the top & bottom teams increasing, with the top teams able to expose their greater player depth a bit further. All these changes over the last few decades being pushed by coaches for their own short term benefit under the guise of "evolving the game". Changes one after another in attempt to fix problems caused by previous changes.

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                          • rb4x
                            Regular in the Side
                            • Dec 2007
                            • 968

                            Originally posted by ugg
                            I wouldn't hold my breath waiting for that to be updated, the content is from 2020.

                            Coaches: Jeremy Laidler
                            Swans farewell Laidler

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                            • Ruck'n'Roll
                              Ego alta, ergo ictus
                              • Nov 2003
                              • 3990

                              Originally posted by KSAS
                              Changes one after another in attempt to fix problems caused by previous changes.
                              It's a pretty long established form of behaviour in organisations with the sort of week leadership that needs constant validation and is incapable of admitting to making a mistake - see "Emporers new clothes"
                              Last edited by Ruck'n'Roll; 19 October 2022, 05:44 PM.

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                              • stevoswan
                                Veterans List
                                • Sep 2014
                                • 8555

                                Deleted by myself.
                                Last edited by stevoswan; 19 October 2022, 03:25 PM.

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