Round 1 v Giants

[Thunder Shaker]

AFL website has posted mock teams for all round 1 games.

MOCK TEAMS: Who's in your club's best 22 for round one?

[Mark26]

AFL website has posted mock teams for all round 1 games.

MOCK TEAMS: Who's in your club's best 22 for round one?

What! No number 6? Methinks the journo had a brain fart and forgotten our draft pick no: 4 from 2020.

Note: I'm afraid to use any part of this player's name in case of offending posters. If we stick to some numerical representation of each player we could play RWO bingo. Check your inbox as Ludwig is in the process of manufacturing our cards.

[Captain]

How have members gone redeeming for tickets to this game? When I've gone to Ticketek, the area for members to put their barcodes in is greyed out and can't be accessed. Others had more luck?

We still haven’t received our member packs??

[Meg]

Checked train trip planner. Looks as if direct trains from Central to Olympic Park (with stops at Redfern and Strathfield) will be running from 15.40. Beats the Lidcombe changeover to the shuttle service.

Just like the old days ... [emoji3]

[Thunder Shaker]

What! No number 6? Methinks the journo had a brain fart and forgotten our draft pick no: 4 from 2020.

It's a sign of the talent in the side that a mock team list could leave out McDonald, have Papley out injured and still look very strong on paper.

Is the mock team a little on the short side? If McDonald is added, who do we leave out?

[Chilcott]

It's a sign of the talent in the side that a mock team list could leave out McDonald, have Papley out injured and still look very strong on paper.

Is the mock team a little on the short side? If McDonald is added, who do we leave out?

Maybe Hayward or Wicks?

[Mark26]

Maybe Hayward or Wicks?

I agree Chilcott. Competition for spots is fierce and I think Logan was excellent against the Kangas.

[Aprilbr]

McDonald would be very unlucky to miss out. Wilbur and Wicks are very different types of players to Logan, so if he plays it will be interesting to see who misses. Our midfield is not as good as GWS so I don't think we can afford to leave out one of those guys. That leaves a forward to go.

[giant]

Checked train trip planner. Looks as if direct trains from Central to Olympic Park (with stops at Redfern and Strathfield) will be running from 15.40. Beats the Lidcombe changeover to the shuttle service.

Just like the old days ... [emoji3]

So many happy memories...

I was gobsmacked that the ground could even be configured for AFL. Unless of course we're playing on rugby league rectangular ground?

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Maybe Hayward or Wicks?

He'll be very unlucky to miss out and the coaching staff have been pumping his tyres all off-season - but I don't see these two making way for him. Mclean too very unlucky.

[giant]

We still haven’t received our member packs??

As far as I can tell, you may not receive a member pack this year - this from a recent club email: "You've been issued a Swanshop voucher as your Member Choice item for the 2022 season. As a result, you will not be sent a member pack in the post."

You can however already access tickets online or in the app for the Giants (included as a bonus in your membership mws an away game) and I imagine other home games as well.

[Thunder Shaker]

Another note regarding teams for round 1 - Kennedy may be spending some time in defence this year. So I expect he'll rotate through defence rather than the midfield, and this will alter the team balance elsewhere.

[TheBloods]

Another note regarding teams for round 1 - Kennedy may be spending some time in defence this year. So I expect he'll rotate through defence rather than the midfield, and this will alter the team balance elsewhere.

Terrible

[Ludwig]

Another note regarding teams for round 1 - Kennedy may be spending some time in defence this year. So I expect he'll rotate through defence rather than the midfield, and this will alter the team balance elsewhere.

JPK in defence looks a good move. Hopefully he follows the form of Hepple and Pendlebury in similar moves at their respective clubs. We need to make make room at stoppages for Warner and a few others who have shown ability playing on ball.

[stevoswan]

So this is the 'match thread'......for a game that is still a week away?

[neilfws]

So this is the 'match thread'......for a game that is still a week away?

Yes, I get that we're all excited for the new season but we'll be burned out by Saturday at this rate!

Perhaps this thread should be re-labelled, and we can start a new one closer to the day where the focus is on the match day news as we usually do: build-up (weather, teams, odds, where to watch/listen) and of course the game itself?