2024 Pre Season

[Auntie.Gerald]

Coffs Intraclub: Umpire Cam

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https://www.sydneyswans.com.au/video/1486493/announcing-our-captain-for-2024?videoId=1486493&modal=true&type=video&publishFrom=1707198152001

wow cat out of the bag

Longmire said mid season for Mills return

That settles that

[O'Reilly Boy]

[QUOTE=Auntie.Gerald;880778]Coffs Intraclub: Umpire Cam

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love the 'F@&k me!' 42 seconds in

[Maltopia]

Coffs Intraclub: Umpire Cam

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Saw this on YouTube where a commenter said something like “Pistol Pete MVP”. Maybe someone who saw the session and thought Ladhams was a standout?

[Mark26]

Coffs Intraclub: Umpire Cam

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Announcing our captain for 2024

wow cat out of the bag

Longmire said mid season for Mills return

That settles that

I'd be surprised if he doesn't return sooner than that. It doesn't make sense to me to elect him solely as our captain and not have him play fifty percent of the time in 2024.

[Auntie.Gerald]

just going with what Longmire said earnestly.......

he also said that no big deal using the other guys as captains until Mills returns

agree Mark26 it is a strange call half way through rehab

i struggle to see the upside ?

[707]

AFL.com.au's chief football correspondent, Damian Barrett, says he "cannot reconcile" Sydney's decision to elevate Callum Mills to the club's captaincy given the midfielder's self-inflicted shoulder injury that will see him miss the first half the season.

Well that's settled the argument, with the Mills announcement, the club is officially a shambles, as it's been bagged by Barrett. What a wanchor LOL

[Mark26]

just going with what Longmire said earnestly.......

he also said that no big deal using the other guys as captains until Mills returns

agree Mark26 it is a strange call half way through rehab

i struggle to see the upside ?

Maybe Horse has been reading Kinnear's book of misdirection? On the other hand, Isaac hinted in a clip not too long ago that it wouldn't surprise him to see Mills play earlier than expected.

I certainly hope Isaac is right!

[Blood Fever]

AFL.com.au's chief football correspondent, Damian Barrett, says he "cannot reconcile" Sydney's decision to elevate Callum Mills to the club's captaincy given the midfielder's self-inflicted shoulder injury that will see him miss the first half the season.

Well that's settled the argument, with the Mills announcement, the club is officially a shambles, as it's been bagged by Barrett. What a wanchor LOL

Longmire and the club will be tossing and turning every night from now on.

[Captain]

I'd be surprised if he doesn't return sooner than that. It doesn't make sense to me to elect him solely as our captain and not have him play fifty percent of the time in 2024.

Absolutely. Will be interesting to see when he does come back.

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AFL.com.au's chief football correspondent, Damian Barrett, says he "cannot reconcile" Sydney's decision to elevate Callum Mills to the club's captaincy given the midfielder's self-inflicted shoulder injury that will see him miss the first half the season.

Well that's settled the argument, with the Mills announcement, the club is officially a shambles, as it's been bagged by Barrett. What a wanchor LOL

Was he saying Mills shouldn't be captain at all or shouldn't be the sole captain? Two very different takes. One I would disagree with and one I would agree with.

[Dow]

I am happy for Mills to return mid-year - last year they had him missing the whole season

[Maltopia]

I'd be surprised if he doesn't return sooner than that. It doesn't make sense to me to elect him solely as our captain and not have him play fifty percent of the time in 2024.

I watched the announcement by Horse and it seemed like it was decided already last year that Mills would take over as but they decided to delay the announcement given the injury.

If that is correct then, Ramps and Parker may have stepped down last year but the club also kept that news until now as well.

[Roadrunner]

I watched the announcement by Horse and it seemed like it was decided already last year that Mills would take over as but they decided to delay the announcement given the injury.

If that is correct then, Ramps and Parker may have stepped down last year but the club also kept that news until now as well.

My guess is that the club decided to go with one captain- Mills- for 2024 before his injury and when it became obvious that he may miss a chunk of the session, they felt that there was no need to make any change to that original decision. After all, any player can get injured at any time. We have Ramps and Parks as past co- captains, but have we announced a vice- captain for 2024 as yet?

[Dow]

just going with what Longmire said earnestly.......

he also said that no big deal using the other guys as captains until Mills returns

agree Mark26 it is a strange call half way through rehab

i struggle to see the upside ?

Just a thought and a thought only maybe this year Ramps and Parker become vulnerable to being dropped IF form drops away like it has for both of them during parts of last year and you don't want to be in a position where you have to drop a co-captain, just a thought

[dejavoodoo44]

Just a thought and a thought only maybe this year Ramps and Parker become vulnerable to being dropped IF form drops away like it has for both of them during parts of last year and you don't want to be in a position where you have to drop a co-captain, just a thought

Yes, as someone who prefers the three captain model, I was also wondering that. As in, perhaps it was decided that Rampe and Parker would be better off just concentrating on their own form, rather than continuing with any extra responsibilities that captaincy might bring?

Also, looking at the leadership group from last year of: Franklin, Papley, Lloyd, Heeney and Hayward; I'm not sure if any of them is really a long-term and immediate captaincy option? Obviously Franklin has retired. Papley is probably a decent option, but there does seem to be a bit of loose cannon to his personality. So, perhaps they'll be assessing how he goes while Mills is injured, with an eye on a future promotion to co-captain? Lloyd might be an option, but he seems a touch introverted to me (which may or may not be correct). Heeney has been reluctant to take on a leadership role in the past, so it's possible that he's not all that keen to expand his role? And while Hayward seems popular around the club, with our added depth, I'm not sure if his spot is totally secure?

Of other options, I suspect that almost everyone would consider Gulden to be a future captain, but maybe they think he's currently too young to be a co-captain? Though I think that it's likely he'll replace Franklin in the leadership group.

Anyway, it'll be interesting to see who does the coin tossing in the absence of Mills, and it'll also be interesting if they revert to the co-captaincy model next year.

[Auntie.Gerald]

maybe Mills will have plenty of time to do the media first10 rounds