Reserves 25th May

[satchmopugdog]

Any news you Canberraites?

[Pooh Bear]

Sydney won by 5 goals

[ugg]

http://sportingpulse.com.au/round_info.cgi?a=MATCH&fixture=29953729&c=1-1051-0-65344-0&pool=-1


SYDNEY SWANSGoal Kickers: J. WHITE 3, A. BRUCE 2, M. Beckmans 2, H. GRUNDY 2, N. FOSDIKE 2, N. DAVIS 2, N. SMITH 2, J. Foster 2, S. Gilchrist, R. BRABAZON
Best Players: L. BRENNAN, M. Beckmans, P. FAULKS, D. Currie, H. GRUNDY, J. WHITE

Ainslie 12.19 (91)
Swans 19.11 (125)

[swansrule100]

good to see davis not in the best , you seem more chance at a senior gig when you arent in there.

[Old Royboy]

I think Mr Magoo put that list of best players together. Davis BOG by a mile. Fossie has done his knee again. Report will follow in a couple of hours.

[Robbo]

Poor Fossie.

[stellation]

I think Mr Magoo put that list of best players together. Davis BOG by a mile. Fossie has done his knee again. Report will follow in a couple of hours.
:frown

[Jeffers1984]

@@@@ news for Fossie. Still had plenty to give for us.

[Robbo]

Any chance that he will do the same thing Eski did?

[reigning premier]

Any chance that he will do the same thing Eski did?

Probably not. If the surgery is still "experimental" as they keep saying it is, you wouldn't risk doing it on the chance he may make it back just in time for the finals. Eski was done because there was a chance that he'd play at least half a season.

[ScottH]

And I'm not sure Fossie is as important to the team structure as Malceski.

[BSA5]

Sucks about Fossie. Oh well, at least we have young guys doing well in the midfield.

I noticed Currie in the bests. Is he any chance of playing senior footy this year? Because as much as I like Spida, he looks like an old man nowadays. Its too early to write him off yet, but one good game and two games in which he has moved like an eighty year old doesn't look too good for Spida.

[DST]

I think Mr Magoo put that list of best players together. Davis BOG by a mile. Fossie has done his knee again. Report will follow in a couple of hours.

Fosdike had an achilies problem not a knee?

DST
:D

[Old Royboy]

Some pics, I was not clever enough to put them in my report.

The Nic Fosdike Race, courtesy ACT supporters group.
http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u49/Royboy53/2008_0525ainslie0010.jpg

Dan Curriehttp://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u49/Royboy53/2008_0525ainslie0012.jpg

Brabahttp://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u49/Royboy53/2008_0525ainslie0026.jpg

Nick Smith HTBhttp://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u49/Royboy53/2008_0525ainslie0024.jpg

Davohttp://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u49/Royboy53/2008_0525ainslie0021.jpg

Allison revs em uphttp://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u49/Royboy53/2008_0525ainslie0023.jpg

[ScottH]

Davohttp://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u49/Royboy53/2008_0525ainslie0021.jpg

Davo, dancing the Robot??

[ugg]

Official website report has a different best list:

Official AFL Website of the Sydney Swans > News Article > Swans Reserves Bounce Roos (http://sydneyswans.com.au/News/NewsArticle/tabid/7106/Default.aspx?newsId=60234)

Edit: Actually the same list with Davo in for Becko. Maybe a typo.

[SimonH]

Can't seem to find your write-up, ORB. Maybe I'm just stupid.

But re the official Swans' write-up: after a review like that I'd like to have a couple of bucks on Davis returning next week. It's been near enough to exactly the month that Roos was talking about since he was dropped.

No disrespect to Luke Brennan, but the fact that he dominated at CHB at this level is a big 'so what?' A lack of big bodies might require Allison to play him there, but he's never going to get anywhere near that position at league level. If he can't get a game on the HBF/BP in the absence of Kennelly, hard to see when he's going to get one (unless, god forbid, one or more of Mattner or Malceski go down).

No mention whatsoever of Mathews in the official write-up means that he is on the outer (in case being dropped after one game didn't raise the suspicion), and barring major injury to others, has probably played his last game for the firsts.

Notice that Brendan Murphy didn't play even though we were well short of our maximum listed-player quota (15 Swans-listed players played, I think) and he's not on the injury list. Very hard to follow the Swans' selections for the 2s.

Faulks has very very consistently been in the best players this year (not another example of the Swans turning crap draft picks into gold, surely?), but I'm yet to hear much of a review on his style. Can anyone enlighten me? Is he still a couple of years off making a credible bid for selection?

Re Fossie: 'Injured his knee' could mean a whole range of things (e.g. Goodesie doing his PCL halfway through his unbroken run of 200 games). Any word on what's actually happened to Fossie yet?

[ugg]

Rnd 7 vs Ainslie - RedAndWhiteOnline.com Messageboard (http://www.redandwhiteonline.com/forum/showthread.php?t=25088)

I think the reason you can't find it Simon is that you have to go through the home page.

[Old Royboy]

Faulks has very very consistently been in the best players this year (not another example of the Swans turning crap draft picks into gold, surely?), but I'm yet to hear much of a review on his style. Can anyone enlighten me? Is he still a couple of years off making a credible bid for selection?

Simon, appearance wise if you subtracted one from Columbo's number and blinked you would think the great Jason Saddington had returned. Very similar build and same hair.

Faulks has very good closing speed and times his spoils well. On occasions he has taken off up the field and used that speed to advantage. He also possesses the low penetrating and accurate kick we normally associate with left footers. He has been one who has benefited from the weakening of the ressies this year, because now there is plenty of work to do up back. At the moment I would consider him a shoo in to earn another contract, but would not expect him to debut until next year.

[ScottH]

Can't seem to find your write-up, ORB. Maybe I'm just stupid.



Rnd 7 vs Ainslie - RedAndWhiteOnline.com Messageboard (http://www.redandwhiteonline.com/forum/showthread.php?t=25088)

I think the reason you can't find it Simon is that you have to go through the home page.

It's also on the top of the forum home RedAndWhiteOnline.com Messageboard - Powered by vBulletin (http://www.redandwhiteonline.com/forum/index.php)

[stellation]

Simon, appearance wise if you subtracted one from Columbo's number and blinked you would think the great Jason Saddington had returned. Very similar build and same hair.

Faulks has very good closing speed and times his spoils well. On occasions he has taken off up the field and used that speed to advantage. He also possesses the low penetrating and accurate kick we normally associate with left footers. He has been one who has benefited from the weakening of the ressies this year, because now there is plenty of work to do up back. At the moment I would consider him a shoo in to earn another contract, but would not expect him to debut until next year.
hmmmmm ;)

[ugg]

It's also on the top of the forum home RedAndWhiteOnline.com Messageboard - Powered by vBulletin (http://www.redandwhiteonline.com/forum/index.php)


You mean the link which leads to a permission denied page? :frown

[ScottH]

You mean the link which leads to a permission denied page? :frown

Well, Thanks for telling me!! ;)
It works now.

[SimonH]

You mean the link which leads to a permission denied page? :frownLikewise for me, actually. Might be some minor problem there.

Simon, appearance wise if you subtracted one from Columbo's number and blinked you would think the great Jason Saddington had returned. Very similar build and same hair.

Faulks has very good closing speed and times his spoils well. On occasions he has taken off up the field and used that speed to advantage. He also possesses the low penetrating and accurate kick we normally associate with left footers. He has been one who has benefited from the weakening of the ressies this year, because now there is plenty of work to do up back. At the moment I would consider him a shoo in to earn another contract, but would not expect him to debut until next year.I'm lovin' it! For some strange reason, Saddo was always one of my favourite players (despite his inadequacies). Just had a sort of laconic air about him. Also had a good build for the modern wingman/flanker (190cm and rangy). Love the left-footers, too.

Given the Swans' softly-softly approach to young players, a 2009 debut for Colombo would be well ahead of the curve. Actually, if you could take a guarantee now that Colombo would play 140 games for us, you'd be a fool not to take it.

[Old Royboy]

Sorry, he not left footed, but he kicks like one - if you get the drift.

[JF_Bay22_SCG]

Simon, appearance wise if you subtracted one from Columbo's number and blinked you would think the great Jason Saddington had returned.

All hail the great Saddington!

The club still has not recovered from losing His Greatness.

There are players to just watch. And your are players you worship. Saddington was DEFINITELY in the latter category.:cool:

JF :D

[Donners]

Ah, the mighty Saddington. He followed in the proud tradition of Robert Teal, Gareth John and Simon Minton-Connell as players I adored. He played more games for the club than the three of those combined, too...

[reigning premier]

Isn't SMC still playing in the country leagues in Vic somewhere???

I remember reading in the paper on Monday all the country results not so long ago and noted he was still there... Still kicking 12 goals or more regularly as well.... Pity he could never make that step to the AFL.....

[bandwagon]

Super article ORB. Thanks.

I always felt that before all his injuries Saddington wasn't that bad (Whoops! have I lost any shred of credibility i may have had?). Would have been fine as the 3rd tall, playing FB or CHB was just too much.

[Triple B]

Sorry, he not left footed, but he kicks like one - if you get the drift.

Hehehe, I'm glad you cleared that up, it was driving me nuts "Columbo's not a left footer.....is he?????". I was about to ring my mate to confirm it was you and not I that had taken leave of our senses. :p :p

[Triple B]

Just on Fosdike.

On Fox Sports news there is a quick 15 sec grab of a MOL interview taken at training at the SCG this morning.

In the background, Kenny Williams grabs a water bottle and hands it to Fossie who runs in and appears to have no real strapping on his knee and appears to be training with the full squad.

Given he wasn't named in the injury update, perhaps the Gods are smiling and he is not seriously hurt, if at all.

Here's hoping **fingers X'd**

[ugg]

Nothing serious re Fearless

Fosdike takes the long road back to top - realfooty.com.au (http://www.realfooty.com.au/news/news/fosdike-takes-the-long-road-back/2008/05/29/1211654225631.html)

[Triple B]

But anyone into omens would perhaps suggest that Fosdike returns in round 14, on July 5, against Collingwood.

In 2005, just like this season, he spent the first half of that year beset with knee problems. He didn't make his senior debut that year until the first week of July, in round 14. Less than three months later - with Fosdike rated by many as best on the ground - the Swans would win the grand final.

Funny how the memory can fade.

My memory is pretty bloody good, in fact when it comes to the Swans my missus reckons it's freaky, but for the life of me I can't remember that.

Mind you, it's almost 1am and I've polished off a couple of G & T's pre-dinner, the regulation bottle of red and am on my 3rd 'large' Cointreau and Ice so it's not surprising the memory may be hazy. :p :p

[ugg]

It was the one point loss to Richmond where we came agonisingly short after a big last quarter, and he was probably our BOG on the day.

[Triple B]

Fosdike has long been an MCG specialist.

Just about all his best games, 2005 GF included, have been there.

He is a hard runner and finds space, so I guess the MCG suits that style, lots of space to find.