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    Article: RESERVES REPORT - Swans v Eastlake

    If you've never jumped from one couch to the other to save yourself from lava then you didn't have a childhood

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    Thanks for the report Primmy.

    Emery certainly contributed strongly for a top-up. He seems strictly to be a leading full-forward and from what I've seen over two weeks, it is not evident that he has enough tricks to progress to a higher level but certainly a useful player to have down there from a structural point of view.

    I suspect Heath was feeling sore for much of the game - he spent a lot of time on the sidelines having attention to his calf area - which might explain why he was less impressive than in other matches.

    I really hope Currie looks upon the current situation as a huge opportunity and tries to give the selectors a real decision to make at selection table over the next month or so. I agree that Geelong is not the game to throw him in the deep end (and doesn't sound like he is under any consideration at the moment) but I still think he has the potential to be a very good AFL ruckman. If he doesn't grab his chance for a debut in the next 3 months, I fear he never will. Not at the Swans, anyway.

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    Good to hear your views on Cambo (Heath) as he had had a pretty decent hitout in the last round, and I wondered if we had a hot and cold player. I like him.

    Your views on Curry pretty much mirror mine. He doesn't have a great deal of self belief. Not sure whether they need to hand him over to Stuey for some "truth" therapy, or whether he just doesn't have that killer instinct so necessary. He's a good kid. I want to keep him.

    Last year I thought we had a winner with Gilly, but this year I am not so sure. I am thinking Willoughby, Smokey, etc.

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    Good report Primmy

    If not bouncing the ball is Rohan's biggest issue, then there is a lot to look forward to. It should be a simple thing to fix.
    I echo your thoughts on Currie. By all reports, he is a very nice and polite young man, but could do with a little mongrel in him when on the field.

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    Good Solo effort Primmy. You 'll put ORB out of a job.

    Sound like Pyke has improved leaps and bounds, from last year.

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    Thanks from me too, Primmy. Great report. I love to hear about Ed, even if he hasn't been a match winner!!! What do you think at this point, is 2010 going to be his 'make' year, or not?

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    Looks like I'm out of a job. Great work. Interested that they had LJ playing up back this week. I remember Mocca was given a long stretch back there a couple of years ago.

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    Thanks one and all. Just a few conjectures to follow up with.

    LJ look quite in charge of his area playing around CFB - he is very self assured, knows he is going to be a player, not hopes to be. Quick between the ears.

    I'll cheer to the rafters when Bouncer actually takes off and does bounce. He just doesn't....he just takes off and .....

    Currie needs some mental guidance, he has got it all, but whether he is a truly competitive type (I shall mention B1 here as a protottype) is not clear, and at this stage that's a worry.

    I am not going to do ORB out of a job.....I can't follow the plays quickly enough and my notes look like a spider on acid has taken over the page.

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    Re Currie - he looks compettive to me, but just not confident. I still shudder when I remember that sense of panic that overtook him when he took the mark in the pre-season game. His tap work is sometimes sublime and I think the stickiness of his hands is so good there should be no problem translating it to senior footy - if he makes it. He needs a bit more physical development yet but far skinnier rucks have debuted and survived at senior level.

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    Yes I keep thinking of that moment too, Liz. The optimist in me puts it down to 1st game nerves.

    Great report, Primmy and many thanks. You get along fine without ORB.

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