Sling shot footy !!

[Triple B]

Hadn't heard anyone mention this before. Buckley view on the slingshot:

"I don't know what their [the Swans] endurance profile is, but from the outside in it looks like they've got six, seven, eight elite endurance runners that can run at pace up and back," Buckley said.

"We don't have the capacity to match that at the moment with our personnel . . . if we make it a running battle it's probably going to be harder for us to win.

Lukewarm Pies feeling the heat

From the Pies POV you're wondering what was the point of Arizona?

Now if it was Essendon he was talking about, there would be massive innuendo and equally massive hysteria in the media.

Just sayin'...

[RogueSwan]

... but I am not sure you'd want to go into many games with three genuine tall defenders. Add two genuine rucks and two pretty tall forwards and we risk losing mobility. ...

I wouldn't have thought of Reid as un-mobile (is that a word?) but I can still see your arguement. I could also see LRT, Reg and Ted working well together. With LRT and Reg taking the first two big forwards Ted could intercept to his hearts content.

[Matimbo]

At the G on Fri night I was in seats near the fence and I really noticed that the Pies players were not talking to each other much. Plus the obvious stuff like, not manning up, not chasing, not hitting easy short pass targets, was there fall all to see. I think they were pretty flat from the week before.

On the other hand, when down my end of the ground the Swans talk was loud and often. Macca was really directing the defence from the HB line. e.g. about 3-4 mins before Jetta's sling shot goal, he was yelling at the backs to drag their opponents down the ground which set up the opportunity for Jetts ... just great to watch it all unfold.

[Bloody Hell]

I am not sure about putting both LRT and Tippett into a team that already has Mumford and Pyke (and Reid) - not unless LRT is there to replace either Ted or Reg. Against the Hawks, it would have been helpful to have LRT as another tall defender, but I am not sure you'd want to go into many games with three genuine tall defenders. Add two genuine rucks and two pretty tall forwards and we risk losing mobility. Bear in mind that to fit two additional talls into the team that played on Friday, you need to take two others out. In the short term Everitt might be one of those (though we hope Johnson will be back to take that spot next year). Who else? Morton? One of the midfield runners?

If you were arguing AJ vs LRT I'd be there with you. But you're not.

Imagine being the 3rd tall at the start of the match and seeing LRT walking towards you.....Will it be a good day or a bad day?

P.s If the whole list was available I'd image Grundy and LRT would hold the key posts, with Richards the third tall.....which is worse for the third tall IMHO....but better for the Swans, in both cases.