Sydney Swans best 22, 2015 AFL Premiership Season

**S.S. Bleeder** · 22nd November 2014, 05:41 PM

Originally Posted by wolftone57

I think you are a little hard on Mitchell. When he played he was good. He got injured and had trouble getting back into a very strong side.

He probably deserved to get back in on form. The trouble was that it was late in the season and Longmire probably didn't want to unsettle the team just before the finals.

**S.S. Bleeder** · 22nd November 2014, 05:46 PM

Yes your probably right. I hope your right. I'm looking forward to seeing him in action.

**stevoswan** · 22nd November 2014, 06:16 PM

Originally Posted by wolftone57

Troy that would mean we would play two ruck of the same type as Pykie & Nanka are both Forward/Ruck not specialist rucks. I don't think Pykie is a great 1st ruck. I watched all those games people on here are praising him for and his taps are mostly ineffective. He taps down to the feet of our mids too often, soft taps that result in packs developing. The Hawks roved to this and set up a wall with Mitchell, Burgoyne Langford at different times on the outside to clear the ball. While Nanka is a better tap than Pykie his huge value is resting in the forward line. He takes a great mark & his rucking in the pockets is very good. Naismith and Derrickx are the specialist rucks. Both can punch the living hell out of the ball. Both can direct the ball in a very tight spot to a running mid. Pykie was always value because of his forward work. As a second ruck he is still highly valuable as it makes the opposition set up differently and he is the best contested mark in the game.

That's why he and Mummy worked so well. Geez we miss Mummy. I'll go a far as to say we would have won more games and the GF this year if he was still with us(and AJ!). The only negative of the Buddy deal. Lamb would have been chopped anyway.....you see what I did there

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**S.S. Bleeder** · 22nd November 2014, 09:45 PM

Originally Posted by stevoswan

That's why he and Mummy worked so well. Geez we miss Mummy. I'll go a far as to say we would have won more games and the GF this year if he was still with us(and AJ!). The only negative of the Buddy deal. Lamb would have been chopped anyway.....you see what I did there

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Yep. You're 100% correct. Mummy's absence and the absence of a true ruckman really hit us last year. Our problem is that we have a couple of years before Naismith develops and we need to cope until then. It's similar to our KPD problem.

**Auntie.Gerald** · 22nd November 2014, 10:16 PM

im not too worried

ive seen top level players in cricket get a 200 score one game then get a duck the next game

we were on the pace all season, in the finals........ then had a shocka in the GF !

We wont see to many changes but I really want Tom Mitchell back in the team and if that means Macca plays in the back line that is fine with me

I also want Rohan in the back line rotation

**S.S. Bleeder** · 22nd November 2014, 11:13 PM

Originally Posted by Auntie.Gerald

im not too worried

ive seen top level players in cricket get a 200 score one game then get a duck the next game

we were on the pace all season, in the finals........ then had a shocka in the GF !

We wont see to many changes but I really want Tom Mitchell back in the team and if that means Macca plays in the back line that is fnine with me

I also want Rohan in the back line rotation

That's true for individuals, but you expect more consistent results (or less volatile results) from a team. I think the one player we missed in the GF was Mitchell. We needed someone who was capable of clearances.

**Matt80** · 22nd November 2014, 11:19 PM

Originally Posted by 09183305

Easier for Mitchell to keep Heeney off his tail without Matt80 on his back.

I hate to dampen my own influence in the World, but I don't think Tom Mitchell gives a crap about what Matt80 posts.

Does anyone know if Swans players read Red and White Online or post themselves with an alias?

**dimelb** · 23rd November 2014, 12:03 PM

I don't know about current players but I heard from a reliable source that one ex-player thinks a lot of the opinions are rubbish. I have no idea who he has been reading!

**Melbourne_Blood** · 23rd November 2014, 02:43 PM

Originally Posted by dimelb

I don't know about current players but I heard from a reliable source that one ex-player thinks a lot of the opinions are rubbish. I have no idea who he has been reading!

That's probably a fair assessment!

**wolftone57** · 23rd November 2014, 02:54 PM

Originally Posted by Auntie.Gerald

im not too worried

ive seen top level players in cricket get a 200 score one game then get a duck the next game

we were on the pace all season, in the finals........ then had a shocka in the GF !

We wont see to many changes but I really want Tom Mitchell back in the team and if that means Macca plays in the back line that is fine with me

I also want Rohan in the back line rotation

I totally agree about Rohan & Mitchell. But I think we are going to have to find mongrel to win a premiership again. The AFL seem to be willing to allow old fashioned GF biffo, head highs and shirt fronts so we have to be harder.

**penga** · 24th November 2014, 03:30 PM

Originally Posted by S.S. Bleeder

That's true for individuals, but you expect more consistent results (or less volatile results) from a team.

The exact same thing happened to my NFL team, the Denver Broncos. They were dominant all year, believed their own hype, and didn't turn up for Superbowl Sunday. And that is with Peyton throwing the most completed passes in Superbowl history. He was the only one who turned up to play, despite his two INT, similar to Buddy. The comparison between the two teams' performances is actually pretty frightening.

Hawthorn wanted it more, Seattle wanted it more. Game over.