Changes for round 1 - Syd vs Port

[Hotpotato]

If it's not raining now or anytime , just wait 10 mins .....
Feels like Melbourne.

[Mug Punter]

I can't see a link with the final team ???

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SYDNEY SWANS
B
Dane Rampe Heath Grundy Nick Smith
HB
Callum Mills Jeremy Laidler Harrison Marsh
C
Zak Jones Dan Hannebery Jake Lloyd
HF
Kieren Jack Lance Franklin Dean Towers
F
Sam Reid Kurt Tippett Daniel Robinson
FOL
Sam Naismith Josh P. Kennedy Luke Parker
I/C
Harry Cunningham Oliver Florent Jordan Foote George Hewett
EMG
Shaun Edwards Will Hayward Callum Sinclair
IN
OUT
NEW
Oliver Florent
MILESTONES: Jordan Foote-Played 1st game

Happy with that team though thought they'd roll the dice with Aliir, shows the regard they hold Laidler in though, a real pro.

Foote's debut was last year but happy to see him a chance so early in 2017

[Ludwig]

Although there was only 1 surprise selection for me, that being Laidler, it's not clear what the reasoning was. Clearly, the selectors are not worried about the high ball coming in to tall forwards. Perhaps it's the wet conditions. Or maybe there would be to much lack of experience if we went with Melican at this stage. He had a very good JLT series, but didn't finish off the last game well. Talia seems to have dropped off the radar.

We really do have a young list, so choosing a side is having to pick from a menu of players with little or no AFL experience.

[Wardy]

And NO STEVIC!!!!!

[lwjoyner]

agree back line looks much weaker than last year.

[ugg]

It's the same backline as the GF with Jones most likely moving to the midfield and Marsh taking his place. I don't see how that constitutes it being much weaker

[Billericay]

It's the same backline as the GF with Jones most likely moving to the midfield and Marsh taking his place. I don't see how that constitutes it being much weaker

I think that shows how important we think AA is

[CureTheSane]

Finally Reid is being seen and talked about as a forward.
As I've said many times, "the backline experiment failed" I hope he isn't moved there at all.

[S.S. Bleeder]

And NO STEVIC!!!!!

Stevic is an incompetent and/or biased $&@?, no doubt about that. His incompetence and/or bias has seen Hawthorn win two more premierships than they should have.

I'm not sure that he was to blame for the @@@@e umpiring in last years GF however. Matt Stevic, Simon Meredith and Scott Jeffery umpired the 2016 GF but I believe that Jeffery made the most errors. Is anyone able to clarify this?

[S.S. Bleeder]

Happy with that team though thought they'd roll the dice with Aliir, shows the regard they hold Laidler in though, a real pro.

Foote's debut was last year but happy to see him a chance so early in 2017

They'd be stupid to roll the dice with anyone in round one.

[wolftone57]

It's the same backline as the GF with Jones most likely moving to the midfield and Marsh taking his place. I don't see how that constitutes it being much weaker

Agree but we lost the GF.

[Hartijon]

only because the opposition had 21 "players" on the field at all times.