Originally Posted by
Ludwig
It was far from a full strength team. Buddy, Tippett and Ted Richards were all out. Nanka and Pyke shared the ruckwork, got killed by NicNat and I think Pyke may have been injured. We also just got thrashed by Hawthorn the previous week.
I feels sorry for Melbourne fans who have not had success in such a long time, finally looking good to make the 8 and then having some big injuries, suspensions and the like. If we miss the 8 this year, it's not such a disaster as long as we can see a likely rebound next season.
In just a few weeks we can see some real progress in players like Fox, Hayward and Florent. Fox will be dropped back to the rookie list next week and maybe Florent, Hayward or both will be dropped for players coming off the injury list and they will get some much needed NEAFL time to round out their games.
The time spent in the midfield by Hewett seems to be paying off. He had a very good first half. Once he can handle the extra workload for an entire game the Swans with have another quality inside midfielder.
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