Originally Posted by
MattW
Regarding the defence, the selection of Melican was vindicated, clearly, but on reflection, I am not certain it should have come at the expense of Aliir. Aliir is one of the few with the talent to bring the ball quickly out of defence; to the extent he has issues giving up marks on the lead or punching the ball from contested mark situations, I think we can afford to let him learn on the job. I thought Marsh was dominated whichever opponent he went to on the weekend, and am not convinced he can play as a third tall defender. With Talia among the bests in the reserves game (I thought he was solid), perhaps we could see him in the next few weeks; definitely if Grundy is somehow out. He has the size we need.
Finally, this will come across as sour grapes, but I would be happy to see any team win over GWS. The likes of Greene, Mumford, Johnson, Shaw, Cameron, Whitfield and Corr are particularly unlikeable. I thought it obvious they were seeking to rough the Swans up when 4 goals down, focusing on Kennedy (and reckon they were coached to). Galling that it worked.
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