Surely Alir and Newman are in front of Marsh ?
Surely Alir and Newman are in front of Marsh ?
I agree with you on Macca. He hasn't played since September and with his recent history of soft tissue injuries and slow start last season, it doesn't seem prudent to bring him straight into the seniors.
I've always liked Macca as a player and didn't feel, until recently, that he was slow, because he had good evasive skills and it didn't hurt his game. But now, at 32, I just don't see how he fits into our plans for next year, and given our 0-6 record, there's not much point in playing Macca ahead of someone who we want to develop for future.
Macca needs to earn his spot in the side by going through the NEAFL, just like any other player. I wouldn't want to see Macca taking Newman's spot, for instance, who is a likely starter in the back six over the longer term.
I think all 3 can play if we push Mills into the midfield, where I think he belongs anyway. Once Rampe comes back and Aliir regains his spot in the back six, we are going to have to move Mills out of defence anyway, so why wait? And if Macca returns, then Mills definitely will move to a different position.
Norf & Lions win the clearances but can't convert that into scores. If the mids are any good, which the Brisbane mids actually are, they should win the clearances with a top flight ruckman. West Coast are overrated as far as I'm concerned and will come down to earth with a big thud this weekend. They do have a ruckman though his name is Giles and he has done very well for them. So don't say they don't have a ruckman, they do. The post was referring to dominance in the clearances as if you bothered reading the first sentence you'd know. A good ruckman does help in good mids setting up their team. It is all relative to the dominance in each department. But if the mids are crap a winning ruckman won't matter. It is all relative to the talent in and around the stoppages. This year i don't think it would matter a huge amount how many times Naismith hit the ball down the throat of our mids as they are @@@@ful.
But then again a great midfield can get crushed by having a crap ruck department too. If you constantly lose the taps you have to rove to their ruckman and to do that you need to know their set ups and be able to negate their mids. Against a great midfield, GWS, Crows, even Eagles, this isn't going to happen too often.
I don't see how any of the "armchair coaches" could have a worse win loss record than Horse this year so far.
Dosser, I always like your posts - considered and thoughtful.
It's probably no surprise the Swans are being hunted more than any other team given our success over the last few years. All the pundits say if you win the battle of the midfield you win the game. JPK is not called the clearance king for nothing - that's why he's being targeted so much. Other teams want to stop our midfield dominance. From what we've seen this year they seem to have figured it out.
The Swans are on the bottom of the ladder and now I am wondering if our coaches need to think about how we stop other teams midfields. For this weekend how do we stop the likes of Daniel Rich and Tom Rockliff.
This is a footy fan website. We're all entitled to have and express our opinions. We watch the games at the ground (in different spots) and on TV, etc and we all draw our own conclusions about the team makeup.
The purpose of this thread is to discuss player ins / outs for the game against the BL. So, what's your opinion? Do you even have one?
Or maybe you're just a Whorethorn fan.
In am all for healthy discussion, but I thought swans fans were a little bit better than the morons aka as "passionate fans" from other clubs, but all i am reading is expert coaches write 10 paragraph essays on why the club should sack Longmuire.
And using whorethorn, yeah i am now convinced swans fans are just as "passionate" as Richmond fans.
I expect a change.org campaign very soon with sack longmuire and replace him
This this this! its clear as day a lot of the midfield group and older players have all become introverted and playing for themselves.
Sacking a coach, changing a game plan blah blah blah wont do SFA!
if the seniors and leadership group don't assert their voices out on the filed, then we look like a nothing team. Our success has always been because every player has a role and on the field we have had leaders telling players what to do. Heeney said it himself, its been awfully quiet in the middle.
But lets just pretend its the game plan and the coach.
I dont care that much about McVeigh needing time in the NEAFL, we need him out there directing the players. He is invaluable as on-field coach. Yeah he will be exposed for pace but in previous games oher players covered for him.
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