I didn't notice Melican in any of the photos. We need an injury free season from him.
He can be seen in the video.
The two I didn't notice that you'd expect to be there were Florent and Ling. Glimpses of Pink, Amartey, McCartin (and Melican) were fleeting.
It's good to see Dawson up and about on the first day of pre-season. I think that might be a first for him. Let it last...
I agree with you on first impressions of Perris - well, not really first impressions given we almost got to see him play for the Swans. There have been a few very talented players whose careers were cut unfairly short by injury that I really wish we'd seen more of. AJ is clearly one, Wade Chapman another. But at least we did get to see them play nearly 50 games for the club and both got to play in a Grand Final. Perris is the third member of my mental "what if" group. I remember watching him as a scholarship player playing with the NEAFL team, and then graduating to playing as a rookie listed player. I reckon he'd have made his senior debut in his first year, even though still a rookie, had he not done his knee. He wasn't quite as quick as Amon Buchanan but he had that same cleverness with ball in hand. He could make things happen, and dodge and duck through packs in the same way Amon did during his couple of peak seasons with the Swans.
I knew him as a gentle young man, I cannot say for sure the reasons for his decline
We watched him fade before our very eyes, and years before his time
Speaking of Tom, is it just me or has he bulked up noticeably? https://twitter.com/sydneyswans/stat...005731840?s=09
Franklin has had surgery on his groin and will not have a full pre-season. It would've been nice if he had gone in for the surgery at the end of the season but they were hoping rest in the Maldives would be enough.
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