I’m yet to be convinced about our midfield. They don’t have the runs on the board yet, hoping they will by the end of 2019.
I’m yet to be convinced about our midfield. They don’t have the runs on the board yet, hoping they will by the end of 2019.
This can change quickly and, like you, I hope it improves. Sporting News rated the mid-fields heading in to 2018: Geelong, Sydney, Crows, Tigers, and GWS were the top 5. Collingwood were 7th and West Coast didn't make the top 8.
Agree. We need further improvement from Hewitt, Florent and Jones. Heeney will be one to really watch. If he plays more midfield minutes he has the potential to rapidly become one of the elite midfielders in the game. Same with Mills if he does go to the midfield. Kennedy and Parker will be reliable as usual.
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I wasn't suggesting that we pay the academy kids unders, moreso that we don't pay them overs. Paying overs before they've earnt it poses its own problems as we've seen with Tom Mitchell, as the next time they negotiate a contract they'll expect an increase in $$$ regardless of whether they're worth it.
As for looking after mercenaries, that's exactly what we have done, sometimes it pays off (Buddy), some times it doesn't (Tippett).
I agree that Melbourne based clubs have additional advantages for opportunities in the media that the Swans don't, but there's still plenty of other ways to earn outside of the cap, there's been plenty of jobs for boys in the corporate sector for our lads
Fair enough but you also shouldn't confuse paying overs for potential v paying overs because they are academy.
All clubs often pay overs on the potential someone offers. Lets face it many high draft picks over the journey would have been paid overs on the promise they provide (even after they have been relatively ordinary at the club that initially took them) rather than a pure analysis of their form at the time. Its not a problem that the swans face alone, its just the way any market works .
The elements are almost all there for us to be a very fine football team in the near future. Maybe not 2019, maybe not 2020, but if it all falls into place we will in it up to our necks. It will need a lot of players to fulfill their potential, but I feel we are rebuilding nicely to say the least. 2019 might be up and down like 2018 was I feel, but there is a lot to like about the direction we are taking.
"You get the feeling that like Monty Python's Black Knight, the Swans would regard amputation as merely a flesh wound."
With Maibaum being put on the long term injury list, the Swans are on the lookout for a replacement.
Sydney makes 11th hour bid to fill final list spot - AFL.com.au
They're flying in McLarty and McLean to check them out.....
PS: I see this has already been mentioned in the Maibaum thread.....
Last edited by stevoswan; 7th March 2019 at 04:39 PM.
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