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Last edited by Ruck'n'Roll; 24th January 2020 at 12:57 PM.
Loose translation from the Latin is - I am tall, so I hit out.
Last edited by Ruck'n'Roll; 24th January 2020 at 01:41 PM.
Loose translation from the Latin is - I am tall, so I hit out.
Ahh the first wooden spoon prediction for 2020 from a so called expert on Roar
My predictions for the 2020 AFL season
I’m predicting a better Swans in 2020 than in 2019 but still missing the eight.
We might able to claim a priority pick then after finishing in bottom four last year! Agree that it will be a tightly fought season as you can throw a blanket over sides who could finish anywhere between 7th - 16th. I'm honestly not sure where we'll finish as there are so many variables at play with our list & rest of the comp. Think most need to go right for us to make the top 8 but I would be shocked if we finished last. My top 6 are West Coast, Richmond, Pies, Giants, Dogs & Brisbane.
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On a more serious note, our midfield is being decried for it's lack of X factor - it seems to me that giving Heeney many more minutes in midfield could well help in that regard.
He spent almost all of last season playing in starvation corner on the HFF. And it could well be retarding his development, and possibly Heywood's too.
Horse mentioned his marking ability was needed - presumably for Buddy's inability to take marks. Although surely we'd have enough marking options with Reid, McCartin, Blakey, Heywood and possibly Sinkers up there?
Others have mentioned his injuries, but if he's over them, then for goodness sake let's put him in the middle (rather than Mills) for extended minutes. We know he's capable of contributing to the highlights reel, let's see whether he's capable of contributing to a substantive improvement in our midfield.
Last edited by Ruck'n'Roll; 28th January 2020 at 10:12 AM.
Loose translation from the Latin is - I am tall, so I hit out.
Its based on losing Kieren Jack, Jarrad McVeigh and Nick Smith to retirement. Seemed to forget the fact that they hardly playing in 2019 and we didnt get a spoon then.
For us to get a spoon, buddy would have to miss most games through injury (not out of the question) and our young'in's to not improve on last year (who knows)?
A spoon would be a shocking result, and i think would severely mark down the buddy deal from a (current) pass, to a fail.
Pretty superficial review and I guess on the surface would seem to be a huge gap. Really is a review of last year in many respects and you would think that if we didnt slip to last place without those three then it would be difficult to see how we would slip further this year. On the flip side, I dont hold high hopes for us bursting into the top four and would think a bottom eight finish would be seen by most as exceeding expectations.
I'm old school and believe we should avoid a spoon at ALL costs. History remembers things like spoons. History forgets all about 2nd or 3rd lasts.
If, in the next year or two we do look like getting a spoon, I would be happy for short-term list management decisions which avoided it at the expense of longer-term plans.
With or without Buddy the Billboard on the field - I cannot see us getting the spoon.
Despite his increasing age, I would hope that his last 4 years with the Swans aren't all as riddled with injury as 2019.
I also notice that he's looking increasingly heavier with time, is it possible he's making the same mistake as Stuey Maxfield did (bulking up too much and losing speed / becoming more injury prone?)
Other than that I'll continue to try to hold off on the whole pass/fail on Buddy until the contract has been concluded.
Loose translation from the Latin is - I am tall, so I hit out.
I'm surprised that Buddy should have struck you as adding weight; what I could see in the club pics is a bit of the opposite, and that he seemed to me to have dropped a kilo or two. I was pleased, obviously, and although we have a setback by way of recovery from surgery, I'm looking forward to displays of continuing brilliance!
He reminds him of the guys, close-set, slow, and never rattled, who were play-makers on the team. (John Updike, seeing Josh Kennedy in a crystal ball)
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