Swans team vs Brisbane (OFFICIAL teams named)

[hammo]

I'm generally happy with Kennedy though with his goals, most have come in junk time (still kicks them though).

I like the nickname Turnover Ted... it's fair to say he'll be under close scrutiny this week... but it's hard to rate a player who's best position is playing a loose in defence. It wasn't his defensive work in the reserves last week that was necessarily the problem, it was his constant fumbling.

Horses for courses didn't demand his selection as I don't think 3 talls has ever worked on the SCG. Certainly next week against Geelong we'll need him.

[waterfowl]

Sure, but apart from the 19 touches, 4 inside 50s, 3 clearances and 1.4 assists per game, what has Kennedy ever done for us?

Lol...brought peace!

[ShockOfHair]

Kennedy has been great. While he's prone to the occasional miskick, when he hits it right he hits it very well and can be quite damaging. Most of the time his poor kicks seem to be trying to do too much, e.g. trying to spear it in low and it turning into a grubber, etc. With experience he'll get to know his limitations under pressure.

I mean FFS, the kid is picking up 19 touches, 4 inside 50s, 3 clearances and 1.4 assists per game, as a 21 year old, 18 game player, on just 71% game time. Oh, and only 2 clangers per game, with 74% DE (for what that's worth). I think it's probably easy to forget just how young and inexperienced he is. He hasn't even reached 20 games yet! Just because we recruited him doesn't mean he's automatically at his peak. He's a developing player as much as Nick Smith, Kieran Jack, Craig Bird, Dan Hannebery, Jesse White, etc, etc, etc, and he's preforming bloody well.

Sure, but apart from the 19 touches, 4 inside 50s, 3 clearances and 1.4 assists per game, what has Kennedy ever done for us?

[DeadlyAkkuret]

You make some really good points, it's quite easy to forget how young and inexperienced he is and I actually didn't know he'd only played 19 games.

[BSA5]

Kennedy has been great. While he's prone to the occasional miskick, when he hits it right he hits it very well and can be quite damaging. Most of the time his poor kicks seem to be trying to do too much, e.g. trying to spear it in low and it turning into a grubber, etc. With experience he'll get to know his limitations under pressure.

I mean FFS, the kid is picking up 19 touches, 4 inside 50s, 3 clearances and 1.4 assists per game, as a 21 year old, 18 game player, on just 71% game time. Oh, and only 2 clangers per game, with 74% DE (for what that's worth). I think it's probably easy to forget just how young and inexperienced he is. He hasn't even reached 20 games yet! Just because we recruited him doesn't mean he's automatically at his peak. He's a developing player as much as Nick Smith, Kieran Jack, Craig Bird, Dan Hannebery, Jesse White, etc, etc, etc, and he's preforming bloody well.