Five Swans in AA squad

[Auntie.Gerald]

Exhibit D - Jason Dunstall on the couch saying "Luke Parker is a star"

[Auntie.Gerald]

Exhibit C - Luke Parker BOG in first final vs Freeo 2014 !!!

[Auntie.Gerald]

Exhibit B - Luke Parker ELITE !!

http://www.smh.com.au/afl/luke-parker-gets-mvp-nod-from-swans-teammates-20140903-10bvhf.html

"The 21-year-old was this week nominated for the Leigh Matthews Trophy or the 2014 AFL Players' Most Valued Player, alongside club superstars Lance Franklin and Josh Kennedy."

"They are qualities which have clearly been noticed by the teammates that put him up for the coveted award, which Longmire describes are "tremendous"."

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[BobLog]

Probably because their 2 best defenders have been out for considerable periods with injury during the year. Lee Spurr is a very good defender that gets little recognition. I put him in the same class as Nick Smith.

I thought Johnson had a better year than Mackenzie and Rance. Spurr is very underrated.

[Plugger46]

Just pick the team. Picking a squad is such a cop-out.

[sharp9]

Will be interesting to see if the team has an actual defender in the back pocket. They very rarely do...selecting 3 Talls and 3 running flankers/attacking players nearly every year. Even the 3rd tall is often an attacker rather than a defender (M. Johnson etc..). When Robbo did his AA he said he had to make a choice between Smith and Hibberd - but chose Hibberd because he is a better attacker! Sheesh! Dempster was possibly considered a defender but (IMO) Enright was one of the most over-rated players in the history of the game....small defender my backside....a good, creative player feeding off Scarlett's scraps!

[Conor_Dillon]

Parker is close to a lock on a forward flank. Benny definitely would have made the squad if he had played 2 or 3 more games. McVeigh stiff-ish but hard to know who you'd leave out...he hasn't really played a specific position consistently this year.

[Ludwig]

Freo failed to have a defender in the 40. Second best defense in the league.

Probably because their 2 best defenders have been out for considerable periods with injury during the year. Lee Spurr is a very good defender that gets little recognition. I put him in the same class as Nick Smith.

[BobLog]

Freo failed to have a defender in the 40. Second best defense in the league.

[Danzar]

Jacobs and Sandilands.

[stellation]

Only 1 ruckman? Did I miss someone?

[Auntie.Gerald]

my personal belief as argued earlier this season is that Luke Parker is bordering on Elite............ie he is in year 1 of his 3 years....... as most people believe one has to play 3 years at the level Luke is currently playing to be deemed as ELITE !

Exhibit A - Luke Parker being named in the All Aust Squad 40 Man Squad..............so far he is on track

[sharp9]

Each there are a surprising number of new faces...Wingard last year (for example)

[DamY]

Parker I think will make it next year should he repeat his form next season. Do players often make it on their first nomination? I remember being quite surprised Jetta didn't make AA in 2012

[Ludwig]

I think Smith will make it, but it will probably be Brodie. Parker 50-50, the other 3 are locks.