Round 1 V Essendon

[rb4x]

Best thing tomorrow would for that cow paddock to be declared unplayable. I am expecting a serious injury to someone on that shifting surface.

[jono2707]

Anyone watch the NRL game today? How's the field looking?

The ground looked ok on Telly - but there'll be a fair bit more rain and moving those stands back could reveal who knows what....

[Doctor]

AC/DC - Shoot (up) to Thrill
Everclear - Heroin Girl
Billy Idol - Speed
Motley Crue - Kickstart my Heart
Thomas Dolby - She Blinded Me With (sports) Science

[Auntie.Gerald]

Other options:-

Roxy Music - Love is the Drug
Coldplay - Fix You
JJ Cale - Cocaine
Asia - Through My Veins
TISM - (He'll Never Be An) Ol' Man River

Doc keeeeeeepppppp eeeemmmmmm rolling !!!!

[RogueSwan]

...would most definitely be the best 17 year old extractor in the country...

Pretty much exactly what was said of Mitchell a couple of years ago. We haven't even had one game this year and poor Tom is already written off.

[Meg]

Anyone watch the NRL game today? How's the field looking?

Just saw some footage on TV news. Didn't look too bad actually, seemed as if they were having less rain out there than in the CBD. But I could see lots of divots being kicked up in the closing few minutes.
And a thrown bottle hit one of the refs as he was leaving the field which is pretty appalling.

[ugg]

If you don't live in Sydney and are therefore not looking out a Sydney window - I hate to tell you it has rained all day and is steadily getting worse. And the forecast for tomorrow is for the same.

It's going to be a quagmire.

Anyone watch the NRL game today? How's the field looking?

[Matt80]

If Mitchell's not good enough to make this side I have trouble seeing that he will be in the starting 22 within the foreseeable future.

It seems that he is competing mainly against Bird. Bird is still young and likely has 4-6 years left in him. Same goes for Kennedy and Hannas. I can only assume that the coaches have faith in him otherwise they would have traded him last year. But Mitchell won't be happy playing in the NEAFL waiting for one of the above to retire or be traded. I can't work this out.

I think the next 12 - 18 months spells trouble for both Bird and Mitchell. Heeney is improving rapidly and it's only a matter of time before he starts playing closer to the ball and extracting with Kennedy and Parker. You then have Mills coming through who is said to be a better pure extractor than Heeney and would most definitely be the best 17 year old extractor in the country. Then there is Dunkley who is said to be a strong midfielder in the Kennedy tradition.

I feel that if Bird and Mitchell don't both have strong seasons, the club will be looking at trading them to raise points for the Mills and Dunkley transactions.

[Meg]

If you don't live in Sydney and are therefore not looking out a Sydney window - I hate to tell you it has rained all day and is steadily getting worse. And the forecast for tomorrow is for the same.

It's going to be a quagmire.

[Meg]

They could trade out but only be able to receive draft picks in return. The trade ban only applied to incoming trades.

That's true, I had thought you were referring to a two-way (or more) trade. The restriction said "the only exceptions .... are players who are drafted to the Sydney Swans via the National Draft in 2014 or 2015 or a delisted free agent who is added to the Primary List ".

The Swans would have had to have been very keen on someone coming up in the draft last year to trade off Tom Mitchell for picks. Whereas it might have been a possibility if they had a particular proven player in mind who was known to be looking for a move. (For example one now at GWS).

[S.S. Bleeder]

But even had the Club wanted to trade Mitchell out last year (which I think was unlikely) they couldn't because of the trade ban.

They could trade out but only be able to receive draft picks in return. The trade ban only applied to incoming trades.

[dejavoodoo44]

I think we have gone as tall as we can in the back six due to Essendon picking so many talls in their forwardline. Myers, Ambrose, Hurley & Daniher. Fast on the flanks in Merritt & Zaharakis. Maybe Colyer will also be sent forward to try to stretch Rhyce and nullify him. Smithy will get one Rhyce the other small forward if they play this way. But the talls are going to have to be shared out between Teddy, Laids, Reg, & Rohan & Ramps I'd prefer to see Rohan,Ramps & jetts in running roles off the HB or in Jetts case wing or HB.

Yes, I'm also looking forward to seeing the run coming off half back this season. Maybe even Rohan turning himself into something like a new version of Kennelly!?

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Other options:-

Roxy Music - Love is the Drug
Coldplay - Fix You
JJ Cale - Cocaine
Asia - Through My Veins
TISM - (He'll Never Be An) Ol' Man River

Yes, Doctor, and perhaps on a slightly different tack: Hank Williams - Your Cheatin' Heart.

[Doctor]

HAHA!

Forecast for tomorrow getting bleaker by the minute btw.

Saturday 4 April

Summary Min 18 Max 21 Rain.
Sydney area

Cloudy. Very high (95%) chance of rain. Possible heavy falls. Winds southeasterly 15 to 25 km/h increasing to 25 to 40 km/h early in the morning then turning southerly 20 to 30 km/h in the early afternoon

[aguy]

Pink - just like a pill

[Doctor]

I'm going with the Verve's the drugs don't work

Other options:-

Roxy Music - Love is the Drug
Coldplay - Fix You
JJ Cale - Cocaine
Asia - Through My Veins
TISM - (He'll Never Be An) Ol' Man River