NAB Challenge game Rnd 2. Sydney V GWS at Drummoyne Oval.

[goswannies]

fauna, those are 3 very good posts. I often hate reading a lot of the reactionary negative posts after a loss (especially in the pre-season) & your 20:20 hindsight puts good perspective on them. Horse (like his mentor) seems aware that an AFL season is a marathon, not a sprint ... timing your finish is everything (injuries pending)

[Faunac8]

Just looking to next year if we miss the 8 we'll get a good pick in the draft around 10. If Reid can get his body right trading Tippett out to a club like Brisbane Freo Carlton Demons Essendon and maybe Saints we can get a first round pick or early second round. It'll clear cap space and we'll have couple good picks or we could do what we did in 09 clear unwanted players and trade for fringe players at other clubs

Damn we may have missed out on a good draft pick by winning the minor premiership????
Sometimes starting your forward planning too soon can be a waste of time and energy.

[Faunac8]

Same (300 fans) could have been said about the swans early days.

The swans are probably 2 weeks behind the giants in terms of prep, but this could be the year that the team that represents all that is west of Anzac bridge moves past the swans.

Swans are giving off the impression of a team in slow decline.

Whoops again or was it in fact just a superb impression?

[Faunac8]

Johnson won't get a kick when the winter months roll around and things get a bit tougher. Much like Chapman at Essendon.

Whoops ????

[Ludwig]

"This one says 'Ludwig predicts Swans will win 2016 Premiership'"

"Interesting, I wonder who Ludwig was"

[undy]

Originally Posted by lwjoyner
What a disgrace again we showed how to kick to ball to the opponents. How does Rampe make the leadership team. I am sure the long hair with the head band with most of them using it to keep hair out of eyes. Is Longmire finished as they don't seem to be hearing him or are they ignoring him. Has he been with us top long. We have gone backwards and I know you will all say its a practice game BUT.

Quote Originally Posted by undy
Go back, re-read the pre-season game reports for the last 20 years, chill. It's March, not August.

Quote Originally Posted by lwjoyner
Undy how long have you been following us, I am a 50+yr member. I know its March but we are not changing our habits particularly kicking the ball these are games you need to learn or cant you.

Quote Originally Posted by undy
Wow, that's a long time. I've only been a member for 20 odd years, but I don't have to think back far to remember some horrible pre and early season games in years where we went on to do really well. Check out the RWO posts from 2005 if they are still around.

I'm a chronic glass half-full guy though, so don't let my optimism bug you.

D'ya think its worth digging this up so that we don't panic next pre-season, or is that as realistic as expecting sane comments to flow in a match day thread when the game is in progress ?

[caj23]

There is an old saying if you play ducks and drakes you will end up with egg on your face.

LOL - does Travis Cloke post on RWO under an alias?

[sprite]

+1

[ernie koala]

There is an old saying if you play ducks and drakes you will end up with egg on your face. I don't think anyone is laying low to hide a game plan from opposition. I think we are sadly underdone and our skills are crap. The game plan is sadly outdated. The skill level is very low, that seems to happen after 2 years at Sydney lol.

Wolfie, you're shooting from the hip (to quote another old saying) with your criticism.
Last year we were a poster, and 1 more straight kick, away from a home prelim, without the services of Parker, Jack , Smith and Franklin ...I think you'd agree... a few handy players.
The knee jerk reaction on here, to a crappy pre season performance, is over the top.
If we're still playing like we did on Friday, after 4 or 5 rounds of real footy, then I'll join the naysayers.

[crackedactor]

In 2005 Carlton beat us by 85 points at Princes PARK OVAL. We won the flag, they won the wooden spoon. Positives was Sinclair, Heeney (gonna be a superstar) , Mills (showed glimpses of his talent). Papley and Dawson (still raw though). Still worried about Buddy's form, both games were ordinary, Same for Talia, his games have been terrible . Surely he cannot be in our team for round one.

[royboy42]

It's a pre season game...no major injuries and we move on.

+1

[Matt79]

It's a pre season game...no major injuries and we move on.

[rojo]

Hopefully Tippet will be managed differently once the season starts. As one commentator said on Saturday, 'I can't understand why you would pay top dollars for a key/gun forward and then play him in the ruck. At best he is a solid ruckman, but no Goldstein.' He seemed to be suggesting that Tippet was being played as No 1 ruck and Sinclair as back up when to him it should be the other way round. It will be interesting to see how it unfolds.

So far the much feared or if you are a Swans' fan, anticipated Franklin/Tippet combo in the Swans' forward line, has not lived up to expectation - for various reasons. What are the chances of the tactic of rotating KT between forward and ruck, and running Buddy through the midfield actually delivering winning scores? It seems good in theory ........

[Levii3]

Just looking to next year if we miss the 8 we'll get a good pick in the draft around 10. If Reid can get his body right trading Tippett out to a club like Brisbane Freo Carlton Demons Essendon and maybe Saints we can get a first round pick or early second round. It'll clear cap space and we'll have couple good picks or we could do what we did in 09 clear unwanted players and trade for fringe players at other clubs

[wolftone57]

A major difference between Papley and McGlynn is that Papley is an excellent kick on either side.

I don't think Benny was ever a natural small forward whereas TP is. He instinctively knows where to knows where to be at the right time. There was also a moment on the wing with a terrible ball coming in high from the half back line. He had a few metres on his opponent, sized up the situation, stepped back a metre, protected the fall of the ball and took on two opponents for a chest mark. Very smart footy. He can come back any time. In fact we should upgrade this lad and play him immediately. He has smarts, has the body, is confident and I think will give us an edge.