I went to the game on Friday night and if that is our best side we can field with the current injury list we will be lucky to win a game before we play Essendon in round 7.
Our foot skills are terrible, our accuracy and Carlton's inaccuracy for goal was the different's on Friday, in general play they were the better team.
Im a bit more bullish.
We lost Pyke, Shaw, Goodes, Jetta.
Pyke is more than replaced, i think the same can be said with Shaw with the emergence of some younger guys. Lloyd/Mills/Cunningham/Heeney etc
Jetta goes the same as Shaw, he was a great player but totally coached out of significance, fwd/back/wing etc etc Did nothing without the ball at least Rohan chases
McVeigh when healthy will be out of the Mids and steady us down back and help us up forward with Jack who i think will be alot more fwd
Reid can play the 3rd/4th option as a fwd, would love to see him and buddy rotate up the ground
The 90 Cap will help us as we are grinders not full blown runners.
I like Longmire more than most but hopefully someone like Kirk can shake up our structure a bit so we arent so predictable.
Teddy is a big key for us hopefully Talia can play a bit but this day an age a key back can be covered with Team Defense.
Would love to see Mcglynn back he is our Barometer, his Midfield jolly is finished and will hopefully play 14-16 games as a fwd pocket.
I think Buddy will be fine and i hope will spend more time at HFF due to our new ruck combo having to rest forward.
He is a better field kick than goal kick and the SCG should see him further up the ground as 10m inside the wing he is a shot on goal
Its alot like 2012, we had 2 yrs of getting games into some young players, now is there chance to shine.
So i think we can do what we did last year and the real gains will need to be made in the coaches box, we have the personnel
Ted not in 'permitted to play' list for reserves this weekend????
Yes I wonder what it means too.
Only five players allowed to play though ? Can hardly be called a Sydney swans Neafl team. That's what is confusing to me
Ugg has a likely explanation on the preseason practice games thread.
Seems the Swans, who many 'experts' tip to drop out of the 8, are favorites up against the golden boys Collingwood in round 1.
A team the Swans have struggled with of late.
Underdogs, but favorites
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Reckon it's a down year but that is ok. We've been up for a long time. Finals would be a pleasant surprise and expecting to get some enjoyment from seeing next gen players coming through.
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