Changes for Round 10 v Pies

[bloodspirit]

This week, it's already soon enough to begin discussing changes for next Thursday night.

In: Stephens, McInerney/Gould, Wicks/Foot

Out: Blakey, Gray, Ling

[troyjones2525]

Be interesting what changes are made but there no doubt will be changes! May see a few more debutantes!

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[707]

Up to pick 2 now, stick with the young guys

[Markwebbos]

This week, it's already soon enough to begin discussing changes for next Thursday night.

In: Stephens, McInerney/Gould, Wicks/Foot

Out: Blakey, Gray, Ling

I think Rampe should probably get a break too

[liz]

I think Rampe should probably get a break too

He already has.

[stellation]

He already has.

hehehe

[Melbourne_Blood]

Blakey needs a spell. Gray offers little. I would normally keep lewy Taylor in bit considering where we are at, his spot may as well got to trying someone else out.

Ins: Gould , Wicks/ Foote , Amartey.

Not really like for like but we can throw some magnets around.


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[Asho]

Can’t believe no one is mentioning Ryan Clarke. Brings nothing to the table. Elijah Taylor is too soft for AFL standard. You can’t carry these guys when physical pressure is so important in modern footy. A decent ruck would be handy too.

[Melbourne_Blood]

Can’t believe no one is mentioning Ryan Clarke. Brings nothing to the table. Elijah Taylor is too soft for AFL standard. You can’t carry these guys when physical pressure is so important in modern footy. A decent ruck would be handy too.

Clarke was terrible I agree. I thought ET showed some good desperation at time’s though, and I would persist with him.


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[MattW]

This week, it's already soon enough to begin discussing changes for next Thursday night.

In: Stephens, McInerney/Gould, Wicks/Foot

Out: Blakey, Gray, Ling

Why are we dumping Ling after two ok games?

Strongly agree with the other two changes. I wouldn't mind finding a way to spell Clarke too but I suspect we're getting a bit young.

[mcs]

Why are we dumping Ling after two ok games?

Strongly agree with the other two changes. I wouldn't mind finding a way to spell Clarke too but I suspect we're getting a bit young.

There are some on here that truly think you can judge the actual quality of a player on about 2 or 3 games it seems. There are not many constants or predictable factors in footy - but one thing is certainly. Exceptionally few players just hit the AFL at 'full tilt' and show what they have from day 1. In the absence of us being anywhere near challengers this year, I don't understand why we would drop players that have only just been given an opportunity in the Seniors unless they clearly need a break, are injured, or are truly stinking it up and need a chance to 'reset' (Which is definitely an argument you could apply to Blakey perhaps). Otherwise, give them a chance to show what they can do.

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Agreed Ralph- I’d also consider bringing Mcinerny in- bring in as many of our young blokes as possible. Ok, we’ll get smashed but at least we’ll find out what they’ve got if we give them a run of games. Remember GWS when they started? We smashed them every time- it was boys vs men, but it only lasted a couple of years. Realistically Adelaide is the only team we can beat and we’ve played them already. I don’t see us winning any more games this season and I’m ok with that, but I’d like to see some improvement. If we don’t find that in our youngsters, we are surely wasting time playing the recruits who are simply not good enough and won’t take us anywhere. They have more experience but so what? It hasn’t helped us much and certainly won’t in the future, judging by how they are playing. Sure, we have a lot of injuries but if an experienced player can’t get into high teen possessions and/or stop his direct opponent from the same, then IMHO he doesn’t deserve a game. Horse, just play the kids- this season is gone and we’ll get No 2 pick.

So if 'Adelaide' is realistically the only team we can beat, how did we win 2 other games as well so far, and lose 2 other games by single digit margins? I reckon we could comfortably double our number of wins before the end of the season. Yes we got smashed late yesterday, and hav

I don't disagree with giving lots of exposure to the youngsters, but I don't think the absolute negativity is warranted either.

[Roadrunner]

There are some on here that truly think you can judge the actual quality of a player on about 2 or 3 games it seems. There are not many constants or predictable factors in footy - but one thing is certainly. Exceptionally few players just hit the AFL at 'full tilt' and show what they have from day 1. In the absence of us being anywhere near challengers this year, I don't understand why we would drop players that have only just been given an opportunity in the Seniors unless they clearly need a break, are injured, or are truly stinking it up and need a chance to 'reset' (Which is definitely an argument you could apply to Blakey perhaps). Otherwise, give them a chance to show what they can do.

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So if 'Adelaide' is realistically the only team we can beat, how did we win 2 other games as well so far, and lose 2 other games by single digit margins? I reckon we could comfortably double our number of wins before the end of the season. Yes we got smashed late yesterday, and hav

I don't disagree with giving lots of exposure to the youngsters, but I don't think the absolute negativity is warranted either.

MCS- far from being negative, which serves no purpose whatsoever, I’m simply proposing that winning games or losing by big margins won’t make any significant difference this year. Of course I’d prefer to win, like all Swans, but let’s face it we were ok in our 2 wins against mid table teams not at their best, and in the close games we lost, I don’t recall satisfactory contributions from our recruits-hence my point about why play them? Clarke may be a little different in that he can play the role of a tagger, but as we all know his disposal is not up to scratch, to be kind.
If some on here think that Mci and Elijah have not gone in hard, let’s give them 5-6 games to redeem themselves, as it’s unfair to judge them based on 1-2 games. I hate to be critical of any of our players or the MC, but blind Freddie can see the limitations in Gray and Squizzy. I find it hard to be tolerant of reasonably experienced players making little contributions
but have no issues with players who have only played a handful of games making mistakes-hopefully they will learn from them!