As far as I can tell, you may not receive a member pack this year - this from a recent club email: "You've been issued a Swanshop voucher as your Member Choice item for the 2022 season. As a result, you will not be sent a member pack in the post."Originally Posted by Captain
You can however already access tickets online or in the app for the Giants (included as a bonus in your membership mws an away game) and I imagine other home games as well.
Another note regarding teams for round 1 - Kennedy may be spending some time in defence this year. So I expect he'll rotate through defence rather than the midfield, and this will alter the team balance elsewhere.
"Unbelievable!" -- Nick Davis leaves his mark on the 2005 semi final
Terrible
JPK in defence looks a good move. Hopefully he follows the form of Hepple and Pendlebury in similar moves at their respective clubs. We need to make make room at stoppages for Warner and a few others who have shown ability playing on ball.
So this is the 'match thread'......for a game that is still a week away?
Yes, I get that we're all excited for the new season but we'll be burned out by Saturday at this rate!So this is the 'match thread'......for a game that is still a week away?
Perhaps this thread should be re-labelled, and we can start a new one closer to the day where the focus is on the match day news as we usually do: build-up (weather, teams, odds, where to watch/listen) and of course the game itself?
The game is now less than a week away and the thread is still short, "play on, not 15"
"Fortunately, this is the internet, so knowing nothing is no obstacle to having an opinion!." Beerman 18-07-2017
They have options. Flynn & Hogan, Flynn & Riccardi, Flynn & Briggs, Flynn & Himmelberg. I don't think a 'Return of the Mummy' will be needed. What we need to worry about is stopping their midfield. In the practice match they slaughtered us in the stoppages. We also need to stop their running half backs in Whitfield, Cumming and Idon. I know it was only a practice match & we were much better in the stoppages against Norf but need to get even better.
Greene is a big missing link for them but Tarranto seems to be filling the void. They are also without Daniels who offers them zip around the packs in the forward line.
What will our ruck look like;
Hickey & Ladhams, Hickey & McLean or Hickey & Reid? Do we play JPK on the back flank? Who goes out? McAndrew, Roberts, Ronke & Reid will come out in my opinion. So that leaves 22.
Franklin McDonald Gulden
Heeney McLean/Ladhams Wicks/Hayward
Florent Mills McInerney
Rampe P McCartin Lloyd
Cunningham T McCartin Blakey
Hickey Parker Rowbottom/Warner
I/C: Warner, Stephens, Kennedy, Campbell
Pretty close to round one I think. Hayward or Wicks would be the unlucky ones on last week's form.
Last edited by wolftone57; 14th March 2022 at 02:15 PM.
I wonder if Cunningham may go with Whitfield for this game. GWS don't have a dominant small forward so we may use our other defenders to mark Bobby Hill and Tim Tarranto? Just a thought.
John Longmire confirms Paddy McCartin will make his Swans debut this weekend.
— Sarah Olle (@sarahjolle) March 15, 2022
Great news....well done Paddy on your AFL return and all the best. Please be our new Reg.....you've started well with getting the correct number so I guess the Swans are hoping for the same.
Great selection. His kicking is going to take our counter attack to another level. Hope Longmire gives him full license to attack the corridor and do those long switches. Melican wouldn’t do that, making our football less attractive when the ball was in his hands.
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