Hewett, Papley & MillsOriginally Posted by Foreign Legion
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Hewett, Papley & Mills
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Far too early to be making such calls, but we all know most commentators rarely rate us - so nothing will ever change in that regard. Only time will tell, but I do hope we look back on Saturday night as a watershed moment - the beginning of the next phase in SMFC/SSFC history
"You get the feeling that like Monty Python's Black Knight, the Swans would regard amputation as merely a flesh wound."
I retract!
We have them where we want them, everything is going according to plan!
No if this team is a dynasty then the watershed moment will be threefoldFar too early to be making such calls, but we all know most commentators rarely rate us - so nothing will ever change in that regard. Only time will tell, but I do hope we look back on Saturday night as a watershed moment - the beginning of the next phase in SMFC/SSFC history
When we signed Warner
When Kangaroos rejected McDonald
When we matched the bid on Gulden
The AFL Coaches Association’s AFL Champion Player Award
Votes for Round 1
10 Callum Mills (SYD)
7 Errol Gulden (SYD)
7 Tom Hickey (SYD)
3 Isaac Heeney (SYD)
2 Dayne Zorko (BL)
1 Harry Cunningham (SYD)
This is not a website that I am familiar with - despite it being called The Swans Blog - and they have produced some player ratings for the weekend's game that look pretty good except I thought a bit harsh on Wicks: Player ratings: Sydney Swans vs Brisbane Lions, Round 1, 2021 (theswansblog.com).
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Dynasties are rare. The only recent AFL dynasties have been Richmond, Hawthorn, Geelong and Brisbane. Teams like West Coast, Western Bulldogs, Swans, Port Adelaide and Collingwood have won premierships during this time but cannot be called Dynasties.
The Dynastic teams like the above have GOAT candidate Hall of Fame players like Dustin Martin, Gary Ablett Junior, Joel Selwood, Luke Hodge, Sam Mitchell Michael Voss and Lance Franklin.
If the Swans of 2021 are starting their Dynasty who are the potential GOAT candidate Hall of Fame players who will grab control of GFs like Dusty or Luke Hodge?
Franklin is Hall of fame but this was largely formed as part of the Hawks Dynasty. The current Swans team feels even with very good footballers but not the Hall of Famers pushing to be the GOAT. Parker, Heeney, Mills are very good footballers but they are not going to be in the GOAT conversation like a Dusty.
Can a team become a Dynasty without GOAT candidates? The Swans team is exciting, very even and youthful but are any players going to push towards Dusty Martin levels where one player does make a difference. On current viewing, I think not.
3 Swans alumni atop the leaderboard: Mills, Membrey and Mitchell.
Maybe we should have a policy not to trade away Swans with last names starting with "M".
I really enjoyed Tom Hickey's game. It's good to have a proper ruckman again. In the second qtr when the Lions caught up it's interesting to note that Hickey was on the bench. It seems he's going to grab the opportunity to be a first ruck with both hands.
Having watched the replay, I think I'd have given Tom BOG honours. He was seriously good.
Which is looking good for a rising star nomination for Errol. At a glance, the only other possible nominees in the votes are Flynn and Jiath, with 3 and 1 votes respectively. And I'm not sure about there eligibility?
Hickey had just one single Brownlow point (in 2016) and guess he would have got some reward last Saturday!
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