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IMO he has been great this year. He has had some quiet games like the GF though every single kick barring one was to his disdvantage! Huge improvement from previous years. He hasn't reached his ceiling and should only improve providing he can stay injury free. I don't think he realises how good...

22 is less relevant as the midfield looked different. A fit Mills with a full pre season and some continuity should work well with Heeney, Heeney, Warner, Rowey and Sheldrick. Mills is a good sized midfielder. I would play all of these 6 and have one resting in the forwards at all times (Heeney...

This. In the first half of the year he was dishing out handballs, acting like a ruck rover when the ball hit the deck and playing like a madman making up to 11 tackles in some games. He was the exact tonic our midfield had needed for years. He seemed to move away from this and you are right that...

We desperately need another good ruck IMO. In the second half of the year Grundy was beaten up in some games and we all know about Ladhams. Looks at some examples of great finds in recent years -Lloyd Meek (drafted 2017)behind Darcy and with Jackson coming sees the writing on the wall, goes to...

You may be right. Given the way the Cats haggled over the Ratagolea trade last year I'd love for them to be on the receiving end. That said they really don't have much draft capital so can understand if the Dees held firm and asked him to look for another club that can at least satisy a decent...

I've been very curious about his TOG. I'm not convinced his increased TOG has been beneficial for his performance. He doesnt look to be doing the real gut running that he was previously. So i looked at the stats - he is 90% TOG this year. However some games he was as high as 98%. I compared...

We are still waiting to see it, but maybe it won't arrive. Sometimes the low draft picks are expected to come good but may have reached a ceiling early in their career. If he could start clunking a few big marks more regularly it would give me a more confidence but too often he is nudged out of...

Love this set up. Looks like a much more functional set up. My only question is whether Amartey needs to be one of the key talls. I would argue his upside is higher than the other 2 and is better at bringing the ball to ground.

He is different level to the likes of Stengle, if that is who you are referring to, can't think of anyone recently who hasn't been of good character. . Literally all the players at the Dees had enough of his antics at the start 2024. Doesn't sound like he is a great influence but maybe he has...

Geelong has always said that players are happy to take hair cuts to play at Geelong. Given his history I'd suspect that the Cats are not willing to pay more than $900k. So based off this are the Dees happy to continue to pay $600k year and not receive decent draft capital? Yes he has lots of...

Do we have these guys on the list. I'd love to try Braedan Campbell in that role over a period of time. He has all the attributes. If not him Clearly has all the attributes too. They aren't Kozzie Pickett quality in terms of x factor but reckon they could both be geniune quality small forwards...

Bit of a risk for Geelong to take him on. Great player when switched on but I'd question what impact he has on a good culture. By all reports he is an absolute t00l.

This is the million dollar question, how the heck do the Cats bring in Clarry and Bailey Smith? Their top pick is 14 this year and suspect it will be higher next year with their list. What can they send to the Dog and Dees to make this work? Surely the Dogs and Dees will push hard on this.

Bring back Stewy Dew as an assistant.

Spot on. It's so hard to comprehend the lack of effort. I was at the ground, high up and every time a swans player took a mark i was screaming out, give him an option, where is a lead etc. Watched on the couch last night and one of the defensive efforts from Gulden was unforgivable which led to...

I reckon they were overwhelmed by the fear of losing rather than focussed on what they needed to do. It totally crippled them. I'm not sure this team can bounce back from this to play in another GF without some serious change. There is going to be some serious scarring.

After struggling to digest what had happened in that disaster, with much reluctance I watched the grand final replay (up to half time) and then watched the different analysis on fox. Here is what I've learnt: -pressure rating of 158. Fuc*ing disgraceful for any game let alone a GF -our...

I’d move Florent out unless he can develop some more q accountability in defence

Agree with most Would keep Fox - Sat case in point Sheldrick can be that guy if he gets this body right

Nailed it. Great example is a goal that Lohman kicked on Florent in the second quarter. They showed the footage on access all areas - pretty concerning

I hear you. We prob only need one more but someone with a bit more class than Kennedy, someone who can extract and create like a Lachie Neals but unfortunately they don’t grow on trees. I’ll back Sheldrick to become our in and under player. Clayton Oliver is the right profile but the totally...

Looks like most people are united that we need a forward line that applies more pressure unlike anything we saw in the GF. For me there are only a couple of tweaks required - only select 2 KPFs and add Cleary into the mix. I was concerned by our lack of speed heading into finals and we were...

100%. It’s these unheralded roles which the swans value.

If anyone has spare barcodes to the prelim I will be forever grateful. I’m flying up from Melbourne and hoping to head there with my brother if possible!

Agree that he is generally great under pressure and he has been a good half back flanker over the years. However given that he is a little underdone and out of touch we may be better playing him in his natural position - wing. I’d prefer he makes a kicking error going into 50 than coming out of 50.

The defence was all at sea last week. Heaps of miscommunication between defenders on who was spoiling or getting the ground ball. So we need the defence to be as settled as possible, play someone who has played back 6 regularly this year. This won’t be a popular opinion but I’d love to see...

He did make 5 tackles, kicked a winning goal and apparently hurt his ankle on Thursday so was clearly a little impeded but by all means call him a joke. Seriously love how some supporters unconstructively rip into certain players. He had a poor night no doubt but really...

That's true. As simple as if the 23 can be improved it needs to be changed. Who would say are in the firing line? McInerney was clearly poor but we all know how good he can be and another two weeks of traiing and he may be better prepared. I'm not sure about the 3 talls and wonder if we need...

Yep. We've overrun many teams this year. We seem seriously fit this year, but most importantly that have that belief that we can overun anyone.

You've gotta love this. All of Amartey, Mills and particularly Campbell showed a huge amount of courage and resillience. Blooooooods...