Player Watch #14 Callum Mills (c)

[Kennedy Parker]

Callum Mills

Callum Mills

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Callum Mills

Age

27

Ht

188cm

Wt

86kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

18.2

5star

K

10.8

4star

HB

7.4

5star

M

5.3

5star

T

2.6

4star

CL

0.6

3star

D

18.4

4star

K

11.5

4star

HB

6.9

4star

M

5.4

5star

T

3.4

4star

CL

1.4

4star

D

17.0

5star

K

9.4

4star

HB

7.6

5star

M

4.4

4star

T

2.8

5star

CL

1.2

4star

is one of the best young players in the AFL. The QBE Sydney Swans Academy graduate won the 2016 AFL Rising Star award and was selected in the AFL Players’ Association’s 22Under22 team in three of his four eligible years. Mills is a small defender with uncompromising courage who’s also capable of shifting through the midfield. The New South Welshman was elevated to Sydney’s leadership group during the 2018 pre-season at the age of just 21, and he’s now a member of a five-man leadership panel alongside co-captains Josh Kennedy, Luke Parker

26

Luke Parker

Age

32

Ht

183cm

Wt

88kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

24.2

5star

K

12.6

5star

HB

11.6

5star

M

3.8

4star

T

5.6

5star

CL

5.8

5star

D

22.1

5star

K

12.3

5star

HB

9.9

5star

M

3.9

4star

T

5.0

5star

CL

5.5

5star

D

21.2

5star

K

11.4

4star

HB

9.8

5star

M

2.0

3star

T

8.0

5star

CL

5.2

5star

and Dane Rampe

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Dane Rampe

Age

34

Ht

187cm

Wt

89kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

17.0

4star

K

10.6

4star

HB

6.4

4star

M

4.9

5star

T

2.5

4star

MG

358.8

5star

D

14.1

3star

K

9.0

4star

HB

5.1

3star

M

3.4

3star

T

1.5

2star

MG

284.5

4star

D

10.6

3star

K

7.2

3star

HB

3.4

3star

M

2.4

3star

T

1.4

4star

, as well as Lance Franklin.

Callum Mills

14

Callum Mills

Age

27

Ht

188cm

Wt

86kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

18.2

5star

K

10.8

4star

HB

7.4

5star

M

5.3

5star

T

2.6

4star

CL

0.6

3star

D

18.4

4star

K

11.5

4star

HB

6.9

4star

M

5.4

5star

T

3.4

4star

CL

1.4

4star

D

17.0

5star

K

9.4

4star

HB

7.6

5star

M

4.4

4star

T

2.8

5star

CL

1.2

4star

DOB: 02 April 1997
DEBUT: 2016
DRAFT: #3, 2015 National Draft
RECRUITED FROM: North Shore (NSW)

Callum Mills | AFL

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[The King!]

Also mills was reportedly promised a midfield role this year...how would that impact him feeling let down and even lied to by horse...imo harley should step in and say we did not burn 24 picks to draft a half back flank

even 2016 mills said he wanted to play midfield

 

[RUNVS]

Well he clearly isn’t atm , that’s a fact

The existence of gravity is a fact. Mills not being able to play in the midfield is an opinion.

 

[caesar88]

Also mills was reportedly promised a midfield role this year...how would that impact him feeling let down and even lied to by horse...imo harley should step in and say we did not burn 24 picks to draft a half back flank

That’s a fair point. I can’t imagine it would be good for any player to be playing a role that’s different to what you spent all pre-season preparing for.

 

[Tedeski]

The last place he needs to play with a lack of confidence & form is in the midfield as a senior player. If it's midfield the coaches foresee for him, then he needs to go back to the NEAFL for a 5 or 6 week stretch & play nothing but midfield to rediscover himself & how good he is.
Coaches mustn't be tempted to bring him in after 2 or 3 good games. Go back & dominate NEAFL.

 

[The King!]

The last place he needs to play with a lack of confidence & form is in the midfield as a senior player. If it's midfield the coaches foresee for him, then he needs to go back to the NEAFL for a 5 or 6 week stretch & play nothing but midfield to rediscover himself & how good he is.
Coaches mustn't be tempted to bring him in after 2 or 3 good games. Go back & dominate NEAFL.

not against that

 

[Superstar swan]

So was Horse a genesis when he played Mills of HB in 16 when he won the Rising star

I’m not loving horse atm but what a load of shit

Kind of had his hand forced that year..our midfield was very good at the time and your not goinh to take parker out to play a first year..but since then, the writing was on the wall in regards to the midfield unit declining,we could all see it but surprise surprise the man in charge couldnt

 

[caesar88]

The last place he needs to play with a lack of confidence & form is in the midfield as a senior player. If it's midfield the coaches foresee for him, then he needs to go back to the NEAFL for a 5 or 6 week stretch & play nothing but midfield to rediscover himself & how good he is.
Coaches mustn't be tempted to bring him in after 2 or 3 good games. Go back & dominate NEAFL.

Ted... Punts... Caesar... all in agreement on something. Can someone go check on Hell for any signs of ice!!

 

[Superstar swan]

That’s a fair point. I can’t imagine it would be good for any player to be playing a role that’s different to what you spent all pre-season preparing for.

I know id be pissed if i was asked to play a role i never played before for the good of a team, get promised a role change to my natural position that doesnt eventuate and other guys like florent get handed mids games early on when they probably didnt deserve it purely because they cant play any other role. Mills was too good for his own good early on

 

[Tedeski]

not against that

Strip everything back to a blank canvas & let any player who is struggling just have fun with their footy in the twos. It works.
As long as it's not treated as a punishment, playing NEAFL is the quickest way for them to find form. For Sam Reid though the ruck is a great way to get involved or look like a bigger mug. Better effort last night for Reidy from the little I've seen but I will have a good look at the replay tonight.

 

[RUNVS]

Set me free, why don't you, Horse?
Trade me to another club, why don't you, Horse?
'Cause you don't really love me
You just keep me hangin' on
You don't really want me in your midfield.
But you keep me hangin' on

Why do you keep playing me in defence
Playing with my heart?
Why don't you get out of my life
And let me make a new start at a new club?
Let me get over the Swans
The way the coaches gotten over me, hey

Set me free in the midfield, why don't you, Horse?
Let me be a midfield, why don't you, Horse? (Ooh-ooh-ooh)
'Cause you don't really love me
You just keep playing me out of position (Ooh-ooh-ooh)
Now you don't really want me
You just keep playing me in defence

You say although you play me in defence
You still wanna me in the team
But how can you still be my coach
When seeing you put me in defence only breaks my heart again?
And there ain't nothing I can do about it

Whoa-whoa-whoa
Set me free in the midfield, why don't you, Horse?
Whoa-whoa-whoa
Get out my life, why don't you, Horse? (Ooh-ooh-ooh)
Trade me, why don't you, Horse?
Get out my life, why don't you, Horse?

You claim you still care for me
But that I am more valuable in defence
Now that you've got your midfield favourites
You wanna still hold on to me
You don't want me in your team
So let me find another AFL team, hey

Why don't you be a man about it
And trade me? (Ooh-ooh-ooh)
Now, you don't care a thing about me
You're just using me (Ooh-ooh-ooh)
Go on, get out, get out of my life
And let me go to a team that will play me in the midfield (Ooh-ooh-ooh)
'Cause you don't want me
You just keep me playing me in defence.

 

[Jack2Jack]

I think even as a junior Mills was always going to be a "star by quantity" type than a "star by quality" type (if he made/makes it).
Funnily enough, given the comparison, didn't Heeney get dropped to the NEAFL for a couple weeks when he was struggling in 16? Played mids down there and came back playing more minutes in the mids at senior level when he came back in and never looked back since.
I'm on the fence whether he gets dropped and plays mids in the NEAFL or given our position just gets thrown in their in the seniors and develops that way. It has to be one or the other though, he's stagnated badly in defence. We can't allow that to continue, we've invested a fair bit into him and need him to be more....and the worst case scenario by trying is it doesn't work and he ends up going back and being an average HB.
Nothing to lose everything to gain. There's a few players on our list like that imo (some are trapped in the reserves) - reality is it won't work for all of them, some will be absolute busts, but almost guaranteed it will work for one or two of them, and suddenly we'll have found a few of the things we badly need are already on the list.

I do find it odd though, that we're happy to have so many of our players being thrown around all over the field, yet the one or two blokes that really, really need a change are about the only ones who don't switch positions...and a few of the guys that get thrown around are the guys who really look like they need a settled position.

 

[Tesla Tenet]

Mills put his runs on the board last year as a bottom-aged prospect, when he starred for New South Wales-ACT at the under-18 championships and was rewarded with selection in the All Australian team.

But it said something about Mills' qualities: he is hell-bent on winning and is ready to match up against senior opposition. Last year he gathered 40 disposals in a NEAFL game for the Swans reserves team as a 17-year-old.

A perfect example of Longmire stripping all footy instincts and creating a dumb arse drone, doubting every decision, poor skills and now unusuable anywhere.

At the presser Longmire talked about "teaching quickly" its laughable.

I keep questioning' who is better in they 3rd or 4th year then there 1st. Plenty showed us some potential and then the coaching cree dumbed down or removed most basic footy skills.

Hewett was our most complete player and is now a tagger.

Longmire pretends to appear to be changing but we need a new direction from the coaching team.



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[TheMase]

Buddy would be a little safer as he could really only play one position. It is the players that Longmire can play in multiple positions that Longmire stuffs around, especially if that player starts out as a midfielder.

Short of Florent, I can't think of many midfielders we have drafted in recent years that we have actually played in the midfield. Even Mitchell was forced to be a tagger for years.

Worked out pretty well for Mitchell...!

 

[The King!]

Worked out pretty well for Mitchell...!

what leaving ?

 

[RUNVS]

Worked out pretty well for Mitchell...!

Only realised his potential when he found a coach who would play him in his ideal position.

 

[Heeney2Franklin]

Only realised his potential when he found a coach who would play him in his ideal position.

We played him in his ideal position?? he just wanted more money.

 

[RUNVS]

We played him in his ideal position?? he just wanted more money.

We didn't. We often played him as a tagger and when we didn't we played him as our 4th midfielder.

 

[The King!]

We played him in his ideal position?? he just wanted more money.

what 4th midfielder? started on the bench a lot

 

[TheMase]

what leaving ?

Made him work to become a two way runner. Tagged and followed the best players after the ball.

Obviously he has gone on to win a Brownlow. I personally think that grounding contributed to that.

 

[Superstar swan]

Made him work to become a two way runner. Tagged and followed the best players after the ball.

Obviously he has gone on to win a Brownlow. I personally think that grounding contributed to that.

Also not picking him after a 64 possesion game in the neafl contributed to that brownlow aswell

 

[BloodySwan]

Play Mills in the forward line if Horse won't play him in the middle. At least in the forward line he will be attacking stoppages in our F50 rather than tagging a player.

 

[Superstar swan]

When your rebuilding, everything you do is for the future. Is mills future in defence or the midfield? Easy choice

 

[RUNVS]

When your rebuilding, everything you do is for the future. Is mills future in defence or the midfield? Easy choice

Very well put. Every player under 25 should be playing where we want them to be playing in 5 years time. The only exception should be if a player doesn't have the tank for that yet (perhaps like Rowbottom as a full time mid. He could still be a part time mid though)

 

[The King!]

Made him work to become a two way runner. Tagged and followed the best players after the ball.

Obviously he has gone on to win a Brownlow. I personally think that grounding contributed to that.

I think Longmire packed his bags for him but just my view

 

[caesar88]

Very well put. Every player under 25 should be playing where we want them to be playing in 5 years time. The only exception should be if a player doesn't have the tank for that yet (perhaps like Rowbottom as a full time mid. He could still be a part time mid though)

Horse just won’t do it though. He can’t imagine not having guys like Parker, Reid, McVeigh etc in their normal positions, even if it’s not best for the team.