VFL 2023 Swans Reserves

[Dubai Quacker]

Stoddart best on ground.

 

[TheMase]

I’d like to see HHK get an opportunity at senior level soon. Is coming along nicely

 

[TheMase]

Stephens 5 tackles at half time. Has had 3 total in his last 4 AFL games. Might have been one of the reasons he was given for being omitted.

 

[Mister B]

Seriously. Front on contact is the easiest rule to umpire. They have refused to pay it to us twice. Blatant umpiring one way.

 

[TheMase]

Got on top at the end of that quarter but couldn’t finish. Bodes well for the second half.

 

[Dubai Quacker]

We have a team full of AFL listed players today & we’re still struggling against a lowly ranked VFL side.

There were some reasonable signs in that quarter - but still hard to find anyone (apart from McAndrew and maybe HHK) to get really enthused about.

 

[Grand Uncle Horace]

We have a team full of AFL listed players today & we’re still struggling against a lowly ranked VFL side.

There were some reasonable signs in that quarter - but still hard to find anyone (apart from McAndrew and maybe HHK) to get really enthused about.

Agree but only saw some of the 2nd Q.

thought Rankin was ok - more involved than usual. Corey W ain’t a mid. RJ still looks rusty to me, Not much else from the AFL listed blokes. Thought Nick Shipley again looked the best of the VFL listed players.

 

[SwansProudly]

Could be wrong but looked like Wicksy as runner.

Wicks was our runner in our last VFL game

 

[TheMase]

That was a terrible option from Gould

 

[TheMase]

Gee that was poor defence… a couple of mins of really poor footy

 

[TheMase]

Awesome work HHK!

Magor’ pass was terrible but he outsmarted his opponent. Great goal.

 

[Gimmeafree]

Wicks was our runner in our last VFL game

At this best, we miss wicksy at the moment. Godspeed recovery son.

 

[TheMase]

Don’t mind Geddes, some great work in there by him

 

[Bloods86]

Just tuning in now from my motel room in Alabama, hoping we can get going over the top.

 

[Dubai Quacker]

Trying to identify someone that’ll improve our AFL side.

I’m drawing a blank at this stage.

Stoddart maybe?

 

[TheMase]

Stephens looks a lot better when he is trying to win the ball instead of holding his width. Isn’t a pure outside player and it’s not getting the most out of him.

 

[Bonz]

Stephens looks a lot better when he is trying to win the ball instead of holding his width. Isn’t a pure outside player and it’s not getting the most out of him.

He was a inside/ hybrid midfielder who could run from congestion as a kid.

Yes his got brilliant endurance, but the hybrid role will be his natural game

 

[Dubai Quacker]

Good quarter by Stephens there.

Loving the crowd umpire abuse being caught on the commentary mics. Quality suburban footy.

 

[TheMase]

He was a inside/ hybrid midfielder who could run from congestion as a kid.

Yes his got brilliant endurance, but the hybrid role will be his natural game

Totally agree. I wanted to draft him and had many an argument about him having an inside game.

 

[Mister B]

Scramble shape. Corridor. UCM +HR. “Run”

 

[TheMase]

Konstanty hasn’t done much (early days) but I’ve noticed he has genuine aggression hitting the contest. Wouldn’t mind seeing him at a couple of centre bounces to get him into the game.

 

[Wolftone]

It seems to me that the reserves have been badly effected by our injuries. But we do not seem to have the depth to replace listed players. Not only that our listed young lads do not seem to be improving. If anything they seem to have gone backward. These are not obversations from watching but looking at results and ratings.

Can I ask the Resies Watchers what is wrong? Is it coaching? Are the replacements to listed players not up to it? Are the young listed players not up to it? We seem to lack depth would this be correct?

We have yet to win a reserves game and this bodes badly if you have injuries. Just ask Port Adelaide who had a bottom reserves team last year and struggled with injury. We are struggling now due to the same.

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[TheMase]

We just have no genuine forward targets other than HHK but he is more a flanker

 

[Bloods86]

Enough to make me hate Flipper.

 

[Dubai Quacker]

It seems to me that the reserves have been badly effected by our injuries. But we do not seem to have the depth to replace listed players. Not only that our listed young lads do not seem to be improving. If anything they seem to have gone backward. These are not obversations from watching but looking at results and ratings.

Can I ask the Resies Watchers what is wrong? Is it coaching? Are the replacements to listed players not up to it? Are the young listed players not up to it? We seem to lack depth would this be correct?

We have yet to win a reserves game and this bodes badly if you have injuries. Just ask Port Adelaide who had a bottom reserves team last year and struggled with injury. We are struggling now due to the same.

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Three primary observations:

1. The VFL side has no genuine inside mids. Sheldrick had 39 last week, but he’s not playing - and now with the exception of Stephens, our mids are either top-up players or skinny kids. Hardened VFL players just bully them off the pill.

2. Some of the young draftees aren’t showing a lot (yet). But you don’t get a lot of time - they’d want to start demonstrating some upside soon.

3. Losing becomes a habit.

The worrying thing is that we currently lack depth in all parts of the ground. Even Melican and Gould have been beaten today. Our forward line lacks targets except HHK & he’s no pack marking target.