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Best 22 for the start of 2017?
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Smith - Grundy - Rampe
Mills - Allir - Laidler
Hannebery - Kennedy - Lloyd
Towers - Reid - Jack
Tippett - Franklin - Hewett
Naismith - Parker - Jones
Robinson, Marsh, Cameron, Cunningham
I think we're ok, but wouldn't want too many more to fall over.
Mills - Allir - Laidler
Hannebery - Kennedy - Lloyd
Towers - Reid - Jack
Tippett - Franklin - Hewett
Naismith - Parker - Jones
Robinson, Marsh, Cameron, Cunningham
I think we're ok, but wouldn't want too many more to fall over.
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THe Swans were minor premiers and made the GF last year with a near record number of newcomers and inexperienced players.
Which tells us:
a) Those players are going to be even more useful this year with a season and pre-season under their belts
b) The Swans do player development probably better than anyone else
Just to name a few, Naismith, Mills, AA and Papley would-be a walkup for any side, not just the Swans.
If you watched the JLT games you'd see enough from Fox, Mailbaum, Edwards, Cameron, Florent just to name a few.
Can't imagine how imagine could identify the Swans' list as a problem.
Of course GWS list is incredibly strong --- they'd be a joke if it weren't.
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I have so far:
Smith - Grundy - Marsh
Melican - Aliir - Sir Dane
Jones - Mills - Parker
Naismith - Kennedy - Hanners
K. Jack - Buddy - Reid
Florent - Tippett - Hewett
Lloyd - Edwards - Cameron - Robinson
Not sure about Edwards but I'm banking all the rest getting games. I reckon both Marsh and Melican would be selected over Laidler (where has he been?) and given we now need to push both Jones and Mills into the middle we need both those medium-sized defenders. Means we rely on Sir Dane to be our exit kick, which isn't ideal but it's in good hands.
Naismith still has lead ruck for me; Tippett and Cameron can alternate second-ruck/full forward duties since we know Cameron can pluck a few. The coach has already signalled more of a foward role for Kizza, and Florent gets a game on the back of sheer lack of small forwards we have available. Hewett would be handy in the middle but we need a clean, defensive smaller foward and he did it well last year.
Robinson gets in as a back-up midfielder. He's good but I'm not sure I can ever see him really being an important player for us. Unfortunately the likes of Newman and Foote haven't done enough to put their hands up and make the job any easier.
As for Edwards I'm basing this off a few quarters in one pre-season match and a few highlights reels but we need speed and some good kicks, though I imagine Towers would probably get selected over Edwards.
Smith - Grundy - Marsh
Melican - Aliir - Sir Dane
Jones - Mills - Parker
Naismith - Kennedy - Hanners
K. Jack - Buddy - Reid
Florent - Tippett - Hewett
Lloyd - Edwards - Cameron - Robinson
Not sure about Edwards but I'm banking all the rest getting games. I reckon both Marsh and Melican would be selected over Laidler (where has he been?) and given we now need to push both Jones and Mills into the middle we need both those medium-sized defenders. Means we rely on Sir Dane to be our exit kick, which isn't ideal but it's in good hands.
Naismith still has lead ruck for me; Tippett and Cameron can alternate second-ruck/full forward duties since we know Cameron can pluck a few. The coach has already signalled more of a foward role for Kizza, and Florent gets a game on the back of sheer lack of small forwards we have available. Hewett would be handy in the middle but we need a clean, defensive smaller foward and he did it well last year.
Robinson gets in as a back-up midfielder. He's good but I'm not sure I can ever see him really being an important player for us. Unfortunately the likes of Newman and Foote haven't done enough to put their hands up and make the job any easier.
As for Edwards I'm basing this off a few quarters in one pre-season match and a few highlights reels but we need speed and some good kicks, though I imagine Towers would probably get selected over Edwards.
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I don't think they are moving Mills into the mids. I think the consensus at the moment is he is too valuable at HB. Towers was good for his first hit out, calm under pressure and kicked really well.
Lloyd will be the main man in ball movement down back but at times I can see a range of fast young players like Edwards, Fisher or Ronke being used in a supporting role.
We have huge riches in big men who can pluck a big one and kick goals. Cameron is a great addition to what has become a very strong division. Can we play Tip, Big Sammy, Little (he he) Sammy & Darcy in the same team, sure on a dry day why not. That won't just stretch opposition it will destroy them in the air. That depends on Reid clunking a few though.
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No not fluff piece. Glandular fever is no joke. Very painful. He will most likely recover quickly due to being so fit but will take a few weeks to get his strength back. This virus saps all the energy from your body. Your glands swell up like small balloons, especially in the beck, sometimes other places like the groin. It is extremely painful and debilitating. Glandular fever comes a between a month and three months of contracting Epstein Barre virus (previously syndrome). Swelling under the armpits is also a symptom as is pussy discharge in the throat, fever and contracting airways.
I'd say poor Isaac is extremely uncomfortable at the moment and wish him a speedy recovery. Good luck Isaac & hope the attack is not too severe.
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Of course he won't have a pussy, meow meow, discharge he may have a pus discharge
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Heeney's post/preseason bad luck is elite. 
I'd go with that exact 22 apart from selecting 3 ruckmen. With Reid and Franklin we'd be way too tall imo. So Cameron would drop out of the side. It's a tricky one for who to bring in but I'd probably go with James Rose if he plays this week against St.Kilda as he's supposed to.
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It's certainly top heavy but I wouldn't play Tippet as a ruckman. Only as a deep forward. He can ruck when the ball is in the forward line. Whilst I have Franklin at FF I guess his and Reid's role would be to float around half forward up to the wing. The ruckmen can switch off the bench and play a kick behind forcing the opposition to avoid them and thus kick to congestion. I think this can work because Franklin and Reid are both exceptional tacklers and ground level footballers for their size. And providing they keep out of each others' space, it can create a match up nightmare for opposition defences.
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Melican I hope plays r1
No way would I play 2 rucks and the basketballer
No way would I play 2 rucks and the basketballer
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How so? Robinson is an excellent midfielder and was best 22 last year before he was injured. Marsh might not be best 22 but he was good enough to play enough games in a side that finished top last year. Cameron is our best performed newbie in the JLT so far. And Cunningham is a fringe midfielder in a top side over 5 years.
I'd much prefer AJ over Marsh. And Heeney over Cunningham. But they're injured. Unless you're GWS you don't get to have a dozen top liners playing reserves.
I like him but come on.
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We all differ. I wasn't a fan but I thought his 6 games last year were excellent. Averaged about 15 disposals. His ball use was pretty good. His defensive work was pretty good. His composure was pretty good. So I have him on the bench in our Round 1 side. I hardly think that's controversial. Perhaps I should have said utility rather than midfielder. I was using midfielder in the broader context, not in the Kennedy, Hannebery, Parker context.
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You have gone from an excellent midfielder to pretty good in the space of 2 posts
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I think if you're pretty good at those three things you are an excellent product. As I said, I should have written utility rather than midfielder.
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It was really only 6 games, he only played 20 mins before getting injured in the 7th.
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You're a harsh judge.
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Yep, no chance Tippett, Naismith and Cameron all play in the same team.
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