Thanks for asking "TimlinOfficial" it's been doing my head in for ages,
mind you it took me awhile to get OMG.
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mind you it took me awhile to get OMG.
Good observation. Noticeable with Lake as well when he went over there too. How nice would it be to have a ruckman that would reliably pluck a mark on the wing in a pack of 3 players?
He'll play, just cramping.
Would have thought Roughy is the perfect match-up for Tippett.
Just wondering what everyone else is thinking if he were to pinch hit in the ruck, do we have enough height there to contain a Tippett/Reid (assuming Tals is locked down to Buddy)?
Wet weather obviously aids us in this instance, but is quite intriguing.
Just wondering what everyone else is thinking if he were to pinch hit in the ruck, do we have enough height there to contain a Tippett/Reid (assuming Tals is locked down to Buddy)?
Wet weather obviously aids us in this instance, but is quite intriguing.
Will you just enjoy the 3-1 start to the season? Sick and tired of seeing your negativity plague this place. Don't think anyone could have hoped for a better start to the season.
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Dare say Roughy will follow Tippett into the ruck like he did Jenkins last week. Tippett has been rucking a bit lately.
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We don't know how many candidates there were - he may have been elected unopposed. He may also have been elected without even a single vote from a team-mate. He may have been the lesser of two or more evils. You have no idea whether his position on the AFLPA is because he is popular with Western Bulldog players, so the "facts" are not established and don't necessarily support your assertion.
Will may well be popular, but you are passing off your opinion that he is as a fact, as so often happens on here.
I'm sure I'm not alone in my opinion of your posts. Think it is unnecessary and you come across as very immature.
Anyway, I am upset for you that you cannot join in on the buzz surrounding our club at the moment.
Thought you weren't going to mention Cordy again.
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Tippett and Reid aren't that good IMO. Throwing it out there.
Buddy, McVeigh, shaw, Hannebery and kennedy run the swannies.
Buddy, McVeigh, shaw, Hannebery and kennedy run the swannies.
Interested to hear your thoughts about how we will operate given the likely wet weather, Fronk?
In particular our entries inside 50 and how the Swans may look to exploit our (assumed) inability to play in wet weather given our brand through rounds 1-4?
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Hamling's got very good closing speed - ie as a key defender, his main strength is he has the speed to close out straight-line leads.
When you think about it, it's not a bad recruitment in regards to our key defenders - he offers something different. Roughead is tall and has a long reach, meaning he gets a fist in often, which is his main strength. Talia's strength is he's good one-on-one from a high ball, and he reads the play well. Roberts has a very high footy IQ - he reads the play very well. Roberts is pretty slow, but because he reads the play well and his positioning is very good, he minimises the occurrences in which he's burnt for pace. I've only ever seen it two or three times in the games he's played, but he's been burnt for pace when, for example, him and another key forward are sprinting for a loose ball. The point being, Hamling's good speed is unique among our key defender stocks and therefore it's a good recruitment.
The thing with it being extremely wet is that it will diminish, if not deny completely, our preferred method of scoring. That being fast rebound from a forced turnover in our defensive half. I believe we will acquit ourselves well at the contest. This is still ingrained in the players from BMac.
Our zone defence, with slight adjustments, should also stand up well.
I agree with you that the wet will make it harder to move the ball and this will be our biggest problem IMO. I have referred to it before, but I still believe we need to improve significantly in transitioning the ball, from defensive half to forward half, when the opposition has had time to implement their own defensive structures. With it being a wet, higher stoppage game this will give Sydney significant time to set their zone.
Beverige is yet to show his hand definitively on how he wants us to move the ball in these situations. How we evolve to do this will become extremely important moving forward. Better sides are more adapt at recognising the time to attack or to defend and they reposition and implement their systems faster than lower ranked teams. To become a threat to top teams we must develop this area of our game.
Good observation 3NP, initially I was slighted as to why Redpath was dropped after one game. I think your analysis is correct and this is further evidence to me that Bev is both calculating and savvy.
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Caboolture just had 90mm of rain in an hour! Should hit Sydney just in time
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I like the Roberts inclusion, it will help against their talls and he can swing between forward and defense when needed. But he'll probably play on Reid I guess.
Yep, Roughy being used like a Jackson Trengove might work.
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Cordy offers more around the ground than Minson imo and there are a lot of ruckman these days who are picked solely on that even if their ruck work is mediocre (Martin, Blicavs etc). I don't think Minson has got enough of the footy since his AA year
Change the word decent with experienced and I'll agree with you.
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