Preview Grand Final 2024 - Sydney Swans / South Melbourne Bloods vs Brisbane Bears/ Fitzroy Lions - The Big Dance

[bedford]

Sorry for Fox , if we played the Cats yes , but this is a no and Adams must come in , has the experience on GF day and played well in 18 for the filth and has experience on Neale

 

[RedBloodBlackSwan]

Callum Mills update



Sydney Swans captain Callum Mills will not play in Saturday’s AFL Grand Final.



Mills trained this morning and after taking everything into consideration a joint decision was made by the club’s medical staff and the coaches to rule him out.



Mills initially strained his hamstring at training a fortnight ago.

Right call. Let’s move on.

 

[sr20]

Sorry for Fox , if we played the Cats yes , but this is a no and Adams must come in , has the experience on GF day and played well in 18 for the filth and has experience on Neale

Agree with you.

It worked once, it can again. Adams will be chomping at the bit.

 

[Bloods86]

Sorry for Fox , if we played the Cats yes , but this is a no and Adams must come in , has the experience on GF day and played well in 18 for the filth and has experience on Neale

Fox has just as much experience on grand final day, played well, and was very good against the Lions this year already.

 

[TheMase]

Maybe Mills can go in the sprint

If we win maybe he can present the cup

Edit: Maxfield gets the gig, how good

 

[The King!]

Yeah harsh but I would go Adams in for Fox and campbell sub

Unchanged also fine

 

[Day_night_honourer]

Great choice with Maxfield !
Right man to console Mills after victory too as he went through similar pain. (harder really as he then retired after 2005).

 

[bedford]

Fox has just as much experience on grand final day, played well, and was very good against the Lions this year already.

Not needed

 

[RedBloodBlackSwan]

Maybe Mills can go in the sprint

I’ll tell you what, if he won the sprint and Swans lost the GF, there would be some serious melts

 

[bloodsbigot]

Legit question. Who is our vice captain? Who's going to lift the cup if we win? I bloody hope it's Rampe instead of Parker since Parker is leaving soon anyway. Or let Heeney lift it for the media attention it'll get.

 

[Bloods86]

Not needed

Is Adams needed?

The only reason he was at about half the centre bounces against them last time is because Rowbottom was missing.

Whereas Fox was one of our best against them, in an area of the ground that we can fit him.

 

[Kiama Chris]

If this happens I will lose my shit.

I have rewatched the start of the Port game several times and still for the life of me do not understand where the free came from.

Blakey bumped Burgoyne after the ball left and he fell over.

 

[sr20]

Is Adams needed?

The only reason he was at about half the centre bounces against them last time is because Rowbottom was missing.

Whereas Fox was one of our best against them, in an area of the ground that we can fit him.

What would be your match ups - assume Fox plays?
Is he down back or up forward?

Apologies if you have suggested previously.

 

[Jack Lord]

Legit question. Who is our vice captain? Who's going to lift the cup if we win? I bloody hope it's Rampe instead of Parker since Parker is leaving soon anyway. Or let Heeney lift it for the media attention it'll get.

We don't have one. But if we did, you'd go for an upstanding, dependable club man. Someone like Peter Ladhams

 

[RedBloodBlackSwan]

Loved watching him play

The grandfather of the modern day bloods culture. Love it.

 

[caesar88]

I will be crying screaming throwing up if I see Stuart Maxfield

Stuart Maxfield

Age

52

Ht

178cm

Wt

82kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

14.6

4star

K

11.2

4star

HB

3.3

3star

M

2.5

3star

T

2.0

4star

No current season stats available

D

9.0

3star

K

7.0

3star

HB

2.0

2star

M

2.2

3star

T

1.4

4star

carrying the cup up

 

[SBD Gonzalez]

Any word on us?

Please say it's Capper. Please say it's Capper. Please say it's Capper. Please say it's Capper.

Paul Chambers.

 

[Bloods86]

What would be your match ups - assume Fox plays?
Is he down back or up forward?

Apologies if you have suggested previously.

Fox down back on Rayner, as Mills would likely have been.

If we don't see the need to help Harry out as our only legitimate 1-on-1 small/med defender against Cameron, Rayner, Lohmann, Bailey etc, then Fox can play on Zorko, or pretty much any Lions defender to allow Jordon to play on a mid.

Assuming Fort is picked, our 3 KPDs will have their hands full with Daniher, Hipwood and Morris.

 

[bloodsbigot]

This Mills decision has really lifted my confidence of a win now.

Thought Longmire would fall for sentimentality again and play injured players and he failed to learn from last time. Great call.

Who says you can't teach an old horse new tricks?

We're gonna piss it in.

 

[RedBloodBlackSwan]

Blakey bumped Burgoyne after the ball left and he fell over.

Sorry not that one (it was very obvious of Blakey even though I still think the decision was soft).

I meant the call in the first 2 seconds. It went against Grundy. He had his hands ever so gently around the Port ruck’s hips after the tap, but that was all I could see. It appeared to me like the umpire had decided he should play a holding free against Grundy before he even bounced the ball.

 

[the hypnotoad]

The grandfather of the modern day bloods culture. Love it.

yeah, maxfield was such a big part of building the team roos eventually took to the premiership
in full flight he was a thrill to watch

 

[Troystenvic]

Great to see the Club putting the club first. Please don't do a Bob Murphy though. I still cringe at that

 

[SBD Gonzalez]

The grandfather of the modern day bloods culture. Love it.

That's nice. Good call.

 

[sr20]

Fox down back on Rayner, as Mills would likely have been.

If we don't see the need to help Harry out as our only legitimate 1-on-1 small/med defender against Cameron, Rayner, Lohmann, Bailey etc, then Fox can play on Zorko, or pretty much any Lions defender to allow Jordon to play on a mid.

Assuming Fort is picked, our 3 KPDs will have their hands full with Daniher, Hipwood and Morris.

Makes Sense

If Fox is in the 23 I would also prefer it's in the 22.

 

[bedford]

Legit question. Who is our vice captain? Who's going to lift the cup if we win? I bloody hope it's Rampe instead of Parker since Parker is leaving soon anyway. Or let Heeney lift it for the media attention it'll get.

Rampe will be Captain and maybe Paps as VC as he was Captain for a couple of games