Preview Round 2 Syd vs Haw ("Poo n' Wee at the SCG")

[Ticky009]

 

[Nuggetz]

Miss the odd game? It's round 2. If the hand was that problematic then he wouldn't have been out there in the first place. That he was suggests he will play again this week. Horse was even asked about any potential injuries and he didn't mention Mills' hand at all.

Why would he wear a fashionable glove though, apart from injury/protection? After kicking a goal he was high fiving everyone with the non-glove hand, it looked like he was actively avoiding anyone touching that hand (sounds ridiculous when i read it back lol).

 

[rustycrate]

Well he's been named so move on

Well then either you will the argument and/or Mills is playing with and injury. My point still stands that I think that we should be smarter about player injuries despite players willingness to play. Winning grand finals should be the focus. The steps to do that should be maximized.

 

[Nuggetz]

I think it's more if the choice is between Amartey on limited TOG, maybe just staying up forward versus McAndrew playing, who'll probably also be on limited TOG. I'd go Amartey.

I think with the improved weather forecast, we'll stick to our structure. So a tall in for Buddy.

If Ladhams is out in the next few weeks then McAndrew is the next ruck in so I would prefer he get some gametime while Ladhams is still playing.

 

[caesar88]

Why would he wear a fashionable glove though, apart from injury/protection? After kicking a goal he was high fiving everyone with the non-glove hand, it looked like he was actively avoiding anyone touching that hand (sounds ridiculous when i read it back lol).

I'm not disputing there's an injury, I'm just saying it's obviously not that serious, because A) it didn't seem to effect his performance in any way, and B) it's just the latest case where a Swans player has worn a glove for a hand injury (Fox, Rowbottom others that come to mind) and they didn't seem to have any repercussions later on from playing with such injuries.

I suspect after Rampe ended up missing the end of the 2020 season with his broken hand that the club would be especially cautious in dealing with another co-captain's injury this time around.

 

[Dubai Quacker]

Errol and Rowy named on an extended bench….. evidently both on the fringes of selection

 

[Millky95]

OUT: Franklin
IN: Amartey, McAndrew, Sheldrick, Co.Warner

Extended bench, finalised tomorrow

 

[hairy biker]

Amartey, Amartey, Amartey, ****ing Amartey??????!!!!!!

I miss the Thursday night melts.

 

[RedBloodBlackSwan]

Errol and Rowy named on an extended bench….. evidently both on the fringes of selection

Errol is lucky to be on the bench

 

[wills2g]

Amartey should come in for Bud. No other changes imo. IIRC Amartey had a breakout game against the Hawks the last time

 

[Dangas]

Amartey Party time surely.

 

[Dubai Quacker]

Amartey should come in for Bud. No other changes imo. IIRC Amartey had a breakout game against the Hawks the last time

No way.

It’s the GUS PARTY BUS!

 

[The King!]

blues like close losses

 

[TheMase]

McLean as stay home forward, McDonald pushing up the ground, Amartey 2nd ruck/forward

 

[caesar88]

McLean as stay home forward, McDonald pushing up the ground, Amartey 2nd ruck/forward

I have been manifesting this forward line for over a year now.

I'm gonna look like an absolute potato if it flops

 

[TheWhiteRhino]

I have been manifesting this forward line for over a year now.

I'm gonna look like an absolute potato if it flops

When was the last we went with those 3?

 

[caesar88]

When was the last we went with those 3?

Never.

We are going, * William Shatner voice *, where no man has gone before.

 

[Dubai Quacker]

Never.

We are going, * William Shatner voice *, where no man has gone before.

I’m still not convinced that we will go 3 talls + Ladhams.

The forecast is for rain - I’m not sure it’ll be a game suited to marking forwards.

 

[caesar88]

I’m still not convinced that we will go 3 talls + Ladhams.

The forecast is for rain - I’m not sure it’ll be a game suited to marking forwards.

Perhaps, but I actually reckon Amartey is one of our best pressure forwards period, tall or small. If he's not clunking them, then I'm completely comfortable with his tackling and follow-up work in wet conditions.

 

[Bloods86]

McLean as stay home forward, McDonald pushing up the ground, Amartey 2nd ruck/forward

If Amartey's not fully fit, leave him up forward. Looked more dangerous in VFL than McLean, for the majority of last season.

 

[Swansujelly]

rekon Roberts will get the nod, and Gus sub.

 

[Dubai Quacker]

If Amartey's not fully fit, leave him up forward. Looked more dangerous in VFL than McLean, for the majority of last season.

I’m hoping we’ve finally learned our lesson re: selecting unfit players.

 

[rustycrate]

If Amartey's not fully fit, leave him up forward. Looked more dangerous in VFL than McLean, for the majority of last season.

If Amartey is not fully fit he should not be playing. It is Hawthorn.

 

[sataris]

I’m hoping we’ve finally learned our lesson re: selecting unfit players.

I can't wait to see us run around a gf with all our unfit/injured players on the sideline.

But then it would probably be a repeat of 2014

 

[SBD Gonzalez]

Am I the only one who thought Mills' hand seemed fine?

Wearing the glove obviously but others' ball-handling on the night was a lot worse than Mills'.

If his hand was causing him grief to the point he couldn't play this week, then he wouldn't have played last week.

Someone on here saw him clearly in pain in footage from the change rooms. It seems he was clearly putting on a brave face out on the paddock and it was suggested he might not be able to keep that up forever.