You are, i was just stating that its not the same, phewEveryone is entitled to there own opinion, I thought you'd know that by now
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Preview Round 8: The Sydney Swans vs. The Melbourne Demons
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Alright guys, here's the plan (Horse, you listening?).
Seaby out, Pyke in
Everitt out, Morton in
McGlynn the sub
White will be given a chance to prove himself against Melbourne, if he does a good job, he stays in the team. If he doesn't, he goes straight out, Walsh in.
ps, I hope LRT misses another week. I don't agree with how he's being used.
Seaby out, Pyke in
Everitt out, Morton in
McGlynn the sub
White will be given a chance to prove himself against Melbourne, if he does a good job, he stays in the team. If he doesn't, he goes straight out, Walsh in.
ps, I hope LRT misses another week. I don't agree with how he's being used.
Fair enough, banyo explained it well.
Agree on the first 2, still think maybe Benny needs a run in the 2's and Armstrong would be my replacement.
Pyke for White.
I considered that option, but I think playing Melbourne is the perfect opportunity to let White show what he can do. If he doesn't perform, there are no excuses. It's too good an opportunity to see if White can offer us something to drop him. Plus, Our forward line is more of an issue (developmentally) than our ruck is. In saying that, I wouldn't be surprised if either Pyke or LRT replaced White against Melbourne.
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Pyke for Seaby.
Because white was going alright before being dropped against hawthorn. He didn't perform well against Richmond but he had limited control over that. Add to that the fact that Reid was still perhaps under done, and tdl only played a quarter, we really havent seen him in a functioning forward line yet. Swap everitt for Morton who's been playing well in the reserves, and tdl starting and you get to see white in a forward line that could become our permanent forward line. The fact that its against Melbourne means he has no excuse for a poor performance. A good performance doesn't prove that he's a competent forward, It's just a platform to see how he performs over a string of games. If he fails to have an impact against Melbourne, you draw a line through his name and look at Walsh, spang, Morton, lrt etc as your viable options. However, if he puts in a solid showing against melbourne, you give him another game and evaluate him further. Imo, the Melbourne match is not about proving that he's a good forward, its about proving once and for all that he's not. I for one hope he gets another game, and shows that he should be persevered with.
Can't believe Longmire still believes it's all about training and game intensity: “We didn’t play with the kind of intensity we intended to before the game...” he said.
Shows that despite reflecting on the loss, he didn't learn anything after last week. He's blaming the players again. Each time we lose at the MCG it's somehow about intensity.
We'll bring our normal intensity this week (as we did last week) and we'll win and it won't be a mystery. Intensity is crucial, but there's more to winning than just that. We won't get over the line at the 'G unless we do things differently. For me, this is one big test for the coaches because unlike Subiaco or other away grounds, you gotta win at the 'G.
Shows that despite reflecting on the loss, he didn't learn anything after last week. He's blaming the players again. Each time we lose at the MCG it's somehow about intensity.
We'll bring our normal intensity this week (as we did last week) and we'll win and it won't be a mystery. Intensity is crucial, but there's more to winning than just that. We won't get over the line at the 'G unless we do things differently. For me, this is one big test for the coaches because unlike Subiaco or other away grounds, you gotta win at the 'G.
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It feels like when we perform poorly we hear more from the club during the week.
My changes in morton pyke Walsh or spangher Out everitt seaby reid
My changes in morton pyke Walsh or spangher Out everitt seaby reid
Morton should get his chance, and Reid should rest.. He and TDL can give us different look, and why not try it against Melb. LRT in for White, and pyke in for Seaby.
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I cant answer for training and neither can you so Ill take his word, but from the game he is spot on.. We got jumped and we werent switched on at the start. We won after quarter time but too late.
I happen to think it IS all about intensity.
The line that grates me is 'we didn't play the way we wanted to / we didn't execute our plans.' Well, hello? The reason you didn't is the other team got in the way.
I like how you did that. We didn't 'win' after the bad start. We scored 5 more, but Richmond knew they only had to end with a higher score to get the 4 points and they did that, despite our desperate efforts.
...just like last year's semi final: Q1 Hawthorn 3.5 (23) Sydney 0.1 (1).
We don't like seeing these scores. I just reckon there's more to it than what's been identified. But that's enough navel gazing. There's much better to come.
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A lot have been calling for Pyke to come in for Seaby but didn't he play with absolutely no intensity in the 2nds a few weeks ago? If we were beaten by Richmond because of intensity (I think tactics have a lot more to do with the loss then just attitude), do we want a player in our team who shows no intensity just a few weeks ago? Do we want reward a brief turn around in attitude like how he has played in the last few weeks? Does he need do more? That is, yes Seaby may be underperforming, but is Pyke knocking down the door?
We are missing Mumford, but is Pyke the answer?
P.S. We should look at a mature aged rookie at some point soon!!
^^ Dumb over-used statement from Macca, should simply have said we were soft as butter
haha, yeah I know, this from Mr Intensity himself. But would you expect him to contradict his coach? What seems like low intensity could just be s**t going wrong. Just saying.
On the intensity thing, I also believe that we met the crows and the tigers at their intensity peaks. Both teams played really well. And no, we didn't play a great third term against Richmond. Their intensity just dropped.
Watch a lot of his games over the past year and a half and you'll see that his tapwork is good, but his follow up work after a ruck contest is excellent. He's clearly being trained\modelled on Mumford and it shows.
Add his genuine pace, height and leap and good hands\can hold a contested mark. Also, his kicking has also improved out of sight, see the 50M goal before he went out of his last senior game injured.
So yes, I believe the big Canuck is the answer.
Even when Mumford gets back I'd like to see them both in the team as I feel Mumford's been worked into the ground as a solo ruckman and both are good targets up forward.
Cometh the moment, cometh the man.
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Thinking about the balance of the team, it is likely that Reid is out of the team either through injury or dropped because of form. I can't see Longmire going with the two ruckmen (two of Seaby/White/LRT/Pyke), Reid, TDL AND Walsh. Unless of course they want Walsh to be the second ruck. He has done okay as a relief ruckman at times in the reserves but I would have thought they would want to keep it simple for him in terms of his role
The other possibility is that they've dropped TDL or perhaps of the key defenders is out (but wouldn't that mean LRT should come back in defence). Argh 6.25 can't come around soon enough
The other possibility is that they've dropped TDL
or perhaps of the key defenders is out (but wouldn't that mean LRT should come back in defence). Argh 6.25 can't come around soon enough
So that is Player 300 to play for the Swans since we moved to Sydney.
Fitting in a way that its this week and that its Tommy in so many ways
