Unofficial Preview SEASON 2025 - Best 22, Game Plan, Personnel

[strauchanie59]

Absolute crap ! Tippett was soft as butter when he came back in 16 , Nank should've played and he would've rag dolled Boyd , now a 3 time flag winner and Captain . 4th best , fair dinkum some !

Sorry, but how many Swans in recent memory have cracked/fractured their jaw in a match and played out the match?

Tippett was a lot of things, but he certainly wasn't soft as butter, that's for sure.

 

[bedford]

Sorry, but how many Swans in recent memory have cracked/fractured their jaw in a match and played out the match?

Tippett was a lot of things, but he certainly wasn't soft as butter, that's for sure.

Fair call , he had a great start to the season , but had no effect in that GF , Nank might've been the difference even with the yellow cheats , i'll change it as it was harsh on my part

 

[RedBloodBlackSwan]

I hope Ladhams gets a good crack this season. If he can get his mindset right, he could be that Mumford style ruck our fleet footed team needs.

Of all our big men, I reckon he is the only one with a good amount of mongrel in him (maybe also McCartin).

 

[bedford]

I hope Ladhams gets a good crack this season. If he can get his mindset right, he could be that Mumford style ruck our fleet footed team needs.

Of all our big men, I reckon he is the only one with a good amount of mongrel in him (maybe also McCartin).

He can be nasty , but do it the right way and he can be back up for Grundy and we really need that , he's shown in the VFL that he can kick a goal when up forward, if that worked McLean or Amartey would be in trouble

 

[caesar88]

I hope Ladhams gets a good crack this season. If he can get his mindset right, he could be that Mumford style ruck our fleet footed team needs.

Of all our big men, I reckon he is the only one with a good amount of mongrel in him (maybe also McCartin).

How exactly are you defining "mongrel"?

Because I think Ladhams lacks physicality and/or hardness, and when he tries to show it, he overcompensates with stupid thuggery. That suggests it doesn't come naturally to him, which to me suggests that he lacks any mongrel at all.

 

[bedford]

How exactly are you defining "mongrel"?

Because I think Ladhams lacks physicality and/or hardness, and when he tries to show it, he overcompensates with stupid thuggery. That suggests it doesn't come naturally to him, which to me suggests that he lacks any mongrel at all.

That's the exact problem

 

[strauchanie59]

I hope Ladhams gets a good crack this season. If he can get his mindset right, he could be that Mumford style ruck our fleet footed team needs.

Of all our big men, I reckon he is the only one with a good amount of mongrel in him (maybe also McCartin).

He's definitely worth more than one game a year. Would rather him get a game ahead of McLean going into 2025, unless Big Mc can improve his turning circle.

I think playing him a bit more in the 1's can lead to a fitter Grundy further into the season.

 

[RedBloodBlackSwan]

How exactly are you defining "mongrel"?

Because I think Ladhams lacks physicality and/or hardness, and when he tries to show it, he overcompensates with stupid thuggery. That suggests it doesn't come naturally to him, which to me suggests that he lacks any mongrel at all.

I wouldn’t describe myself as a close Ladhams watcher, so happy to be corrected. I thought he was quite well built and could land a tackle / hit with a bit of force. Not a Mumford levels, but certainly more than Grundy and Amartey and for some reason McLean doesn’t seem to throw his body around.

I want a ruck that holds his own with tapping and lays hits fairly around the ruck and the ground to physically intimidate the opposition. I don’t feel like we have that, but I think Ladhams is the closest.

 

[Dubai Quacker]

I wouldn’t describe myself as a close Ladhams watcher, so happy to be corrected. I thought he was quite well built and could land a tackle / hit with a bit of force. Not a Mumford levels, but certainly more than Grundy and Amartey and for some reason McLean doesn’t seem to throw his body around.

I want a ruck that holds his own with tapping and lays hits fairly around the ruck and the ground to physically intimidate the opposition. I don’t feel like we have that, but I think Ladhams is the closest.

Ladhams, McLean and Armatey are all B-graders (at best).

Shuffling them around won’t change much.

 

[rustycrate]

Ladhams, McLean and Armatey are all B-graders (at best).

Shuffling them around won’t change much.

Ladhams is C at best.
Mclean and Amartey alternate during games from A to C. It depends.

 

[tombomb]

I think the key to next year is Mills.

If he comes back and has a big impact in the middle of the ground then I think we could make amends.

Competing with and outplaying the best inside midfielders in the league was our Achilles' heel all season and manifested into a total debacle in the GF.

He doesn't necessarily need to come in and be 30 disposals a game AA type player. But he needs to have the kind of impact Cotchin did at Richmond in their premierships.

 

[caesar88]

Looking forward to more of this inside 50 from Ollie Florent next year.

 

[bedford]

Ladhams is C at best.
Mclean and Amartey alternate during games from A to C. It depends.

But McLean takes pack mark after pack mark

 

[MrSwans]

Absolute crap ! Tippett was no where as good when he came back in 16 , Nank should've played and he would've rag dolled Boyd , now a 3 time flag winner and Captain . 4th best , fair dinkum some !

Maybe the wrong forum (apologies in advance) but,
I also wanted Nankervis in that 2016 Grand Final.
But I don't think it would have been at the expense of Tippett, as other than Buddy he was our only other true tall forward - and I'm not sure how Xavier Richards got into the team!
My thinking was that Nankervis should have played in place of Sam Naismith.

 

[rustycrate]

But McLean takes pack mark after pack mark

and chops out in the ruck. But can go missing sometimes. I like McLean. I like it that he is an immoveable force. But sometimes, for some reason he does not impact games. I don't know whether it is a team thing or just him.
But I like him in the team.

 

[Heeney2Franklin]

Sorry, but how many Swans in recent memory have cracked/fractured their jaw in a match and played out the match?

Tippett was a lot of things, but he certainly wasn't soft as butter, that's for sure.

Tippett played through extreme distress for most of his career saying he was soft was a incredibly bad call from Bedders who should know better!

 

[hairy biker]

Looking forward to more of this inside 50 from Ollie Florent next year.

Love that, chase down tackle and slotting a reasonably difficult set shot from the boundary.

Be really good if we saw more of that from our nominal small forwards.
Coxy, Corey Warner's time as that speedy pressure fwd is now.

Shame we lost that game as it could have allowed a previously untried tactic to flourish;
just swap all the defenders for the forwards.
In that clip in the I50 were Lloyd, Cunningham, Nick Smith, Newman and of course Ollie.
(I did however notice Franklin had sneaked fwd from the backline).

 

[bedford]

Tippett played through extreme distress for most of his career saying he was soft was a incredibly bad call from Bedders who should know better!

I changed it an apologised IF YOU CARE TO HAVE A LOOK

 

[The King!]

But McLean takes pack mark after pack mark

He averages 1 contested mark a game

 

[The King!]

I'd rather try a young kid than play Ladhams ever again. He is junk.

Of the mature fringe players I'd like to see Hamling play at least once in the seniors, just to see what he can do.

 

[melbournehammer]

Absolute crap ! Tippett was no where as good when he came back in 16 , Nank should've played and he would've rag dolled Boyd , now a 3 time flag winner and Captain . 4th best , fair dinkum some !

I actually think he should have played for naismith. Im pretty sure I said it at the time. Nank showed he wasnt really competitive in the centre square that season but around the ground ball ups, boundary throws and contests he was more competitive than naismith ever showed.

Tippett gve you something up forward that naismith never showed anywher e- tippett could actually mark. naismith never could

 

[The King!]

Absolute crap ! Tippett was no where as good when he came back in 16 , Nank should've played and he would've rag dolled Boyd , now a 3 time flag winner and Captain . 4th best , fair dinkum some !

Tippett to be fair played an excellent prelim v the Cats, in hindsight Nank became a wonderful player but I don't recall you calling for this change in 2016

 

[stevie26]

Looking forward to more of this inside 50 from Ollie Florent next year.

Now that Parker has gone Ollie is our best set shot at goal IMHO.

 

[Wheresbuddy]

Now that Parker has gone Ollie is our best set shot at goal IMHO.

Jake Lloyd is right up there

 

[momentbymoment]

I agree with the concerns raised in this (ie. that if we play McCartin forward our defence could be left vulnerable), but they're so dumb when they say "the Swans only have one top-line defender and that's McCartin." If McCartin's a top-line defender at this stage then I am Keith Richards.

There's also a guy called Lewis Melican, who I actually thought was better than McCartin this year. But they've never heard of him.

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