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Best stuff I’ve heard all year
The Swans Redkite charity auction.
A bidding war has ensued for the Robbie Fox portrait.
It’s a great cause - kid’s drawings of Swans players being auctioned to raise money.
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“He (McGuire) said he was supportive of it (COLA for younger players) but where he had an issue was all the cleaners and housemaids that ‘Buddy’ Franklin had,” Colless told the Herald Sun.
“I find that absolutely offensive and it has got a strangely familiar ring to the ‘Goodesy’ comments.
McGuire actually said that? surely not.
“I find that absolutely offensive and it has got a strangely familiar ring to the ‘Goodesy’ comments.
McGuire actually said that? surely not.
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There's a reason he is referred to as Eddie Everywhere.
His influence on the game has been the very thing he accuses us of - a rort!
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'The Swannies' auction
As we raise funds for Redkite, make your bid on player portraits, drawn by kids with cancer and their friends.
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Chad Warner says the Swans are on the verge of returning to their best football as he tries to meet the lofty expectations imposed on him after a breakout season.
Warner has been held to less than 20 disposals three times this season, twice in the heavy losses to Melbourne and Geelong, with the high expectations placed on him after his superb 2022 proving difficult to manage.
“The expectations do get a bit high and last year I wouldn’t have worried about it as much, but it’s something I love and something I embrace is the challenge, so hopefully I can keep going from strength to strength,” he said.
“You try and embrace it but obviously hearing it all the time isn’t great for you, and I’ve just got to get back to playing consistent footy at the moment.
“I’ve had a couple of good patches here and there, but along with the team I need to stay consistent and I think I’m getting there at the moment.”
On Tom Mac & RJ
Warner had dinner with concussed defender Tom McCartin on Thursday night and said his teammate was “going well” despite being ruled out of the Fremantle clash, while he was excited to play with Tom Hickey for the first time this season after the ruck journeyman overcame a calf strain.
“He’s been raring to go – each week he’s been going up to Horse (coach John Longmire) and telling him what he can do,” Warner said.
“I can’t wait to see his long hair going at the weekend again.”
Article also mentions Paley's 150th this weekend;
Saturday will mark Tom Papley’s 150th game, with the small forward just the second player from the draft class of 2015 to reach the milestone despite being passed over until pick 14 of the rookie draft.
(Longmire) “To have him around the footy club and have him as a 150-gamer and a life member of the footy club is pretty significant.”
Longmire said he was always happy to see a trademark wild celebration from his passionate star.
“He enjoys playing footy, and when you see a smile on his face it’s good for everyone.”
Fair effort for Papley to be the second player to reach 150 games from his draft (Clayton Oliver now 155 the first)
Chad, Paps & RJ all firing on the weekend would be pleasing.
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Interesting article from Steve Johnson on where the Swans are at (from yesterday);
Few takeaways;
.....having worked at the club between 2018 and 2020, I remain optimistic about Sydney’s prospects.
If they win even one of those two close matches, then they’re sitting right on the cusp of the eight with a good run over the next month, and they’ve still got to get a few players back.
The thrashing at the hands of the Cats in round six was alarming because it appeared to be effort-based. But from what I saw on the weekend against Collingwood, who are premiership favourites, the Swans aren’t going that badly.
One issue, however, is their depth, which I do question. I think if you look at their emergencies each week, it shows their depth is massively lacking. I think when they are missing three or four players, they end up calling on players who just aren’t up to it. If they’ve got their best 25 available, they are as dangerous as anyone, but if they start picking past 25, the discrepancy in performance leads to a substantial drop-off.
They aren’t going to get players from outside their top 22 coming in and having big games.
I think to an extent, the Swans might have arrived last year ahead of their time. On grand final day last year, Sydney was almost three years younger on average than Geelong. Against the Magpies last weekend, the Swans were on average not far from two years the younger side; and even that figure is skewed by Sydney fielding a 36-year-old in Lance Franklin.
So, it is not necessarily disastrous if the Swans end up needing to step back this year to take a couple forward over the next season or two.
The leadership group will be having robust but calm discussions around what’s going on.
The coaches will be getting together and delivering to the leadership group what they’ve been seeing, and vice versa. Players would be walking out the door on Monday very clear on what is expected of them for the next week and that’s as far as they would be looking.
When things aren’t going well, John Longmire remains measured. He may look animated in the box but when he’s delivering a message to the players, it’s always cool, calm and collected.*
I think the player they are missing the most is Hickey. He’s been unbelievable since he arrived. I think he single-handedly changed that midfield, turning them from an average midfield into a star midfield. The sooner he is back performing, the better.
Sydney has three of its next four games at home and the sole away match in that block is against lowly North Melbourne. While the margin for error isn’t huge, this is not yet a lost cause of a season for a club that rarely misses the eight.
Good article/observations IMO.
* If that's not an opening for GUH I don't know what is.
Few takeaways;
.....having worked at the club between 2018 and 2020, I remain optimistic about Sydney’s prospects.
If they win even one of those two close matches, then they’re sitting right on the cusp of the eight with a good run over the next month, and they’ve still got to get a few players back.
The thrashing at the hands of the Cats in round six was alarming because it appeared to be effort-based. But from what I saw on the weekend against Collingwood, who are premiership favourites, the Swans aren’t going that badly.
One issue, however, is their depth, which I do question. I think if you look at their emergencies each week, it shows their depth is massively lacking. I think when they are missing three or four players, they end up calling on players who just aren’t up to it. If they’ve got their best 25 available, they are as dangerous as anyone, but if they start picking past 25, the discrepancy in performance leads to a substantial drop-off.
They aren’t going to get players from outside their top 22 coming in and having big games.
I think to an extent, the Swans might have arrived last year ahead of their time. On grand final day last year, Sydney was almost three years younger on average than Geelong. Against the Magpies last weekend, the Swans were on average not far from two years the younger side; and even that figure is skewed by Sydney fielding a 36-year-old in Lance Franklin.
So, it is not necessarily disastrous if the Swans end up needing to step back this year to take a couple forward over the next season or two.
The leadership group will be having robust but calm discussions around what’s going on.
The coaches will be getting together and delivering to the leadership group what they’ve been seeing, and vice versa. Players would be walking out the door on Monday very clear on what is expected of them for the next week and that’s as far as they would be looking.
When things aren’t going well, John Longmire remains measured. He may look animated in the box but when he’s delivering a message to the players, it’s always cool, calm and collected.*
I think the player they are missing the most is Hickey. He’s been unbelievable since he arrived. I think he single-handedly changed that midfield, turning them from an average midfield into a star midfield. The sooner he is back performing, the better.
Sydney has three of its next four games at home and the sole away match in that block is against lowly North Melbourne. While the margin for error isn’t huge, this is not yet a lost cause of a season for a club that rarely misses the eight.
Good article/observations IMO.
* If that's not an opening for GUH I don't know what is.
These are the worst type of nothing interviews.
Like what is Warner supposed to say we are playing like shit?
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I agree regarding Hickey. The team looks way better with him in fit and firing.Interesting article from Steve Johnson on where the Swans are at (from yesterday);
Few takeaways;
.....having worked at the club between 2018 and 2020, I remain optimistic about Sydney’s prospects.
If they win even one of those two close matches, then they’re sitting right on the cusp of the eight with a good run over the next month, and they’ve still got to get a few players back.
The thrashing at the hands of the Cats in round six was alarming because it appeared to be effort-based. But from what I saw on the weekend against Collingwood, who are premiership favourites, the Swans aren’t going that badly.
One issue, however, is their depth, which I do question. I think if you look at their emergencies each week, it shows their depth is massively lacking. I think when they are missing three or four players, they end up calling on players who just aren’t up to it. If they’ve got their best 25 available, they are as dangerous as anyone, but if they start picking past 25, the discrepancy in performance leads to a substantial drop-off.
They aren’t going to get players from outside their top 22 coming in and having big games.
I think to an extent, the Swans might have arrived last year ahead of their time. On grand final day last year, Sydney was almost three years younger on average than Geelong. Against the Magpies last weekend, the Swans were on average not far from two years the younger side; and even that figure is skewed by Sydney fielding a 36-year-old in Lance Franklin.
So, it is not necessarily disastrous if the Swans end up needing to step back this year to take a couple forward over the next season or two.
The leadership group will be having robust but calm discussions around what’s going on.
The coaches will be getting together and delivering to the leadership group what they’ve been seeing, and vice versa. Players would be walking out the door on Monday very clear on what is expected of them for the next week and that’s as far as they would be looking.
When things aren’t going well, John Longmire remains measured. He may look animated in the box but when he’s delivering a message to the players, it’s always cool, calm and collected.*
I think the player they are missing the most is Hickey. He’s been unbelievable since he arrived. I think he single-handedly changed that midfield, turning them from an average midfield into a star midfield. The sooner he is back performing, the better.
Sydney has three of its next four games at home and the sole away match in that block is against lowly North Melbourne. While the margin for error isn’t huge, this is not yet a lost cause of a season for a club that rarely misses the eight.
Good article/observations IMO.
* If that's not an opening for GUH I don't know what is.
Who would have thought when he came into the team as a secondary ruck to Natanui that he'd have such an impact?
Wonder how he'll go tomorrow.
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Fit and firing is the problem though, not sure he's either.
Otherwise I agree with you, straightens us up through the middle.
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Yeah totally.
I'm not saying Hickey is entirely the reason we lost the Grand Final, but an unfit Hickey definitely didn't help. We were basically playing two men down with him and Reid. We didn't have much choice though since Peter 'delicate' Ladhams got himself rubbed out.
I'm guilty of forgetting how important Hickey is to the side. So thanks Steve Johnson for the reminder. He was absolutely phenomenal in 2021. Made our midfield who didn't make the finals in 2020 look like a million bucks.
I’m loving the battle.Red Kite Auction now be like...
Fox is all-out war.
But I’m still in the Gus skirmish.
As i posted last year , we are set for 24/25Interesting article from Steve Johnson on where the Swans are at (from yesterday);
Few takeaways;
.....having worked at the club between 2018 and 2020, I remain optimistic about Sydney’s prospects.
If they win even one of those two close matches, then they’re sitting right on the cusp of the eight with a good run over the next month, and they’ve still got to get a few players back.
The thrashing at the hands of the Cats in round six was alarming because it appeared to be effort-based. But from what I saw on the weekend against Collingwood, who are premiership favourites, the Swans aren’t going that badly.
One issue, however, is their depth, which I do question. I think if you look at their emergencies each week, it shows their depth is massively lacking. I think when they are missing three or four players, they end up calling on players who just aren’t up to it. If they’ve got their best 25 available, they are as dangerous as anyone, but if they start picking past 25, the discrepancy in performance leads to a substantial drop-off.
They aren’t going to get players from outside their top 22 coming in and having big games.
I think to an extent, the Swans might have arrived last year ahead of their time. On grand final day last year, Sydney was almost three years younger on average than Geelong. Against the Magpies last weekend, the Swans were on average not far from two years the younger side; and even that figure is skewed by Sydney fielding a 36-year-old in Lance Franklin.
So, it is not necessarily disastrous if the Swans end up needing to step back this year to take a couple forward over the next season or two.
The leadership group will be having robust but calm discussions around what’s going on.
The coaches will be getting together and delivering to the leadership group what they’ve been seeing, and vice versa. Players would be walking out the door on Monday very clear on what is expected of them for the next week and that’s as far as they would be looking.
When things aren’t going well, John Longmire remains measured. He may look animated in the box but when he’s delivering a message to the players, it’s always cool, calm and collected.*
I think the player they are missing the most is Hickey. He’s been unbelievable since he arrived. I think he single-handedly changed that midfield, turning them from an average midfield into a star midfield. The sooner he is back performing, the better.
Sydney has three of its next four games at home and the sole away match in that block is against lowly North Melbourne. While the margin for error isn’t huge, this is not yet a lost cause of a season for a club that rarely misses the eight.
Good article/observations IMO.
* If that's not an opening for GUH I don't know what is.
Waste of a supporters time.
I couldn't care less of token interviews or pressers from our club without hearing some truths.
It's all feel good at our club but when we walk away from our games, this supporter doesn't feel good.
Something's terribly wrong.
Here is some truth about our club that many of us all questioned over the off season.
The key mistake that kicked off Sydney’s rough start to the 2023 season
“They’ve snuck up on us with how poor they’ve been.”
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“The mistake that they made was not any significant changes to their list in the off-season,”
“All of the teams that we’re speaking about at the top end of the tree in Geelong and Melbourne and Collingwood and Brisbane, they all made improvements to their list in the off-season, Sydney didn’t do that.
“They didn’t improve their list and the other top teams did and I think that has been a difference for them.”
With no significant additions to the list, injuries form struggles have stood out noticeably in the early goings of the season.
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Spot onWaste of a supporters time.
I couldn't care less of token interviews or pressers from our club without hearing some truths.
It's all feel good at our club but when we walk away from our games, this supporter doesn't feel good.
Something's terribly wrong.
Here is some truth about our club that many of us all questioned over the off season.
The key mistake that kicked off Sydney’s rough start to the 2023 season
“They’ve snuck up on us with how poor they’ve been.”
“The mistake that they made was not any significant changes to their list in the off-season,”
“All of the teams that we’re speaking about at the top end of the tree in Geelong and Melbourne and Collingwood and Brisbane, they all made improvements to their list in the off-season, Sydney didn’t do that.
“They didn’t improve their list and the other top teams did and I think that has been a difference for them.”
With no significant additions to the list, injuries form struggles have stood out noticeably in the early goings of the season.
From Kane Cornes.
We sat on our hands and did nothing
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Sorry Ted but that is rubbish.Waste of a supporters time.
I couldn't care less of token interviews or pressers from our club without hearing some truths.
It's all feel good at our club but when we walk away from our games, this supporter doesn't feel good.
Something's terribly wrong.
Here is some truth about our club that many of us all questioned over the off season.
The key mistake that kicked off Sydney’s rough start to the 2023 season
“They’ve snuck up on us with how poor they’ve been.”
“The mistake that they made was not any significant changes to their list in the off-season,”
“All of the teams that we’re speaking about at the top end of the tree in Geelong and Melbourne and Collingwood and Brisbane, they all made improvements to their list in the off-season, Sydney didn’t do that.
“They didn’t improve their list and the other top teams did and I think that has been a difference for them.”
With no significant additions to the list, injuries form struggles have stood out noticeably in the early goings of the season.
From Kane Cornes.
For starters if anyone is going to speak critically and authentically on where things are going wrong at the club, it should be the coaches and leaders. One of our kids being put up for the weekly presser shouldn't be tasked with that. It was light-hearted and optimistic. That is all I want from a Chad Warner presser, understanding tbat he is not Horse or Harley or Dane Rampe.
Second, it's a fine line deciding to be open about where things are going wrong. Give the media (and opposition analysts undoubtedly listening) a sniff of the areas where things are dysfunctional and they'll only think of more ways to exploit them.
And finally, regarding our lack of traded-in improvements, I don't think that's why we've gone off track this year. A Darcy Moore at full back, Josh Dunkley in the midfield or Jack Gunston at full forward wouldn't change the unfortunate fact that not one player who was already in the team has improved on their performances from last year so far.
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I find it hard that a contested consistent Dunkley wouldn’t help our midfield or the leadership of Moore and how he is wouldn’t help a defence with no leadership
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No one is saying they wouldn't but Moore wanted to stay in Melbourne what the hell do you expect the club to do about that. It's a useless statemen that ignores a players right to choose, and that's where the power lays now.
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not sure about that
still rely on older players in key roles
and some of these kids aren't as good as thought
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How?
The King!
Chosen One
we never know who the club might have tried to trade in or out
but for whatever reason they failed to improve a grand final list in a meaningful way
but for whatever reason they failed to improve a grand final list in a meaningful way
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Be lucky to make the 8 in 24/25 let alone a dynasty
Look at the list
Shocking imo
Potentially gone by 24/25
Franklin
Reid
Rampe
Hicky
Parker’s form
Paddy
Think we are in a shocking spot more like it
Look at the list
Shocking imo
Potentially gone by 24/25
Franklin
Reid
Rampe
Hicky
Parker’s form
Paddy
Think we are in a shocking spot more like it
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