News Swans Talk in the Media 2023

[Olian]

Luke Parker

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Luke Parker

Age

32

Ht

183cm

Wt

88kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

24.2

5star

K

12.6

5star

HB

11.6

5star

M

3.8

4star

T

5.6

5star

CL

5.8

5star

D

22.1

5star

K

12.3

5star

HB

9.9

5star

M

3.9

4star

T

5.0

5star

CL

5.5

5star

D

21.2

5star

K

11.4

4star

HB

9.8

5star

M

2.0

3star

T

8.0

5star

CL

5.2

5star

will also be on MMM this afternoon after 4, with Jude Bolton

Jude Bolton

Age

44

Ht

181cm

Wt

83kg

Pos.

M/F

Career

Season

Last 5

D

17.9

4star

K

9.6

4star

HB

8.4

5star

M

3.1

3star

T

4.6

5star

CL

3.3

5star

No current season stats available

D

11.8

3star

K

7.2

3star

HB

4.6

4star

M

2.0

3star

T

1.6

4star

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[BloodySwan]

Luke Parker on SEN NOW.
Story in the HS ON WHO'S THE NEXT BIG FISH COMING AFTER BUDDY

Doesn't mention much. In Summary:
-Buddy retiring
-Could we bring in Martin?
-We're looking at talls in TDK and Himmelberg
-We need midfield strength but maybe this could be for cheap?

 

[Punts]

Rampe getting slapped of footy classified last night for running up to the boundary screaming and yelling , pointing etc etc.

Saying know a rule should be bought in that no player outside of the team that day should be allowed on the bench

 

[caesar88]

Epic midfield battle awaits in season-defining clash

Sydney snapped a four-game losing streak at the weekend and now face Carlton who is coming off a disappointing loss to Collingwood

www.afl.com.au

 

[sthmelb_dimmies]

Epic midfield battle awaits in season-defining clash

Sydney snapped a four-game losing streak at the weekend and now face Carlton who is coming off a disappointing loss to Collingwood

www.afl.com.au

"Epic" is a tad excessive here

 

[SM]

Rampe getting slapped of footy classified last night for running up to the boundary screaming and yelling , pointing etc etc.

Saying know a rule should be bought in that no player outside of the team that day should be allowed on the bench

Huh?

 

[the hypnotoad]

Doesn't mention much. In Summary:
-Buddy retiring
-Could we bring in Martin?
-We're looking at talls in TDK and Himmelberg
-We need midfield strength but maybe this could be for cheap?

surely it's only the more ignorant sections of the vic football media persisting with this martin-to-sydney crud?!
it would be utter insanity to pay any money, let alone big money, for a player whose hunger for the game is surely all but exhausted

 

[caesar88]

Huh?

They were discussing on Footy Classified that players not selected in the 23 shouldn't be allowed in the interchange section, and they (Eddie) cited Rampe on the weekend.

As usual seemed a case of something being fine and legal until the Swans benefit from it.

Eddie was pretty silent when Scott Pendlebury sat on the bench while he was out injured.

 

[SM]

They were discussing on Footy Classified that players not selected in the 23 shouldn't be allowed in the interchange section, and they (Eddie) cited Rampe on the weekend.

As usual seemed a case of something being fine and legal until the Swans benefit from it.

Eddie was pretty silent when Scott Pendlebury sat on the bench while he was out injured.

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Ok, Punts seemed to be suggesting coaches were not able to sit there either which would be pretty weird.

Reckon there's a growing push for the soft cap either significantly increasing or being abolished anyway which would play into this, but for now having injured players sitting in and assisting makes perfect sense.

 

[sthmelb_dimmies]

surely it's only the more ignorant sections of the vic football media persisting with this martin-to-sydney crud?!
it would be utter insanity to pay any money, let alone big money, for a player whose hunger for the game is surely all but exhausted

Reminiscent of Dermie's postscript with the Swans

 

[the hypnotoad]

Reminiscent of Dermie's postscript with the Swans

ha ... and martin is not the same level of d1ckhead

 

[The King!]

Don't see why it is anyone's business who we put on a bench be they current player or not. I presume we notify the afl before a game who is there? but surely we have a number of spots we fill now we see fit.

 

[bedford]

surely it's only the more ignorant sections of the vic football media persisting with this martin-to-sydney crud?!
it would be utter insanity to pay any money, let alone big money, for a player whose hunger for the game is surely all but exhausteI

It never said that we are after Dusty , it just said he would love to live in Sydney basically . Just shows how things get F up . Jay Clark is not a good journo

 

[caesar88]

It never said that we are after Dusty , it just said he would love to live in Sydney basically . Just shows how things get F up . Jay Clark is not a good journo

Jay Clark is probably the most Vic-biased person in footy media, which is saying something.

I remember he interviewed a Swans player (might've been Heeney or Papley from memory) and it was about an 11 minute interview and I counted 9 minutes of it were spent on questions about footy culture in Melbourne, how exciting it was to be at the MCG, what their earliest memory of playing on the G was, how intimidating it is coming up against the big Vic sides.

It was nauseating. I wanted to just give him a job at Tourism Victoria and get him to shut the **** up

 

[bedford]

Jay Clark is probably the most Vic-biased person in footy media, which is saying something.

I remember he interviewed a Swans player (might've been Heeney or Papley from memory) and it was about an 11 minute interview and I counted 9 minutes of it were spent on questions about footy culture in Melbourne, how exciting it was to be at the MCG, what their earliest memory of playing on the G was, how intimidating it is coming up against the big Vic sides.

It was nauseating. I wanted to just give him a job at Tourism Victoria and get him to shut the **** up

Didn't like it when i had a crack on twitter at him

 

[Citrus22]

John's midweek press conferences are always way better than post game.

 

[MF]

"Epic" is a tad excessive here

Epically shit

 

[Ticky009]

Oh look, they finally do an article on our midfield.

Bloods run cold: Numbers reveal what's ailing the Swans

Gemma Bastiani takes a closer look at how injuries to Sydney's key defenders in 2023 has exposed its midfield strategy

www.afl.com.au

Mention of Oscar McDonald

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Oscar Mcdonald

Age

28

Ht

196cm

Wt

100kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

13.2

3star

K

7.9

3star

HB

5.2

4star

M

4.2

4star

T

1.6

4star

MG

191.4

3star

D

11.3

3star

K

7.7

3star

HB

3.7

3star

M

3.7

4star

T

1.7

3star

MG

157.7

3star

D

14.8

4star

K

5.4

2star

HB

9.4

5star

M

4.4

4star

T

0.4

3star

MG

138.4

3star

ending up at the Swans re: Mid Season draft

First three picks of mid-season draft predicted as ex-AFL players tipped to find homes

"If I was going one, two and three…”

www.sen.com.au

The five teams under the most pressure heading into Round 11

Dwayne Russell has named the teams in his pressure meter.

www.sen.com.au

 

[caesar88]

Oh look, they finally do an article on our midfield.

Bloods run cold: Numbers reveal what's ailing the Swans

Gemma Bastiani takes a closer look at how injuries to Sydney's key defenders in 2023 has exposed its midfield strategy

www.afl.com.au

Mention of Oscar McDonald ending up at the Swans re: Mid Season draft

First three picks of mid-season draft predicted as ex-AFL players tipped to find homes

"If I was going one, two and three…”

www.sen.com.au

That article by Bastiani is a good one and speaks to what I've been saying about our shift towards faster centre breaks and clearances.

It fails to mention two things though. One being that we actually reverted back to a more hardened, stoppage-based side in the second half of last year with all the bulls in there, and it proved successful. And the second being that the strategy to get more speed into the midfield is kind of a dumb one. We rarely actually get the kind of clearances we are structuring for, so while our clearance numbers might actually be okay, the quality of those clearances isn't it. (Not to mention it leads to us inadvertently becoming turnstiles for opposition mids.)

 

[bedford]

Oh look, they finally do an article on our midfield.

Bloods run cold: Numbers reveal what's ailing the Swans

Gemma Bastiani takes a closer look at how injuries to Sydney's key defenders in 2023 has exposed its midfield strategy

www.afl.com.au

Mention of Oscar McDonald ending up at the Swans re: Mid Season draft

First three picks of mid-season draft predicted as ex-AFL players tipped to find homes

"If I was going one, two and three…”

www.sen.com.au

Wrong forum , but Willy have 1 better than MacDonald

 

[bedford]

Fox has a story up on Naismith

 

[caesar88]

Fox has a story up on Naismith

Posted it in the former players thread bedders

 

[Ticky009]

A well deserved honour for the great Adam Goodes.

and also Swans be trolling Carlton fans

 

[Ticky009]

‘An iconic moment’: Adam Goodes war cry immortalised in bronze

Adam Goodes’ Indigenous war cry has been immortalised by the Sydney Swans in a larger-than-life bronze sculpture at the players’ entrance at the club’s new home.

www.theage.com.au

Statue of Goodes' famous 'war dance' unveiled at Swans HQ

Swans great's famous war dance celebration has been immortalised with a bronze statue

www.afl.com.au

Swans unveil statue of Indigenous star Adam Goodes

Sydney have secretly unveiled a bronze sculpture of their Indigenous superstar Adam Goodes out the front of the...

www.canberratimes.com.au

 

[bedford]

‘An iconic moment’: Adam Goodes war cry immortalised in bronze

Adam Goodes’ Indigenous war cry has been immortalised by the Sydney Swans in a larger-than-life bronze sculpture at the players’ entrance at the club’s new home.

www.theage.com.au

Statue of Goodes' famous 'war dance' unveiled at Swans HQ

Swans great's famous war dance celebration has been immortalised with a bronze statue

www.afl.com.au

Swans unveil statue of Indigenous star Adam Goodes

Sydney have secretly unveiled a bronze sculpture of their Indigenous superstar Adam Goodes out the front of the...

www.canberratimes.com.au

The crap on twitter has started already , some gutless faceless accounts