Media Swans Talk in the Media 2022

[Ticky009]

ESPN's 2022 All-Australian team

It's that time of year when we perform just about the most difficult task in football - settling on 22 players for our All-Australian team. Find out who made the cut.

www.espn.com.au

swans finish third (equal second) and not one player worth a spot in espn's AA team ...

That pretty much sums up ESPN's understanding of football in NSW. Have you looked at their phantom draft yet? Hilarious. It was so bad I don't think I even posted on in our Draft thread.

 

[caesar88]

Mate they put Petracca at Half Forward, I'd take Heeney in that position 100 times in a row over Tracc

I would too. Like I said, I think Heeney is the best in the comp in his position. But it's not like they snubbed him completely, so meh. The AA team in general is a joke IMO.

 

[Millky95]

The thing is, in 5 years who will remember Miller and Mills were named on the wing, Heeney was named on the bench and the ****ing Coleman medal winner named in the pocket? No one. You'll remember that they were selected in the side

 

[kickthething]

Interesting to note that every coach has appeared on 360 (some numerous times) but Longmire - Zip.
Taking that further, he has been on SEN breakfast a number of occasions. But, guess how many times he has appeared on Whately this year? You guessed it - None, zero, zip.
Fair to say that there's some bad blood between the two of them.

Long,it’s has been on 360 a few times this season already.

 

[SwansProudly]

If I'm being totally honest, I don't know if we deserved one. We haven't had a single stand-out player all year - Mills probably the closest, and Heeney in terms of being the best in the comp in his position (and both were named in the actual team anyway, so there's that.)

I feel like we're such an even team across the field that we aren't reliant on one player to dominate. Our best players could look different on any given week and I think that's our strength. I'd rather have that and win a flag than have a bunch of players winning individual accolades in a team not functioning all that great.

A champion team rather that a team of champions.

 

[SwansProudly]

Logan didn't get 8 votes in Round 17, Tom Papley did

AFLCA Champion Player of the Year - AFL Coaches Association Awards - AFL Coaches Association

aflcoaches.com.au

Thanks for the correction.
Sydney v Western Bulldogs

9 Chad Warner (SYD)
8 Tom Papley (SYD)
6 Sam Reid (SYD)
4 Paddy McCartin (SYD)
2 Isaac Heeney (SYD)
1 Callum Mills (SYD)

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2​

3​

4​

5​

6​

7​

8​

9​

10​

11​

12

14​

15​

16​

17​

18​

19​

20​

21​

22​

23​

Total

Callum Mills

8​

3​

10​

10​

10​

3​

4

1​

6​

1​

9​

65

Chad Warner

1​

6​

8​

6​

8​

9​

10​

7​

55

Isaac Heeney

5​

10​

2​

5​

2​

2​

1​

3​

30

Luke Parker

10​

3​

2​

1​

2​

7​

3​

1​

29

Lance Franklin

5​

7​

9​

2​

1​

24

Tom Papley

5​

8​

1​

10​

24

Errol Gulden

1​

1​

4​

8​

9​

23

James Rowbottom

2​

8​

8​

5​

23

Patrick McCartin

2​

4

2​

4​

5​

17

Nick Blakey

1​

7​

6​

1​

15

Justin Mcinerney

10​

5​

15

Peter Ladhams

7​

4​

4​

15

Oliver Florent

5​

3​

7​

15

Sam Reid

6

6​

2​

14

Jake Lloyd

1​

1​

10​

12

Logan McDonald

4

2​

6

Will Hayward

2​

3​

5

Tom McCartin

2​

1​

1​

4

Tom Hickey

4​

4

Dylan Stephens

1​

1

 

[hairy biker]

Thanks for doing this doing this ^^^^ during the year SwansProudly , interesting to keep track of the 'form lines'.

 

[bedford]

Coaches votes
Round 22
Sydney Swans vs Collingwood
VOTES
PLAYER (CLUB)
9 Callum Mills (SYD)
8 James Rowbottom (SYD)
5 Josh Daicos (COLL)
5 Paddy McCartin (SYD)
2 Luke Parker (SYD)
1 Lance Franklin (SYD)

Round 23
VOTES
PLAYER (CLUB)
10 Ben Long (STK)
8 Max King (STK)
5 James Rowbottom (SYD)
3 Will Hayward (SYD)
3 Isaac Heeney (SYD)
1 Jack Sinclair (STK)

LEADERBOARD​

VOTES	PLAYER	CLUB
98	Touk Miller	GCFC
98	Clayton Oliver	MELB
92	Lachie Neale	BL
89	Christian Petracca	MELB
88	Connor Rozee	PORT
86	Patrick Cripps	CARL
76	Jeremy Cameron	GEEL
74	Andrew Brayshaw	FRE
65	Callum Mills	SYD
60	Mark Blicavs	GEEL
57	Shai Bolton	RICH
57	Hugh McCluggage	BL
55	Tom J Lynch	RICH
55	James Sicily	HAW
55	Chad Warner	SYD
54	Sam Walsh	CARL
53	Sam Docherty	CARL
53	Max Gawn	MELB
53	Dion Prestia	RICH

AFLCA Champion Player of the Year - AFL Coaches Association Awards - AFL Coaches Association

aflcoaches.com.au

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7​

8​

9​

10​

11​

12

14​

15​

16​

17​

18​

19​

20​

21​

22​

23​

Total

Callum Mills

8​

3​

10​

10​

10​

3​

4

1​

6​

1​

9​

65

Chad Warner

1​

6​

8​

6​

8​

9​

10​

7​

55

Isaac Heeney

5​

10​

2​

5​

2​

2​

1​

3​

30

Luke Parker

10​

3​

2​

1​

2​

7​

3​

1​

29

Lance Franklin

5​

7​

9​

2​

1​

24

Errol Gulden

1​

1​

4​

8​

9​

23

James Rowbottom

2​

8​

8​

5​

23

Patrick McCartin

2​

4

2​

4​

5​

17

Tom Papley

5​

1​

10​

16

Nick Blakey

1​

7​

6​

1​

15

Justin Mcinerney

10​

5​

15

Peter Ladhams

7​

4​

4​

15

Oliver Florent

5​

3​

7​

15

Logan McDonald

4

2​

8​

14

Sam Reid

6

6​

2​

14

Jake Lloyd

1​

1​

10​

12

Will Hayward

2​

3​

5

Tom McCartin

2​

1​

1​

4

Tom Hickey

4​

4

Dylan Stephens

1​

1

Callum polled in 11 games
Chad in 8 games
Isaac in 8 games
Luke in 7 games
James had a great finish polling in 4 of his last 5 games

Thank you SP for this info

 

[Kiama Chris]

There is something about Leon Cameron

Leon Cameron

Age

53

Ht

185cm

Wt

82kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

17.2

4star

K

12.4

5star

HB

4.7

3star

M

3.6

4star

T

0.9

3star

No current season stats available

D

20.8

5star

K

14.4

5star

HB

6.4

4star

M

3.6

4star

T

0.8

3star

on another thread.
The Age reckons we're talking with him about the Academy position which is apparently vacant.
Others will know more for sure.

 

[hairy biker]

There is something about Leon Cameron on another thread.
The Age reckons we're talking with him about the Academy position which is apparently vacant.
Others will know more for sure.

Hopes grow for Dustin Martin; Hayes back at St Kilda, Swans keen to sound out Cameron

Richmond star Dustin Martin is putting his best foot forward to play in the elimination final against Brisbane Lions, but a young Tiger had an injury scare on Thursday.

www.theage.com.au

The Sydney Swans are keen to speak to former Giants’ coach Leon Cameron about a potential role in 2023 that could see him involved in the club’s successful academy program.

The program’s head coaching position became vacant earlier this season when club stalwart Jared Crouch departed the role to spend more time with family and support his wife’s career.
After the recent departure of the program’s head Chris Smith the club decided to embark on a review of the academy to ensure it had a strategy consistent with the ongoing changes in the football environment including the entry of a Swans AFLW team.
Cameron has remained in Sydney with his children at school....

The club put out a press release when Crouch left, but I'd don't recall anything about Chris Smith leaving and curiously his linkedin profile still lists him as 'General Manager - QBE Sydney Swans Academy'. He's been at the Swans for over 13 years, so a quiet exit if he has in fact left.

Our current senior group of coaches seem to work well together and unless one chooses to move on, I'd be surprised if we rocked the boat to bring Cameron onboard, so he leading the landlubbers at the Academy would seem to make more sense.

EDIT; Chris Smith doesn't appear to be listed on the Swans website.

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[Kiama Chris]

The club put out a press release when Crouch left, but I'd don't recall anything about Chris Smith leaving and curiously his linkedin profile still lists him as 'General Manager - QBE Sydney Swans Academy'. He's been at the Swans for over 13 years, so a quiet exit if he has in fact left.

Our current senior group of coaches seem to work well together and unless one chooses to move on, I'd be surprised if we rocked the boat to bring Cameron onboard, so he leading the landlubbers at the Academy would seem to make more sense.

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I feel exactly that about the current group of coaches (that they seem to have good synergy) and would have thought Smithy's job the only suitable one for Cameron.

 

[Kirkswan]

I wonder how that would be structured.
I like how things are, though Horse has said many times that we are seriously stretched so I can see that an additional resource could be valuable.
I guess Leon has settled in Sydney.

Isn't there talk of the cap increasing? Surely that would allow us to take on someone extra...

 

[Kirkswan]

The club put out a press release when Crouch left, but I'd don't recall anything about Chris Smith leaving and curiously his linkedin profile still lists him as 'General Manager - QBE Sydney Swans Academy'. He's been at the Swans for over 13 years, so a quiet exit if he has in fact left.

Our current senior group of coaches seem to work well together and unless one chooses to move on, I'd be surprised if we rocked the boat to bring Cameron onboard, so he leading the landlubbers at the Academy would seem to make more sense.

EDIT; Chris Smith doesn't appear to be listed on the Swans website.

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[Glenn_]

Leon Cameron

Leon Cameron

Age

53

Ht

185cm

Wt

82kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

17.2

4star

K

12.4

5star

HB

4.7

3star

M

3.6

4star

T

0.9

3star

No current season stats available

D

20.8

5star

K

14.4

5star

HB

6.4

4star

M

3.6

4star

T

0.8

3star

would bring a wealth of experience to the Academy , but is he holding out for a senior coaching position?

 

[caesar88]

Congratulations to Damian Barrett for achieving an incredible milestone this week, focusing on Buddy for a record 7th time in his Sliding Doors segment.

Fun fact, he's focused on Buddy in this segment more times (7) than he has all other Swans players (6).

Must be nice to be paid so much money to be so useless at your job.

 

[mcs095]

Congratulations to Damian Barrett for achieving an incredible milestone this week, focusing on Buddy for a record 7th time in his Sliding Doors segment.

Fun fact, he's focused on Buddy in this segment more times (7) than he has all other Swans players (6).

Must be nice to be paid so much money to be so useless at your job.

We all love Buddy, but it is absolutely nauseauting to see how lazy Barrett can be in that column. Can't think of something interesting - oh I'll make some reference to Buddy instead.

 

[caesar88]

We all love Buddy, but it is absolutely nauseauting to see how lazy Barrett can be in that column. Can't think of something interesting - oh I'll make some reference to Buddy instead.

To be fair to Barrett, we only came third and missed out on top two, so we mustn't have many good players to talk about!

 

[the hypnotoad]

To be fair to Barrett, we only came third and missed out on top two, so we mustn't have many good players to talk about!

we have ben reid

 

[kickthething]

Leon Cameron would bring a wealth of experience to the Academy , but is he holding out for a senior coaching position?

Put it this way, if he is and looking for something in between senior gigs, we shouldn’t let him anywhere near our academy.

 

[Ticky009]

Congrats to Joel Amartey, Will Gould and Lewis Taylor

28

Lewis Taylor

Age

30

Ht

174cm

Wt

82kg

Pos.

M/F

Career

Season

Last 5

D

17.6

4star

K

9.5

4star

HB

8.1

5star

M

4.0

4star

T

2.0

4star

CL

0.9

3star

D

9.6

2star

K

6.8

3star

HB

2.8

2star

M

3.6

4star

T

2.2

3star

CL

0.2

2star

D

12.6

4star

K

6.2

3star

HB

6.4

4star

M

2.0

3star

T

2.2

4star

CL

1.2

4star

on making the extended VFL Team of the Year Squad

 

[Kiama Chris]

Congrats to Joel Amartey, Will Gould and Lewis Taylor on making the extended VFL Team of the Year Squad

And see that Jack Maibaum is in the same company.

 

[bedford]

Congratulations to Damian Barrett for achieving an incredible milestone this week, focusing on Buddy for a record 7th time in his Sliding Doors segment.

Fun fact, he's focused on Buddy in this segment more times (7) than he has all other Swans players (6).

Must be nice to be paid so much money to be so useless at your job.

I don't listen to anything the amber heard says

 

[bedford]

And see that Jack Maibaum is in the same company.

Ethan Phillips is worth looking at , can seriously play and great size

 

[rustycrate]

we have ben reid

I watched a replay of our last match against Melbourne yesterday when Ben Reid was reborn. Ben Reid featured prominently on a few occasions. Hilarious if not indicative of commentators lack of knowledge of our players.

 

[RubbaDuck]

Leon Cameron would bring a wealth of experience to the Academy , but is he holding out for a senior coaching position?

I read somewhere he was a possible for Essendon, but it could come down to club and list status. I suspect a team from the Swans academy could knock over the Essendon senior list.