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Opinion Our coaches, leadership, game style, and everything else
Melbourne's succession plan thwarted as Stuart Dew commits to Swans http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/melbournes-succession-plan-thwarted-as-stuart-dew-commits-to-swans-20131012-2veue.html#ixzz2wqgYsRMU Roos believed in Dew as a senior coach. I wonder what his expectations were on... -
Autopsy Round 1 Match Discussion Thread: Sydney v GWS
As always. And to some extent it's been true. But becoming less so. Something IS wrong with the strategy. Others (top teams) just play better footy with the same opportunities and it's not like our list is that bad. One writer was right to say the pressure is on Horse this year. Unless we have... -
Lamb quits for GWS
I'm a little concerned. I don't think we know his potential. He could develop into a Steve Johnson type player and a really smart leader. We do have good depth coming through, but it's not so much about his place next year, as down the track. But you'd have to trust the club hasn't... -
List Mgmt. General Trade/Draft/Free Agency Discussion/Speculation
Seems our approach is to creatively get highly sought after positional players outside the draft (high quality mids and forwards), and draft for the slightly less sought after positions. Key defenders could be on the radar. A quick look at the videos, and guys like Kade Kolodjashnij and... -
Buddy a Swan (Footy talk only, read OP before posting)
White and Franklin were playing similar positions this year.. up the ground, but not often as the main big forward; mostly marking and transitioning the outlet kicks from defense. With our strategy of rushing kicks out of defence without much science about it, we do need to get better in this... -
Autopsy 3 Things You Learnt - Rd 21 Sydney v St Kilda
One thing that stands out about player assessments this week is the high esteem for Benny G. Does anyone have stats on (in)effective disposals and (in)effective disposals kicking into the 50? I'd say McGlynn's ineffective kicking stat would be pretty high this week. -
Preview Round 22 Early Thoughts: Sydney vs. Geelong
I thought McGlynn was below par this week with his kicking. His running was fantastic, but so many times he got the ball in threatening positions in space and missed the target. It makes it tough for the team when all the defensive work and build up play don't pay off enough when we get a... -
Toast Welcome to the Swans Patrick Mitchell
Quick hands and feet and is a smooth mover. He reads the ball and the play really well and is very aware of his teammates around him in congestion. Big thumbs up. -
Universal Love 2013 Draftees!
Here's something quite irrelevant (still draft related) but possibly interesting. New rookie Daniel Robinson has been in the club since 2009. http://www.sydneyswans.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/7106/newsid/77079/default.aspx -
High altitude training
I'm pretty sure the club said in the past one reason they don't do it is because we don't have enough money for it. We are not as financially secure as many other clubs and have one of the smallest membership bases. Now we obviously don't need it either. As said, one reason clubs do it is... -
Are any delisted players training with the Swans?
Yes, that's the way it is. If we wanted to have someone who's not on our list train with us, we would have had to nominate them and they'd be on that list you saw on AFL.com. -
News Kieren's brother wants to be a Swan too!
For me, it's a 'no' to that. Based on his own merits, he might be worth a shot. Ok, I'll answer as if it's serious. Kieren was viewed in a similar way to Pyke. Before we drafted him he was relatively unknown. And it took a couple of years to convince many of his ability to learn the arts... -
News Kieren's brother wants to be a Swan too!
Having another look, I think you'd have to think REALLY carefully about letting him go and missing out on possibly having both Jacks tearing it up. Another video showed up too.. a promo he's in on the back of his earlier tapes. -
News Kieren's brother wants to be a Swan too!
This was good to see. First video of him I've seen since those older compilations of trick kicks. This shows him putting that to use. A really good kick is a treasure and he shows here his control off the boot, putting the ball on a plate for his forwards. He's been playing the game longer...