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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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.

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

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...

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.

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...

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.

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...

Shows real faith in the rest of the reserves. Would it be right to say this draft will be 'deeper' than the last 2, given there's less leaking of pre-draft selections to GWS and Suns?

Didn't see the Spangher deal coming. We upgraded 6 picks. from 72 to 66 :confused:

Few more thoughts on this and the TDL situation.. Of course the players want a chance, and I wish them well too. It's just the club might want to hold on to these good young players. And maybe it's the new era of relatively easy trading and player movements, which means we can let these guys...

Yes apparently so. Seems like the timing wasn't quite right for him here. And he'll become a really good player, but just couldn't get his opportunity in time. Even though he's still only 21.

Seems like charity

Good one for starting this thread. It would be unfortunate to lose him. He's still young and looked good as a replacement for Mattner, who is 9 years his senior.

Could be a good time to pick up White tho. Seriously, with the Nic Nat, no touch ruck rule, it could be White's time to shine in the ruck. Wrestling rucks like our current pair need to be creative next year to deal with the high leaping types.

I haven't been following, but wow. 131 pages. Looks like time is being filled in with other topics tho. Only positive thing I heard about negotiations this week was a Herald Sun article suggesting we'll hold the upper hand if it drags out to 26 Oct. The writer seems to think no one else will...

Yeah. Not too worried. Exciting future ahead too. Heath can replace a Mattner type. Armstrong is a really good player in the mold of Malceski. Lockyer is highly rated within the club. Cunningham and Lamb will add more zip around the ground. We can expect Reid to keep improving for a number of...

Is it this bald guy in 'SwansTV: Jetta post game'? The cameraman even tried to change the angle to keep him out. http://www.sydneyswans.com.au/swanstv/tabid/8664/default.aspx#playvideo#playvideo#playvideo. He and his mate should be banned.

I might agree if it's the same bloke who served me last time. Pretty rude service. But apart from that it's a good place to watch the games. So I've reserved a table for the big game, and might even have a couple of spare seats to share.

It's great we play on the Friday, but it's bad for me. I'm coming up from Melbourne for the weekend to attend my uni graduation ceremony on Thrusday with mum & gf. I was praying for a win and a Saturday home Prelim because I've already arranged for us to be visiting the Blue Mountains on the...

Commentators noted the umpire was ungenerous to put Jetta on a tight angle to take the kick from this mark. They were right.

Liked Sheedy's comments published today that to challenge the Hawks we need to improve from here. Where can that come from? Goodes for one.

Whilst some are apologising for doubting him, I feel entitled to crow a bit. I posted that he should be cut some slack last year, given it's his second year and the baby and all. He admitted exactly that in an interview a few weeks ago. I backed him despite his inability to lay a good tackle.