Preview 2024 Round 10 Sydney v Carlton (SCG) Friday 17th May 7.40pm (AEST)
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The King!
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Its awesome that its the season after Buddy too, media can stfu about us needing a drawcard forward
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Unless Logan is having a set shot, maybe why he passed it quickly to Hayward, to spare us.
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Minor miracle. We should sound other clubs out about refusing to play there until the ground is fixed.
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That's happened the grand total of twice this season - after playing Freo in rd 3 Adelaide lost to Melbourne and after playing them in rd 7, the dishlickers lost to Hawthorn in rd 8. I wouldn't think either of those results would be overly surprising, Crows were very average at the start of the season and the dishlickers are as up and down as a fiddlers elbow.
Yes depth leads to strong competition for spots which is obviously a necessity to keep performing well. Some players who were down on form 3 or 4 games ago, have pulled their fingers out with strong recent performances knowing they might otherwise have got dropped.
As you say the top 10-12 players are vital but I think the best (premiership winning) teams are the ones with a strong and even bottom 6-8 players… our bottom players are mostly role players but boy do they perform their roles well!
Our current best 23 (with Tmac in for Francis) are awesome yet we still have Mills, Campbell, Parker and Sheldrick (and a few other solid/good players) out of the team. For this stage of the year, we are travelling well … coaches now need to ensure we don’t peak too early and build nicely into the finals.
That would be a nice little bonus as he’s been in great form.
Took a wander through the Blues preview thread. Very sane and logical stuff. Worried about the right things and hoping to get their own stuff right.
Think alot of people overhyping Sam Wicks because of his work last year. Yes he did have a couple of sub games but his pressure acts is still down from 18.4 last year to 10.7 (12.4 with sub games removed) still below that of Hayward and Papley this year. If we don't "rest" a player then Parker must come in for Wicks who is going at about 80% effectiveness of what he was doing last year. Also could see Roberts get a rest as he has had his role taken in the last couple of weeks and also hasn't been using it the best recently.
Not completely , Derm said it shows he was holding us back and he loves him , but i believe he was right
What role was taken lol
I think it has to do with Rampe being back. Seems looking at the heat maps he is more up on the wing. Maybe this is also due to Campbell being dropped as well and them needing a spare winger whilst Jordon does some forward tagging. Maps go from most recent rounds backwards (left to right rd9, 8, 7 & 6)
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Yep, we've consistently had half a dozen or so best 22 players missing most weeks this season, so our bottom 6 has been pretty sketchy.
Really rate the Swans. If we get up, this'll easily be our best performance of the season.
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Good question, could be different team roles, but I can't answer with any informed response.
That's because Geelong is basically a big country town
Awesome preview. Love the history lesson. Did the Bloodstained angels tag come as a result of that 1945 GF?
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No, the team were actually known as the Bloodstained Angels well before that due to the red sash across the white jumper;
(The red V was adopted in 1932).
By the time of the 1945 GF the team was referred to by the Swans nickname (after the influx of West Australians in the early 1930s).
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If you hear the word Brave mentioned anywhere near the finals you know we are Parkered.
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