Analysis 2018 General Offseason Discussion

[bedford]

Brisbane easy , best midfield ever.

 

[S120]

I still think that Brisbane team was vastly superior to the Hawthorn threepeat team. Doing it as a non-Victorian team team in a stronger league (16 teams VS 18 teams) and having to travel to the Grand Final, compared to Hawthorn who twice got to face a traveling team despite finishing lower on the ladder.

Agreed, Hawthorn had an advantage over many sides during their best of their mystique of being tough and mentally strong. They wouldn't have had that over that Brisbane side. They were a rough bunch of bastards. Probably the best midfield of the modern era at least, guns up forward, an excellent defence with a lot of versatile swing players all over the ground with no real weak points (maybe aside from ruck) and Leigh Matthews at the helm.

 

[Tedeski]

I still think that Brisbane team was vastly superior to the Hawthorn threepeat team. Doing it as a non-Victorian team team in a stronger league (16 teams VS 18 teams) and having to travel to the Grand Final, compared to Hawthorn who twice got to face a traveling team despite finishing lower on the ladder.

Careful not to upset any Hawk supporters among us. Flirting with a backlash.

 

[Punts]

Careful not to upset any Hawk supporters among us. Flirting with a backlash.

Come on ted we wouldn’t want to start fight now

Don’t want chasing the smpethy soft card

 

[Tesla Tenet]

JUST IN: Tom Mitchell has been taken to hospital with a suspected broken leg.

 

[bedford]

Hawthorn have just confirmed it and that he will have immediate surgery for a broken leg.

 

[Syd]

Season over sadly

http://www.afl.com.au/news/2019-01-...l-taken-to-hospital-with-suspected-broken-leg

 

[DeadlyAkkuret]

I didn’t mean it literally, Tom. I was just wishing you the best for the new season.

 

[Sketi]

Proof AFL supporter groups on facebook suck: Swans fans revelling in this news about Tom.

 

[SSwans2011]

Proof AFL supporter groups on facebook suck: Swans fans revelling in this news about Tom.

Disgraceful and embarrassing.

 

[Keyter]

Unpredictable bounce.....one important factor that keeps us intrigued in the game......good luck with recovery Tom Mitchell

 

[Heeney2Franklin]

Proof AFL supporter groups on facebook suck: Swans fans revelling in this news about Tom.

Yikes even we have shitheads supporting our team

 

[SilentHunter_]

Jeez that sucks for him. But maybe the board will stop talking about him for a year now.

 

[scaryness]

Hawthorn's season is just about over too. Their midfield has to be worse than ours now. Leave it all to O'Meara and an injured Scully? Maybe Wingard forced to be full time mid?

 

[SilentHunter_]

Hawthorn's season is just about over too. Their midfield has to be worse than ours now. Leave it all to O'Meara and an injured Scully? Maybe Wingard forced to be full time mid?

They weren't going anywhere even with Mitchell. The Cats, Hawks and Swans will fall for a year or two imo. The rest of the competition has improved a lot.

 

[robbieando]

Maybe Wingard forced to be full time mid?

Takes away from their forward line, as if a master coach in Clarkson would do that

Think they'll pump more games into Worple

 

[SSwans2011]

They weren't going anywhere even with Mitchell. The Cats, Hawks and Swans will fall for a year or two imo. The rest of the competition has improved a lot.

Don't we have one of the youngest lists in the comp? Or at least one of the youngest best 22s? Don't see any reason we should regress too much.

 

[SilentHunter_]

Don't we have one of the youngest lists in the comp? Or at least one of the youngest best 22s? Don't see any reason we should regress too much.

youngest =/= guaranteed improvement.

 

[SilentHunter_]

Having said that - Franklin, Menzel and Reid to all kick 100+ goals and as a result the Swans to win the flag with a 300 pt win in the Grand Final.

 

[SSwans2011]

youngest =/= guaranteed improvement.

I'm not sure. I think we're likely to at least see some improvement from a few of Hewett, Hayward, Florent, Aliir, Melican, Mills, Jones and Ronke. Then if a few of the Dawson, Ling, Blakey and O'Riordan types step-up, I see no reason why we can't improve.

I'm hopeful with more opportunities for some players (i.e. Mills and Jones to the mids) that we will see a few take their game to the next level.

 

[bedford]

Proof AFL supporter groups on facebook suck: Swans fans revelling in this news about Tom.

Where abouts is this happening !

 

[SilentHunter_]

I'm not sure. I think we're likely to at least see some improvement from a few of Hewett, Hayward, Florent, Aliir, Melican, Mills, Jones and Ronke. Then if a few of the Dawson, Ling, Blakey and O'Riordan types step-up, I see no reason why we can't improve.

I'm hopeful with more opportunities for some players (i.e. Mills and Jones to the mids) that we will see a few take their game to the next level.

Fair but even with those improvements I can't see us catching up to other teams in the competition. Well, not in the near future at least. But things do change quickly in footy.

 

[caesar88]

Shizen news about Mitchell. Sucks the game keeps getting robbed of seeing all of it’s very best in action across a whole season

 

[Sketi]

Where abouts is this happening !

On the main Sydney Swans facebook group. Just a lot of laughing and "sucked in Hawks" etc.

Facebook sport pages tend to represent to lowest common denominator of fans imo.

 

[scaryness]

On the main Sydney Swans facebook group. Just a lot of laughing and "sucked in Hawks" etc.

Facebook sport groups tend to represent to lowest common denominator of fans imo.

Gave up most social media and haven't missed a thing. Toxic pits, most of them.

This forum is pretty much the only thing close to social media I use.