Player Watch Jordon Sweet

[BallaratBulldog]

In before the Bulldogs request a first round pick for a player they never played.

Sweet doesn’t play for Essendon.

 

[Ant Bear]

It's a ballroom blitz and the fox is on the run.

 

[shewho]

Sweet trained with Port Adelaide in his draft year for a couple of weeks as part of some academy program. I remember word coming out after his stint that Port were impressed and he was impressed with Port. I cannot recall what happened on draft day but he ended up at WB.

Grundy was a pipe dream with the reality being we don’t have the draft capital and Ruck is not where we want to spend our salary cap. We will have such a good midfield that all we need is a ruck who gives them a 50/50 chance- not a fourth midfielder.

But people should manage their expectations. Like Lycett was 5 years ago, Sweet is an SA boy who is a lumbering type ruck man currently playing second fiddle to a mobile ruck man (Naitanui = English). The major difference is Lycett was a premiership ruck man and had played more AFL. Sweet 2024 is probably inferior to Lycett 2018 (or whatever year he came).

The other issue with this is that how do our tall backs and ruck men bleed for the club on Saturday knowing we have already replaced them. All these announcements are like we have already shifted our attention to 2024. FFS we are one home win, an excellent away win and probably a neutral game v Brisbane away from a flag in 3 weeks. Surely we could have asked that these announcements get delayed until our 2023 job is done.

 

[shewho]

It's a ballroom blitz and the fox is on the run.

Wig wam bam.

 

[drcollossimo]

Sweet trained with Port Adelaide in his draft year for a couple of weeks as part of some academy program. I remember word coming out after his stint that Port were impressed and he was impressed with Port. I cannot recall what happened on draft day but he ended up at WB.

Grundy was a pipe dream with the reality being we don’t have the draft capital and Ruck is not where we want to spend our salary cap. We will have such a good midfield that all we need is a ruck who gives them a 50/50 chance- not a fourth midfielder.

But people should manage their expectations. Like Lycett was 5 years ago, Sweet is an SA boy who is a lumbering type ruck man currently playing second fiddle to a mobile ruck man (Naitanui = English). The major difference is Lycett was a premiership ruck man and had played more AFL. Sweet 2024 is probably inferior to Lycett 2018 (or whatever year he came).

The other issue with this is that how do our tall backs and ruck men bleed for the club on Saturday knowing we have already replaced them. All these announcements are like we have already shifted our attention to 2024. FFS we are one home win, an excellent away win and probably a neutral game v Brisbane away from a flag in 3 weeks. Surely we could have asked that these announcements get delayed until our 2023 job is done.

Mate half this board has moved onto 2024 and this ^ is why

Can’t blame the part of the club that’s actually successful (list management) for doing the same

 

[MrMeaner]

I was about to say all the news is as though there isn't a game to play this week but shewho and drcollossimo have beaten me to it.

 

[Tibbs]

Sweet trained with Port Adelaide in his draft year for a couple of weeks as part of some academy program. I remember word coming out after his stint that Port were impressed and he was impressed with Port. I cannot recall what happened on draft day but he ended up at WB.

Grundy was a pipe dream with the reality being we don’t have the draft capital and Ruck is not where we want to spend our salary cap. We will have such a good midfield that all we need is a ruck who gives them a 50/50 chance- not a fourth midfielder.

But people should manage their expectations. Like Lycett was 5 years ago, Sweet is an SA boy who is a lumbering type ruck man currently playing second fiddle to a mobile ruck man (Naitanui = English). The major difference is Lycett was a premiership ruck man and had played more AFL. Sweet 2024 is probably inferior to Lycett 2018 (or whatever year he came).

The other issue with this is that how do our tall backs and ruck men bleed for the club on Saturday knowing we have already replaced them. All these announcements are like we have already shifted our attention to 2024. FFS we are one home win, an excellent away win and probably a neutral game v Brisbane away from a flag in 3 weeks. Surely we could have asked that these announcements get delayed until our 2023 job is done.

We picked the great Tobin Cox with our pick before they picked Sweet.

Good one!

 

[Del165198]

I'm excited, this could finally be the missing piece of the puzzle!

 

[JimmyBC]

We picked the great Tobin Cox with our pick before they picked Sweet.

Good one!

That's assuming we would have developed Jordon.. big assumption

 

[Jojay]

Lol this is 2014 all over again.

#missingpuzzlepiece

 

[drcollossimo]

That's assuming we would have developed Jordon.. big assumption

Had the exact same thought we would’ve delisted Sweet years ago

 

[Tibbs]

That's assuming we would have developed Jordon.. big assumption

True, but no matter what the outcome with Sweet, we wouldnt have done any worse!

Not bagging our recruiters though, they have done a good job the last x amount of years. But in recent years our rookie selections have been next to useless!

 

[SureBuddy]

Sweet trained with Port Adelaide in his draft year for a couple of weeks as part of some academy program. I remember word coming out after his stint that Port were impressed and he was impressed with Port. I cannot recall what happened on draft day but he ended up at WB.

Grundy was a pipe dream with the reality being we don’t have the draft capital and Ruck is not where we want to spend our salary cap. We will have such a good midfield that all we need is a ruck who gives them a 50/50 chance- not a fourth midfielder.

But people should manage their expectations. Like Lycett was 5 years ago, Sweet is an SA boy who is a lumbering type ruck man currently playing second fiddle to a mobile ruck man (Naitanui = English). The major difference is Lycett was a premiership ruck man and had played more AFL. Sweet 2024 is probably inferior to Lycett 2018 (or whatever year he came).

The other issue with this is that how do our tall backs and ruck men bleed for the club on Saturday knowing we have already replaced them. All these announcements are like we have already shifted our attention to 2024. FFS we are one home win, an excellent away win and probably a neutral game v Brisbane away from a flag in 3 weeks. Surely we could have asked that these announcements get delayed until our 2023 job is done.

Probably motivate them even more to be honest. Knowing this might be their last chance at a flag.

 

[gbear]

I'm excited, this could finally be the missing piece of the puzzle!

Apparently port are putting together a 2000 piece puzzle!

 

[Del165198]

Had the exact same thought we would’ve delisted Sweet years ago

He would've got the Hayes treatment

 

[Tredz]

It's a ballroom blitz and the fox is on the run.

A few years late, otherwise could have been considered a teenage rampage.

 

[edgie]

WTF

Lycett is 203cm?

He is the shortest 200cm+ player I've ever seen. I always thought he was a 'short' ruckman, like around 198ish.

 

[manureid]

Nickname has to be Gary.

 

[Duck Farmer]

Nickname has to be Gary.

Toot.

 

[JimmyBC]

Nickname has to be Gary.

Would anyone under 30 know who Gary Sweet is?

 

[Enviable Tradition]

Nickname has to be Gary.

Dude.

On SM-G975F using BigFooty.com mobile app

 

[Portmagpies36]

Hate to be negative but 11 games in 5 years?

 

[Alyx]

I think we should call him Rolo.

 

[port_adelaide_1870]

Hate to be negative but 11 games in 5 years?

He is behind all Australian English, who has played most games over the last 5 years.

 

[JUSTWORK]

Hate to be negative but 11 games in 5 years?

He's behind a very good ruckman.
Nankervis managed 12 games in 3 years at Sydney before he got an opportunity to be the number 1 ruck at Richmond and now has 3 flags.