Preview R4 Sydney vs West Coast "Gather Round"

[Dubai Quacker]

Any chance of Konstanty debuting?

Negative ghost rider, the pattern is full.

 

[Nuggetz]

Wonder which weagle will cheap shot one of our players? It's been Draper, Baker,

 

[Swanssince91]

Negative ghost rider, the pattern is full.

He was named on an extended bench last week and Wicks might not be back

 

[Ticky009]

I'd imagine after last years humiliation they're going to come out full bore. Let's hope the shocker we had last weekend puts a rocket up the complacency and respecting the opposition.

 

[SydneyBlood]

Rampe, Mitchell, Warner Jr out.

Adams, Cunningham in the 22. Wicks sub.

 

[Olian]

WA media has moved on from the Swans game to focus on the Eagles game the weekend after….

 

[Dubai Quacker]

Wicks trained fully today & apparently all is good.

 

[Donza]

Ah Rampe a month.

 

[Donza]

Interesting they mentioned Hamling

 

[The King!]

In Dawson , Hewett, l

 

[sataris]

I'm confused is Gather Round also Round 3?

Is it being held in Adelaide because the NRL is playing in Sydney this weekend?

 

[Donza]

I'm confused is Gather Round also Round 3?

Is it being held in Adelaide because the NRL is playing in Sydney this weekend?

That's Turn around

 

[caesar88]

That's Turn around

Every now and then we fall apart

 

[Donza]

Every now and then we fall apart

I'm so ronery

 

[J_Moore]

Ladhams in for Amartey.

Although I read that Ladhams was awful in the VFL, which would make him a simple like-for-like replacement rather than an upgrade.

 

[Heeney2Franklin]

Ladhams in for Amartey.

Although I read that Ladhams was awful in the VFL, which would make him a simple like-for-like replacement rather than an upgrade.

Nah would keep Amartey if Ladlams is the only option

 

[lazy77]

Sub - Mitchell

Why would you leave Mitchell in? I thought it was obvious he’s nowhere near the standard required. Slow as molasses and made repeated errors before disappearing completely in the second half. He might be decent one day, but he’s not there yet.

 

[The King!]

If we lose this Horse can walk back to Sydney

 

[Banyo Bloods]

We can't get rid of Hayward because then we would never see you posting again.

Sorry to see Hayward go but that’s just way too good of an offer to ignore.

 

[liz]

I understood the selection but I still felt there were better options was hardly glowing praise of it when I don’t think Warner is remotely near ready. Go in with 2-3 players who can’t run out matches and you run the risk. Wouldn’t be against ONE of them as the sub but two?

Such as? I don’t think there were any other small/medium players available who are close to being more ready than Warner or Mitchell.

Both are quite strong runners, with Corey, in particular, finishing near the front of time trials. Obviously the intensity of a senior match is somewhat different to a time trial but he certainly has the raw endurance and pace.

I don’t really understand why (some) people are so down on him. He’s not set the world on fire but he’s been ok in contests, and is playing a role not overly familiar to him. His possession counts haven’t been bad for an inexperienced player in a low possession role. He hasn’t managed to snag a goal from any of the half-chances that have presented but they’ve not been straightforward conversions. He hasn’t been caught out by the pace of the game (in the sense of thinking he has more time than he does). If anything he needs to realise he has a split second longer than he thinks he has.

I’m quite optimistic of what he has to offer and think there’s a good chance things will click for him pretty soon. I don’t expect he’ll be best-23 this year but I think he can offer value as next-man-in for the rest of the season.

 

[SeanM]

I think it takes a while for most young players to adjust to the speed and intensity of AFL matches. And they need that exposure, even if it means they won't have much impact in their early games.

I think that would still be the case for Corey Warner as well.

 

[Grand Uncle Horace]

Nah would keep Amartey if Ladlams is the only option

Would keep Chambers or Grassy ahead of Ladhams.

 

[BloodySwan]

When does the VFL hand out suspensions? It seems Adams is a chance to be suspended....

 

[McRobie]

Just watched the game, yikes what a mess.
Jordan go have a spell, Hayward, just pathetic, the 3 talls didn’t work and there was absolutely 0 forward pressure.
Heeney the only shining light.
I def believe it’s just an off day but heads need to roll in that forward line.

 

[RedBloodBlackSwan]

Amartey is an interesting question in my mind. If he can make it click, he could be immensely valuable. And a forward line with three strong marking targets also has strong appeal - it improves the chance of any one forward being “on” and stretches the defence. It’s also not like all three forwards will always be in the forward line. McLean will head to ruck and all will rest on the line at stages.

However, Amartey’s time on ground is unacceptably low and his versatility is also low. I keep thinking about Parker’s role when he is back, and I find it hard to see how replacing Amartey with Parker does not improve us now in multiple respects: a 4 quarter effort; more tackling pressure; more leadership; more versatility to run through mids; also a very strong mark.

I would not be against Amartey getting fit in the 2s once enough players return from injury.