The thing that confuses me with Stephens is I don think he has been that bad when he plays for us. I think considering his age he has been pretty good. I don't understand Longmire's refusal to play him.
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Yep, just goes to show the stress on young bodies playing senior football.
The club has definitely done the right thing with blokes like McDonald and Campbell and are going to be ultra cautious with Gulden and give him a good spell.
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Yes and Blakey gets to work on his game in 1sts for 2 years......
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So is Blakey, can’t get a kick
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Presumably his unwillingness to re-sign.
says foot soreness and won't play again before the bye. Cotton wool.
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It's not even the non-selection of Stephens that bothers me. He was stiffed to be dropped but he also hasn't been banging the door down so understand if the coaches prefer him to keep going at it in the reserves.
It's more the selection of Blakey that irks me. What exactly has he done since being dropped? Played a very ordinary game in the VFL, and then had a run around the MCG after last week's match? How is that conducive to some kind of form turn-around? If we're gonna have a young player (Blakey & Stephens are only a year apart in age) running around on the wing not quite impacting as much as we'd like, I'd prefer it to at least be the kid who deserves to be out there on form.
It's more the selection of Blakey that irks me. What exactly has he done since being dropped? Played a very ordinary game in the VFL, and then had a run around the MCG after last week's match? How is that conducive to some kind of form turn-around? If we're gonna have a young player (Blakey & Stephens are only a year apart in age) running around on the wing not quite impacting as much as we'd like, I'd prefer it to at least be the kid who deserves to be out there on form.
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Or maybe he will work on the things he has been told to and become a player for it just like McVeigh did
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Hewett in the backline is just stupid imo , he doesn’t give us anything down there.
Played well on Martin them but touched up by Greene and stringer
Played well on Martin them but touched up by Greene and stringer
Good changes.
I had Heeney and Hewett coming in for Sinclair and Cor myself and with Gulden out Blakey is a pretty good like for like replacement for him at half forward.
I would prefer Stephens over Blakey, but with no mid coming out of the side you can see why Blakey got the nod.
I had Heeney and Hewett coming in for Sinclair and Cor myself and with Gulden out Blakey is a pretty good like for like replacement for him at half forward.
I would prefer Stephens over Blakey, but with no mid coming out of the side you can see why Blakey got the nod.
Likes: Hewett, Heeney in.
Dislikes: COR out, Hewett to backline, Gulden
Maybe Hewett goes to De Goey. I mean good luck with that JDG, but probably prefer Fox or Rampe.
All that tells me is that we have options for JDG.
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Blakey’s is all he had to be getting a game atm
What am absolutel joke the selection committee are
What am absolutel joke the selection committee are
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They will have to play rampe on degoey , flog hewett
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Swans did start to negotiation with Stephens and nothing happened and it went away.
Maybe the large external offer was already on the plate and he compared them and the Swans know what is going to happen now.
Giving my opinion is that we will not hear about Stephens contract again.
He is way done the pecking order with TMc, Dawson, Parker etc to be done and likely low- balled him and Crows have plenty.
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Maybe the large external offer was already on the plate and he compared them and the Swans know what is going to happen now.
Giving my opinion is that we will not hear about Stephens contract again.
He is way done the pecking order with TMc, Dawson, Parker etc to be done and likely low- balled him and Crows have plenty.
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They won’t put Warner to a flank , he is our next best explosive mid
Blakey will be running up and down the wing with oranges for the boys
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Sounds like the Hawthorn rebuild is the right model going by the disgust on this forum of our coaching mismanagement this season
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