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After coming off a 9 point loss against the Dees, we return to the SCG this afternoon for 6th place Swans to play the Magpies (16th) on what promises to be a sunny but somewhat cool Saturday afternoon.
Ladder position would indicate the Swans go in as favourites but Collingwood seem to drag us down by some type of osmosis to their level of poor form and we always end up on the losing side of the ledger. So naturally the week before they play us they have a win and get their back up..
Its bloody annoying.
This game should be different. Magpies have lost two defenders (Roughhead & Murphy) to concussion & together with Howe their loss will be felt. Neither side have been able to settle on a best 22 for any reasonable run of weeks but Swans have managed to keep on the winning side of the ledger more times that not.
Hickey & Grundy will be an interesting battle. Hickey needs to hold his own and make Grundy work for it, while the Swans midfielders need to halt the Magpies taking advantage of the ruck dominance Grundy give them. Swans lack consistency in the middle this year, we played well against the Dees but we need to ensure we back it up again with our clearance work.
Moore v Buddy: Last week wasn't great for Buddy, not helped in any way by our no good horrible forward 50 entries
Unfortunately the Magpie experiment of playing Moore forward has reached its expiration date and he's back to his best position. We need good separation in the forward line to let Buddy have some room to move, and depending on how his knee pulled up after the game, Buddy may play further up the ground and allow McLean to stay in the goal square.
The effort was there last week, but again we need to bring that consistency and back it up again at the SCG this afternoon.
Milestones: Congrats Jordan Dawson on his 50th game
Team Changes:
IN: Heeney, Hewett, Blakey
OUT: Gulden (foot), O'Riordan (omitted), Sinclair (omitted)
Some would call the inclusion of Blakey as questionable considering his form over the last few weeks has hardly knocked down the door for inclusion in best 22.
Gulden's stress fracture of the foot shows the price you pay for being one of our best kicks inside forward 50 - and I'm telling you right now after last week that's a skill we can not be without for long. It also means that all 3 draftees (Gulden, Campbell & McDonald) are now out of best 22, that's not entirely unexpected as its a long season and they're still young with a lot to learn and conditioning to get right.
Sinclair goes out as expected - we were too tall in our forward line in the game against Melbourne.
Heeney's return is much welcome and lets hope he can find that stellar form he was in at the beginning of the year. As for Hewett, well, that's another player currently polarising the board, too slow and not a defender is the main call out. I'll admit I'm not entirely comfortable with him playing in defence, maybe he'll turn that form around and make me eat my words, I hope so.
Match Day Details:
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Ladder position would indicate the Swans go in as favourites but Collingwood seem to drag us down by some type of osmosis to their level of poor form and we always end up on the losing side of the ledger. So naturally the week before they play us they have a win and get their back up..
This game should be different. Magpies have lost two defenders (Roughhead & Murphy) to concussion & together with Howe their loss will be felt. Neither side have been able to settle on a best 22 for any reasonable run of weeks but Swans have managed to keep on the winning side of the ledger more times that not.
Hickey & Grundy will be an interesting battle. Hickey needs to hold his own and make Grundy work for it, while the Swans midfielders need to halt the Magpies taking advantage of the ruck dominance Grundy give them. Swans lack consistency in the middle this year, we played well against the Dees but we need to ensure we back it up again with our clearance work.
Moore v Buddy: Last week wasn't great for Buddy, not helped in any way by our no good horrible forward 50 entries
The effort was there last week, but again we need to bring that consistency and back it up again at the SCG this afternoon.
Milestones: Congrats Jordan Dawson on his 50th game
Team Changes:
IN: Heeney, Hewett, Blakey
OUT: Gulden (foot), O'Riordan (omitted), Sinclair (omitted)
Some would call the inclusion of Blakey as questionable considering his form over the last few weeks has hardly knocked down the door for inclusion in best 22.
Gulden's stress fracture of the foot shows the price you pay for being one of our best kicks inside forward 50 - and I'm telling you right now after last week that's a skill we can not be without for long. It also means that all 3 draftees (Gulden, Campbell & McDonald) are now out of best 22, that's not entirely unexpected as its a long season and they're still young with a lot to learn and conditioning to get right.
Sinclair goes out as expected - we were too tall in our forward line in the game against Melbourne.
Heeney's return is much welcome and lets hope he can find that stellar form he was in at the beginning of the year. As for Hewett, well, that's another player currently polarising the board, too slow and not a defender is the main call out. I'll admit I'm not entirely comfortable with him playing in defence, maybe he'll turn that form around and make me eat my words, I hope so.
Match Day Details:
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