Preview Sydney Swans vs GWS, Saturday April 17 @ SCG

[mikey_san]

Stephens isnt coming on tho

How do you know? (honest question). Was named in the bests last game in the twos alongside Melican and Hayward.

 

[Ticky009]

Spotted Stevie J outside the SCG last Thursday night no doubt phoning home the latest report.

 

[McRobie]

Greene has stopped the niggle this year and just playing awesome footy. He’s def the best small forward in the comp atm.
I personally love the way he plays, he’s a gun and you’d love to have him.

 

[the hypnotoad]

Makes sense, think its unlikely though.

Heeney for Rowbottom only change is my guess. Hayward or Stephens emergency sub. If Hayward does come in for Heeney he is going to want to have an absolute blinder.

agree on that change, no need for unnecessary changes ... "depth" doesn't need to be tested until it does ... this team is on an upward trajectory together, the more they play all together, the better this potentially outstanding side can be, they're already good ...
stephens is likely next man up but if rowbottom fit and ready, he he has to play

 

[mikey_san]

If we can’t beat the Giants with 2 extra days and the players they’re missing then I won’t know what to think. That would be a bad bad loss but I’m tipping a huge win.


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Giants certainly not known for their defensive running, and our kicking game will demand that of them if we get it going. They'll be hard around the stoppage trying to stop us getting it out to allow our new game style. If successful will be a real slugfest. If we get it going we could pull away. Could go either way I think.

Wouldn't mind Hewett spending time up forward and in the middle if Rowbottom not back. Hewett another big body option to put up against Ward (37 Disp, 8 Clearances), Hopper, (32 d, 5 c) Taranto (34 d,3 c) and Green. Mumford had 8 clearances - you'd expect him to play again with that stat as GWS won the centre clearances despite being smashed in hitouts.

Is there a need to tag Haynes atm? Has he been as prominent lately?

 

[the hypnotoad]

Reading this thread and the calls for multiple changes, I thought I must have been dreaming our wonderful start to the season and in reality we were sitting 2-2!
We have DOMINATED every team we have played so far this year - including Essendon! If just five of those easy misses were goals it would have been a 28 point victory, we would have once again kicked over 100 and the headlines would have been totally different. We beat them in nearly every stat but most of you are carrying on like we got lucky and scraped it in.
Maybe I'm easily pleased but I don't see what all the hand wringing and calls for change (particularly after a nine day break) is coming from.

indeed ...

 

[the hypnotoad]

... and having said all i've said about minimal changes, then reading the rest of this thread, i do agree there's a place in our best 22 (certainly 25 on GF day) is melican ... think he and mccartin will (sooner rather than later) make a good key back tandem ...

 

[Kiama Chris]

Spotted Stevie J outside the SCG last Thursday night no doubt phoning home the latest report.

Fair enough. Be derelict not to do it. No doubt we had someone at the MCG too.

 

[Glenn_]

Skirting the edges of contests is exactly where he'll be most useful for us.
It's not every players bag to smash in and be an in and under player - particularly not with his frame, he'll break. So I think him trying to be that "bloods culture" guy is a square peg in a round hole. We want him skirting the packs and darting off, or getting the ball from the likes of Rowbottom, JPK and Parker and running away and scoring the goal.

It would be great if that actually happened.
If you aren’t getting the Ball, you need to be able to go looking for it and make something happen.

 

[Deccas]

Absolutely ridiculous. It won't happen because he's a good player playing well.

Lloyd is my second-favourite player after Rampe, and even I would drop him. Won't happen though so it's a conversation not even worth having.

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[Grand Uncle Horace]

Lol. A Giants poster came up with a clever marketing idea of getting our Errol and their Flynn to promote the game. Would look amusing as well given the disparity in height between the two tyros. As he said it sure beats the "Battle of the Bridge" nonsense.

 

[momentbymoment]

I suspect this 9 day break is perfect for the team. A good opportunity to examine what has worked and not worked and do a re-set.

 

[Millky95]

Love playing teams soon as they find form

 

[Dubai Quacker]

I suspect this 9 day break is perfect for the team. A good opportunity to examine what has worked and not worked and do a re-set.

4-0

things are working

 

[momentbymoment]

4-0

things are working

True.

And ....
We have a few issues. Our defence for example, is leaking goals.

8 - 0 would be even better.

 

[Jack Lord]

Five in a row? Don't get your hopes up.

Giants were very impressive last outing away to the Pies. They will throw everything at us - their season is on the line.

Smaller ground SCG doesn't suit us. Giants mids Ward, Taranto, Hopper and Kelly will at minimum break even in the middle. Haynes will peel off, third man up and spoil us all day. Finlayson will slot everything upfront.

Rowbottom for Heeney
McLean for Logan McD

Wake up call is coming.

That’s the spirit!

 

[McRobie]

Love playing teams soon as they find form

Collingwood were embarrassing don’t read into it. Plus surely you want to be challenged by the best when they are at their best?

 

[caesar88]

Absolutely ridiculous. It won't happen because he's a good player playing well.

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Ok

 

[caesar88]

Doomsday scenario

 

[Glenn_]

Doomsday scenario

Reid to spend more time down back , or someone like Fox coming into side ?

 

[anotherletdown]

Doomsday scenario

Ouch.

Massive opportunity for someone. Heeney and Rampe out for up to a month massively changes our set-up.

 

[caesar88]

Reid to spend more time down back , or someone like Fox coming into side ?

Potentially unpopular opinion but I would bring in Melican, and also throw Mills back.

I confess myself pleasantly surprised, if not convinced yet, by Mills' performance in the midfield so far this year. But to me it's a no-brainer that he plays in defence this week. I felt we were light-on in the back-line even with Rampe, but now without the great man, there will be an obvious lack of leadership and structure down back, against a forward line with the potential to be potent.

Melican comes in to take one of the talls, Mills goes back to take Rampe's place. Then if Rowbottom is fit, he comes in and instead of replacing Warner, they both play inside as main mids in Mills' absence.

 

[Millky95]

Melican for Rampe easily

 

[LukeParkerno1]

Potentially unpopular opinion but I would bring in Melican, and also throw Mills back.

I confess myself pleasantly surprised, if not convinced yet, by Mills' performance in the midfield so far this year. But to me it's a no-brainer that he plays in defence this week. I felt we were light-on in the back-line even with Rampe, but now without the great man, there will be an obvious lack of leadership and structure down back, against a forward line with the potential to be potent.

Melican comes in to take one of the talls, Mills goes back to take Rampe's place. Then if Rowbottom is fit, he comes in and instead of replacing Warner, they both play inside as main mids in Mills' absence.

No thanks. Bring a defender in and leave Mills in the midfield

 

[anotherletdown]

IMO

Heeney out - Stephens in, Blakey to the forwards. Tough on Hayward but I'd give Blakey one more week to find his mojo, he ripped GWS last year so luck of the draw is on his side.

Rampe out - has to be Mellican but we lose flexibility, not sure how we cover that... shame Fox isn't playing games at the moment