Preview Sydney Swans vs Melbourne Demons, Saturday May 8 @ MCG

[BloodySwan]

Blakey in, Stephens out??????

Unless the intention is to make Blakey sub, then very harsh on Stephens IMO.

If Heeney is injured why is he an emergency, unless we brought a limited number of players down.

Blakey is the sub. The app is wrong, has given us 23 players.

SYDNEY
In: D.Rampe, R.Fox, L.Franklin
Out: D.Stephens (omitted), R.Clarke (omitted), L.Melican (injured), I.Heeney (injured)

 

[hairy biker]

Sub would be out of Heeney or Bell as emergencies. Heeney must have been close, strange emergency. I feel like if he was ok to be sub, he's ok to play. So probably Bell.

According to the AFL website we have 5 players listed on the IC and only 3 emergencies, so I assume the med sub is comong from that 5.

 

[Wolfgang West]

Out: Heeney (inj), Melican (inj), Stephens (omitted), Clarke (omitted)
In: Franklin, Rampe, Fox, Blakey

Hmmmmm. Heeney hurts but if hes 100% for our next 2 i'll take it.

When is he ever 100% ? What is the injury this time ? If it is still the hand they need to have a look at the medical staff and decision making.

 

[ScrewInStuds]

Blakey emg IMO. Rampe and Fox into the backs, Mills into the mids for his 100th.

edit: just saw from Bloody Swan that Blakey is indeed emergency.

 

[SwansProudly]

weird when Heeney out injured

Isaac Heeney (ankle) and Lewis Melican (hamstring) will both miss the match due to injuries sustained against the Cats last week.
"Isaac jammed his ankle up a bit last week and it just hasn't recovered," Longmire said.
"He's obviously had the hand injury and been beaten up a little bit and we are hopeful of getting him back next week. He's a very important player for us.

TEAM: Three big inclusions

Lance Franklin, Dane Rampe and Robbie Fox will return to the Sydney Swans side to face Melbourne at the MCG on Saturday night.

www.sydneyswans.com.au

Please do make an injured player the sub!
Do not want the Crows Lynch fiasco.

 

[caesar88]

Heeney isn't listed as an emergency on the Swans site, though he is in Melbourne (presumably if we end up having an extended stay.)

I think Stephens can consider himself a bit stiff. I thought he had a better game than any of McInerney, Wicks, Warner or Gulden last week, though those guys have been solid contributors in most matches this year, which does still count for something. This is what having decent depth looks like I guess.

Literally don't get better inclusions than Buddy & Rampe. Pound for pound our two best players. And great to have Robbie Fox back! He and Rampe in will go a long way to making our defence less... wobbly. (Will still likely take some time.)

 

[Donza]

Blakey in, Stephens out??????

Unless the intention is to make Blakey sub, then very harsh on Stephens IMO.

If Heeney is injured why is he an emergency, unless we brought a limited number of players down.

Blakey can ruck!

When is he ever 100% ? What is the injury this time ? If it is still the hand they need to have a look at the medical staff and decision making.

Heeney - ankle .

 

[TheWhiteRhino]

So we're playing Hickey, Sinclair, McLean and Buddy in the same team?

We're going to get killed when the ball hits the ground.

 

[Mister B]

Absolutely disgusted that Blakey has got a game this week ahead of Stephens. Blakey was not even the top 10 in the reserves last week. Stephens played a solid game. What must that selection do to morale. Here you go mate. You don’t need to perform and we will give you a game anyway. Can kiss goodbye to Stephens. He will be back home next year where he might get rewarded for performance.

 

[ScrewInStuds]

A bit tough on Stephens, but they're good ins and somebody had to make way.

 

[Bloods86]

According to the AFL website we have 5 players listed on the IC and only 3 emergencies, so I assume the med sub is comong from that 5.

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Yeah think it may have missed someone earlier, only displayed 4 for a bit I think. Panic over. Well, as long as COR or Warner aren't sub.

 

[TheWhiteRhino]

Absolutely disgusted that Blakey has got a game this week ahead of Stephens. Blakey was not even the top 10 in the reserves last week. Stephens played a solid game. What must that selection do to morale. Here you go mate. You don’t need to perform and we will give you a game anyway. Can kiss goodbye to Stephens. He will be back home next year where he might get rewarded for performance.

Settle down, Blakey is the sub. What a ridiculous overreaction

 

[GoodesStuff]

AFL app has multiple mistakes there.

Our emergencies are Blakey, Hewett, Stephens and Brand.

Heeney is out of the squad with injury.

 

[S120]

Mills back to the midfield then. Will be interested with who our 3 wingers are - Florent and McInerney as usual but Stephens/Blakey have been the 3rd guy rotating there when they've played. Maybe Warner/Rowbottom spending a bit of time out there?

 

[TheMase]

For all we know Stephens wasn’t going to be selected in the 22 so they left him at home to spend time with mum and dad who were at the last game and therefore in Sydney.

No reserves anyway now (I’m sure they’ll train or something instead).

Edit. Apparently he is an emergency

 

[Donza]

AFL app has multiple mistakes there.

Our emergencies are Blakey, Hewett, Stephens and Brand.

Heeney is out of the squad with injury.

Yup

Sydney Swans vs Melbourne Demons

Backs	Dane Rampe	Tom McCartin	Jordan Dawson
Half Backs	Jake Lloyd	Robbie Fox	Justin McInerney
Centreline	Luke Parker	Ollie Florent	Harry Cunningham
Half Forwards	Tom Papley	Hayden McLean	Callum Sinclair
Forwards	Sam Wicks	Lance Franklin	Will Hayward
Followers	Tom Hickey	James Rowbottom	Callum Mills
Interchange	Josh Kennedy	Chad Warner	Colin O'Riordan
	Errol Gulden
Emergencies	Nick Blakey	Dylan Stephens	Kaiden Brand
	George Hewett

 

[BloodySwan]

So we're playing Hickey, Sinclair, McLean and Buddy in the same team?

We're going to get killed when the ball hits the ground.

I would have thought Sinclair would be dropped and Stephens stay in. I guess they really don't see McLean as a ruck, not even a backup

 

[Donza]

For all we know Stephens wasn’t going to be selected in the 22 so they left him at home to spend time with mum and dad who were at the last game and therefore in Sydney.

No reserves anyway now (I’m sure they’ll train or something instead).

Stephens will be sub.

 

[Donza]

Blakey isn't playing ffs.

 

[Punts]

Awesome the fox is in



To tall up front imo

 

[Bloods86]

AFL app has multiple mistakes there.

Our emergencies are Blakey, Hewett, Stephens and Brand.

Heeney is out of the squad with injury.

Sounds more legit.

Fox has " EMG: N.Blakey, K.Brand, J.Bell, TBA "

 

[Olian]

When is he ever 100% ? What is the injury this time ? If it is still the hand they need to have a look at the medical staff and decision making.

Ankle so nothing to with the medical staff.

 

[Punts]

Fox allows Dawson to attack and rampe to some what

That’s the best backline we can field imo

Attacking and defending

Hewett isn’t in the best in the back

 

[caesar88]

I think Sinclair in is probably for the dual purpose of supporting a still-strapped-up Hickey against the best ruckman of the last decade, enabling McLean to stay forward with Franklin. (As we are now without Heeney who would have likely been that third marking target.)

I'm not totally against the idea of stretching Melbourne's defence, especially when you consider Lever & May are so dominant aerially. But I think we could get killed on the rebound by those blonde headband twins the Dees have off HB. I think this is where Errol & Slick Wicks in particular will have to have strong performances to replicate that forward pressure of the first few weeks.

Definitely not playing it safe at selection as we're backing some of our more unheralded players to do roles that may end up too big for them, but if they pull it off, it will definitely be to our advantage. I'm officiating a wedding tomorrow so I won't be able to watch it live. Enjoy folks, and when we win, remember I called it.

 

[Punts]

Ball with walk out so we need too wet eyes and hit targets if you want to play that tall