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Take a bow MFC; the recruitment of Frost was a master-stroke.


Jesse Christ

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We needed a replacement for the departing Frawley, and for pick 24 we have found a beauty here!

electrifying pace, solid foot skills, creative, brave, and did I mention electrifying pace?

Will work well with McDonald. Will make others around him stand taller.

Excellent work recruiting guys!

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And has proven that he can play both ends!

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What about jeff Garlett for pick 60 or whatever,

We did extremely well in both older recruits and the quality of players we drafted

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Yeh but where is his best position? I would prefer him down back on a half flank. His attack on the footy is something he could teach t players like Garland, who have their eyes [censored] for half the game.

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Roos clearly sees a forward role for him which would relieve the pressure on hogan and Dawes. Is our ideal forward set up 4 talls and the 2 crumbers? Could also be putting pressure on garland and Howe for spots down back. Certainly in the starting 22 on current form.

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Remember when everyone* was having a haemorrhage over how we paid "overs" for him, when we actually paid the only reasonable currency we had left?

*Almost.

I do. Didn't we also get Neale-Bullen and Oscar in the same deal?

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Roos clearly sees a forward role for him which would relieve the pressure on hogan and Dawes. Is our ideal forward set up 4 talls and the 2 crumbers? Could also be putting pressure on garland and Howe for spots down back. Certainly in the starting 22 on current form.

Not sure, If talls could play like smalls then maybe, but typically they don't. When they say a tall is 'great below their knees' - what they mean is 'great below their knees for a tall'. The Swans have two of the best talls in the business (and one who plays much like a small) but they didn't have the flexibility that Hawthorn did in the GF with their medium talls. I think the standard set up would be for Dawes & Hogan as permanent talls, resting ruck of Pedo or Gawn, with Watts, Kent and Vandenberg rotating as the medium talls Garlett and JKH crumbing and Howe and Frost able to play that swingman role.

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Thought he was much better last week and was quite ordinary yesterday.

Looks to me like he's a natural defender and being played as a forward. That run and speed would be devastating from defence.

When he and o Mac were recruited I thought they were key defenders. Interesting both played forward yesterday. Key forwards are obviously seen as a greater weakness than key defenders.

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Thought he was much better last week and was quite ordinary yesterday.

Looks to me like he's a natural defender and being played as a forward. That run and speed would be devastating from defence.

When he and o Mac were recruited I thought they were key defenders. Interesting both played forward yesterday. Key forwards are obviously seen as a greater weakness than key defenders.

Agree. I think the club is just trying g to add another string to his bow. He is much better in defence.

I actually see Oscar Mcdonald being a forward to us. 197cm tall forward who has strong hands and good motor. Id like to compare him to Sam Reid who played all his junior football as a defender then Sydney turned him into a forward because of his raw athletic ability like O Mac.

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