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27 minutes ago, WERRIDEE said:

He's a depth player not a list clogger. If it wasn't for GWS's massive amount of injuries he would have played a lot less games.

He’s played 86 out of their last 87 games, in a team with arguably the best depth in the league, that’s a fair effort. Do you class him as a depth player for gws, or for us too?

6 hours ago, The Swimming Dee said:

I don’t understand the dislike for Mahoney. He worked the loophole which landed us Clarrie. For that I am eternally grateful 

What loophole was that? I know we picked the Swans Academy player (Mills?) and the Swans matched the offer so we then picked Clarrie. I don’t class that as a loophole though.

NAB AFL Draft Combine results day three 

Vertical jump (cm)

Miles Bergman       77
Brady Rowles          73
Ben Johnson           70
Daniel Mott              70
Cody Weightman    69
Sam Flanders          69
Lachlan Williams    69
Sam Philp                 69
Nick Bryan                69

Combine record: Jordan Gallucci (89cm, 2016), Aiden Bonar (89cm, 2017)

Agility (seconds)

Hayden Young         7.940
Elijah Taylor             8.005
Thomson Dow         8.061
Trent Rivers              8.100
Oisin Gallen              8.197
Chad Warner            8.203
Sam Flanders            8.206
Noah Cumberland    8.208
Connor Budarick      8.242
Dylan Stephens        8.245

Combine record: Stephen Hill (7.77 seconds, 2008)

20m sprint (seconds)

Sam Philp                 2.867
Ben Johnson            2.885
Malcolm Rosas        2.924
Mitch Georgiades    2.925
Noah Cumberland    2.931
Finn Maginness       2.957
Harrison Jones        2.963
Jeremy Sharp          2.966
Brady Rowles          2.968
Dylan Stephens      2.972

Combine record: Joel Wilkinson (2.75 seconds, 2010)

Running vertical jump (cm)

Brady Rowles            98
Miles Bergman         90
Sam Flanders           88
Cian McBride            87
Lachlan Williams      86
Hugo Ralphsmith     86
Jaxon Prior               85
Nick Bryan                85
Oscar Lewis               83
Kysaiah Pickett         83
Cody Weightman      83
Will Day                       83
Brady Rowles            83
Cooper Stephens      83
Harrison Jones         83 

Combine record: Kyron Hayden (103cm, 2017)

Yo-Yo test (level)

Jay Rantall                 21.8 
Cooper Stephens      21.8
Connor Budarick       21.6
Chad Warner             21.6
Oscar Lewis              21.5
Sam Philp                  21.5
Lachlan Ash              21.4
Harrison Jones         21.4
Finn Maginness        21.4
Trey Ruscoe              21.4
Riley Baldi                  21.3
Sam Flanders            21.3
Matt Rowell               21.3
Jeremy Sharp            21.3

Combine record: Andrew Brayshaw (level 22.4, 2017)

Only if he costs a bag of chips, with a lot of clauses in his contract that state we can drop him at the drop of a hat.

What I find interesting, as I understand it, the AFL don’t name a player until their second strike? Would suggest that Rioli has tested positive once already.

50 minutes ago, Moonshadow said:

I have the view that if we end up with pick 2, use it on Anderson (assuming he doesn't go 1). Do not split pick 2. 

If our pick is 3, then perhaps a split is possible. I would still be very hesitant, as Young looks a good prospect at pick 3 and there are a few other draft 'bolters' moving up the list.

I read somewhere that GC have stated they’ll pick Rowell at 1, I suppose they could have lied but in this case I can’t see why they would. Rowell had a ripper of an U18 GF too. I agree that Young, or Ash, would suit us and be happy to use pick 3 on either of them. ??

11 minutes ago, Gorgoroth said:

Yeah I just saw that, McVay was asked if we would look at Brown and he said “you look at everyone, but we are pretty happy with our WR core.” 

Even without the latest allegations against him, he’ll be trouble for any team. Career most likely over.

Antonio Brown released by the Patriots after one game. 

1 hour ago, whatwhatsaywhat said:

ugle-hagen is tied to footscray via next gen academy, yes?

Yes.

43 minutes ago, WERRIDEE said:

Is it on Kayo?

Not sure, but it is on Foxtel and I believe that’s where Kayo get a lot of their stuff from, same company.

Not even if we missed out on Anderson. I’d look at Ash or Young before Serong, Serong seems to be more of what we have, but not outstanding where you’d be stupid to pass him, like Rowell.

Only way I would think about splitting the pick is if GC got pick 2 and we missed out on Anderson, then only if we could get Lachie Ash, or Hayden Young, with at least one of those picks.

From what I’ve read, Ash has the speed we lack and Young has the kicking skills we need, both will probably go top 10 though, without other deals done, we’d most probably miss out on either of them if we split for GWS’s picks.

5 hours ago, spirit of norm smith said:

Agree.  May wanted the 5 years deal for less $$$ a year. Hopes to play in finals.  

Well, he got one spot closer to finals this year. ?

5 hours ago, Redleg said:

But how can you be certain GC would pick Rowell?

Although I don’t think it’s a certainty, I think Rowell would suit GC more. Hard inside mid who will probably average 20-25 possessions a game in his first season, touted as a future Captain too, leadership qualities that GC need. At 178cm he’s 10cm shorter then Anderson but that shouldn’t be a factor for GC.

We lost games even though we had more scoring shots, and we lost games after smashing teams with I50’s. The question is why? I believe, and I’m not a coach, that it’s a few things combined.

1. Our goal kicking needs a lot of work, we missed a lot of easy shots on goal with little pressure. (Pressure at AFL standed at least.)

2. Our mids and forwards aren’t on the same page, to be fair a consistent 22 would probably help. Hopefully our new fitness bloke will help with that.

3. Our skills and decision making need to improve. Either our players miss hitting up our leading forward or they handball to another player who is either under pressure or fumbles, or their handball is crap putting the other player under pressure etc. I believe this is causing the leading forwards to double back, abort leads or just be out of position when said under pressure player just bombs the ball in.

Surely our highly paid coaches and players know this though, I’m just an armchair critic after all. ?

I will next season, mine is automatic anyway, but if next year is as bad as this one with no changes, then I don’t know after that?

First change I want to see is an improvement in our fitness team now that Misson is gone, I want May and TMac fully fit.

Second change is an improvement in our efficiency, turnovers kill you at AFL level and we are the champs at it. ??‍♂️

Third, a GAME PLAN B ?

I always thought he’d take longer, like Dusty who took about 4 years before he could run out a full game in the mid field. Trac was a big unit when he started, fine at TAC/Schoolboy level but at AFL level he needed to up his tank. He missed the first year and has had interrupted pre seasons, so I believe he’s behind where Martin was. We are finally starting to see him put games together and he’s starting to pick up his averages as a result. I agree that he needs to be a bit more selfish and back himself going for goal though...maybe not his set shots though? ?

1 minute ago, olisik said:

That wasn’t cheap, Pettys repeat efforts got that goal 

I may have missed the Eagles players prior opportunity? ??‍♂️ I just flicked back over from checking the Saints game.

Well, Gloutfis just gave us a cheap goal there

Nice work by Salem, crap kick to Frost and then tries to knock him out too. ??‍♂️

I would be interested in seeing how many here, who want to get rid of Weid, would take Tom Hawkins? Tomahawk played about 5 very good games in his first 100, in a very good team, and was a man mountain to start with.

Weid has played 30 odd games, between injuries, in a team that bombs the ball in to the fwd50 and refuse to lower their eyes and hit a leading fwd. ??‍♂️ We improve our fwd entries and Weid will look better.

On 7/7/2019 at 11:03 PM, Lord Travis said:

No SA players are good enough to go top 5 this year, let alone pick 2. 

After beating Carlton today we’ve probably missed out on Anderson now ? Who suits us best at pick 3? Ash? Kemp? Serong?

I had heard Dylan Stephens (SA) was meant to be a decent prospect? He’s also ranked 9th on the link furious d posted. I’m hoping the Crows will think picking a local will offset the difference? ?

The Crows might lean towards one of the local SA kids with Carltons pick, so we might still steal Anderson or Rowell if we finish 16th? 

Anyone know how this kid has been going?

JEREMY SHARP

Club: East Fremantle, Western Australia

Position: Midfielder

Size: 185cm, 72kg

Champion Data player comparison: Andrew Gaff

Foxfooty.com.au says: The WA wingman was one of the shining lights in the Under 18 Championships. Sharp runs hard on the outside and played his best game of the carnival against Vic Metro, where he had a team-high 26 disposals. The blonde haired midfielder was named in the All-Australian, with his ability to collect the ball around the flanks and hit up a target being a strength. He is clearly one of the best prospects in the west.

In regards to the free kick, I believe the original free to Lockhart would’ve been from the top of the goal square, because Freo were kicking out. The reversal against Jones though should’ve just been a free kick to the filthy diver where he flopped.

I wasn’t aware of the rule, but the commentators did mention that if a team is kicking out from a behind and get a free, it’s 50mtrs. I believe this is where the issue may have come from, the Commentators mentioned that it was the umpire near the goals that gave the 50, not the umpire who reversed the free. I reckon the umpire near the goals has just heard the free kick to Walters, therefore paying the 50 when the other umpire didn’t, possibly thinking the other umpire missed it? The umpire who reversed the free kick probably assumed the other umpire gave the 50 for another reason, just an honest miscommunication that cost us a goal.

3 hours ago, demonstone said:

The context was that it was Indigenous Round and a team of under 16 all Indigenous players had taught the Swans players the war dance during the week.  Goodes and Lewis Jetta agreed that the first of them to kick a goal that day would perform the dance.  Goodes duly kicked the first goal and performed the dance (incorporating throwing a spear), aiming towards a nearby pocket of Carlton fans who had been booing him since the game had begun.    

That’s the context he stated after the fact, I believe that if he stated he was going to do this before the game the supporters probably wouldn’t have unleashed as they did? Also, as I stated, he could’ve done it in front of Swans supporters, they would’ve loved it and it wouldn’t have blown up. So I stick to my point that in this case he could’ve handled it a little better.