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Hogan - he is a power forward and i can't wait to see him rag dolling some opponents in the next few years! Tyson - I haven't really seen what he can do apart from a few highlight. Michie - I think he is very under-rated and given time could be something special (Kennedy esk deal aka hawks to swans.. ).

I watched this and i wasn't impressed.. E.g. If you watch Dunstan's highlights it looks like he has an elite handball and about 4 out of every 5 kicks are well weighted to the advantage of his team-mates. The highlights clearly do not show how good Salem maybe, but if this is all i had to go by he would not be in the top 15 for me (Dunstan would be way higher). In future the AFL should load better highlights so that we can really see the quality of a player - the amount of highlights showing a certain player kicking the ball, but cutting before you see the outcome of the kick (facepalm)!!

Not too surprised. I think it would've been nice to see him play though..

I think we all have some biases in our opinions (it's hard not to be). We are looking at it from a needs basis which we achieved. Others are looking at it from a critical basis, where we picked up: Vince who was worth pick 30-40 ish with pick 23. Would Adelaide have accepted pick 41 in the end? Would Adelaide have accepted Sylvia's compo pick if it was 3rd round? 39 ish? - i read a trade post that said they would no matter the compensation. Dom Tyson+pick9 who was worth pick 2-20 ish alone with pick 2 & 20. Yes on his drafting years form compared to this years draft he is worth pick two easily. But say he can't recapture that form (hasn't really dominated many games - look at his best 10 games stats - http://stats.rleague.com/afl/stats/players/D/Dom_Tyson.html) or he gets injured again for a third year with us. His value would then be pick 10-30 ish by next years trade period.I think Richmond pick 15 ish would get the deal done alone.This is where D. Barrett is coming from. Whereas we think he alone is worth pick 2. upgrading from 20 to 9 is the win. Hopefully by the end of next year the team is used to the game style Roosy has enforced and we are a competitive team

Hope to play St Kilda round one and win - what a feeling that would be

Agreed, what about tapscott as a defender for strauss? Tapscott started in the back-line i recall and he tackled well for a small defender..

http://www.afl.com.au/news/2013-10-12/swans-lock-in-dew There goes Dew. Re-signed for 3 years with the swans..

On that, when he first started playing he was our lock down small defender.. i remember him waiting for his opponent to just touch the ball and ball he would crunch them in a massive tackle - It to date has been his best position, but i saw signs this year i liked.. On the negative he never seems to land on his feet after jumping for a mark, so he was leading hard and if the delivery was crap he wasn't there.. I'm in favor of keeping them both.. Blease has a habit of getting injured every year & tappy is Trangroves best mate, plus was rated as one of the top three kicks in his draft..

Colless interviewed a little while ago and he sounds old and almost addled: http://www.sen.com.au/audioplayer/Audio/Richard-Colless,-sydney-swans-chairman/7239#.UkJtSeXjTnU.twitter

I'm not sure that is correct, i would read it as only 1.45 million, with an extra 500k available.. (i think the article goes on to explain how the 1.45 million is broken down, rather than saying we get 2 packages of 1.45 million). i could be wrong

If Roos decides to go for him, i would suggest it would have to be pick two (although i wouldn't want to give it up). I would demand the tigers first pick in return (10-15) and then try to ontrade that for Adams from GWS and maybe our second pick.. this way we get: Dustin Martin, Taylor Adams, Daniel Cross for our first two picks.. Sounds reasonable on face value.. if we then get given an extra pick we will be laughing.. If Dustin doesn't crash and burn that is..

I just love listening to him talk. So refreshing to listen too! What a media conference #godees

If we are not happy with Tapscott, why not move him back to defence as the small defender? I remember loving his first few years at the club when he was down there, he was ferocious (what he tries to show in the forward line). Another thing in his favor of such a move is that he was renowned as one of the best kicks in the Draft that year and we don't have a small lock-down defender, and no-one can deny that he is not a hard player - he will never duck or not go back with the flight. Also, the game on the weekend highlighted how poor our back-men are at hitting targets: Mcdonald (can run, can't kick), Frawley (can match most one on one, has speed, no left foot, right foot renowned as poor), Garland (i think can kick but twice in first quarter running through the middle missed simple passes towards the forward 50), Terlich's (Can run and attack better than most, but is all over the place with his kicking - e.g. first quarter switch to the middle [matt jones alone 20 m out from 50], kicks a high backwards (toward center) ball that Jones gets crunched on). Dunn (can kick long, has experience, but twice turned the ball over with little ridiculous kicks that hurt and half the time his long kicks are to the advantage of the opposition). -They might be the right size and age/experience, but if they are to be a part of a premiership defense they will need to get a lot better with their disposal. I really hope they do (and maybe its all to do with the midfielders not running hard enough etc) GO DEES! P.s. COUGH - maybe some of the funding from the AFL can go to pay out player contracts

One thing i noticed with Toump is that he can actually handball, and not just handball, he handballs to advantage (i.e., in-front of where the Melbourne player is running, with power and around waist height).. The amount of Melbourne players who cannot handball is shocking for AFL level. I think i saw Matt Jones handball soft floaty passes 3 times at the feet of another Melbourne player.. If you are afraid of hurting your hand when you hit the ball you have a problem... GO DEES!

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But Sloane re-signed up with Adelaide this year mid season. If he wanted to move back he would have used a Jack Watts line and held off till the end of the year. Sloane is honest, unless Adelaide wanted to get rid of him hes staying for his entire AFL career in my opinion.

Just want to say Rory Sloane would be almost the best young player to get to change our culture around at the club. I used to work for the Eastern Ranges when he was the captain of its U/18 squad and he was that one player that everyone would do anything for. Every person who met him was blown away with his personality. He is the nice guy who finishes first. They say we have no leaders, get him and we have an amazing leader. I personally don't see Adelaide giving him up for anything, but if there was a chance..

http://www.afl.com.au/video/2013-08-10/all-in-sexton-out 5 seconds ish is that the injury taking place? If so i'm a little amused at how any penalty can be handed down with other players dragging clisby holding onto the gold coast player? Looking forward to see if Melbourne challenge! GO DEES

Going forward I’d like to see one of two things happen: 1a) play kids and develop for the future (can see why we drafted a whole lot of these players) or 2) play the players who each week play the best in the VFL/AFL and be strong on this. Clearly Blease sucked last week, I have no idea why (i love him & what he can do). If you take this approach at least it is transparent that if you don’t perform you are in the two's. This will hopefully set a good precedent/standard. [rather than 'he played [censored], but we need him so he stays in' - surely that may undermine the players confidence in Neeld]). Also: I feel that some players are being played for an ideal structure, rather than for the form they are in (Seller).. I’d kill to see Kent in to replace him.. Kent’s NAB cup form was very good and he found space as a forward. Why play 5 tall backs last week, when in round one we had an inability to run the ball out of defence? On top of this, most are renowned for having poor disposal by foot.. Can we really win a premiership with guys who cant kick? A team is only as good as their ruckman. An amazing ruckman makes a B grade midfield look A grade. E.g. Richmond last year, Ivan comes in their whole outlook on the field drastically improved. E.g. Eagles against the Hawks, no nic nat and a first gamer and all the sudden they were reactive at centre bounces (cox had an ave game too). As a few posts are saying, Jamar is no longer above average, at best he is average, and last week Ryder made him look poor (I’d question the re-signing of him for 3 years too). Lastly: Drop Seller and play Jamar as the second forward/ruckman. Bring in Gawn - renowned as a tap ruckman, second tallest player in the AFL (try jumping over that Paddy), and had the most? tackles in the VFL last week.. Yes injury prone, but we are [censored] and only reactive, we need to try to at least give viney/jones a chance to get first hands on the ball. 3) Try to get close to the same amount of possessions as the opposition (the last two years we have been smashed). Whatever happens i will support us always, Go Dees