Preview Changes rd 23 vs Sydney, Saturday 7pm AO.

[GROTTO]

The swans were on a downward trajectory due to all their injuries in the backline but they have got McArtin and a few others back. I think their threat up forward is their small/medium brigade, Papley, Hayward, Gulden, Heeney. Blakey is pretty important for them down back and creates their run. Rowbottom, Warner, Mills important in the middle. Just need to focus on Blakey and make sure their smalls don't get out of control up forward.

I think we are in a much better position to handle their small forwards then their tall forwards, given our injuries down back.

If Nicks has the right game plan set, I think Keays could run amok up forward, as Rankine and Rachele will get all the focus.

 

[Drugs Are Bad Mackay?]

Has Sloane been subbed off yet at all?

No

But this week...

 

[PeterSalt]

Surely though it’s in the pudding, because you can still have a good pudding even if you don’t eat it

I was always a fan of the magic pudding

 

[GROTTO]

No

But this week...

He wont care tbh, his objective and goal in 2023 was to get a contract for 2024.

 

[PeterSalt]

Just caught the news on 7

They're saying Hinge is good to go

 

[Alwaysacrow]

Just caught the news on 7

They're saying Hinge is good to go

Awesome.

 

[NTRabbit]

Likeliest answer: McHenry is probably off for personal reasons then, and since he wasn't in the senior side and hence didn't need to be dropped, they felt no compulsion to tell anyone anything.

 

[Drugs Are Bad Mackay?]

Is McAdam our oldest player to play his 50th game?

Maybe some of those SANFL veterans we had on our list early

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

Likeliest answer: McHenry is probably off for personal reasons then, and since he wasn't in the senior side and hence didn't need to be dropped, they felt no compulsion to tell anyone anything.

Off fishing...

 

[NTRabbit]

Is McAdam our oldest player to play his 50th game?

Maybe some of those SANFL veterans we had on our list early

Ben Hudson was 28 when he hit 50 games as well

 

[Vladdy Daddy]

Oh Vladdy Daddy , that's a baddy (unless you were being a taddy humorous).

yeah maybe, a few Thurs night reds might be to blame

 

[PeterSalt]

Tram driver strike on tomorrow .. if you're going to the game via tram

 

[TRP1996]

Ben Hudson was 28 when he hit 50 games as well

Shaun Mckernan would have been getting on when he played game 50, but that was with the Bombers not us.

 

[Burtonsgottago]

Based on what Sloane himself has said, Year 2 after an ACL will be better --- he's banking on being resuscitated by Burgess, another pre-season and Year 2 Syndrome.

That’s good enough for me.. get him in the middle and drop the kids to the 2’s….Premiership here we come! Anyone know of some good accommodation near Jolimont for the end of September next year?

 

[FR0GGY]

Just gotta score over 80pts
We are 9-0 when we do and 0-3 when we don’t at home this year.

 

[Burtonsgottago]

McHenry not named in Sanfl. Nor on injury list.

I said it at the start of the year - if Murphy and McHenry are in the starting 22, we’re not going anywhere

 

[cleanhands]

I said it at the start of the year - if Murphy and McHenry are in the starting 22, we’re not going anywhere

I think just one does the damage

 

[SLOWNE]

I think just one does the damage

Come on now, Murphy is easily All Australian gift shop employees.

 

[cleanhands]

Come on now, Murphy is easily All Australian gift shop employees.

Give the boy a yellow jacket

 

[conVINCEd]

Likeliest answer: McHenry is probably off for personal reasons then, and since he wasn't in the senior side and hence didn't need to be dropped, they felt no compulsion to tell anyone anything.

Seems likely but he was at training today.

 

[conVINCEd]

It's weird how this "leadership" hill they've decided to die on to justify selecting Sloane absolutely trashes other players without them even knowing or seemingly caring about it.

Our midfield has Dawson (C), Laird (in the leadership group), ROB (in the leadership group), Smith (in the leadership group) and Crouch (former in the leadership group and has captained). What exactly is 4/5ths of our leadership group, including the Captain of the club incapable of doing that we must have Sloane in to make up for? Is Dawson suddenly incapable of knowing what to do for the 20 minutes Schoenberg gets to spend on ball a game?

If we were playing him in the back pocket with a bunch of guys under 30 games I might buy that argument, but we put him in the area of the ground where we have the most experience already, so what exactly is he adding other than some "roo-rah, let's go boys!" pep talks in the break?

Just to be that guy, Laird is certainly a senior player but is not, and never has been, in our leadership group.

 

[VKCrow]

Glad someone in the media has the balls to say it, problem is it’s only Jars.

Rowey said it too

 

[cleanhands]

Rowey said it too

That’ll change in 24 hrs

 

[George Kramer]

Rowey said it too

About Sloane? Not what I heard

 

[CrowBloke]

I always thought it was the proof is in the pulling like it was some masturbatory thing.

Nah --- that'd be "the proof is in the apple pie".