Position SC 2021: Defender Discussion
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Jake Lloyd has recovered well from his knee sprain, he is back in full training this week so we are expecting him to be available for round one.
By Sydney Swans Media - 2 days ago
To pick or not to pick, hmmm?
(Missing anything to consider below?)
AYES:
He's will most likely be the No1 Defender at season's end.
Hard to bring in later, as he doesn't normally go low in price.
New rules favourable for him (the increase to 15m space for kick-ins).
There should be plenty of ball in the Swans’ defence again.
Only 27yo.
Rarely puts in a a bad score.
Durable.
NAYS:
He's overpriced.
Had a (slight?) interrupted preseason.
Other Syd Def players may take points away from him (like Dawson's long kick-ins suit the new rules).
The Ayes win, right???
By Sydney Swans Media - 2 days ago
To pick or not to pick, hmmm?
(Missing anything to consider below?)
AYES:
He's will most likely be the No1 Defender at season's end.
Hard to bring in later, as he doesn't normally go low in price.
New rules favourable for him (the increase to 15m space for kick-ins).
There should be plenty of ball in the Swans’ defence again.
Only 27yo.
Rarely puts in a a bad score.
Durable.
NAYS:
He's overpriced.
Had a (slight?) interrupted preseason.
Other Syd Def players may take points away from him (like Dawson's long kick-ins suit the new rules).
The Ayes win, right???
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Sorry my bad - didn't see the DPP there.
He's playing forward though so the question still applies - what are you expecting to get out of him as an SC forward in terms of average? He's never really done anything of note in SC before even when he hasn't been out injured, so I'm not sure where your expectations sit with him?
He's playing forward though so the question still applies - what are you expecting to get out of him as an SC forward in terms of average? He's never really done anything of note in SC before even when he hasn't been out injured, so I'm not sure where your expectations sit with him?
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I guess you would be happy to generate 150k, in a perfect world 200k. Something along those lines whilst providing some scoring better than a rookie along the way. Similar to what you would be hoping for through a Ziebell, Daniher, Impey. Young, Cumming, Clark. Like I said I think Dan Butler is potentially the blueprint here, he went from $234k to $458k in 5 weeks. Yes durability is shocking and that creates a large risk.
Just really passed the eye test I guess. Looked as sharp and fit as I've seen him, piled on 79 in virtually 1/3 of a match, which could have easily been more. How much of that can be attributed to the crows putting up less of a fight than a set of witches hats.... well that's something else to consider as well.
Just really passed the eye test I guess. Looked as sharp and fit as I've seen him, piled on 79 in virtually 1/3 of a match, which could have easily been more. How much of that can be attributed to the crows putting up less of a fight than a set of witches hats.... well that's something else to consider as well.
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If they still had Burgess there running the show conditioning-wise then I'd probably have a bit more confidence about Port turning around his soft tissue injury issues tbh. Fantasia has always had talent to burn but the issues with both his body and the important bit above the shoulders have always been there to hold him back from being a consistently good footballer.
On another note how are they handling the dew over at Adelaide Oval during night games nowadays? As silly as it might sound that's another thing that crossed my mind, in terms of the transition from playing home games mostly indoors to playing home games outdoors with a lot of night games on the schedule.
On another note how are they handling the dew over at Adelaide Oval during night games nowadays? As silly as it might sound that's another thing that crossed my mind, in terms of the transition from playing home games mostly indoors to playing home games outdoors with a lot of night games on the schedule.
I've got Fantasia in my side currently, scored quite well the other week, I'm not up to speed with his previous injuries, but, if you compare Daniher and Brisbane, you'd have to think the fault lay with the strength and conditioning crew at Essendon, on top of not being happy at the club.
The reason he's in my side is, insurance against the rookies, he'll be seeing plenty of quality leather, you also have Dixon, Ladhams, Marshall or Georgiades crashing packs, if not marking, the balls dropping at Fantasia's feet. If he doesn't do well, he's an easy up or downgrade at his price and has dpp. Anyway fingers crossed he does well for his new club, albeit a year late.
The reason he's in my side is, insurance against the rookies, he'll be seeing plenty of quality leather, you also have Dixon, Ladhams, Marshall or Georgiades crashing packs, if not marking, the balls dropping at Fantasia's feet. If he doesn't do well, he's an easy up or downgrade at his price and has dpp. Anyway fingers crossed he does well for his new club, albeit a year late.
