Hi Salty,
thanks for the birthday wishes.
For your decisions, you just need to answer some questions. Let's deal with Swan first.
You took him for a reason, most likely to create a POD from Pendles owners, and there is nothing wrong with that, even though for now it has backfired. You obviously had him rated 115+ for the season when you took him, which is more than reasonable. The question is, what do you rate him now? I am betting despite his 2 bad games, you are still rating him 110+, and if you're not, it would be interesting to know why. He has a history of rough scoring patches, and then coming good. In 2011 before the famous mid-season Colorado trip he scored only 358 in the 4 games leading up to that break, and 568 in the 6 games before that break. He still managed a 122 season that year! In 2009 he had 3 scores of 66, 73 and 90 in a 5 game spell, but still managed a 123 season. His first 3 games in 2012 only averaged 100, before going on to a 126 season. If you currently have him rated 110 or higher, I can't see that you have any choice, other than to stick with him. If you have him rated lower than 110, you need a pretty good reason, seeing as he's been 117+ the last 5 seasons.
As to Swallow /Zorko, it's just
my opinion that the cream has been squeezed from their cakes, and that applies more to Zorko than Swallow. You need to ask yourself what you think they will average from here, to decide if they are worth having. You are facing a potential selection problem in a few hours. Will all of Mitchell, Enright and Laidler play? If the answer is no, obviously you need to do something. If the answer is, yes one of them is playing, the question becomes, do you move Laidler if he is not selected? Yo me, the answer to that question is more how compare Laidler's potential replacement (Swallow?) with Daisy, as it appears Daisy is the only other "sacrificable" player you have. If you rate Swallow to score high enough from here to hold D6, then he is probably more use to your team than Daisy. Do you go Daisy to Templeton/Aish, Laidler to Swallow? I wouldn't as it's 2 trades, that on paper only increase your score potentially slightly, and your money making a bit more.
McDon to Taylor seems ok, not great, but ok. If you have back cover, then Daisy out, Langdon up, Swallow in is a potential move as well. That doesn't fix Laidler, and it is largely dependant on whether you think Swallow can hold D6 from here.
Good luck.