Swan...who gets him?
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Very hard to tag Swan as he gets a lot of ball out wide or half a kick in front of the play, often backs his team mates to win the footy and stays away from the contest IMO. Win the contested footy and Swan will have to change his game and come in to the packs, he is slow and cant run away from packs. Just let him go head to head with any of our mids IMO. They are harder and will win more footy.
Maybe this year?
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Birss not selected as you obviously know, cant see why we would pick 2 run with players for the least talented midfield in the final 6 (on a par with Sydney). If Didak and Heath Shaw were playing maybe? Why do people want to play more tags, we played terrible footy with multiple tags early in the season. Didnt have any ball winners.perfectionist wrote:Birss
Swan is only dangerous if the rest of the Collingwood mids are winning the ball, simple, win the ball ourselves.
Maybe this year?
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I think Ross is looking to bolster ball winning ability which they smashed us in last time with Burns.rexy wrote:Birss not selected as you obviously know, cant see why we would pick 2 run with players for the least talented midfield in the final 6 (on a par with Sydney). If Didak and Heath Shaw were playing maybe? Why do people want to play more tags, we played terrible footy with multiple tags early in the season. Didnt have any ball winners.perfectionist wrote:Birss
Swan is only dangerous if the rest of the Collingwood mids are winning the ball, simple, win the ball ourselves.
Swan HAS to be stopped...Birss wouldnt have been a bad match up.
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Mini will get either Swan or Pendlebury and that will be our only tag IMO. I rate Pendlebury higher for his creativity and elusiveness personally but Ross may not agree.plugger66 wrote:Birss wouldnt be fit enough to run with Swan. I would say mini will get the job.
In the perfect world you would let Dal and Pendlebury play on each other but Collingwood will not allow that, Dal to dangerous without the tag and to easily tagged out of the game to ignore.
Maybe this year?
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What about someone from left field...Blake...believe he could run with him without doubt....might depend on the taller matchups.
.Cloke,Anthony but still like this matchup...am I off my freaking head with this????
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I think Eddy is an excellent suggestion. He has a huge tank, is strong and bigger than Mini - so would be a real hadful for Swan. Eddy is a hard, tough tackler - would really put Swan off his game. Save Mini for a Leon or Thomas or Pendlebury type.gosaints wrote:For a midfielder Swan is very strong in the air. It is one of his strengths and a reason McQualter couldn't handle him last time. A bigger bodied player must go to him. Could Eddy do the job??
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Eddy would only have a centremetre or 2 on mini and after last week looks to have little idea how to tag a player. If it isnt mini then we have little choice but to try and work him the other way so it probably will have to be Gram.yipper wrote:I think Eddy is an excellent suggestion. He has a huge tank, is strong and bigger than Mini - so would be a real hadful for Swan. Eddy is a hard, tough tackler - would really put Swan off his game. Save Mini for a Leon or Thomas or Pendlebury type.gosaints wrote:For a midfielder Swan is very strong in the air. It is one of his strengths and a reason McQualter couldn't handle him last time. A bigger bodied player must go to him. Could Eddy do the job??
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Agreed Mini is too small. He might be better suited to Davis, but I don't think he's quick enough, that said who would be?gosaints wrote:For a midfielder Swan is very strong in the air. It is one of his strengths and a reason McQualter couldn't handle him last time. A bigger bodied player must go to him. Could Eddy do the job??
IMO Swan needs to be shut down realistically he has been the difference in both encounters, he's racked up possies, and kicked goals. I think we have them covered head 2 head provided we are switched on. Swan appears to be a bit of a barometer for the Filth...we need to shut him down.
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Wasn't taliking about height Plugger - Eddy is a tank up against Mini. Fact is Eddy is still in the team, he didn't do anything last week at all. So, give him a completely negative task to carry out i.e. Shut Swan down. He is a hard hitter physically - we have seen that from him, so let him physically challenge Swan and give that player something to think about instead of letting him kill us. It might work - leaves Mini for some of the more lighter types.plugger66 wrote:Eddy would only have a centremetre or 2 on mini and after last week looks to have little idea how to tag a player. If it isnt mini then we have little choice but to try and work him the other way so it probably will have to be Gram.yipper wrote:I think Eddy is an excellent suggestion. He has a huge tank, is strong and bigger than Mini - so would be a real hadful for Swan. Eddy is a hard, tough tackler - would really put Swan off his game. Save Mini for a Leon or Thomas or Pendlebury type.gosaints wrote:For a midfielder Swan is very strong in the air. It is one of his strengths and a reason McQualter couldn't handle him last time. A bigger bodied player must go to him. Could Eddy do the job??
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exactly....Teflon wrote:I think Ross is looking to bolster ball winning ability which they smashed us in last time with Burns.rexy wrote:Birss not selected as you obviously know, cant see why we would pick 2 run with players for the least talented midfield in the final 6 (on a par with Sydney). If Didak and Heath Shaw were playing maybe? Why do people want to play more tags, we played terrible footy with multiple tags early in the season. Didnt have any ball winners.perfectionist wrote:Birss
Swan is only dangerous if the rest of the Collingwood mids are winning the ball, simple, win the ball ourselves.
Swan HAS to be stopped...Birss wouldnt have been a bad match up.
Last time we played (round 8) Birss tagged Heath Shaw and kept him to just 11 disposals....
He would have been perfect for Swan....
I am still at a loss as to why he was dropped after a 21 to 5 goal victory
Also, in that round 8 match, Blake played on Cloke and kept him goalless with just 4 marks and 10 kicks
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He isnt playing though so who should be on him.St Fidelius wrote:exactly....Teflon wrote:I think Ross is looking to bolster ball winning ability which they smashed us in last time with Burns.rexy wrote:Birss not selected as you obviously know, cant see why we would pick 2 run with players for the least talented midfield in the final 6 (on a par with Sydney). If Didak and Heath Shaw were playing maybe? Why do people want to play more tags, we played terrible footy with multiple tags early in the season. Didnt have any ball winners.perfectionist wrote:Birss
Swan is only dangerous if the rest of the Collingwood mids are winning the ball, simple, win the ball ourselves.
Swan HAS to be stopped...Birss wouldnt have been a bad match up.
Last time we played (round 8) Birss tagged Heath Shaw and kept him to just 11 disposals....
He would have been perfect for Swan....
I am still at a loss as to why he was dropped after a 21 to 5 goal victory
Also, in that round 8 match, Blake played on Cloke and kept him goalless with just 4 marks and 10 kicks