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If reckon if you can pick around 75% of the Round 0 starting line up at this stage you're going to be doing pretty well

Bit of a rainy day for the Swans Giants game today.
Gulden went off with a rolled ankle but is expected to be OK for next week.
Charlie only had 6 disposals for 2 goals but didn't play a full game (69%)
Swans won 97 to 59

https://www.afl.com.au/news/1469557/match-report-sodden-sydney-swans-too-strong-for-gws-giants-in-final-pre-season-hitout

Won't have Nick Newman for a couple of weeks. Reported for striking.

Quote from: Blue Moon – on February 26, 2026, 12:11:41 pm

My one concern is that we played another quarter where we didn't score a goal. The inability to manufacture goals when things are not going your way has been an ongoing problem for years.  I think we need to be able to score goals against the run of play more consistently than we have in the past.
However beating the two grand finalists from last year must mean we are Premiership favourites.

Generally agree. Apparently our I50 entry work shows improvement but  I would like to see it improve further. There still seems to be too many poorly directed kicks and lack of creative leading. Otherwise I thought it was a pretty good effort.

Either way.....i'd prefer we DONT play him against Sydney.....or against anyone really...until he is 100% right.
We have very little to gain by risking him. But (re)cracking a rib means we have a lot to lose. So why risk it?

Won't have Nick Newman for a couple of weeks. Reported for striking.

My one concern is that we played another quarter where we didn't score a goal. The inability to manufacture goals when things are not going your way has been an ongoing problem for years.  I think we need to be able to score goals against the run of play more consistently than we have in the past.
However beating the two grand finalists from last year must mean we are Premiership favourites.

Quote from: kruddler – on February 26, 2026, 06:43:28 pm

They interviewed weiters before the game and asked him how many broken ribs he ended up having.
His response, i'm not going to say. Don't want to give Sydney too much amunition......or words to that effect.

This shows 2 things.
1. He thinks he will be playing against sydney
2. What he got and what was reported, are different things. If it was just 1, he would've said just one. The club indicated it was 1, he had nothing to gain by not admitting to that. His refusal to answer the question is a worry.


Either way.....i'd prefer we DONT play him against Sydney.....or against anyone really...until he is 100% right.
We have very little to gain by risking him. But (re)cracking a rib means we have a lot to lose. So why risk it?

I reckon we wont see him before round 2.

Quote from: DJC – on February 26, 2026, 12:19:14 pm

Weiters reckons he's going to be good to play and is looking forward to matching up against his mate Charlie.  I saw an interview with Charlie a while back where he spoke about playing against Weiters.

If we can fit Derksen in the 23 with Weiters back, I'd start him on Charlie with Dean primed to leap over Charlie at every opportunity.

Obviously Weiters knows Charlie's game as well as he knows his own but his value is in intercepting and setting up transition from defence.  Derksen is more of an old-fashioned close-checking defender and I think he'd do OK on Charlie ... with some help.

They interviewed weiters before the game and asked him how many broken ribs he ended up having.
His response, i'm not going to say. Don't want to give Sydney too much amunition......or words to that effect.

This shows 2 things.
1. He thinks he will be playing against sydney
2. What he got and what was reported, are different things. If it was just 1, he would've said just one. The club indicated it was 1, he had nothing to gain by not admitting to that. His refusal to answer the question is a worry.


Either way.....i'd prefer we DONT play him against Sydney.....or against anyone really...until he is 100% right.
We have very little to gain by risking him. But (re)cracking a rib means we have a lot to lose. So why risk it?