david31 wrote:
17th Premiership wrote:
I just want to say that it pisses me off when a team like Sydney comes out and thoroughly beats Richmond.
Why are we not able to do that?
(The only similar one I can remember of late was against the Bulldogs last year).
Just saying.
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Agree 17th - annoys me too
But I think you’ll have the answer as to why we can’t do it in about an hour when the teams are announced
Sydney back their youth in, develop them properly and actually play players on merit
They also have their academy which helps
We talk about making statements and then pick players who aren’t performing and don’t play with the right intent just because they’ve been around for 10 years
We have 22 x 1st Round picked players, including 3 x No. 1's and 5 x 2nd round picked players.
Of the First Rounders waiting for development/ recall are McGovern, Kennedy, OBrien and Cuningham, and for Development Stocker, Philp and out injured are Curnow, Kemp and Marchbank.
So 13 x 1st Round picks were in last week's team and 2 x 2nd Rounders.
Who needs an Academy?
Something not right about this rebuild/ Development imo, but we have enough good players to build a Premiership team.
We are depending on good Development and a Coach to get us there....having to go through the pain of the last 5 years and still waiting has more painful that led to believe.
So how did the Swans turn things around so quickly? It can't all be ACADEMY recruits. There's only 4 or 5 of them.