The GWS Gang - Will They Or Won't They ??

[LoveNavy]

My call at this early stage is:
Whiley - no

Plowman, Sumner, Phillips - yes

Lamb - likely, would like to see a bit more though

Jaksch - undecided. Has the goods - maybe more time needed.
(Is it me or does he lack vertebral flexibility? from footage alone, looks as though his lower spine is flattened, that is limited lumbar curvature. No expert, so this is wild speculation only).

[laj]

mark fine said last night 1 lamb very soft 2 sumner not afl standard and that gws boys might move us 1 rung up the ladder that about it other words we are going no where .Did anyone else listen to sen .

I texted in and called him a fkn idiot. Fine used to be good to listen to but now he's full of self-importance, thinking he's knows everything but in fact knows nothing. Finished the text telling him SOS knows all the players backwards and is an expert, while he's a wannabe expert.

Given he hates anyone disagreeing with him i'm surprised he didn't pick up on it and get personal like he always does.

[laj]

Initially we wanted 3 players to really make it, Plowman, Jaksch and Sumner, the rest come as extra's and were bonuses. Those "bonuses" are producing good stuff.

Plowman, Jaksch and and Sumner will all do well. Seeing Jaksch play at Geelong the other Friday convinced me he'll be very good. Outstanding mark of a football and can kick. For someone who's not long 21yo, he'll be around for a while. Sumner will be really good once he is properly fit. Plowman has been terrific, especially for one who's pre-season was interrupted. Now getting plenty out of Lamb and Phillips.

[laj]

My call at this early stage is:
Whiley - no

Plowman, Sumner, Phillips - yes

Lamb - likely, would like to see a bit more though

Jaksch - undecided. Has the goods - maybe more time needed.
(Is it me or does he lack vertebral flexibility? from footage alone, looks as though his lower spine is flattened, that is limited lumbar curvature. No expert, so this is wild speculation only).

Haven't noticed but if it is that's a posterior tilt of the hips usually caused by tight hamstrings.

[ElwoodBlues1]

Sumner for a lightly built player is a bit more hard at than most of us expected and I have been impressed with his courage.....nice goal where he showed some smarts to kick the ball across his boot to get the angle and bounce right and I think he can progress and become a valuable player..

[Professer E]

I listen to SEN in the shed from early morning until 7, when I turn it off.  Coincidentally that coincides with Fine's shift.  Enough said.

[MilkIt]

I think for the ex-GWS players to be a success they just need to be best 22 or at least an improvement on what we already had.

Plowman > White
Phillips > Warnock
Sumner = Menzel (can't decide who I would have. Probably Menzel going by his best games but his worst was terrible)
Lamb > Ellard (not much of a difference though)
Jaksch > Giles
Whiley < Carrazzo

While we're at it...

Weitering > Jamison
McKay > Watson (confident this will be the case)
C. Curnow = Henderson (too early, Curnow is less of a sook)
Cuningham <<<< Judd (Cuningham pretty stiff with this comparison)
Kerridge > Holman
Wright = Bell (on output, but I think Wright is the better player)
Gorringe < Yarran (both freak athletes, both don't want it bad enough. Yaz had more runs on the board)
SOS > Walsh (different players, same appetite. SOS has better attributes)
Glass-McCasker > Fields (on raw ability and size)
Gallucci = Johnson (too early, leaning towards Gallucci)
Korcheck = Russell (Cat B. rookies - won't find out for a long time on this one)


I can comfortably say that we improved our list on last year.

[Juddkreuzer]

Plowman is a lock. A definite third defender of quality.
Phillips is a lock. Already showing enough to suggest he will keep growing into the role and become one of the  better ruckman in the league
Sumner has shown enough to persevere with. Play's with passion and is a solid finisher
Jaksch has some doubts hovering over him and hopefully he can work his way out of this and become the player we wanted.
Lamb has surprised me with his tenacity. Has much more discipline than we were lead to believe.

[cimm1979]

Let's also not forget
Lambs goal in the third saved our arse. Till that point we'd missed about 7 shots in a row and hadn't kicked a goal for an hour.
Sumners goal in the last looked to have wrapped  the game up.
Phillips goal from 50 in the last was the sealer.

Composure when the pressure is on. Cant beat it.

[flyboy77]

Plowman is a lock. A definite third defender of quality.
Phillips is a lock. Already showing enough to suggest he will keep growing into the role and become one of the  better ruckman in the league
Sumner has shown enough to persevere with. Play's with passion and is a solid finisher
Jaksch has some doubts hovering over him and hopefully he can work his way out of this and become the player we wanted.
Lamb has surprised me with his tenacity. Has much more discipline than we were lead to believe.

Lamb was picked up and played games for the Swans....from what I understand he left for the chance to get more regular senior game time.

The bloke can play.

Just wait when we learn how to move the ball into F50 with speed like the better teams - then you'll see the best of blokes like Lamb and Sumner.