Greater Western Sydney v Sydney at Blacktown, 7.10pm AEDT
GREATER WESTERN SYDNEY
B: M.Buntine 21, S.Taylor 15, H.Perryman 36
HB: H.Shaw 23, J.Finlayson 31, L.Keeffe 25
C: S.Reid 50, C.Ward 8, M.de Boer 24
HF: H.Himmelberg 27, J.Cameron 18, A.Bonar 10
F: J.Caldwell 5, M.Flynn 30, D.Lloyd 38
Foll: D.Simpson 26, S.Coniglio 3, L.Whitfield 6
I/C: P.Davis 1, J.Hately 9, I.Cumming 13, B.Deledio 7, Z.Williams 29, A.Kennedy 40, B.Daniels 16, T.Taranto 14,
Emerg: J.Stein 42, Z.Sproule 28, N.Shipley 34, C.Idun 39
Notable absentees: Josh Kelly, Jacob Hopper, Toby Greene, Jonathon Patton, Adam Tomlinson, Nick Haynes
SYDNEY
B: D.Rampe 24, L.Melican 43, A.Aliir 36
HB: J.Thurlow 6, H.Grundy 39, J.Lloyd 44
C: H.Cunningham 7, J.Kennedy 12, J.Dawson 34
HF: L.Parker 26, S.Reid 20, G.Hewett 29
F: B.Ronke 25, W.Hayward 9, T.Papley 11
Foll: C.Sinclair 18, I.Heeney 5, C.Mills 14
I/C: C.O’Riordan 38, R.Fox 42, T.Pink 47, R.Clarke 4, J.Rowbottom 8, N.Blakey 22, O.Florent 13, J.McInerney 27
Emerg: J.Rose 1, R.Stoddart 33, J.Bell 32, S.Wicks 45
Notable absentees: Nick Smith, Lance Franklin, Jarrad McVeigh, Kieren Jack, Zak Jones, Tom McCartin
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Few things to watch for
– Mills in his midfield role
– Blakely 166k fwd and Hatley 144k mid
– Zac Williams
Only first quarter – but I’m locking in Williams and Coniglio!! Maybe even Ward over some of the other much vaunted mids!!
posted that too quickly – also a comment there by the commentators that they expect Whitfield to play a type of Mr Fixit role for the Giants and play all over the field this year where needed (with Williams back and emergence of Coniglio and taranto etc) …. that put a bit of a dampener on things ….
It does, but it doesn’t at the same time, HB, W, HF he’ll score the same I think.
Williams
Jeeze now I understand why non-owners of Lloyd were so frustrated last year – I’ve barely seen him yet he somehow is leading the Swans in Dreamteam points? Seems a bit like Bont where he gets points for thinking about the footy!
agree with this … very interesting how he’s racking up the scoring …
I mean as long as he scores big and I own him I’m not super fussed where the points come from…
He won b&f last year and runner up in 2017 , so sydneys coaching panel must see something they like as well!
What’s the story with Heater???
He still can have big games every now and again, he just doesn’t consistently put them up anymore since he’s not the main distributor out of their backline now.
How we feeling about Taranto?
Need more convincing to actually pick him in Supercoach, but he’s a star in the making. Could end up easily being the best player from that draft.
I think he will Ben. As a bomber, I think Giants might have trolled us- McCluggage was supposed to be the number 1 draft pick and Giants made it clear they desperately wanted McGrath…..So they traded their way up to number 2, but bombers took McGrath @1. Giants then ignored McCluggage and went with Taranto. Was that their plan all along? Well played if so.
Don’t get me wrong, McGrath and McCluggage will be guns in their own right, as will SPS and Setterfield (no bias I promise) but I think Taranto will be the best of the bunch.
GWS
Stephen Coniglio 140
Heath Shaw 128
Tim Taranto 120
Jackson Hately 101
Daniel Lloyd 94
Jeremy Cameron 94
Lachie Whitfield 93
Zac Williams 82
Jye Caldwell 78
Adam Kennedy 76
Harry Perryman 74
Callan Ward 67
Brent Daniels 65
Phil Davis 61
Sam J. Reid 57
Sam Taylor 55
Dawson Simpson 53
Brett Deledio 49
Isaac Cumming 49
Matt Buntine 48
Matthew Flynn 44
Matt de Boer 43
Jeremy Finlayson 34
Harry Himmelberg 31
Aiden Bonar 24
Lachlan Keeffe 23
SYDNEY
Callum Mills 106
Isaac Heeney 104
Callum Sinclair 99
Harry Cunningham 86
Luke Parker 84
Colin O’Riordan 80
Jake Lloyd 75
Jackson Thurlow 73
Lewis Melican 70
Ryan Clarke 69
Robbie Fox 67
Josh P. Kennedy 65
Aliir Aliir 60
Jordan Dawson 60
Oliver Florent 57
George Hewett 56
Tom Papley 50
Dane Rampe 50
Ben Ronke 43
Justin McInerney 35
Sam Reid 34
Nick Blakey 31
Will Hayward 29
Toby Pink 20
James Rose 12
James Rowbottom 3
TOG % for those players:
GWS
Stephen Coniglio 82
Tim Taranto 82
Heath Shaw 78
Jeremy Cameron 73
Lachie Whitfield 86
Jye Caldwell 62
Zac Williams 53
Harry Perryman 84
Daniel Lloyd 71
Jackson Hately 66
Brett Deledio 41
Adam Kennedy 67
Sam J. Reid 77
Callan Ward 47
Brent Daniels 75
Sam Taylor 72
Isaac Cumming 39
Dawson Simpson 71
Jeremy Finlayson 72
Matt Buntine 59
Phil Davis 73
Matt de Boer 82
Matthew Flynn 65
Aiden Bonar 65
Lachlan Keeffe 75
Harry Himmelberg 83
SYDNEY
Isaac Heeney 72
Jake Lloyd 65
Callum Sinclair 80
Harry Cunningham 85
Callum Mills 73
Luke Parker 73
Josh P. Kennedy 79
Jordan Dawson 82
Jackson Thurlow 82
George Hewett 76
Oliver Florent 83
Ryan Clarke 69
Lewis Melican 76
Dane Rampe 78
Colin O’Riordan 88
Will Hayward 83
Robbie Fox 65
Tom Papley 80
Ben Ronke 84
Aliir Aliir 76
Sam Reid 59
Nick Blakey 68
Justin McInerney 25
Toby Pink 70
James Rose 12
James Rowbottom 13
That’s a fair 1/2 of footy for Williams, has anyone heard an update about his ankle concern tonight?
haven’t heard anything yet mate … fingers (and everything else!) crossed that he is OK … he was everywhere tonight when on field … also looked like he may take kick ins too … the other side is I’m not terribly sold on Whitfield now … bit of a concern over his role moving forward!
Thanks, Macca
Whitfield was interesting, seemed to play a few roles tonight!
I don’t think his ankle was of any concern, pretty sure him not playing in the second half was purely precautionary.
yeah, GWS have said “no injuries …” … for what that’s worth!!
Cheers, Ben 🙂
I do tend to agree, whitfield’s role was very concerning. He and Williams seem to swap roles in the 2nd and whoever plays that fwd role looks to be worse off. I’m also worried about Whitfield after having him all pre-season, I’m strongly considering sicily, in particularly with his rnd 12 bye
Does anyone know why Williams was moved forward in the second half ? The same thing happened in the practice game the week before . If we can be confident he stays down back and Whitfield doesn’t shuffle him around at all, surely his a lock after his first half last night ?
Williams wasn’t moved forward, he was moved to the pine. Ankle injury late in Q2.
Anyone have any insight into Hately ? Didn’t watch the game but scored 101. All the expensive midfield rookies are looking good so far. Walsh, Butters and now Hately.
He was good. Found his own ball , can tackle, and is good with both foot and hand. Showed he can score a goal too so this will help his job security . I had him in my preJLT team so no surprise. Kelly back , he may not play the same role in Mid, so take the 101 with a grain of salt.
Add Constable, Gibbons, and hopefully Bailey Smith and Brett Bewley to that list and we could have quite a lot of fantastic MID rookies to choose from round 1. We also still have the likes of Ely Smith, Nick Hind, Tom Atkins, Jye Caldwell, RCD, Will Hayes, Bailey Scott, and Liam Stocker, who could all still potentially challenge for a rd 1 spot in their respective teams. A huge upgrade from the rookie drought that was last season!