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We have two confirmed ins thus far -  Jackson McLachlan - Geelong VFL & Frank Anderson - Returning from Injury.

Rumours and not confirmed: Jesse Glass-McCasker - Carlton VFL, Connor Blakely - Fremantle AFL/Peel WAFL (depending on draft outcome) and Bradley Lynch - Southport VFL.

The other one we probably need to keep an eye on is Zane Trew.

As for the departures - the rumour of Sam Fisher, Chris Jones and Jesse Palmer all walking out and going to Claremont has not come true as yet.
 

I heard that blakely is going to be playing in Qld, could be wrong though

The official announcement of Frank Andersons return came to members today. Good to see that they are aiming to be more than just competitive next year. Would obviously be dependent on Fisher, Palmer and Jones hanging around. Hopefully that rumour isn't true.
I doubt Conor Blakely will come back to Swans. He has apparently been in touch with Ross Lyon who didnt make him any promises but I think he may be rookied by another club if not St Kilda
I thought I heard that Zane Trew would be redrafted by the Eagles?

I would imagine pre- season is up and running post christmas.  Has anyone got some updates for us?  I would be particularly interested in how Tony Notte is going given his serious knee injury late last year.

Notte's injury is a tragedy for Swans and the comp, one of my favourite opposition players. How late in the season was he injured? Usually takes 10-12 months to get back to reasonable playing fitness.

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Notte's injury is a tragedy for Swans and the comp, one of my favourite opposition players. How late in the season was he injured? Usually takes 10-12 months to get back to reasonable playing fitness.

It happened in August SS, but I heard from a Swans supporter ( may have been on here) that Notte was confident that he would be ready to go by round 1 so whether the injury was not as serious as expected or if Tony was just being optimistic remains to be seen.

7 months for an ACL would be extraordinary, if it was an actual ACL. You can recover from a PCL in that time though.