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Coach Re-signed 4 years 4 months ago #177231

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Yep train harder and smarter is the key. Anyone developed under Dawson's lead should be a great asset to your club.

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one would hope that he uses the words train harder and smarter in his address to the players, that should improve us by about 15 goals according to the Subi coach and CEO.

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It'll go a long way MO as Mike said your blokes seem to struggle to run out games this year...so lifting fitness levels should make a difference.

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what would make a difference to running out games would to add Litherland, Marsh, Lockyer, Newton Kitchen and Delahunty into our side.
we have bigger issues than our fitness.

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Fair enough....although fitness is something the club can control, playing lists are a bit more problematic.

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add those 6 players to Swans and we make the finals, take them out of Subi and you wouldnt win the flag.
nobody would be talking rubbish about fitness if the comp was even in terms of recruitment.

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Mark I agree with you but this issue has been thrashed to death on here. The WAFC have put their "equalisation" provisions in place and we will now see if they have any impact on the competition. What I am more concerned about as a Swans supporter is what our club can do to get off the bottom of the ladder and start competing with other WAFL teams in a more consistent manner than they have over the last couple of years and I think the engagement of a sports scientist is a step in the right direction although not the whole answer obviously.

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a fitness bloke might improve us 5% but remember when we had Daws as coach that as good at fitness someone may be you still need quality players.
our kicking and tackling are a bigger issue than our fitness and unless we recruit some decent players it wont matter how fit we are.
anyone who believes the Subi rubbish about training harder is living in la-la land

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yes I suppose its the chicken and egg situation if you are not fit your skills fall away under pressure anyway. No argument from me that we need more quality players to be able to compete with the better teams

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Here is a letter from the coach about the upcoming season which was posted on the website. Apparently pre- season has already commenced but there is no word yet on any potential recruits. Think there is an element of looking through rose coloured glasses about this as we were very uncompetitive in the 2nd half of last season.

2019 was a tough year. We ended the season with only four wins, and a heap of close losses early on in the year hurt our season. In my opinion, those close losses took their toll on the paying group through the middle part of the year mentally.

I commend our playing group that stuck it out through these tough times though. It is very easy to walk away and tell yourself as a player that it’s not worth it when things get hard. Many have over the last two years and from my point of view, if this is happening now as we:
Set standards – on field and off field
Live our Values
Build our Culture;
we don’t want them here. When we are successful and playing games for finals, grand finals and premierships, that attitude just will not cut it.

Although the wins column was not a successful aspect, there were some little wins along the way:
We were able to debut 17 players to league footy at SDFC.
13 of the 17 debutants at SDFC played their first game of league footy this year. This has given these players a taste of what is required at WAFL league level and can only benefit us looking to the immediate and long-term future.
Defeated the two AFL listed teams in the last month of the year, West Coast twice throughout the season.
Outscored Subiaco for a half with an extremely young and developing team.
As we move forward to 2020, we feel we have improved off the field already.

We welcome Ted Polglaze to the club as our new Sport Scientist. Ted comes with a wealth of experience and knowledge having worked with the Australian Kookaburras, Australian Women’s water polo teams during extremely successful periods and has been to the Olympics himself as an athlete competing in the Bobsled.

Andrew Pruyn comes back as a coach to help with the seniors and our midfield group, and ex player David McKay as reserves coach. It’s always great to get Swans people back into the fray to help us move forward.

The football department has been extremely active off field. The Administration (CEO and Board) have been able to get our club into an improving position financially, meaning as we move forward, we are in a better position to attract more talent through the doors. We will not deviate from our mantra of developing our own and building through our zone but being active on the recruiting market is part and parcel if we look to challenge in the future.

With the football club investing in this playing group on and off field, the message to the playing group is clear, we must improve.

Some interesting stats from last year, four wins puts us on the bottom of the 2019 ladder.
However in my opinion, we are not that far away. In fact, here are some figures that support that case. If we improved our offence/scoring by one goal each week and our defence by one goal each week, we end the season on 10 wins, finish 4th on the ladder and host a home final! This is on top of all the positive outcomes with development throughout the year. Further to that, if it was another one goal better each way, two goals for the offence and two goals for the defence, we start the season 8 wins and 0 losses, and then who know what happens!

We know we have exposed our young talent to the rigours of WAFL senior footy, not only the playing demands but the preparation and professionalism required.

Six of the nine award winners in our senior program for 2019 were 23 and under. Jesse Turner and Josh Cipro have turned themselves into league footballers by hard work and determination, and I have no doubt they will build on what they have started.

Aidan Clarke has turned up to pre-season in better shape than before along with Brayden Hackett after a troublesome year.

It’s an expectation that our reserve award winners grow and improve in 2020. We need good league footballers. The likes of Mitch Bain, Callum Garcia, Jiah Reidy and Patrick Italiano need to take the next step.

With the continued development of this group and more, retention of our senior players, and actively seeking potential recruits, our expectation is to move up the ladder and we are all looking forward to improving in 2020.

I look forward to seeing you at Steel Blue celebrating wins together.
Adam Pickering.

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