John Longmire says the Swans’ match committee has lots to think about because the return of Lance Franklin means an unfortunate tall has to make manner from the facet.
Sydney doesn’t have to call its ultimate facet till Friday night forward of its spherical 3 conflict in opposition to Melbourne on the MCG, with both Hayden McLean or Joel Amartey more likely to be omitted to create space for the celebrity ahead.
Longmire mentioned Franklin skilled strongly on Wednesday and appeared set to return following his one-match ban for a excessive bump within the Swans’ season opener, posing a troublesome choice problem after his substitute Joel Amartey starred with a career-best four-goal haul in opposition to Hawthorn.
“(Selection) usually has a way of working its way through,” Longmire mentioned.
“Obviously, Lance trained today, trained well, so we expect hopefully he gets through the week and comes back into the team.”
Hayden McLean has solely managed one objective for the season and might be squeezed out as a substitute of Amartey, however Longmire mentioned he was enjoying an necessary position because the second ruck and the Swans must think about how they wished to sort out Melbourne’s Brodie Grundy.
“We’re not sure just yet … (McLean) has done the second ruck job pretty well, so while he hasn’t hit the scoreboard like Joel did on the weekend, he’s been able to do the second ruck role for us as well,” Longmire mentioned.
“Whether we want to go with a bit of extra height, or we go smaller and run … those guys are pretty athletic which helps.
“Joel’s one of the quicker players we’ve got on our list and Hayden’s got terrific endurance, so that always helps.”
Longmire mentioned the Swans revered Grundy, who they anticipated to ruck for many of the period of Sunday’s recreation within the absence of injured Demons skipper Max Gawn.
“We take everything into consideration. What we do know is Grundy’s an All-Australian ruckman, so they lose one star ruckman and replace him with an All-Australian gun … there’s not many teams that have that luxury,” he mentioned.
Injured grand ultimate workforce duo Robbie Fox (calf) and Ryan Clarke (hamstring) skilled with the primary group on Wednesday however weren’t but able to play, Longmire mentioned.
Veteran talls Tom Hickey (hamstring) and Sam Reid (glute) each had a operating session on Wednesday however had been but to be included into full coaching, whereas decide 20 Jacob Konstanty was being rigorously managed following a pre-season shin grievance.
“We’re just conscious that he had a bit of a hot spot in his shin, and we don’t want to push him too hard as a first-year player, so he’ll come back into the program slowly,” Longmire mentioned.
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