The Official Dane Swan Thread

[elephants]

There has been a lot of talk about "Do I start the great Dane" or "Do I leave him and upgrade to him later?"

I for one am a firm believer in starting with the best and upgrading to the rest throughot the year, although this year I don't feel it is as clear cut...

The purpose of this thread is to place all the Positive and Negative factors of having Dane in your Dream Team.

I will start us off.

POSITIVE

- He is the best DTer in the land
- He plays for the second best (perhaps best) team in the league
- A lock for captain EVERY week
- His early draw isn't harsh with Melbourne, GC, Port, Crows, Bulldogs and Lions all in his first 11 outings
- His record vs the Hawks (who he plays in round 1) is fantastic with 122 and 130 last year

NEGATIVE

- He costs 600k
- He is now coached by a rookie (Buckley) not a master (Malthouse)
- He is likely to miss around due to his trip to Arizona...
- Sure to come down in price UNLESS he average 123 over his first 4 games (I read this somewhere...)
- He shares his bye with fantasy land greats Stanton (cheers Jukes!), Selwood and Pendlebury

I will add to the above reasons as you wonderful people add positives and negatives of starting with Swanny in 2012. Then in a few days time we will have all the factors (positive and negative) of starting Swanny therefore making our decision easier
I hope this works and helps

;D

[Cicjose]

Admittedly he should drop in price before his bye but can you realistically pick 6 possible players (on field positions)

to start with that will score more than he will over this period?

a captain lock in everyone's book

[Jukes]

On the negatives;
-He's priced not that extremely.
-Swanny doesn't listen to coaches.
-It's Swanny he can take it.
-Falling during bye round, meaning he probs won't miss a week. Even if he does miss a game, remember his form last season after Arizona.
-I wouldn't think a trade is worth saving 40k on Swanny.

[elephants]

Good input Jukesy. Having looked at Swanny's draw is actually isn't too bad early. I think the game against the Hawks is the only one where the Pies may struggle...

Directly after his bye though he has a very tough run so I am starting to lean toward starting the great man.

Also not listening to coaches may be a positive? He hasn't exactly done anything badly by not listening to coaches...

[Justin Bieber]

He has only won a lazy brownlow, not listening to the coaches..

[elephants]

He has only won a lazy brownlow, not listening to the coaches..

Pretty much haha!

[Turkies]

He scored 122 and 130 against hawks last year.

[Scotch]

How do you know he doesn't listen to coaches?  ::)

[FRAZLER]

whats wrong with the other dane swan thread??  :o     lock him in best in the business, pies the best too, get him and enjoy the big scores all year round............its swannie ffs!!

[elephants]

whats wrong with the other dane swan thread?? :o     lock him in best in the business, pies the best too, get him and enjoy the big scores all year round............its swannie ffs!!

This one is better and cooler and more organised and more like good blokey and stuff!

[Jukes]

Another negative for you le;
He shares his bye with Brent Stanton :D

[elephants]

Another negative for you le;
He shares his bye with Brent Stanton :D

Hahahahaha yep, I will add that in! Major factor ;D

[D.Zanetti]

whats wrong with the other dane swan thread?? :o     lock him in best in the business, pies the best too, get him and enjoy the big scores all year round............its swannie ffs!!

This one is better and cooler and more organised and more like good blokey and stuff!

+1 haha

[owenbond007]

- He plays for the second best (perhaps best) team in the league

Not sure they will be this year. Think they might struggle for a top 4 spot.

[Justin Bieber]

Hopefully leaving him out this year is a better choice then leaving him out last year  :(