{"id":423307,"date":"2024-09-24T21:18:28","date_gmt":"2024-09-24T21:18:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=423307"},"modified":"2024-09-24T23:07:53","modified_gmt":"2024-09-24T23:07:53","slug":"swans-warned-against-clown-skippers-gf-inclusion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=423307","title":{"rendered":"Swans warned against 'clown' skipper's GF inclusion"},"content":{"rendered":"

It is a decision that John Longmire<\/a> has made many times before.<\/p>\n

Twice, the decision to play hurt players was deemed a costly mistake. But once, it saw the Swans claim the flag.<\/p>\n

Longmire has yet to confirm the fate of Callum Mills<\/a>' in the 2024 grand final as the Swans<\/a> skipper continues to race the clock to reach match fitness.<\/p>\n

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Mills suffered a hamstring injury during training \ufeffafter the Swans' preliminary final win and remains in contention to make a return in time for the final.<\/p>\n

\"Callum<\/p>\n

Longmire declared the star will need to prove he's cherry ripe at training if he wishes to make the final cut. \ufeff<\/p>\n

"Callum will train flat out tomorrow, that's the plan," Longmire told reporters on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

"He will turn up tomorrow and train at absolute 100 per cent intensity, and we'll see how we go."<\/p>\n

\ufeffLongmire has previously expressed his regret in selecting injured players to compete in the finals, declaring he felt he "let a lot of people down" when he selected an injured Sam Reid in the 2022 grand final.<\/p>\n

\"Sam<\/p>\n

The repercussions of that decision left Kane Cornes speculating why Longmire would consider risking it all again.<\/p>\n

"He hasn't been in great form," Cornes said of Mills on Nine's Footy Classified.<\/p>\n

"I think he's really only got himself to blame. I think it's a real lesson for other players, football is everyday of the year.<\/p>\n

"You have to prepare yourself so that you are in the best physical position at this time of the year."<\/p>\n

\"Why<\/p>\n

Mills has a sour history with off-field injuries, suffering a broken foot after tripping in the street in 2018 before a rotator cuff injury saw him ruled out of the Swans' 2024 preseason.<\/p>\n

Adding salt to the wounds, the skipper suffered a calf tear in April which extended his sideline stint for an additional four weeks.<\/p>\n

"\ufeffWhen he tore that rotator cuff being a clown on mad Monday – that was entirely avoidable," Cornes said.<\/p>\n

"For the captain to put himself in that position, it's a lesson to other player.<\/p>\n

"He's had no continuity with his body because he missed so much football due to that stupid incident on mad Monday. \ufeffI don't have a lot of sympathy for him at all."<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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