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  • redunderthebed
    Warming the Bench
    • Jan 2003
    • 173
    #1

    ben mathews

    i don't wanna sound like a 'bennie groupie' but , again, i thought he had a decent game on saturday. I kept the binoculars on him as i've often wondered how he gets those possessions and if he really has skills . On the latter i'm still not convinced BUT he goes hard at the ball, usually kicks constructively (sometimes slowly but that simply means he's looking for a target), and causes havoc to his opponent with pure aggression.Roos moved him onto at least six players trying to stop the flow from the centre bounce and he nullified most of these and still managed to pick up 19 possesions,6 marks and 4 tackles.
    i thought he was the swans BOG.
    Tags: ben, mathews, Swans, sydney
    • NMWBloods
      Taking Refuge!!
      • Jan 2003
      • 15819
      #2
      I don't think he was BOG, but he played his usual solid game. He hsa always managed to get a lot of the ball, whether in the packs or as a link man, but often his disposal let him down. This included kicking straight to the opposition or handballing to someone under pressure. Over the past year or so he has improved his disposal a lot and rarely puts in a bad performance these days.
      Captain Logic is not steering this tugboat.

      "[T]here are things that matter more and he's reading and thinking about them: heaven, reincarnation. Life and death are the only things that are truly a matter of life and death. Not football."

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        • Jack Daniels
          On the Rookie List
          • Apr 2004
          • 15
          #3
          I think barry hall was close to our best, he constantly cause havoc everytime the ball went inside out 50 or there abouts, the big guy was rocking!

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            • redunderthebed
              Warming the Bench
              • Jan 2003
              • 173
              #4
              yeh, just kidding about BOG.
              Bazza was terrific, and so was kirk, williams,goodes....
              but Ben deserves respect and recognition.
              Amazing that this year , it appears, we have no players to 'crap on' even after a loss.
              I think Roos was too harsh in his 'comedy' comments too.
              I actually watched Bevan closely and was very impressed BUT his kicking is crap.

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                • robbieando
                  The King
                  • Jan 2003
                  • 2750
                  #5
                  Mathews has to be the most under-rated player in our side. He just keeps doing the same thing week in and week out. This season has seen him get more time in the midfield and he is getting plenty of the ball. For me he has been our second best midfielder of the season behind Kirk.
                  Once was, now elsewhere

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                    • Cheer Cheer
                      On the Rookie List
                      • Jan 2003
                      • 934
                      #6
                      He is averaging almost 25 possesions a game this year! And generally all have been effective.
                      Under rated ? BIG TIME.
                      No.1 ticket holder of Nick Davis Fan Club...

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                        • hemsleys
                          It's Goodes to cheer!!
                          • Sep 2003
                          • 23665
                          #7
                          He is also the highest swan on the Herald Sun Footballer of the year chart.


                          A quiet acheiver.

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