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  • Go Swannies
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    • Sep 2003
    • 5697

    Heartbreak kid is a one-kick wonder

    Heartbreak kid is a one-kick wonder


    By NIKKI TUGWELL


    May 25, 2004


    RARELY has Paul Roos made an example of an inexperienced player in front of the team in his post-match address after he manages just one kick for the afternoon.

    Not just any player either but the heartbreak kid, Amon Buchanan. The stats sheet for Buchanan after the Swans one point win against Hawthorn, read: one kick, nine handpasses and six tackles, but the performance of the small forward cum midfielder prompted a special mention.


    "It is unusual for a guy who had just one kick to have such an influence on a game," Roos said.


    "His workrate and his tackling was outstanding. His pressure and a couple of his possessions were very, very telling. Amon contributed significantly to winning the game."


    In the dying moments on Sunday afternoon with the season on the line for both clubs, Buchanan twice laid effective tackles to prevent a Hawthorn player kicking the ball into their forward line. It was less than a goal the difference at the time.


    Then with three minutes to go and Hawthorn leading 78-74 Buchanan gathered the ball cleanly amongst heavy congestion when nobody else could do so and broke away from the pack. He handpassed to Jude Bolton who streamed through half-forward to kick the winning goal.


    Bolton was thinking just one thing: "Well, to give it," Bolton said. "I was going, 'you give it, give it.'


    "Amon was just an inspiration and Roosy highlighted him after the game because he was one of the most influential players on the ground."


    The recollection of the match-winning play was less vivid for Buchanan. "There were a few stoppages together on the wing and the ball just came out," he said.


    "I took a bounce and I just happened to get to it to Jude . . . then I was just hoping we could bottle it up and I was praying for the siren to go.


    "In a really close game like that you look at the scoreboard and the time and you get so nervous when you're only up by a point and it's in their forward line."


    It was a dose of poetic justice for Buchanan, 21 and playing just his fourth senior game, who sustained a season-ending injury last year and was delisted by the Swans.


    He was redrafted with the third pick (No. 45 overall) at the 2003 national AFL draft.


    The most impressive Swans unearthed last season were Adam Schneider and Lewis Roberts-Thomson while Paul Bevan, early in the season Jarrad McVeigh and recently Buchanan have stood of late.


    "It typifies where we are trying to get," Roos said of Buchanan's game.


    "So when young guys get into the team they really know what they need to do.


    Yesterday Roos criticised the AFL's decision for the umpires to wear yellow shirts that clashed with Hawthorn's gold and brown stripes.


    "It was staggering. A lot of the times we had to stop the tape and say 'that's not a Hawthorn player'," said Roos.


    "We couldn't work out why our guys weren't kicking it to certain players."

  • hemsleys
    It's Goodes to cheer!!
    • Sep 2003
    • 23665

    #2
    Confidence

    Originally posted by Go Swannies
    Then with three minutes to go and Hawthorn leading 78-74 Buchanan gathered the ball cleanly amongst heavy congestion when nobody else could do so and broke away from the pack. He handpassed to Jude Bolton who streamed through half-forward to kick the winning goal.

    How does, a handpass that wins a game, affect a young kids confidence?? (Not to mention, the slap on the back from the coach for a big effort.)

    I guess we will find out over the coming weeks.

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    • Bart
      CHHHOMMMMMPPP!!!!
      • Feb 2003
      • 1360

      #3
      Re: Confidence

      Originally posted by hemsleys
      How does, a handpass that wins a game, affect a young kids confidence?? (Not to mention, the slap on the back from the coach for a big effort.)
      Stuff of dreams isn't it ?

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      • hemsleys
        It's Goodes to cheer!!
        • Sep 2003
        • 23665

        #4
        Yep him and Schneider in the centre square!!!!

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        • Go Swannies
          Veterans List
          • Sep 2003
          • 5697

          #5
          Re: Confidence

          Originally posted by hemsleys
          How does, a handpass that wins a game, affect a young kids confidence?? (Not to mention, the slap on the back from the coach for a big effort.)

          I guess we will find out over the coming weeks.
          I don't mind if they take it in turns week by week to set up the goal that wins us each game. (Though if Fossie does it for the win over the Aints a lot of RWO will have to regroup.)

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          • penga
            Senior Player
            • Jan 2003
            • 2601

            #6
            Re: Confidence

            Originally posted by hemsleys
            How does, a handpass that wins a game, affect a young kids confidence?? (Not to mention, the slap on the back from the coach for a big effort.)

            I guess we will find out over the coming weeks.
            big things to come!

            i love watchin the kids stamping their influence on the game!

            he is the best value for money player in the fantasy team game from afl.com, get on him!
            C'mon Chels!

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            • Alec
              On the Rookie List
              • May 2004
              • 51

              #7
              the irony is that if it wasn't for our current injuries, Amon might have struggled for a regular gig....now he has a solid number of weeks to work with, looks like he'll get a chance to show his wares a bit

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              • Schneidergirl
                On the Rookie List
                • Aug 2003
                • 468

                #8
                He's been having a fantastic last couple of weeks.

                Thank god he managed to get that ball out, otherwise who knows if we would got a chance for another goal.

                Really happy that he has been picked up again, I was disappointed last year when he had been delisted.

                side note: Great goal from Jude though... love those running goals.

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                • sharp9
                  Senior Player
                  • Jan 2003
                  • 2508

                  #9
                  Originally posted by Alec
                  the irony is that if it wasn't for our current injuries, Amon might have struggled for a regular gig....now he has a solid number of weeks to work with, looks like he'll get a chance to show his wares a bit
                  That's true to some extent (Schneider, Davis and Sunny being injured) but don't forget that he is being played ahead of Ablett, McVeigh...and Fosdike so in real terms he has clambered over 3 players thus far on his very limited opportunities. That's a great effort.
                  "I'll acknowledge there are more talented teams in the competition but I won't acknowledge that there is a better team in the competition" Paul Roos March 2005

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                  • Go Swannies
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                    • Sep 2003
                    • 5697

                    #10
                    Why do we seem to have gone cold on McVeigh? He seemed to be developing really well but has limited game time recently.

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                    • Alec
                      On the Rookie List
                      • May 2004
                      • 51

                      #11
                      Originally posted by sharp9
                      That's true to some extent (Schneider, Davis and Sunny being injured) but don't forget that he is being played ahead of Ablett, McVeigh...and Fosdike so in real terms he has clambered over 3 players thus far on his very limited opportunities. That's a great effort.
                      Agree. Of course McVeigh was only slated to play a handful of games this year anyway.

                      Amon was unfortuntely one of those guys on the list that just hadn't cracked it, depite being around the traps a while and never really doing anything wrong. Partly this was because you had the feeling last year it was Amon vs Schneider a bit...and that turned out to be a no-brainer.

                      It was this year or bust, and thanks to the opportunity of a position opening up he's getting a chance to save himself a place in the team.

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                      • Go Swannies
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                        • Sep 2003
                        • 5697

                        #12
                        Originally posted by Alec
                        you had the feeling last year it was Amon vs Schneider a bit
                        Was that a lookalike thing - discounting the hair colouring?

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                        • Old Royboy
                          Support Staff
                          • Mar 2004
                          • 879

                          #13
                          Originally posted by Go Swannies
                          Was that a lookalike thing - discounting the hair colouring?
                          Watched the replay closely yesyterday and the man at the bottom of the pack who got the important 1%ER was tiger. Monty swooped on the loose ball like a seagull on a crust and the rest was history.
                          Pay peanuts get monkeys

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                          • dendol
                            fat-arsed midfielder
                            • Oct 2003
                            • 1483

                            #14
                            Originally posted by Go Swannies
                            Why do we seem to have gone cold on McVeigh? He seemed to be developing really well but has limited game time recently.
                            I've been thinking about that as well. Perhaps Roos only envisaged one of either Bevan or McVeigh to slot into the team (barring injuries), and Bevan has clearly had better season to date.

                            Bevan also has a more developed body, so maybe they are slowly introducing McVeigh into the the rigours of AFL. Dermie made mention during the Hawks game that he would love to see McVeigh have a full game on an opponent so that he can run him into the ground.

                            I think we will get to see more and more of McVeigh as the season goes on.

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                            • JF_Bay22_SCG
                              expat Sydneysider
                              • Jan 2003
                              • 3978

                              #15
                              Re: Confidence

                              Originally posted by hemsleys
                              How does, a handpass that wins a game, affect a young kids confidence?? (Not to mention, the slap on the back from the coach for a big effort.)

                              I guess we will find out over the coming weeks.
                              For a young bloke, I think quite a lot.

                              Good luck to Amon, who makes up for the odd wobbly-looking kick by fighting that extra bit harder.

                              Amon seems to be fighting his way back into the team. Wonder what will happen when Schneider comes back.

                              Coaches love players that show commitment to the team. And who throw their bodies on the line.

                              If Luke Ablett and Mark Powell had the same attitude it would be them getting the wraps, and not Amon.

                              JF
                              "Never ever ever state that Sydney is gone.They are like cockroaches in the aftermath of a nuclear war"
                              (Forum poster 'Change', Big Footy 04Apr09)

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