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Adam Goodes must be rested immediately and not played for the next 3-4 games due to his bung knees and consequent loss of mobility.
With Goodes having dodgy injured knees, he is becoming a detriment to the backline and the team, as evidenced by the ball casually going past him after taking a very slight slideways bounce in the dying minutes of the game yesterday against the Cats, whereby Paul Chapman ran into an open goal, putting the Cats 9 points up and therefore sealing the game.
If Goodes had his normal mobility, he would have changed direction, collected the ball and cleared from defence, whereby we could have had a chance of rebounding and goaling to put the Swans back in front with at least 3-4 minutes left.
Adam Goodes is only playing in name only ( understandable due lost mobility ) from the player he was last year and is really playing like Ed Considine of the early Nineties. To put a nicer spin on things, he has to be rested for the next 3-4 weeks to see if the knee can improve and if not, played/propped in the Forward Pocket as a decoy to Hall, O'Loughlin, O'Keefe and Davis when he returns.
As Schauble has returned to the Backline and Bevan has effectively blanketed the opposition Forward Pocket/Half Forward, Goodes is not required down back at present, even more so with his ineffectiveness on contests.
Also, did anyone see that very very very very dodgy joke ridiculous free kick in front of goal to put the Cats in front with 10 minutes to go in the last quarter ??!!
As I was only 40 metres away from the incident behind the goals, all I witnessed was Leo Barry and the Geelong player, which I think was Steve Johnson from memory, running towards the ball from opposite angles and both legitimately knock the ball free after colliding in a fair hip and shoulder - next thing I know Johnson has the free for too high !! I thought the free was for behind the play and couldn't believe my eyes ( as demonstrated by a vitriolic outburst at the time ) that a joke of a decision from a Moron umpire could ruin the Swans chances of pulling off a great victory and shot at a home final !
With Goodes having dodgy injured knees, he is becoming a detriment to the backline and the team, as evidenced by the ball casually going past him after taking a very slight slideways bounce in the dying minutes of the game yesterday against the Cats, whereby Paul Chapman ran into an open goal, putting the Cats 9 points up and therefore sealing the game.
If Goodes had his normal mobility, he would have changed direction, collected the ball and cleared from defence, whereby we could have had a chance of rebounding and goaling to put the Swans back in front with at least 3-4 minutes left.
Adam Goodes is only playing in name only ( understandable due lost mobility ) from the player he was last year and is really playing like Ed Considine of the early Nineties. To put a nicer spin on things, he has to be rested for the next 3-4 weeks to see if the knee can improve and if not, played/propped in the Forward Pocket as a decoy to Hall, O'Loughlin, O'Keefe and Davis when he returns.
As Schauble has returned to the Backline and Bevan has effectively blanketed the opposition Forward Pocket/Half Forward, Goodes is not required down back at present, even more so with his ineffectiveness on contests.
Also, did anyone see that very very very very dodgy joke ridiculous free kick in front of goal to put the Cats in front with 10 minutes to go in the last quarter ??!!
As I was only 40 metres away from the incident behind the goals, all I witnessed was Leo Barry and the Geelong player, which I think was Steve Johnson from memory, running towards the ball from opposite angles and both legitimately knock the ball free after colliding in a fair hip and shoulder - next thing I know Johnson has the free for too high !! I thought the free was for behind the play and couldn't believe my eyes ( as demonstrated by a vitriolic outburst at the time ) that a joke of a decision from a Moron umpire could ruin the Swans chances of pulling off a great victory and shot at a home final !
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