Highlights and lowlights for season 2004

[Damien]

Originally posted by Matt79
For what it is worth here are my hightlights and lowlights of 2004...

HIGHLIGHTS

* The emergence of Paul Beven and Mark McVeigh

You Essendon fan you

[Matt79]

Perhaps wishful thinking!!

[chammond]

Originally posted by Ajn

P.S. Granted the newbies added last year have probably till 2006, until we see the full results. But the opportunity to shine is there, not every club waits for a long time until the development phase is over.

This is true, but Sydney fans can thank their lucky stars that the Swans have usually allowed the young recruits plenty of time to mature (at least they have for the past decade or so).

If Sydney had chosen the quick turnaround method, we wouldn't now be watching Kirk, Ablett, Buchanan, O'Keefe, Doyle, Barry nor Mathews, all of whom took far longer than two years to win a permanent spot in the seniors.

Regardless of that, it must surely be a very positive sign that Sydney (unlike say, St Kilda, the Bulldogs, or even West Coast) doesn't feel the need to rush youngsters into the seniors until they are completely ready.

[Nico]

Lowlights:

1. Our incredible ability to lapse into mediocrity just when it was the last thing we needed.

The difference between 2003 and 2004 was our ability to snatch defeat from victory in 2004, when in 2003 we won the close ones.

2. Inabilty to kick big scores and blow teams away. They had to work their guts out to defend small leads at the end of games.

3. Incredibly poor kicking into the forward line.ie dumb decision making and not kicking to top of the square. (refer Port Adelaide for free lesson)

4. Potential supporter stress problems due to the above.


Without the above the season would have been one big highlight.

[ScottH]

I was dissapointed with my own performance. 3 games for 1 mediocre win against the Tiges, and frustrating Loss to the Bummers, and a capitulation to the Saints in the Final.

Oh and Ch 10's poor showing of swans games.