Bevan aims to keep producing

[ScottH]

Bevan aims to keep producing

Although Bevan has managed to retain his spot each week for over a year now, he concedes that the dropping of four Swans last week has put extra pressure on the players to perform.

He needs to be very worried at thye moment.

[Schneiderman]

Well he would be a good player if only he improved his decision-making... is that possible?

[liz]

Bevan played a pretty decent game against the Bombers, I thought. Sure, he did a couple of dumb things but there were far more positives than negatives.

[Schneiderman]

Originally posted by liz
Bevan played a pretty decent game against the Bombers, I thought. Sure, he did a couple of dumb things but there were far more positives than negatives.

He got lucky with a few though liz. The "weak dog" incident was his "fault", as Bucky should never have been put in that position. If the tackle forces the ball to spill, we may well now be 2-5.

[liz]

Originally posted by Schneiderman
He got lucky with a few though liz. The "weak dog" incident was his "fault", as Bucky should never have been put in that position. If the tackle forces the ball to spill, we may well now be 2-5.

That's drawing a long bow.

Had we lost - which we didn't - why would that one incident have been the cause, rather than two poor disposals from Kennelly that actually did lead to goals, a missed sitter from Crouch or numerous other individual errors that provided the Bombers with scoring chances?

[Schneiderman]

Originally posted by liz
That's drawing a long bow.

Had we lost - which we didn't - why would that one incident have been the cause, rather than two poor disposals from Kennelly that actually did lead to goals, a missed sitter from Crouch or numerous other individual errors that provided the Bombers with scoring chances?

Because we had accounted for those errors over the course of the match. If they had scored at that late point in the game, it may have been too late.

Only an ignorant coach would ignore a player who makes dumb decisions at crucial moments. Mistakes are excusable, but when the pressure is on the decisions become that much more important.

[liz]

Originally posted by Schneiderman
Because we had accounted for those errors over the course of the match. If they had scored at that late point in the game, it may have been too late.

Only an ignorant coach would ignore a player who makes dumb decisions at crucial moments. Mistakes are excusable, but when the pressure is on the decisions become that much more important.

Surely mistakes are more excusable - or at least explainable - when the pressure is on.

I'm not suggesting he didn't make a mistake, just that it would be daft to have blamed that one incident - which happened midway through the final term - rather than any other. There were far worse errors made during the game by far more experienced players than Bevan.

[Schneiderman]

Originally posted by liz
Surely mistakes are more excusable - or at least explainable - when the pressure is on.

Try telling Jim Stynes that. I'm sure there were plenty of other errors in that game, but his is now written into history.

[Bear]

Still amazes me that many on this board were ready to give him Bob Skilton and Paul Kelly's number after one season. Just a battler with a hell of a long way to go before he becomes a good AFL footballer.

[Legs Akimbo]

Just for once, I'd like to see something like:

Bevan is one lucky dude

Paul Bevan is at 20 years of age, can't quite believe his luck. After having a strong first year, he has settled into steady mediocrity. A player well known for his high tackles, poor disposals and running head-on into other players whilst carrying the ball, Bevan had only this to say...

"I can't believe they dropped five last week and I wasn't one of them. Man, I'm one lucky dude."

Hi coach, Paul Roos, has a high opinion of Bevan

"His blonde hair is an important factor in our recent form. We are aiming for 45% blonde players this year, and Paul is an important part of that equation. Still, we are taking it just one day at a time."

Slow news week.

[NMWBloods]

LOL!

[Barry Schneider]

Pul Bevan The only player in the history of VFL/AFL to have second year blues.

[Sanecow]

Originally posted by Schneiderman
Try telling Jim Stynes that. I'm sure there were plenty of other errors in that game, but his is now written into history.

If the "weak dog incident" had resulted in a goal to the Dons you would pin the loss on Bevan despite the number of times other Swans' inaccurate kicks for goal hit the post? Wow. Did Bevan run over your dog or have you been smoking something you found in your luggage?

[Barry Schneider]

Originally posted by liz
Surely mistakes are more excusable - or at least explainable - when the pressure is on.

I'm not suggesting he didn't make a mistake, just that it would be daft to have blamed that one incident - which happened midway through the final term - rather than any other. There were far worse errors made during the game by far more experienced players than Bevan.

If we had lost, Tadhg would have been the one who I would have blamed the most.
We were cruising along until he gave them 2 goals in quick succession and the momentum changed.
He can do a few shocking things but I still love him

[NMWBloods]

Kennelly was also critical in the last goal to Lloyd - he fell over rather than stopping McVeigh from playing on.