Rd 14 v Port

[dejavoodoo44]

Coaches votes for the game.

10 Isaac Heeney (SYD)
4 Zak Butters (PORT)
4 Joe Richards (PORT)
4 Callum Mills (SYD)
3 Jai Serong (SYD)
3 Darcy Byrne-Jones (PORT)
1 Logan McDonald (SYD)

[dejavoodoo44]

Heeney is now second.

74 Nick Daicos (COLL)
69 Isaac Heeney (SYD)
68 Marcus Bontempelli (WB)
63 Max Holmes (GEEL)
60 Luke Jackson (FRE)
55 Bailey Smith (GEEL)
54 Zak Butters (PORT)
54 Kysaiah Pickett (MELB)
52 Max Gawn (MELB)
52 Lachie Neale (BL)
49 Shai Bolton (FRE)
46 Jai Newcombe (HAW)
45 Brodie Grundy (SYD)
45 Clayton Oliver (GWS)

[imuninformedtwo]

All fair enough, and good to see Logan get some reward for his last two weeks.

Heeney should have won the award in 2024, but we rested him for the final game (for the ankle we now know was on the verge of collapse).

Hope he goes on to win it, and a few other things, this year.

[mcs]

Just watched the replay and Cleary was more than good, he was very, very good. Clean possessions, got out in the open, took a strong contested mark at CHF, goal assist and hard at it. By far his best game and living up to the promise he showed in his first year. I can't see how he loses his spot in the team. He was running as hard as anyone at the end of the game. I'm happy to say I got it wrong with him. Let's hope he goes on from here.

I'm not sure which of the multitude of rating systems out there. But he was ranked no 1 for the Swans on whichever measure it was. He has a lot to improve on, but I thought he had a real crack and did a lot right - there is a good AFL level player in there.

[mcs]

Some harsh critics about!
Are we not winning games despite having injuries to multiple key players, sitting in 2nd on the ladder, 12 points clear of 3rd with a strong %?
Opposition teams know that they have to bring their best if they're going to have any chance at all. They all saw what happens when they don't when we played the Tigers.
Not everyone in the team is going to be at their best all game, every game. There are no guarantees that replacements are going to come in and be consistently better. It's smart to have some continuity to allow the team to gel and grow confidence rather than chopping and changing all the time, especially when we're winning games and have so many top players unavailable.

What is the key thing to take from Saturday night (And indeed St Kilda the week before) is the resilience in the squad and willingness to find a way to win the close ones. That should put us in good stead as the season progresses.