Wild Card

[hammo]

Originally posted by adnar
I think eski is a like for like replacment for Willo almost.

When Eski has done what Willo has done over 300 games I might agree with you.

As good a player that Eski is, I doubt whether he would kick the 2 early goals that Willo did against St Kilda in last year's PF.

That was a combination of experience and class.

[LittleSchneider]

Originally posted by Jeffers1984
As much as i love the eski i seriously think the Schneiderman will be the wildcard again. How good was he in the start of the 4th term against the Aints? He's had a solid year due to the confidence he has gained in the finals last year and i seriously think he can rise to the occassion again.

Haha - your coming around slowly Jeff... Im getting to you huh

[Slick Swans]

I think eski is a very dangerous player for us and has the ability to posibly create something from nothing.

But as far as a finals wildcard, i have to nominat Amon, he got that "4th quarter specialist" ability to break open a game with a few vital clearances or goals.

[swantastic]

Re: Re: Wild Card

Originally posted by Annie Haddad
They also said on SEN that BBBH had broken his wrist.

Yeh but they got that crap from little footy,what else do you expect from LF.

[liz]

Originally posted by barry
The bomb it long days are only for desperate situations.

Disagree.

Bombing it in long as a last resort when you've taken forever to get it close and the forward line is crowded with defenders dropping back is likely to be a low return strategy.

But if you can kick it long to the forward line quickly, before defenders have had a chance to get back, so that your forwards are one-on-one or two-on-two, can work well and is something the Swans have been doing quite effectively this year. You need to have players who can kick very long so that it is kicked from barely the midway line, almost as soon as it is cleared from defence. The reason it has become quite an effective strategy over the last year or so is the presence in the team of a lot of players with pretty good boots on them - Malceski, Dempster, Ablett, Bolton (no 2), Kennelly, Schneider, McVeigh, O'Keefe (plus Davis too, though he's not had too many chances recently).

[dimelb]

Originally posted by liz

But if you can kick it long to the forward line quickly, before defenders have had a chance to get back, so that your forwards are one-on-one or two-on-two, can work well

Agree strongly with this - especially when the two are Baz and Magic who go together like hand and glove.

[AnnieH]

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Originally posted by liz

But if you can kick it long to the forward line quickly, before defenders have had a chance to get back, so that your forwards are one-on-one or two-on-two, can work well

Originally posted by dimelb
Agree strongly with this - especially when the two are Baz and Magic who go together like hand and glove.

yeah. Too much time taken up "looking" for an option (LRT).
Kick it long, kick it forward. Kick it quick.

KICK IT TO MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

[Nico]

Bevo is our wildcard.

[WASwansFanatic]

Originally posted by CureTheSane


I'd love to see doyle play well in the GF after all he's been through

Ahem......we still have to make it............

[Gary]

Bevo???? What would you base that on?

[smartplay]

Originally posted by liz
Disagree.

Bombing it in long as a last resort when you've taken forever to get it close and the forward line is crowded with defenders dropping back is likely to be a low return strategy.

But if you can kick it long to the forward line quickly, before defenders have had a chance to get back, so that your forwards are one-on-one or two-on-two, can work well and is something the Swans have been doing quite effectively this year. You need to have players who can kick very long so that it is kicked from barely the midway line, almost as soon as it is cleared from defence. The reason it has become quite an effective strategy over the last year or so is the presence in the team of a lot of players with pretty good boots on them - Malceski, Dempster, Ablett, Bolton (no 2), Kennelly, Schneider, McVeigh, O'Keefe (plus Davis too, though he's not had too many chances recently).

agree - kick it long to forward when they are on 1-1 or 2-2
OR
when you are forced to with you opponents coming at you without time to assess kicking short distances to fellow player accurately.

[Schneiderman]

Ok, to settle the Eski V Doyle 'Wild Card' issue - I reckon BOTH of them TOGETHER are the Wild Card.

With Eski's boot and Doyle's height, we have an option up forward to kick it over the defenders heads quickly and into a one-on-one contest to Doyle's height advantage.