How the Swans can beat the Dockers

[liz]

Pretty boring, predictable stuff from Dean Laidley, but some far more creative ideas from Peter Hately.

http://www.realfooty.theage.com.au/realfooty/articles/2006/09/21/1158431847659.html

[graystar]

Idiot - no mention of the donk. Did he just watch the previous time we played and copy roo's tactics?

Darren Jolly has a huge job on the in-form Sandilands and to give him support, we will rotate Lewis Roberts-Thomson and Adam Goodes through the position.

[timthefish]

i'd like to see goodes get a fair crack at sandilands as he won't concede much more than jolly will have to at the ball-ups but will run him absolutely ragged around the ground.

[garethb83]

Thats why Laidley's team are on their summer break. Hello? We name 2 ruckmen, so why would we even consider using Goodesy and/or LRT there?

What a tool.

[big bear]

How do Swans beat Dockers?

Simple. Turn up.

[573v30]

Well, we can beat the Dockers by scoring more goals than them...

[garethb83]

Originally posted by 573v30
Well, we can beat the Dockers by scoring more goals than them...

Or by not kicking 19 behinds as we did against them last time! That'd be nice?

[573v30]

Originally posted by garethb83
Or by not kicking 19 behinds as we did against them last time! That'd be nice?

As long as Hall and O'Loughlin continue their good kicking form, we shouldn't have a problem kicking goals.

[Cosmic Wizard]

Stop the big Pav, and the dockers are history. Simple.

[Chiasmus]

I don't rate the Pav... We've got a much more versatile and experienced forward line and if Pav is it for them, we should be fine - we've got too many great defenders.
I'm a little more concerned about the giant...

[garethb83]

Being an optimist, i don't think C Bolts is going to let Pav pull his pants down this time. Look for him to own Pavlich. For a man that had 15 goals kicked on him all year, getting owned by Pav for those 4 goals would have been a real thorn in his side.

Look for the legend to make up for it in spades tonight!

[liz]

Originally posted by garethb83
Being an optimist, i don't think C Bolts is going to let Pav pull his pants down this time. Look for him to own Pavlich. For a man that had 15 goals kicked on him all year, getting owned by Pav for those 4 goals would have been a real thorn in his side.

Look for the legend to make up for it in spades tonight!

I don't even think he was really "owned" by Pav that night. The four goals came in two blocks of two, the first in the first quarter and the other in the third. I think one may have been a free that wasn't Bolton's fault, one was a really good long kick by Pavlich and the others came from fast leads where Bolton was somewhat let down by the midfield's lack of pressure.

In between those two bursts, Bolton was able to keep Pavlich pretty much out of the game, forcing him up the ground and to the boundary to take his marks and preventing him providing meaningful delivery forward.

I'm not trying to down play Pav's performance. He was an important contributor for them. But there was no reason for Bolts to hang his head in shame after his performance.

[garethb83]

Originally posted by liz
I don't even think he was really "owned" by Pav that night. The four goals came in two blocks of two, the first in the first quarter and the other in the third. I think one may have been a free that wasn't Bolton's fault, one was a really good long kick by Pavlich and the others came from fast leads where Bolton was somewhat let down by the midfield's lack of pressure.

In between those two bursts, Bolton was able to keep Pavlich pretty much out of the game, forcing him up the ground and to the boundary to take his marks and preventing him providing meaningful delivery forward.

I'm not trying to down play Pav's performance. He was an important contributor for them. But there was no reason for Bolts to hang his head in shame after his performance.

I wasn't saying his performance was woeful either. But in the context of a season like he has had, that would be his worst performance and thus i'd be surprised if he wasn't fired up to do the job on him this time around.

Had he have only had an average season, a 4 goal haul against him may not have come into consideration, but with how outstanding he has been for us, i bet its in the forefront of his mind and i'll back him to the hilt to get it done tonight, he seems to step up when needed.

[rowser]

Originally posted by Chiasmus
I don't rate the Pav... We've got a much more versatile and experienced forward line and if Pav is it for them, we should be fine - we've got too many great defenders.
I'm a little more concerned about the giant...

I think that is a little simplistic. They have two forwards in Pav and Farmer that have kicked 63 and 50 goals respectively excluding finals!! Our top is 67 and 36 !!! The Dockers have shown that they can win games without Pav firing.

We will need to play at our very best to beat these guys. They are legit and if we are not on our game, they will beat us!!!

[Xie Shan]

Originally posted by 573v30
Well, we can beat the Dockers by scoring more goals than them...

Bravo! You've obviously been reading the insights of Ben Mathews.