Great Expectations (split thread)

[Wardy]

[BeeEmmAre]

Originally posted by goswannie14
Good article.

This was an interesting comment...

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The way the Swans players turned on teammate Nick Davis last year after he claimed in the media he was "the scapegoat" for Sydney's mid-season struggles seemed over the top for anybody within mainstream society.
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We all know that it wasn't that Nick spoke, it was what he said when he did speak.
Spida will be fine.

[stellation]

Originally posted by BeeEmmAre

We all know that it wasn't that Nick spoke, it was what he said when he did speak.
Spida will be fine.

True. Tim Morrissey caught him in the carpark just after he'd found out he was being sent to Canberra and in the middle of a barrage of questions asked "Do you feel like you've been made a scapegoat?" and Nick said "Yeah, I guess.".
To keep it in context- the game before being dropped he had 9 disposals and 1 goal in a loss; Jolly, O'Keefe, Dempster and McVeigh all had the same or less touches and played the following week. The week before that Davis was, arguably, BOG with 17 disposals and 4 goals in a victory. In the WCE game that Davis was dropped for 9 Swans had 9 disposals or less.

[Casey36]

Originally posted by Lucky Knickers
Can't wait for the bounce down on the 31st.

Ditto .

[barry]

True. Tim Morrissey caught him in the carpark just after he'd found out he was being sent to Canberra and in the middle of a barrage of questions asked "Do you feel like you've been made a scapegoat?" and Nick said "Yeah, I guess.".
To keep it in context- the game before being dropped he had 9 disposals and 1 goal in a loss; Jolly, O'Keefe, Dempster and McVeigh all had the same or less touches and played the following week. The week before that Davis was, arguably, BOG with 17 disposals and 4 goals in a victory. In the WCE game that Davis was dropped for 9 Swans had 9 disposals or less.

... For the WCE game he was replaced by Phillips, who had one kick if my memory serves me correctly.

[liz]

... For the WCE game he was replaced by Phillips, who had one kick if my memory serves me correctly.

It doesn't.

http://sydneyswans.com.au/default.asp?pg=players&spg=playerprofile

Eight possessions, three tackles, and a very good overhead mark.

Not worldbeating stats but in possession terms not that different to those Davis gained in the Adelaide game, the last before he was dropped.

http://sydneyswans.com.au/default.asp?pg=players&spg=playerprofile