Mid-season report: Sydney Swans

[RogueSwan]

How good will it be when Nick Malceski and Tadhg Kennelly are fully fit and on the park at the same time as running defender Marty Mattner?

A very exciting prospect, although I think it is pretty much happening now.

[Triple B]

I do think that a handful of games where he has found himself wide open in the forward line he's had a guy on him who has got lost and gone to the contest to give help instead of sticking with his man.

Sure there has been those times, but a few times he has taken a mark up forward and you think "@@@@, didn't he just......" and you see on the replay he handballs to Tadhg or B2 in our defensive 50, the ball switches out wide and 10 secs later it's sitting in McVeighs arms 25 metres out, directly in front.

That's the kind of gut running he wasn't doing in the past. Mind you, his role may not have allowed him to run off his man like that, but he is doing it brilliantly now.

[gossipcom]

PS can anyone tell me whay the Swans never play in a Friday nite blockbuster??

Television Ratings.

[RogueSwan]

Liam Pickering made an astute observation about McVeigh on Fox Footy Teams this evening. He suggested that McVeigh spent the off-season taking lessons from O'Keefe in gut-busting running.

It is certainly amazing how often McVeigh has found himself yards from any opponent this season, especially in the forward 50. ...

One of Bevo's goals, the first one I think, against the Wiggles McVeigh was all alone charging to the goal square when Bevo had a shot that bounced through.
I was thinking that was lucky he got it, when he could have easily kicked it to McVeigh for an easy 20m set shot on goal.

Whoops, this point was already made by Triple B

[AnnieH]

PS can anyone tell me whay the Swans never play in a Friday nite blockbuster??

Because Ch9 in Sydney play two games of rugby league.
It's all about ratings.

[AnnieH]

Sure there has been those times, but a few times he has taken a mark up forward and you think "@@@@, didn't he just......" and you see on the replay he handballs to Tadhg or B2 in our defensive 50, the ball switches out wide and 10 secs later it's sitting in McVeighs arms 25 metres out, directly in front.

That's the kind of gut running he wasn't doing in the past. Mind you, his role may not have allowed him to run off his man like that, but he is doing it brilliantly now.

Spot on. His "footy brain" has developed. Finally we are seeing the promise.
I was his biggest critic. The only nice thing I could say about last year was that he had noice shoes.

This year ... as a promise somewhere is another thread ... if McHack plays a good game, I have to drive to the speed limit.

I swear I haven't gone over the speed limit for weeks and weeks and weeks!!

[Industrial Fan]

I swear I haven't gone over the speed limit for weeks and weeks and weeks!!

Easy when you're walking to work!

[ScottH]

Easy when you're walking to work!

It's those damn speed bumps in the footpath that do it.

[swantastic]

Easy when you're walking to work!

LOL..good pick up MMG and for the other times after work she's too pissed any way and couldnt physically drive.