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  • ScottH
    It's Goodes to cheer!!
    • Sep 2003
    • 23665

    #31
    Originally posted by T-bag
    I agree

    Buchanon must be dropped. Offered nothing last night and hasn't been much better previous weeks. Culminating in last nights performance, must go!

    I'm serious when I say this. I didn't even realise he was playing until about late in the third quarter when I noticed him miss an easy tackle.

    Add to that, I didn't even know Melcho was playing either until very late in the game last night. But his pre form has been quite good so he should not be dropped.
    Monty has offered nothing since Rnd 1. I agree with your "didn't know he was playing", same comment for a few others.

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    • Swansinger
      Senior Player
      • Mar 2003
      • 1099

      #32
      Originally posted by hammo
      It's time.

      A great servant to the club over many years, but his game tonight shows he is past it as an AFL player.
      As Meatloaf sang - "You took the words right out of my mouth"
      (I'll not quote the next line , though :-) )

      Hammo , I've been saying this quietly for a few weeks now , but reserved judgment.
      I was stunned that his name was on the afl.com.au "best" list.
      He has looked slower and increasingly vulnerable when he's rebounding.

      He's already indicated he's considering whether he should play on next year.

      Leo , you've been magnificent - playing on bigger blokes every week, leaving me amazed by your courage and determination , making me wonder "How the HELL did he spoil that mark??"
      And I'll remember forever my eyes got a bit damp only once at a football game - straight after you had just taken a mark yourself.

      Thanks for everything , mate - but it's time to go.

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      • JF_Bay22_SCG
        expat Sydneysider
        • Jan 2003
        • 3978

        #33
        Originally posted by liz
        I think it was tactical pressure the Pies exerted tonight, rather than physical pressure. That's not to say the Pies weren't tackling but it wasn't the maniacal tackling they applied against the Cats a few weeks back. And the Swans probably at least matched the Pies tonight in terms of tackling pressure. It's just that they didn't bother doing much else.
        The Pies were very very well coached. By flooding back into our forward line they clogged up the space for short passes. Thus we had to resort to bombing it over the flood, which never worked all night.

        Like Geelong they have worked out how to stop our handball game out of defence. Both Leo Barry Eski & Tagdh had ordinary games BECAUSE of the pressure applied to them that meant they couldn't play on & couldn't handball like they normally like to.

        I don't think Hawthorn & especially Carlton will be able to clog us down both out of defence as well as in our forward 50 like the Pies did last night.

        11 points in 3 quarters of football=

        JF
        Last edited by JF_Bay22_SCG; 6 July 2008, 01:15 PM.
        "Never ever ever state that Sydney is gone.They are like cockroaches in the aftermath of a nuclear war"
        (Forum poster 'Change', Big Footy 04Apr09)

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        • Margie
          Regular in the Side
          • Sep 2003
          • 800

          #34
          Originally posted by connolly
          He has always been a one sided player. A lot of the weaving is to get onto his kicking side. Some of the fault is players downfield who must make position on his left side. Collingwood blocked his kicking side. Goodsey was really missed as a link man for the defenders clearring it out. Our midfield simply failed to provide enough movement upfield.
          This is an excellent point. Opposition players know Leo's ducking and weaving is to to get the ball onto his left foot.

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          • Margie
            Regular in the Side
            • Sep 2003
            • 800

            #35
            Originally posted by ScottH
            Monty has offered nothing since Rnd 1. I agree with your "didn't know he was playing", same comment for a few others.
            Close to half time, I asked the question "Is Amon playing tonight"? Now reading RWO today, it's obvious others wondered the same.

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            • Robbo
              On the Rookie List
              • May 2007
              • 2946

              #36
              After performances like this, heads need to roll. I don't think Leo deserves the cop though.

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              • hammo
                Veterans List
                • Jul 2003
                • 5554

                #37
                Robert Walls has some interesting things to say in The Age:

                Bad news for Sydney was the form of its veterans. Full-back Leo Barry is slowing down and the speed and efficiency of the Collingwood tackling saw him repeatedly turn the ball over. "Spida" Everitt looks slow, old and skinny. His legs look like matchsticks and he struggled to kick with any power and penetration. At 34, "Spida" looks shot. What was also bad for the Swans was the good coaching of Mick Malthouse. His boys controlled the tempo of the game with precise foot passing to teammates out in space. It was hard for the Swans to get their hands on the ball. The Collingwood forwards spread out wide to separate the Sydney defenders and Lewis Roberts-Thomson was identified as a weak link so they repeatedly played through his opponent.
                The good, the bad and the ugly - realfooty.com.au
                "As everyone knows our style of football is defensive and unattractive, and as such I have completely forgotten how to mark or kick over the years" - Brett Kirk

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                • Bas
                  Veterans List
                  • Jan 2003
                  • 4457

                  #38
                  You'd think LRT should be dropped as EVERY team will play through him now. Another living on nthe ghosts of the 2005 GF. One good game in three years does not make a star.
                  In memory of my little Staffy - Dicey, 17.06.2005 to 1.12.2011- I'll miss you mate.

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