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  • cruiser
    What the frack!
    • Jul 2004
    • 6114

    #46
    Isn't that 500 goals to Mickey now?
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    • 573v30
      On the bandwagon...
      • Sep 2005
      • 5017

      #47
      Half Time

      Geelong 8.7 55
      Sydney 4.3 27
      I only support one team: The SYDNEY SWANS!!!!! :adore

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      • Lucky Knickers
        Fandom of Fabulousness
        • Oct 2003
        • 4220

        #48
        There's some things to like there. Pyke is extraordinary. How good was him holding up that handball in our D50 which lead to a goal.
        Goodes is starting to get to the ball. As usual Geelong are punishing our mistakes, however, I don't think they are playing all over us.

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        • mcs
          Travelling Swannie!!
          • Jul 2007
          • 8161

          #49
          Originally posted by cruiser
          Isn't that 500 goals to Mickey now?
          I believe it is. We are being outclassed but not playing too bad I don't think. We are just getting punished for skill errors, and Johnson is having a cracker for them.
          "You get the feeling that like Monty Python's Black Knight, the Swans would regard amputation as merely a flesh wound."

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          • swans_premiers
            On the Rookie List
            • Feb 2003
            • 1101

            #50
            need to make the most of our chances... plays like mattner not kicking to hall all on his own costs us dearly.
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            • Swans500
              Registered User
              • Jul 2007
              • 808

              #51
              Originally posted by Lucky Knickers
              don't think they are playing all over us.
              I think they are....their delivery to full forward reaches hands that STICK to the ball time after time. Hall has not done it like that for years now!

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              • Xie Shan
                Senior Player
                • Jan 2003
                • 2929

                #52
                Originally posted by cruiser
                Isn't that 500 goals to Mickey now?
                501 actually!

                In a weird sort of way we haven't played that badly, it's just that Geelong are so good at scoring off opposition turnovers...and there have been plenty. Goodes and O'Keefe having better games at least and Jude winning a few clearances.

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                • Jeffers1984
                  Veterans List
                  • Jan 2003
                  • 4564

                  #53
                  Geehole are just too good. I don't even think we've been that bad.

                  Pyke has been impressive. Some nice plays.

                  Meredith runs past the ball too much.

                  Moore has been good.
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                  • sharp9
                    Senior Player
                    • Jan 2003
                    • 2508

                    #54
                    What a disgrace. Seriously did we win one contested possession....one "one on one" or one contested mark.? What a joke. They are not genii...it's just they do everything well, they never make a mistake (except for when kicking for goal) and they actually go in and win the footy with clean hands...sheesh, it's not rocket science!

                    We are just just dumb footballers who constantly underperform....Richards drops stupid balls, Goodes, Bucky, Mattner cough up the most pathetic turnovers...Malceski is uninterested and slow and loses the ball in a manner that is pathetic for someone of his talent...it goes on and on... we just have a whole raft of players who cannot consistently do what they are capable of.

                    NOT GOOD ENOUGH
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                    • royboy42
                      Senior Player
                      • Apr 2006
                      • 2077

                      #55
                      Yep Mick's first goal today was his 500th..went completely unnoticed by the ace Fox commentators..someone must have texted them cos Healy just mentioned it a minute ago (40 minutes after he kicked it!)

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                      • Xie Shan
                        Senior Player
                        • Jan 2003
                        • 2929

                        #56
                        Originally posted by Jeffers1984
                        Geehole
                        Haha!

                        sharp9: Nice use of genii... couldn't agree more, they are not that intimidating... we just aren't as smart or skilled as they are.

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                        • liz
                          Veteran
                          Site Admin
                          • Jan 2003
                          • 16761

                          #57
                          Originally posted by mcs
                          I believe it is. We are being outclassed but not playing too bad I don't think. We are just getting punished for skill errors, and Johnson is having a cracker for them.
                          I think that's a pretty fair assessment. Geelong are playing very well and are chocka full of confidence, which helps too. Swans have had some good moves going forward but kicks like the Mattner one and the Buchanan one are pretty costly.

                          Good to see Goodsey having a good game and Pyke's work around the ball has been more than reasonable, though a couple of times you could see him loping around the middle of the ground, not sure where he should be.

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                          • ugg
                            Can you feel it?
                            Site Admin
                            • Jan 2003
                            • 15968

                            #58
                            I like ROK's move to the midfield for this game, really gives some muscle in Ablett's absence.
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                            • 31 hard at it
                              Regular in the Side
                              • Mar 2008
                              • 550

                              #59
                              Geelong making very few mistakes and absolutely punishing our turnovers.
                              Nice to see commentators not recognising the numbers of Thornton and Merridith so it goes quiet !
                              At least Gerard Healy mentions a few positives.

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                              • CJK
                                Human
                                • Apr 2006
                                • 2170

                                #60
                                Originally posted by 31 hard at it
                                Geelong ... absolutely punishing our turnovers.
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