It's Official ... Swans are Soft

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  • AnnieH
    RWOs Black Sheep
    • Aug 2006
    • 11332

    It's Official ... Swans are Soft

    Goodesy says so ...

    Goodes makes hard call - Swans have gone soft
    Wild speculation, unsubstantiated rumours, silly jokes and opposition delight in another's failures is what makes an internet forum fun.
    Blessed are the cracked for they are the ones who let in the light.
  • Dalai Lama
    Suspended by the MRP
    • Nov 2008
    • 632

    #2
    The Whip It knows - when a problem comes around - you must Whip It - and WHIP IT GOODES!

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    • connolly
      Registered User
      • Aug 2005
      • 2461

      #3
      Originally posted by Dalai Lama
      The Whip It knows - when a problem comes around - you must Whip It - and WHIP IT GOODES!
      And apparently the troubled genius is calling on the services of meditation to toughen us up. God help us. What's wrong with a big night on the piss with the boys, some heavy bonding and putting on the stink against the private school big girls blouses on Saturday? i don't think Nashie, Skilts or Plugger would have wasted a minute on meditation.
      Bevo bandwagon driver

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      • Dalai Lama
        Suspended by the MRP
        • Nov 2008
        • 632

        #4
        maybe a Barry Hall uppercut to the Rhesus Monkey will toughen her up?

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        • Chilcott
          Regular in the Side
          • Jan 2008
          • 595

          #5
          Maybe at times its a mental thing, however, its pobably more that some of our blokes just don't have the pace & strength to put themselves in the right spots to get the hard ball and tackle as they should.

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          • liz
            Veteran
            Site Admin
            • Jan 2003
            • 16764

            #6
            Originally posted by Chilcott
            Maybe at times its a mental thing, however, its pobably more that some of our blokes just don't have the pace & strength to put themselves in the right spots to get the hard ball and tackle as they should.
            Brett Kirk - certainly not quick and reasonably wiry compared to the average (mature) AFL player - currently leads the tackle count by a whopping 14 tackles. And second on the ladder, 6 ahead of the next best tackler, is Jude Bolton, again not quick.

            I acknowledge that these two spend much of their time in the thick of things and don't have to move too far to get from one tackle to the next. However, I reckon tackling intent has far more to do with mental approach (and role) than with speed or physical strength.

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            • ShockOfHair
              One Man Out
              • Dec 2007
              • 3668

              #7
              I don't care if it's meditation, going to church or six rounds with Danny Green - whatever it takes to get some mental toughness.

              We're last in hard ball gets. Last.

              This season, after 10 games, Sydney have lost that area in every match bar one, when they were equal with Port Adelaide at the SCG 10 days ago. The Swans are ranked 16th for hard-ball gets compared to their opponents, with a differential of minus 98 against the 10 teams they have played.
              Hard stats show Swans are soft - AFL Premiership - Fox Sports

              The shame.
              The man who laughs has not yet heard the terrible news

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              • Go Swannies
                Veterans List
                • Sep 2003
                • 5697

                #8
                It's a mental thing that so many of our tackles don't stick. They used to.

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                • AnnieH
                  RWOs Black Sheep
                  • Aug 2006
                  • 11332

                  #9
                  I spent nearly the whole game last Saturday screaming out "TACKLE".

                  Half the time they just stand around like stunned kangaroos with their eyes in the headlights staring at the opposition.

                  It's not rocket science.
                  Wild speculation, unsubstantiated rumours, silly jokes and opposition delight in another's failures is what makes an internet forum fun.
                  Blessed are the cracked for they are the ones who let in the light.

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                  • CureTheSane
                    Carpe Noctem
                    • Jan 2003
                    • 5032

                    #10
                    I spend a lot of time screaming "shepherd"
                    One area that really annoys me in our game......
                    The difference between insanity and genius is measured only in success.

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                    • Frosty13
                      On the Rookie List
                      • Mar 2009
                      • 56

                      #11
                      We play a good hard brand of footy when sides come to play us at the SCG or Anz. However, we roll over and get pounded anywhere else. We're turning into the Eagles.

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                      • Kanga
                        On the Rookie List
                        • Aug 2007
                        • 274

                        #12
                        Originally posted by connolly
                        And apparently the troubled genius is calling on the services of meditation to toughen us up. God help us. What's wrong with a big night on the piss with the boys, some heavy bonding and putting on the stink against the private school big girls blouses on Saturday? i don't think Nashie, Skilts or Plugger would have wasted a minute on meditation.
                        Classic quote Connolly - cannot agree with you more....

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                        • alison.z
                          Regular in the Side
                          • Aug 2006
                          • 988

                          #13
                          Originally posted by CureTheSane
                          I spend a lot of time screaming "shepherd"
                          One area that really annoys me in our game......
                          that was one of the biggest thing i noticed in the port adelaide game ... they were all shepharding for eachother and look how that ended up!!!!

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                          • dimelb
                            pr. dim-melb; m not f
                            • Jun 2003
                            • 6889

                            #14
                            Originally posted by connolly
                            And apparently the troubled genius is calling on the services of meditation to toughen us up. God help us. What's wrong with a big night on the piss with the boys, some heavy bonding and putting on the stink against the private school big girls blouses on Saturday? i don't think Nashie, Skilts or Plugger would have wasted a minute on meditation.
                            But Connolly, think what even more sublime players they would have been, rising to new heights to take hangers over the assembled multitudes!
                            He reminds him of the guys, close-set, slow, and never rattled, who were play-makers on the team. (John Updike, seeing Josh Kennedy in a crystal ball)

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