Game day vs Adelaide

[connolly]

it was a bad match up but thats what happens when you lose the one seriously a grade defender you have

You mean the player that he kicked six on last time we played them?

[connolly]

Despite what connolly may say to defend him, Bevan's always been a poor one-on-one defender, he doesn't play tight enough and tends to panic and get outmarked. And he was way too slow for Porp today.

He was 50/50 with the plick with the unpronouncable name in genuine one on ones. If you are including the lace outs to his leads no defender stops those.

[Swan Chris]

The first half had me thinking back to 05 but the 2nd half was one of the worst I have seen.
The amount of silly turnovers was what I thought really hurt us. On to some individuals:
O'keefe- Very good
Craig Bird- I liked he seemed to always be in at it.
Goodes- Started well then looked like last years injury
Youngsters- All looked pretty good (Brabazon very good) but got lost when the game turned.
Mattner- The only defender turned up to the game.

[RogueSwan]

Barlow constantly takes far too long to kick the bloody ball. Due to it he's turned the ball over a number of times today.

Reg too, their first move is jog back 20 steps and then look up to see that all swans are now covered.

[RogueSwan]

Every ******* week i have to sit down only to be DISGUSTED by our last quarters, TURNOVERS, ERRORS, 50M PENALTIES... SHAME ON YOU SYDNEY!!! SHAME ON YOU!!!

Got me that mad that ive punched a hole through my door

ive had a gutful...

WEAK AS ***

So you go to the same anger management classes as Bazza?

[Lohengrin]

The kids did a terrific job today.

Not surprising you'd say that, but don't worry we'll continue to ignore your lack of football knowledge (Bevan > C Bolton! LOL! ) Perhaps it would be easier if you just put it in your sig?

As for the rest of the rant, perhaps aim that at someone else.

[connolly]

Not surprising you'd say that, but don't worry we'll continue to ignore your lack of football knowledge (Bevan > C Bolton! LOL! ) Perhaps it would be easier if you just put it in your sig?

As for the rest of the rant, perhaps aim that at someone else.

I'll aim it where i please. In case you haven't noticed the bandwagon stopped rolling a few games ago.

[Primmy]

I am proud of Braba, took his chance and grabbed it, and silly me doubted him the last couple of years (although I have always said he could organised his troops really well). Quick on his feet and quick thinking.

Thank heavens Cheese is starting to put in effort and is now starting to move all the time instead of spectating.

Reg constantly annoys me, but....I am willing to be proven wrong, and at times he does really good things.

Want to acknowledge Nick Smith - he does quiet stuff and does it well.

Nice to have Ves in the mix, a bit of spark, maybe a little spark at present, but a spark nonetheless.

I would like to acknowledge courage shown by Jacko.

Birdy can be erratic but kept at it and didn't drop his head.

I love Jesse's hands, and the fact that he is starting to move like an AFL player. He is going to be just fine.

AND Lewie is turning into a good quality backman, courage to the max, and persistent. So improved, I nominate him for that honour at the B&F.

I think, boys and girls, that we may be ok in a couple of years time. The signs are there.

I would love to think that Kirky will stay on at the club as a teacher/assistant coach after his ground time finishes, he is a natural. That and the fact that NO Kirky would be hard to cope with.

[Nico]

I thought Brabazon was pretty good. He consistently got on his own on the wing and his delivery was a hell of a lot better than most of the side.

I don't necessarily buy the fact we have so many young players in the side now that we will suffer until they get games under their belt.

I think it is more our increibly poor depth of kicking and speed by our midfielders that hurts us every week. As much as they work hard Kirk and Bolton's kicking is at the bottom end of the scale and Craig Bird is no better. Brabazon's kicking is way better than that trio.

On the odd occasion we win a clear centre clearance the outcome is almost always a scrappy kick to nothing. Our inability to craft quick kicks to our forwards is the dominant reason we score so poorly. When we do have a set shot we just slaughter our kicks. Our inabilty to apply scoreboard pressure is palpable.

Brabazon appears to have a pretty good motor so I advocate throwing him straight into midfield duties. I know Bolton has been better this year but he hardly had a possession in the clear today. In the last 3 games our leg speed has been a huge factor in our poor last quarters.

Sides clog up our 50 metre zone and we just fall for going wide with poorly skilled kicks. We have to be the worst side in the comp for putting genuine pressure on backlines. They don't have to think too much about their game when they play us. We either go too much to Hall or go wide to a midget forward.

Another thing; when is someone on the coaching panel going to tell Jack to stop finessing every time he has the ball. He rarely goes his first opption when clear (Leo Barry syndrome). While they are at it tell him to attack the ball when it falls short of him instead of waiting for the bounce. 2 weeks in row now this has caused turnovers and goals.

[Primmy]

Well said..but still think Grundy is ponderous.

Oh that is a lovely description - I have been wanting one and that fits perfectly. He does annoy me. I don't want him to, I want him to be great, but oh yesss, ponderous is a delicious word for him. Thanks.

[Bas]

LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT MY MOUNTAIN HOME
WHERE ALL THE LADIES NAMES ARE JOAN
WHERE HUSBANDS WORK BACK LATE AT NIGHT
HOPES ARE UP FOR TROUSERS DOWN
WITH HOSTESS ON A BUSINESS FLIGHT
TAXI IN A MERCEDES DRIVE
I HOPE THAT DRIVER'S COMING OUT ALIVE
THE GARDEN IS A DORSETTED
THAT LADY - SHE'S SO CORSETED
SHE'S GOT 15 WAYS TO LEAD THAT BOY ASTRAY
HE THINKS HE'S ONE AND ONLY
BUT THAT LOVELY SHE'S SO LONELY
SHE PUMPS HIM FULL OF BREAKFAST AND SHE SENDS HIM ON HIS WAY
WHAT A SING SONG DANCE
WHAT A PERFORMANCE
WHAT A CHEAP TENT SHOW
OH NO NO NO NO NO

The boys did not light up?

You're not on the drug that killed River Phoenix by any chance?

Isn't it funny how the lyric in most songs doesn't make any sense.

And look I''m glad the boys didn't smoke after the game, at least that's another positive from todays game.

[hammo]

AND Lewie is turning into a good quality backman, courage to the max, and persistent. So improved, I nominate him for that honour at the B&F.

What game were you watching?

[Melbournehammer]

You mean the player that he kicked six on last time we played them?

This defend your boy at all costs stuff is pointless. bevan is a mid tier player who was repeatedly 3-4 yards behind his opponent. No disgrace in that - he won't be the first player beaten or the last.

you would do your kid more service by recognising his limitations

and your summaries of our youngsters when not having your blinkers on shows that you can be reasonable - i too reckon bird was poor today and probably needs to strengthen his upper body because he does get brushed off in tackles a lot.

smith, braba, barlow, and bird all have disposal errors regularly. and each cost us.

but then so do grundy, lrt, ted, crouch, and a few others

and our skills below our knees across the board are really poor.

[satchmopugdog]

We still have the closest game of the round.

Better than last year's Premiers.I loved it that they got beaten. Suck itup Hodge. Suck it up Mitchell. Suck it up Brown

Better than the premature ejaculaters...The Blues are coming.

Better than poor old Melbourne.

Better than Freo with their youngsters .

[Xie Shan]

You're not on the drug that killed River Phoenix by any chance?

I just assumed Dalai Lama was on drugs!!

The reality that we are in a 'rebuilding' phase really hit home today, at the start of the season I thought this may happen (but hoped it wouldn't, of course). I don't know why but the last three weeks in particular have really hurt We have some good kids and I want us to win a few of these 'gettable' games to boost their confidence!

We're still a chance of continuing our winning streak against the Blues in Round 16 though

I still like him as a player but I think Mattner can be as ponderous as Grundy sometimes, looking at some of his decision-making...