Game Day Thread: Rd 20 Swans v Geelong

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  • Go Swannies
    Veterans List
    • Sep 2003
    • 5697

    Originally posted by johnno
    All I am going to say is I am proud of the boys, we can still make the finals and would love to see it, but dont think it is going to happen.

    Its amazing how many times Geelong throw the ball and get away with it, must have seen at least 6-7 incidences of this in the firt half alone.

    As far as cheese is concerned, I've said this before and I will say it again, if anyone here knows anyone at the club, can they please tell them this. Whenever Barlow takes a mark, he will jog, not run, but jog back 15-20 metres without IMMEDIATELY looking for an option up forward, wasting a good 5-10 seconds. I find this especially irritating especially when he has taken a mark on the half forward flank and is around 75 to 80 metres out from goal. He does this time and time again. Can someone PLEASE instruct him to turn around immediately after taking a mark. God it annoys me.
    He did that in front of me on Saturday night. And someone in the forward 50 (ROK?) was creating a perfect lead towards Cheese's back. we yelled but he doesn't pay any more attention to me than he does to Primmy.

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    • johnno
      On the Rookie List
      • Apr 2008
      • 1102

      Originally posted by Primmy
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      I am constantly instructing him Johnno, but he just ignores me.
      You taking the piss out of me Primmy???

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      • ShockOfHair
        One Man Out
        • Dec 2007
        • 3668

        Originally posted by liz
        I think there was a bit of a "Grundy effect" involved. A large reason why LRT didn't kick long enough was because he took ages to make up his mind and had been called to play on before he finally had to do something. He was probably in shock from having taken such a screamer.
        There's an inverse law at work - the bigger the mark the worse the disposal. Gardiner's big grab against Geelong was one of the very few I can ever remember being effective. It helped being just ten yards out.

        If the GF had gone on another 15 seconds god knows where Leo would have kicked it.
        The man who laughs has not yet heard the terrible news

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        • RogueSwan
          McVeigh for Brownlow
          • Apr 2003
          • 4602

          Originally posted by ShockOfHair
          ...If the GF had gone on another 15 seconds god knows where Leo would have kicked it.
          He wouldn't have kicked it. he would have gone on a kamikaze run once he realised the Weagles had manned up down the line.
          "Fortunately, this is the internet, so knowing nothing is no obstacle to having an opinion!." Beerman 18-07-2017

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          • liz
            Veteran
            Site Admin
            • Jan 2003
            • 16739

            Originally posted by ShockOfHair
            There's an inverse law at work - the bigger the mark the worse the disposal. Gardiner's big grab against Geelong was one of the very few I can ever remember being effective. It helped being just ten yards out.

            If the GF had gone on another 15 seconds god knows where Leo would have kicked it.
            Big Bad Jesse managed a decent kick after his screamer on the weekend.

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            • stellation
              scott names the planets
              • Sep 2003
              • 9718

              Originally posted by ShockOfHair
              If the GF had gone on another 15 seconds god knows where Leo would have kicked it.
              Well he had the penultimate kick of the GF and that was a clanger
              I knew him as a gentle young man, I cannot say for sure the reasons for his decline
              We watched him fade before our very eyes, and years before his time

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              • Primmy
                Proud Tragic Swan
                • Apr 2008
                • 5970

                Originally posted by johnno
                You taking the piss out of me Primmy???
                Who Me???

                I want to get Stuey down on the sidelines and yell at Cheese sometimes. Apparently he listens to him.

                But I think Cheese has selective hearing. He is getting better I do admit, but aaaaggghhhhhh!!!!
                If you've never jumped from one couch to the other to save yourself from lava then you didn't have a childhood

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                • Lohengrin
                  On the Rookie List
                  • Jul 2008
                  • 641

                  Originally posted by liz
                  Big Bad Jesse managed a decent kick after his screamer on the weekend.
                  Ugly floating helicopter. Fortunately hit Moore on the chest.

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                  • Darren Thomson
                    On the Rookie List
                    • Jul 2008
                    • 291

                    Originally posted by Lohengrin
                    Ugly floating helicopter. Fortunately hit Moore on the chest.
                    Too right, more good luck, with a smidgin of good placement. But it worked so, no complaining. Cheese, well, I bagged Reg relentlessly last year, eating plenty of crow now, so I'm shutting up about that one


                    Paul Roos for PM

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

                      Originally posted by Lohengrin
                      Ugly floating helicopter. Fortunately hit Moore on the chest.
                      I was whinging and complaining at the time what a shocking kick it was, until the little chunk made it hit him on the chest.

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                      • Primmy
                        Proud Tragic Swan
                        • Apr 2008
                        • 5970

                        Originally posted by Darren Thomson
                        Too right, more good luck, with a smidgin of good placement. But it worked so, no complaining. Cheese, well, I bagged Reg relentlessly last year, eating plenty of crow now, so I'm shutting up about that one


                        Yes, but look at the outcome of our words of inspiration! We should be proud of our efforts. Its now that we have to turn our attentions to Cheese - we have Work to do!
                        If you've never jumped from one couch to the other to save yourself from lava then you didn't have a childhood

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                        • johnno
                          On the Rookie List
                          • Apr 2008
                          • 1102

                          Dont get me wrong, I like Cheese, I think he can be a great footballer, just needs to fix 2 things. 1, his tackling, sometimes opposition players just break his tackles a bit too easy, and 2. what I metioned earlier about not turning around quickly after taking a mark.

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                          • CJK
                            Human
                            • Apr 2006
                            • 2170

                            Originally posted by Lohengrin
                            Ugly floating helicopter. Fortunately hit Moore on the chest.
                            Saw this in detail.

                            After the grab he turned to measure his run up, but then saw Roos on the beach absolutely screaming and gesturing at him to hit it to the square.

                            Panic flashed across White's eyes and he immediately turned and just threw into onto the boot.
                            -

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                            • johnno
                              On the Rookie List
                              • Apr 2008
                              • 1102

                              [QUOTE=CJK;454684]Saw this in detail.

                              After the grab he turned to measure his run up, but then saw Roos on the beach absolutely screaming and gesturing at him to hit it to the square.

                              Panic flashed across White's eyes and he immediately turned and just threw into onto the boot.[/
                              QUOTE]

                              this is what Roos needs to do with Barlow.

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                              • CJK
                                Human
                                • Apr 2006
                                • 2170

                                Kick him? Agreed!
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