NAB cup rnd 2. Saints vs Swans Game Thread.

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

    Originally posted by Doctor J.
    ... In the end it was the lack of clean hands that cost us the game. Missed targets with handball and failing to take possession without a fumble at crucial times were v costly ...
    I think this is where we really missed Bird. Good at turning dirty ball into clean ball.
    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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    • stellation
      scott names the planets
      • Sep 2003
      • 9718

      Originally posted by ScottH
      As Above.
      Confused here, Kennedy/McGlynn hard to tell them apart sometimes, but kicking was atrocious at times, in the last 2 games.
      Seriously? Kennedy has about 6 inches and 15 kilos of muscle on McGlynn!
      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 stellation
        Seriously? Kennedy has about 6 inches and 15 kilos of muscle on McGlynn!
        Beat me to it Stella. I believe a trip to the optometrists may be in order Scott.
        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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        • ScottH
          It's Goodes to cheer!!
          • Sep 2003
          • 23665

          Originally posted by stellation
          Seriously? Kennedy has about 6 inches and 15 kilos of muscle on McGlynn!
          Originally posted by Primmy
          Beat me to it Stella. I believe a trip to the optometrists may be in order Scott.
          These hawks all look the same.

          Must've been McGlynn then.

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

            Originally posted by ScottH
            These hawks all look the same.

            Must've been McGlynn then.
            Or are you numerically dyslexic? 12 and 21?
            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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            • TheMase
              Senior Player
              • Jan 2003
              • 1207

              Originally posted by floppinab
              Thing is I reckon the umpie screwed up. Doesn't look like he sets the mark properly so it's hard to tell where it is but Seaby runs in a straight line toward the goal, so he shouldn't be called play on for deviating, and I reckon he doesn't go over the mark, goes close but not over, so it shouldn't have been play on and should've been a 9 pointer.
              The mark is only the indicator. Only the umpire calling play on should exclude the 9 pt goal. I am not convinced that occured.

              Does not matter anyway, the low key buildup will be better for us.

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              • annew
                Senior Player
                • Mar 2006
                • 2164

                Originally posted by TheMase
                The mark is only the indicator. Only the umpire calling play on should exclude the 9 pt goal. I am not convinced that occured.

                Does not matter anyway, the low key buildup will be better for us.
                Plus as it is only a practice match and not another NAB Cup match at Blacktown, Team GWS won't get another marketing chance on the back of the Swans!!

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                • Triple B
                  Formerly 'BBB'
                  • Feb 2003
                  • 6999

                  Originally posted by annew
                  Plus as it is only a practice match and not another NAB Cup match at Blacktown, Team GWS won't get another marketing chance on the back of the Swans!!
                  It's a NAB challenge match, funded by the AFL.

                  Don't worry, there will be plenty of GWS propaganda....and why not?
                  Driver of the Dan Hannebery bandwagon....all aboard. 4th April 09

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

                    Originally posted by dimelb
                    Or are you numerically dyslexic? 12 and 21?
                    That too!!

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                    • stellation
                      scott names the planets
                      • Sep 2003
                      • 9718

                      Originally posted by TheMase
                      The mark is only the indicator. Only the umpire calling play on should exclude the 9 pt goal. I am not convinced that occured.

                      Does not matter anyway, the low key buildup will be better for us.
                      The umpire called play on and put his arms up to signal it.
                      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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                      • ShockOfHair
                        One Man Out
                        • Dec 2007
                        • 3668

                        I forgot to mention the best about the game for me yesterday.

                        Just after the Swans lost the lead in the third term, the village band here (8000km from Etihad) struck up the Swans club song.

                        It's a sign!!!
                        The man who laughs has not yet heard the terrible news

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                        • magic.merkin
                          Senior Player
                          • Jul 2008
                          • 1199

                          Oh and as stated Jude Bolton is as honest as the day is long.

                          I think we take him for granted at times, but I wouldn't want our side with out him.

                          A heart as big as Kirky's.

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                          • rojo
                            Opti-pessi-misti
                            • Mar 2009
                            • 1100

                            On Currie and his seeming lack of confidence. I would love to see him find a place in the team sometime in the future. I hope the fact that he has not played in a game for quite some time (cant' remember how much of last year he missed through injury) is the reason. Those of you who have seen him play in the ressies - is he capable of being an imposing player? He may need a few games back in the reserves or like with White find out whether he is a ruckman/forward, a ruckman or a forward.

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                            • liz
                              Veteran
                              Site Admin
                              • Jan 2003
                              • 16737

                              Originally posted by rojo
                              On Currie and his seeming lack of confidence. I would love to see him find a place in the team sometime in the future. I hope the fact that he has not played in a game for quite some time (cant' remember how much of last year he missed through injury) is the reason. Those of you who have seen him play in the ressies - is he capable of being an imposing player? He may need a few games back in the reserves or like with White find out whether he is a ruckman/forward, a ruckman or a forward.
                              In the reserves he's taller and bigger than most opponents thrown at him and doesn't have trouble imposing himself. I've often wondered if the ACTAFL umpires have invented the "Daniel Currie is too tall and too good a mark" rule to ping him for frees when he just leans over and takes the mark.

                              Reports suggest he is a fairly self-effacing and intelligent young man. Hopefully a few games under his belt will give him the confidence he needs.

                              I suspect he'll primarily be a ruckman rather than a pure forward, though. He has nothing like the speed or agility of someone like White, and his kicking for goal can be a little iffy at times, too. But hopefully he will turn into the kind of ruckman who can push forward at times, or at least spend time "resting" in the goal square. His hands really are quite special, as he has shown with a couple of his marks in the last fortnight.

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                              • TheMase
                                Senior Player
                                • Jan 2003
                                • 1207

                                Originally posted by stellation
                                The umpire called play on and put his arms up to signal it.
                                Before or after he kicked the ball?

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