I didn't have too much of a problem with the Malceski free. (Just with why he had the ball in the first place - why did we play backwards from a free in their defence.) I hated the one against Mattner, and the one against Brown in front of our goal wasn't much better.
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I think my main problem with it is that he had only gone 180 degrees when he got his kick away and we heard the umpires explanation to Mal was that he was pinged because he'd been turned 360. It's a pretty big difference in my opinion.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 timeComment
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thought the umpiring was typical today..i made conscious effort to not notice the umps this week too much. Was a pleasant change.
After watching a few more games this weekend the umpiring is a bloody fiasco atm and the afl seem hell bent on not falling on their sword in fixing it.Comment
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Good effort from depleted Swans, lots to be happy about.
Didn't like Roosey's uncharacteristic comment "We are not a good enough team to win games with so many outs." Doesnt inspire confidence.
My observations on our four lossess: why don't Swans players WEAR THEIR MAN when the opposition is coming out of our forward line. Is that really old fashioned now, and it's let your man get away 3, 5 10 metres or more. I don't seem to get the modern game. Nor have I EVER understood why a player is dragged after kicking a goal - a few seconds after he has had a huge injection of confidence and is absolutely dying to stay involved.
hp"He was proud of us when we won and he was still proud of us when we lost' Tami Roos about Paul Sept 06.Comment
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The eternal connundrum "what happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object" was finally solved when David Hasselhoff punched himself in the face.Comment
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I don't normally get too frustrated with umpiring, but I was livid at the holding the ball decision against Malceski- regardless of the umpire having blown the whistle as soon as Cyril grabbed his arm, the justification of "he spun you 360 degrees" wasn't even close to being correct."I'll acknowledge there are more talented teams in the competition but I won't acknowledge that there is a better team in the competition" Paul Roos March 2005Comment
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I appreciate everyone's disappointment, my own preference is to keep focussing on rebuilding.
At this stage I think we know Hannerbery, Mumford, Kennedy, Jetta, Rohan, Smith, Heath, White. Before the end of the season I would like to see Meredith, Veszpremi, Lewis Johnston, Sumner, TDL given a chance. It is bugging me watching Playfair run around, as he is not part of the future. Pyke looks to have a future in the AFL
We're not genuinely contenders this year, and will be better faster if we develop our younger guys, so that is my preference. They will lose games, but that is the way it goesYou don't ban those who supported your opponent, you make them wallow in their loserdom by covering your victory! You sit them in the front row. You give them a hat! Toby ZieglerComment
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Yeah look Pyke was OK yesterday but the question long term is whether he will ever provide enough around the ground. Ruckmen have to be mobile these days and preferably play a fair bit forward.
We have Ryder and Hille this week who along with Cox-Nic Nat are the prototype ruck duos for the new age.
With Seaby and Currie encouragingly banging down the door I still think Pyke is our 4th best ruckman."As everyone knows our style of football is defensive and unattractive, and as such I have completely forgotten how to mark or kick over the years" - Brett Kirk
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The children played very well, we have some good boys coming up the ranks. I got enjoyment from that side of our game. I also liked he fact that young Hanners was shattered by the result. We have a big competitor in our team, he reminds me of Kell. Not a bad thing.
Thought Smiffy was outstanding. Jesse is getting better, he is just not a "natural" footy player. Red Rohan is. Cambo will do just fine.
Playfair did the best he could with what he had, and it wasn't too bad.
Jack could be a game breaker. Mummy deserves a special hug from me. Joey is such a quiet player, he gets lost when it comes to kudos, but he deserves them.
Midfield, could have been a LOT better. Goal kicking, well we have done worse, its just that Goodsey had a MickyO day.
I am disappointed, but not yet ready to cut my throat. At least we are not Adelaide.....If you've never jumped from one couch to the other to save yourself from lava then you didn't have a childhoodComment
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The one he got in the last Q was a tough kick!
White had 2 marks and presented a couple of times. He crunched one pack from what I saw. Please post all those moments when he brought it to the ground. Read my post. He played from behind all day. From the first day at Auskick you are taught to play in front as a forward. Not real hard to comprehend by an AFL footballer I would think.Comment
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I don't normally get too frustrated with umpiring, but I was livid at the holding the ball decision against Malceski- regardless of the umpire having blown the whistle as soon as Cyril grabbed his arm, the justification of "he spun you 360 degrees" wasn't even close to being correct.Comment
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Not just that. He was playing one of the the weakest "tall" defensive lines in the competition - one which largely plays without a decent ruckmen to fill the whole. The reality is that our talls should be dominating against the hawks - it isn't exactly scarlett and taylor or harley back there - or leppitsch and mal michael. Thats why when your best player who can actually get the ball (as opposed to follow their opponent all day while they go and get it) is played forward he needs to do better than 1.5Comment
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