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I appreciate and recognise why there is anger and disappointment targetd at Horse, but I think it's a bit early in the year to look at it too seriously. I say that with the clear memory of leaving the SCG after Round 2 1996 with people in the throng talking about how Eade wasn't going to be a success and we should dump him.
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I agree with others, Horse has made plenty of dodgy decisions so far...like...
Seaby should of been in the 21 in round 1.
Continuing to play Everitt, when he has given 1 good quarter(as a forward) in 5 games..
And to use him as a sub, in the wet at the SCG, was never going to have an impact, bad choice.
O'keefe to Judd was another blunder...what about McVeigh or McGlynn, who could at least hurt him the other way.
IMO O'keefe should of been played as a forward. But this is all easy hindsight stuff.
How Horse reacts, and how the team respond in the coming weeks, will tell us much more about Horse as a coach, than specific selections or matchups over just 5 week.Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it's time to pause and reflect... MTComment
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We cannot have Malthouse (nor do I want him) - the Swans have a "no d.......head" policy. They tried it Wallace rember?Comment
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Rd 5 is a probably too early to tell how a new coach is going. But Horse has made some odd selection choices this year.
For instance last night Everitt would've seemed a logical choice to replace Grundy given he's a tall-ish defender. That would've let Pyke ease back into action via the sub, or given Johnston or Parker a nice entre to the senior level.
Instead he moves Reid from a forward line already bereft of quality players and brings in another ruckman when the conditions made it a short mans game. Given this positional switch and the weather, wouldn't it make more sense to bring in Johnston (to replace Reid up front), or Parker (a hard-running mid)?
IMO our biggest problem is we simply don't kick enough goals. I'm not sure if Horse's coaching is exacerbating this, but so far I don't see his selection policies playing to what little forward strength we do have.To all those people who waited 72 years to see a South Melbourne/Sydney Swans premiership HERE IT IS!!Comment
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round 5 is too early to hang the coach,but okeefe cannot tag and judd ran riot on him,we should have been looking for another option.however 5 games is enough to decide that everitt is not up to standard and bevan only gives effort on the forward lineforgotten 1996
2005 a much sweeter memory,2012 even betterComment
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He was short listed for the Saints job wasn't he, the year Lyon got it. And North wanted him to apply but he declined when the Swans offered him the succession plan to take over from Roosy. Early days yet and our only 2 losses are against Geelong and Carlton who are fairly strong at the moment.Comment
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Kennedy, who stopped Judd in the final last year, had plenty of time on Judd as well, and couldn't curb him. Neither could Goodes. Longmire tried plenty of things, nothing worked. Judd was unstoppable. He gets like that sometimes, you know? One of the symptoms of being an absolute champion player.
Longmire's use of the sub has been pretty poor, but aside from that, there's not much you can complain about. No, we don't have much forwardline structure, but that's because we don't have a dominant key forward. We've got White who can't take a contested marks and gets the vast majority of his goals from crumbing, Reid who is as raw and inconsistent as he is promising, and Goodes who is better utilised in the midfield. He can't be held accountable for our lack of developed forwards.
Other than that, our midfield has generally functioned pretty well, and our defence has been fantastic.
Really, our skills have just been below par, which can happen occasionally for sides early on in a season, and we don't have a key forward to kick to. We also didn't have an answer to Judd last night. Two of those things are out of a coach's control. The other is a problem faced at least once by just about every coach in the competition.
Longmire hasn't taken the league by storm by any means, but he hasn't been bad.Officially on the Reid and Sumner bandwagon!Comment
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Bringing Pyke in was the correct decision. Mumford going forward was a move only possible by his inclusion. Showed enough aroung the ground to get the thumbs up. However - think Horse has made a few blues, particularly at the selection table.
Jetta is made for the sub position...and is totally worthless in the wet. Mature bodies required.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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