Captains

[AnnieH]

I've been saying that for years. Sadly though I think Jude has missed the boat.
Maxy was a vic, so that throws your political theory out.

No, putting McShudder in the top job was the political move - Macca's the New South Welshman.

[Matty10]

Whenever McVeigh had the chance to stamp himself on the game with a hard and determined effort on Saturday - and failed - my wife would chirp in and say "that man doesn't have a captain's bone in his body." I thought it was a bit harsh, but based on his on-field performance I struggled to think that she was wrong.

Goodes was probably worse on the weekend though. He can be a match-winner and turn the tide when things go wrong, but there were times on the weekend when he simply gave up on the contest when it was still their to be won.

I am not a huge fan of the dual-captain system (in fact I originally wanted Goodes to be the sole Swans captain), but if you have more than one they must compliment the other. One flashy, brilliant player as captain is fine, provided that the other is the determined, hard-as-nails, never-give-up type of player. We don't have that at the moment. We have two in the first category who regularly go missing, or don't go hard enough when needed.

Captains should never be regularly caught feigning tackles (by limply throwing one arm out), but both of ours do that. Eski is pretty bad at that also, so I definitely hope that he is not the next cab off the rank. Jude is great, but maybe the worry at the start of the year was that he was a fading star, who might fall further (rather than take it up a notch).

[sidswan]

I miss Bolts

[giant]

Just maybe for once McVeigh could go and get the ball himself....I agree his delivery is good. Oh and Sammy Reid took 9 marks on Saturday. Pretty fair effort for a 19 year old rookie CHF.

I'm loving Sammy's work but how many of those marks were inside 50?

The fact is that McV's skills are very important to us - but he's never gonna be another Kirk or Jude.

[ScottH]

I thought McVeigh had a better game, but it seemed both Captains, well one imparticular went missing when things turned in the 3rd qtr.
Goodes had 0 touches in the 3rd term, a time when the captain should be seen to stand tall.
I know we were in front by a huge margin, but to have 0 touches is pretty ordinary.

[AnnieH]

Both Captains played like little champions this week.

Macca ... I'll be sticking to the speed limit this week.

Goodesy deserved the break. We were so far in front, he could afford the rest. Besides, Brisvegas tried to play in the 3rd Scotty ... they all decided to chase Goodesy down.

[ScottH]

Best game for a while from McVeigh.
Still not sure about Captain material.

Goodes bobbed up, but I thought given the rawness of the GC players he might tear it apart.
Fail for me, tonight.