Sydney v Nth Melbourne Gameday Thread - Jetta sub

[bennyfabulous]

My two thoughts after this game are; we are really missing K. Jack, and all those supporters living in Sydney need to make a very concerted effort to find longtime Sydney born girlfriends for Sam Reid and Nick Smith

[top40]

Amazing to state that Sydney now has an exact percentage of 100.00. 734 points for, and 734 points against. Also the Swans remain undefeated interstate.

Nevertheless form is currently sub par. Swans need to lift if they are going to win their next two games against Brisbane at the Gabba and Richmond at the SCG; particularly in relation to the latter game.

[Triple B]

Come on. Smith was being overly cute getting past the first guy and got mowed down. It's no ones fault but his.

But I suppose it is 'not done' to dare criticise Smith. My bad.

Mate, you can criticise Smithy all u like, I just think u were unjust and 'Smith u idiot' doesn't sit well. Even if guilty, the rest of his game, particularly his last quarter, was glorious. I think he more than made up for it. I absolutely respect your right to post what u see fit, but your rantings for a few posts there were rantings of a madman, hence I'll elect to disregard any of your posts made during gametime in the future.

Cheer cheer....

[wolftone57]

we might have won but I am not convinced we will get murdered by a good side as in last week. Far too many fumbles & skill errors & it wasn't just the young blokes it was the experienced players, Goodsie, Ryno, Macca & Mal. Ok young Parker made a couple of blues early but I think it was mainly due to the change in pace from the resies, all up I thought he was ok & there were a lot worse who could have been subbed off.

goodsie played for frees all day & even though he was pushed & scragged it would have been better if he just got on with it. I thought they got the better of the umpies, who were shocking. Several contraversial decisions were made by the umpy away from the play. The bouncing of the ball was dreadful, if they can't bounce it throw it up, one caused a North goal & should have been rebounced. The play was allowed to deteriorate to a maul which suited North. They were not that slow, generally we were slower & more tentative. I don't think we deserve to be in the eight but hell I'll take anything playing as badly as we are.

[DeadlyAkkuret]

I'm loving the crying about the umpires on Big Footy.

[Doctor]

I need a Bex and a good lie down after that.

We dodged a bullet or two there but our defence, after the first few minutes, was again pretty solid. Shaw was superb all day and Grundy did a brilliant job on Petrie after being moved onto him. Hanners backed up last week with a decent performance too. Once Reid stops dropping contested marks he'll be a superstar.

Jetta's impact as the sub changed the game and allowed us to win it.

Thoughts on the McGlynn free kick?

[rb4x]

Interesting stat Goldstein 53 HO LRT 3 HO I don't think we can persist with LRT as relief ruck. When Seaby was totally stuffed in the last quarter LRT was thrashed by Goldstein rucking from behind him. Even Petrie had 7 HO with far less time in the ruck. We were getting beaten in the clearances and scrambling to recover from then on. We only won because NM kicking was even worse than ours.

[Foreign Legion]

Saw the first half live then had to leave - luckily I still got to see a 70% of the last half....

Never seen Goodesy fumble so much but his 2nd goal was handy.

My best: Grundy, Shaw, McGlynn, O'Keefe and Hannebery.

A win against a crappy (umpire whingers) side, but at least we salvaged the 4 points.

[wolftone57]

I'm loving the crying about the umpires on Big Footy.

They are crying about the umpies? B Heck they got a very good deal

[Triple B]

Just a few thoughts straight after the game.

I know we weren't great, but I reckon there are a heap of positives to take from today.

Shaw was sensational, Bird was terrific, Smith was cool for the most part and his 1%'s to continually force stoppages and throw-ins in the last quarter was reminiscent of Buchanon's last qtr that day in '05.

I thought McVeigh had his best game for a while, Malceski was OK, even if a bit wobbly down back, but that is not a new revellation. Grundy should do more in the warmup. He has become a first quarter turnover merchant every week before steadying and pantsing his opponent.

Goodes was just terrible and I see that as one of the real positives given we managed to get away with a win. I noticed he had a thumb taped fairly heavily. Is that normal or did he carry a thumb/finger into the game which could explain his deplorable marking?

LJ appeared nervous and fumbly, understandable, but he was really being played out of position so deep in attack. He is much more comfortable and proficient playing a similar role to Sam and hitting up long leads and when he did that, he looked pretty good. When Mummy comes back, I'd like to see Seaby stay in and play Ruck/FF in tandem with Mummy with LJ and Sam hitting up leads around the half forward.

[wolftone57]

I need a Bex and a good lie down after that.

We dodged a bullet or two there but our defence, after the first few minutes, was again pretty solid. Shaw was superb all day and Grundy did a brilliant job on Petrie after being moved onto him. Hanners backed up last week with a decent performance too. Once Reid stops dropping contested marks he'll be a superstar.

Jetta's impact as the sub changed the game and allowed us to win it.

Thoughts on the McGlynn free kick?

Definately there it was an arm chop, there were a couple at the other end that were far more doubtful. Jets was great as sub but I wish he would do it as a full time player. Grunds & the backs were good, Marty was great in a crunch situation & Grunds took that very good mark late ala Leo

[Triple B]

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Thoughts on the McGlynn free kick?

A bit lucky, but Rawlings did come at him from the front with no eyes for the ball. There was only minimal contact though. I think it was a true 50/50 which went our way.

[Robbo]

What is it with the bloke on the Sydney board at BF 'Stat Machine' who keeps having a go at Grundy? That bloke is a nuffy, Reg was very good today.

We are playing like @@@@s at the minute and we lack a strong target up forward. Reid and Johnstone are only kids still.

Seaby was good today, anyone who thinks Pyke is a better player is kidding themselves.

[Doctor]

Interesting stat Goldstein 53 HO LRT 3 HO I don't think we can persist with LRT as relief ruck. When Seaby was totally stuffed in the last quarter LRT was thrashed by Goldstein rucking from behind him. Even Petrie had 7 HO with far less time in the ruck. We were getting beaten in the clearances and scrambling to recover from then on. We only won because NM kicking was even worse than ours.

I don't disagree with this but with Mummy and Pyke injured we didn't really have much choice today.

[wolftone57]

What is it with the bloke on the Sydney board at BF 'Stat Machine' who keeps having a go at Grundy? That bloke is a nuffy, Reg was very good today.

We are playing like @@@@s at the minute and we lack a strong target up forward. Reid and Johnstone are only kids still.

Seaby was good today, anyone who thinks Pyke is a better player is kidding themselves.

I don't know what you are talking about but Reg was great today, he is bit by bit getting into top form by the end of the season he'll be plating like Geoff Southby. We do need a target up forward & he needn't be a big guy a medium like TDL would do. He's clever, resourseful, sharp and a great shot at goal & I don't know why Horse doesn't like him, players like him win premierships, Darren Jarman, Bucky, Tony Hall, Daikos ring a bell.