Adam Goodes

[aardvark]

He doesn't have the tank to play more than a cameo in the midfield anymore so its forward or retire really.

[Margie]

He wasn't jumping again tonight and can't run as fast. It has to be a carry over from his injury, as both marking and speed are usually his strong points.

Just not the old Adam Goodes but hopefully he'll come good before the Geelong and Hawthorn games.

[hot potato]

He would be very dissapointed in many of those efforts tonight. The direct kick to a Pies player was the worst, have no idea what was going on there.

[jono2707]

Give Goodsey a vest next week perhaps? He's looking a bit top-heavy to me and he certainly doesn't have the run. He's not a key forward either - he's a midfielder and if he can't run out a full game, put him on as an impact player partway through....

[Hartijon]

Goodes had a shocker.It happens but when he put his hand up to take the shot that could have won us the game the collective groan amongst the Swans fans was noticeable. The number of turnovers he gave Collingwood was embarassing and whoever was on him ran off him all night.Longmire gave him a tongue lashing but it was too late.Down the other end Cloke had a shocker too but could still kick the winning goals.

[DA_Swan]

Goodes is not fit and without Jude Bolton to cover him defensively was shown up badly last night - just confirmed how important Jude is to us

[MattW]

He's looked down on confidence since he came back from injury. He does not look hungry to get the ball in his hands - lots of kicking/shepherding/hit and shoulders rather than just getting the footy. Needs to refocus somehow. Longmire was critical in the press conference, so I don't think he's carrying an injury.

[Captain]

Yep he was very poor last night.

I know we can't expect him to win games off his own boot every week, but gee just contributing would be handy.

Must be injured.

[Primmy]

The man is not right, and obviously so. He is not playing like Goodsey prior to the injury. That is the line in the sand. He is contributing, yes, but someone should have been there for him to pass off to when he needed it, and they didn't read the signs. Noone lead for him, and he just doesn't have power in his hips at present to be an accurate kick for goal or even distance. If I can see this up in the stands, surely the boys could!!! Aagghhhhhhhh

[Ratna]

Goodsey was poor, but I think it is too easy to be critical of him and the decision to play him if he is still not 100% with fitness or confidence.
In reality he has won us enough games to deserve to be cut some slack and he has the potential offer something no-one else can in the finals. To give him as much time to regain form and confidence prior to the finals may just pay off sometime in September.
Prior to getting injured against Adelaide it looked like he would win us the game of his own boot. It would make us much more of a premiership contender to have him back in anything close to that kind of form.

[timthefish]

goodes' major strengths were always his athleticism and his physique and their almost unique combination in the league. these attributes, plus a decent ability to read the play, made his first decade divine. unfortunately his skills have always been a weaker aspect of his game. people have remarked on his kicking which is frustratingly good in the field but poor in front of the sticks. i have always been frustrated by his marking: typically mouth open, eyes closed and with his arms held out like he's being thrown a basket of washing. even when he leaps up (less frequently nowadays) he often takes the ball in his lap. overhead he is really very ordinary.
his dominance in the midfield is over: his leap has faded, he's less nimble and he would just attract too many frees nowadays and miss many weeks with incidental high contact being penalised so heavily.
i think he'd be a brilliant CHB (as i've been saying for ten years). the weakness in his marking would matter less. he'd be able to keep up with any power forward in the game, muscle up to most of them and make them work really hard when the play switched. his vision is first-class, he's a good organiser and his ability to distribute the ball by hand or foot would be no problem.

[wolftone57]

I think he is still injured. In saying that I am shocked at the clangers that he produced last night. Kicking directly to opposition players, handballing to opposition players or to no advantage, trying to do it himself when surrounded by teammates in better position to take a give off. The worst was the brain-fade in the left points area where all he had to do is handball over the top to a player in the goal square and he kicked a dinky kick over the players head toward the boundary line. The ball was cleared. That was indicative of how he played all night. The other thing is that he didn't make anyone who played on him accountable because he couldn't I was watching him run after players and on every occasion he increased speed only to decrease to canter after only a short burst. This is very telling, he is still injured!! He shouldn't be out there and due to the injury his head is not in the right place.

[wolftone57]

In saying all those things I think there were several players who were having games they would rather forget and most were playing forward. The backline was superb and I thought Reg very unlucky not to get several more frees from being grabbed and thrown down. I thought holding the man without the ball was still a free. The same applied to the ruck contest.

[dimelb]

In saying all those things I think there were several players who were having games they would rather forget and most were playing forward. The backline was superb and I thought Reg very unlucky not to get several more frees from being grabbed and thrown down. I thought holding the man without the ball was still a free. The same applied to the ruck contest.

LRT also suffered from this.
Back on topic, I agree with the injury diagnosis, but I'm sure the club knows more about how to handle it than I do.

[AndrewPG]

Goodsey is not a natural forward and a confidence player, needs to be played in the Mid field where is a natural (he likes to run onto the ball not towards it)to build his confidence backup, he is too good a player to be play a role on the forward line, get him back in the middle and let him get his confidence back! Really missed Jude Bolton last night given the conditions and his form up forward this year.