Match Thread : Swans v Freo , R5 , 2014
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No one has said it yet, but well played Lance Franklin. His four goals helped us get over the line against the Dockers. I'm looking forward to the next game against Freo where it could be Zac Dawson against Tippett and Johnson against Reid/Goodes. They only have one Mcpharlin and will be heavily stretched.Comment
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No one has said it yet, but well played Lance Franklin. His four goals helped us get over the line against the Dockers. I'm looking forward to the next game against Freo where it could be Zac Dawson against Tippett and Johnson against Reid/Goodes. They only have one Mcpharlin and will be heavily stretched.
Certainly pretty ordinary in the first half but as I said to the man sitting in front of me that was nearly pulling his hair out at him, no-one could ever say Buddy is scared to try something different, nothing was coming off for him but to his credit, much like the team as a whole, he kept on having a dig and eventually it all came together.Comment
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The AFLCA votes for this week suggest we should be saying a special thanks to Hawthorn this week!
Sydney Swans v Fremantle
9 Ben McGlynn (Syd)
6 Josh Kennedy (Syd)
4 Jarrad McVeigh (Syd)
3 Nat Fyfe (Frem)
3 Nick Malceski (Syd)
2 Lance Franklin (Syd)
2 Dane Rampe (Syd)
1 David Mundy (Frem)Comment
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The 2 'one votes' must have gone to Mundy and JPK.Comment
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He's got a bad record all right (as we thought must be the case). It was said today that Ballantyne has been suspended five times in 90 matches. Today's one match suspension is his fourth ban in just over two seasons.
So yes he is a little &%$.Comment
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Along with McGlynn, he set the tone early. Was cleaner, and harder, than all around him...And repelled, with interest countless Freo attacks. He continued this form for the entire match.
IMO, he was clearly in the top 2 or 3 players on the ground.Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it's time to pause and reflect... MTComment
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I can't believe Rampe only got the 2 votes...In fact NONE from one coach??
Along with McGlynn, he set the tone early. Was cleaner, and harder, than all around him...And repelled, with interest countless Freo attacks. He continued this form for the entire match.
IMO, he was clearly in the top 2 or 3 players on the ground.Comment
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Rampe was outstanding, to be sure, but I also think that what Ted Richards did in that first quarter, playing on an absolute gun, was phenomenal, and set the platform and tone?the aggressive, assertive mindset?for the increasingly confident rebounds that followed. And I can't understand the calls (on another thread) for Grundy's head. He is rock solid and, alongside Craig Bird, an unsung cornerstone of the team. As the game progressed, the back six found their shape and rhythm, setting the tempo and allowing the mids and forwards to get to position, which yielded useful, rather than random, forward entries. Much better to watch.Comment
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[QUOTE=Ludwig;638195]Good to see Rampe get some recognition/QUOTE]
Hard to see how he could not get some recognition with that moustache (what's with the little 'twirls' on the ends?). 'Dastardly' comes to mind. (Am I showing my age here?)Comment
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