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I too didn't see that coming but I sure enjoyed it. I don't think I'm usually a mean person - but after all the OTT whinging about the move of the game to the SCG I smiled when I thought about the atmosphere on the AFL bus on the way back to Homebush!
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Definitely did not expect such a thumping win. I guess i'm just used to playing the pies at ANZ.Comment
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On Heeney; In the first half he tried too much to do the team thing. A couple of times his kick was smothered when he tried a dinky kick to a player less than 15 metres away. He also kicked across goal to Hewett in a worse position. Then he got it together, played his natural game, and used his evasive skills to kick for goal himself, and caused huge headaches for the Pies backs. What I like about him is he works the whole forward line, finds space way on his own, is a fierce tackler and has a tank I haven't seen since Hanners came onto the scene.Comment
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So now to the second best time of the week. Breakfast and the Replay!!If you've never jumped from one couch to the other to save yourself from lava then you didn't have a childhoodComment
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Haha. I always leave a day in between wins and only watch a quarter a day. That way the win usually drags out to Thursday next week, just in time for the teams to be announced for the weekend match. Love that footy's back. The Swans were a revelation last night. A little Kirkesque with their manic pressure.Comment
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The handballing in close and little tap ons to get an open was absolutely wondferful.
Remarkable to have 3 guys debut and all have excellent games. Mills is one game in to his career and by about 15 minutes in I was already calmed if the backline just got the ball to him to steady the ship a little- wonderfully composed and skilled for such a young player.I knew him as a gentle young man, I cannot say for sure the reasons for his decline
We watched him fade before our very eyes, and years before his timeComment
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Agree with all comments - didn't see it coming; new players wonderful.
But Lloyd was a revelation last night - found space for release and then good kicking.Comment
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Emphasis on "influential". There is no doubt that Maguire was the main contributor to getting the AFL to impose a trade ban on the Swans. Going back many years, he was also influential in getting the AFL to stop the Swans and the Lions from having priority picks from local boys in the Sydney and Brisbane metropolitan areas respectively.
And... what was the consequence of the notorious "King Kong" comment? A equally notorious zero!Comment
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I don't think we should change the team for next week; reward for effort. We were quick, fearless, got numbers to the ball and hunted in packs. The pressure (both perceived and real) undid Collingwood. I'm really impressed by the poise the youngsters played with and the licence to play across the park.
I can't think of anyone who went missing (a couple of Rampe kicks did, but I can't fault his attack). Ben and Ted should bide their time in the seconds.Comment
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Yes, Meg, and apparently the Collingwood army was somewhat shellshocked this morning, when they started on their long journey back to Melbourne.
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The word I think encapsulates everything in this match is 'Instinctive'. We have over the last three years had a tendency to draft footballers rather than pure athletes. Only one pure athlete comes to mind when I think of the last three drafts, Hiscox. The rest have been footballers. Papley, Towers, Hewett, Dawson, Leonardis, Davis, Robinson, Lloyd, Heeney, Mills, Rampe. even before that we drafted Parks, Hannas, Reid, Smithy. The side was full of footballers last night not athletes and it showed. The delivery was sensational at times. The ball movement was instinctive and therefore came off becuse if it stuffed up you had two other players playing back up. We hunted in packs and made them look ordinary.
some of the footy we played will go down as the most sensational ever seen in a first round and not since Adelaide's first match against premiers from the previous year, Hawks, has there been such an outstanding first round win. The win is important but what is more important is the way we went about it. I had no expectations for this year due to a regeneration. but the younger generation are proving me very wrong. I knew they all had huge talent but the way they proved it was emphatic. Luke Parker and Kieren Jack showed the way with young Lloydy & Mitch. Some of Lloydy's run and carry was brilliant. I think we are only just starting to see how good this kid is. Mitch kicked three goals wow. so dangerous at ground level same with Papley. When either Parks, Hewie or Mitch were resting and teaming with Papley Pies simply couldn't extract the ball. Add Heens and towers and they were stuffed. Deano might not get 30 disposals but what he did get he hurt them with and some of his dodging and skill work was sensational, Heens too.
I'm blown away by that performance, not as blown away as Collingwood though.Comment
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Yes, I think that was the best game that I've seen Lloyd play. I was definitely impressed with how he constantly made himself an option, by getting to the edge of the packs. The fact that he then pretty well always used it well, was also a plus.
(And that was the post that I accidentally deleted by attempting to fix a typo via my phone).Comment
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