Match Day Rnd. 3 Sydney V Collingwood. 7.50pm SCG

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  • 0918330512
    Senior Player
    • Sep 2011
    • 1654

    Originally posted by bloodsbigot
    @@@@ this team and @@@@ AFL.
    @@@@ "supporters" who slag off a young inexperienced team who are playing their guts out. We will be a different side when we actually have our best 22 on the park.

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    • Mel_C
      Veterans List
      • Jan 2003
      • 4470

      Our own fault that first quarter cost us. 2 inside 50s!!

      Am really pissed off.

      At least Hanners is back and Parker improved.

      I love Hayward.

      Not sure about Foote.

      Jack is nearly gone.

      West coast next week OMG!

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      • Ludwig
        Veterans List
        • Apr 2007
        • 9359

        It's time to play without a ruckman. They are absolutely useless dinosaurs of the game. The first club that starts playing an extra midfielder at the stoppages will have a big advantage over the field. I know Horse doesn't like it, he can't get enough ruckmen, but Naismith and Sinclair did nothing but give up the ball.

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        • Blue Sun
          Senior Player
          • May 2010
          • 1440

          Originally posted by mcs
          We will get bent over by West Coast, especially with our wonderful tactical adoption of 'play 10 metres behind your man every time in defence' that for some bizarre reason we've decided is a fad we should try. It has killed us every week so far this season....
          The umpires won't make things any easier over there either. Not that WC will need it, they'll give us a smashing on form alone.

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          • Foreign Legion
            Senior Player
            • Feb 2003
            • 3371

            Originally posted by Foreign Legion
            Mate, did I mention Hewett?

            Address the players I mentioned.
            Nico, did I mention Hewett?

            Address the players I mentioned.

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            • AB Swannie
              Senior Player
              • Mar 2017
              • 1579

              Sooooo so deflated right now. That first quarter was insipid and cost us dearly. We are really missing our injured players as our bottom 6 are hurting us badly. Foote, Sinclair were not good. Florent shows heaps of promise but he was carried along with Dawson.

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              • goods78
                Warming the Bench
                • Sep 2012
                • 269

                Our inability to counter Collingwoods tactics in the first quarter cost us the game. It took until quarter time to come up with a plan and adjust. Not good enough coaches.


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                • S.S. Bleeder
                  Senior Player
                  • Sep 2014
                  • 2165

                  Originally posted by WauchopeAnalyst
                  Hayward, Fox, Florent haven't been in the system long enough to dumbed down. In our top 10 easy.


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                  I agree. Despite what the stats show I was extremely impressed with the three of them. In 18 months time they'll be automatic selections. You compare Fox to Towers and its chalk and cheese. I wonder if we can have Papley, Haywood and Florent in the one team however?

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                  • mcs
                    Travelling Swannie!!
                    • Jul 2007
                    • 8168

                    Originally posted by 09183305
                    @@@@ supporters who slag off a young inexperienced team who are playing their guts out. We will be a different side when we actually have our best 22 on the park.
                    Doesn't matter who was out there, criticism of what was dished up in the 1st quarter is fully deserved. That is ultimately where we lost the game tonight. Rest of the game was tight, but we never quite got back on keel after such a poor start.
                    "You get the feeling that like Monty Python's Black Knight, the Swans would regard amputation as merely a flesh wound."

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                    • Hotpotato
                      Senior Player
                      • Jun 2014
                      • 2272

                      If Reid goes back and kicks the goal.....
                      Swans win.

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                      • Cheer_Cheer
                        Regular in the Side
                        • Jul 2009
                        • 739

                        Originally posted by goods78
                        Our inability to counter Collingwoods tactics in the first quarter cost us the game. It took until quarter time to come up with a plan and adjust. Not good enough coaches.


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                        Not good enough on field leadership.

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                        • S.S. Bleeder
                          Senior Player
                          • Sep 2014
                          • 2165

                          Originally posted by Ludwig
                          It's time to play without a ruckman. They are absolutely useless dinosaurs of the game. The first club that starts playing an extra midfielder at the stoppages will have a big advantage over the field. I know Horse doesn't like it, he can't get enough ruckmen, but Naismith and Sinclair did nothing but give up the ball.
                          Naismith was okay. He was particularly good in the first quarter stopping some of those attacks in their forward 50. Sinclair on the other hand was useless. As you say, we'd be better off with another mid who can tackle the opposition as soon as they take possession.

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                          • caj23
                            Senior Player
                            • Aug 2003
                            • 2462

                            Foote just not good enough
                            Sinclair dropping his usual marks
                            Dawson just wasn't up to the tempo tonight
                            Jack just too many mistakes
                            Plenty of good signs from our youngsters

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                            • mcs
                              Travelling Swannie!!
                              • Jul 2007
                              • 8168

                              Originally posted by AB Swannie
                              Sooooo so deflated right now. That first quarter was insipid and cost us dearly. We are really missing our injured players as our bottom 6 are hurting us badly. Foote, Sinclair were not good. Florent shows heaps of promise but he was carried along with Dawson.
                              Florent has his moments, and you can see there is a really good player lurking in there. I think he will stay till Papley comes back but probably drop out then.

                              God we need some troops back - our bottom end is a weakness (that isn't to say all of them are not good enough - most are but not yet ready).

                              Must give a shout of kudos to Newman - in general I thought he did really well tonight, and stats reflect that.
                              "You get the feeling that like Monty Python's Black Knight, the Swans would regard amputation as merely a flesh wound."

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                              • 707
                                Veterans List
                                • Aug 2009
                                • 6204

                                Calm yourselves, this is the youngest Swans team for over a decade. Last year we may have over achieved with a young side and its got even younger and less experienced this year. Maybe this year we will slip a bit, it looked likely to happen as soon as we brought a heavy injury list into the season on top of a list lacking depth, but plenty of promise.

                                Look at the positives - we have drafted two players in Florent & Hayward who look to be top shelf to add to an already impressive roster of young players, these are 250+ gamers of high quality, they truly look like special players. Newman looks like he will be best 22, has footy smarts and is cool headed. That's three players straight into our best 22.

                                So if we can get the injured back on the park, Florent, Hayward and Newman will be in the side in place of muggles like Cunningham, Towers etc. This is exciting despite the losses. So temper your frustration and enjoy the new players.

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