Round 8 Swans v Hawthorn MCG Friday May 11 7.50 pm

[stevoswan]

Conker that Sinkers has been a revelation

Concur?

[mcs]

Just saw the highlights of Ronke's goals again - what about that brilliant 6th goal - superb work!!!

[stevoswan]

What a game.

The first 5-10 mins were critical imo with the chipping through the backline in setting the tone. Made it clear to Clarkson that he couldn?t just pull numbers away from the ball as they?ve done with the last few games flooding our backline to open up our forward line.

Do we declare that Horse out coached Clarkson tonight? The players were great.......and I think Horse was too.

[thedoc]

So who is gonna tell Bud that he is playing ressies next week?

[stevoswan]

The fact Impey played out the game is a good sign for Parker. But who knows with that muppet Michael Christian.. Ryan Burton got off after electing to bump and hospitalizing a player

Many years ago.......times have changed.

[Hotpotato]

Parker has been reported, but he should be OK unless you are no longer allowed to bend down turn and try to grab the ball. Accidental contact to Impys head .

[Beerman]

I like Ronke

I really like Ronke

I really really like Ronke. A lot.

I really really really like RONKE!!

Ok I?ll just shut up now

Reading this after the game, I was wondering how long this could keep up.

I stand by my comment. He hasn't been absolutely terrible, but having watched every game this season, he hasn't been the elite-level he is capable of.

As for our best and fairest (i.e. MVP to us Yanks), I would argue it has been Sinclair. He has been solid in the ruck this season....kicked far beyond what I thought he was capable of...he has been just tremendous!

I agree that Sinclair has been good, and Parker has also been quite consistent, but Heeney is our best player this year for my money.

Great game. There is something so satisfying about players kicking easy set shots, particularly late in the game, to give your team a win. Big thanks to whoever told Parker to practice his goalkicking - clearly a runner got the message out and he spent some time in the long break working on it.

I thought we won it off the back of a very even performance - our fringe players like Cunningham, Towers, Rohan all played about as well as they can. Add to that some stand-out performances from Ronke, Hayward and Parker and it was enough.

Great win!

[stevoswan]

Parker has been reported, but he should be OK unless you are no longer allowed to bend down turn and try to grab the ball. Accidental contact to Impys head .

It's quite similar to Hanners bump on Hurley a few years back......and he got off.

[707]

Disagree, McCartin was very good at bringing the ball to ground, giving a contest and his chasing was also excellent. Mature beyond his years.

I know he doesn't kick well (yet) but for a boy of 18 yrs 5 months he looks impressive, moves well, pace for a KPF and imagine when he's got three years of gym and maturity, potential monster! Draft steal alert :-)

[aardvark]

Disagree, McCartin was very good at bringing the ball to ground, giving a contest and his chasing was also excellent. Mature beyond his years.

Just needs to learn to kick.

[Danzar]

On a less positive note, Heeney really needs to find himself and step-up. He is going to be a foundational player for this team and he has been less-than-stellar this season, to say the least.

It's his kicking, very poor at the moment

[S.S. Bleeder]

Did you actually watch the game? McVeigh is possibly still our best user of the ball. He may be slow but his use of the ball is elite

Of course I did. McVeigh had had a couple of very good games this season but this is clearly his last season. He's made many glaring mistakes along with his good a actions.

I think Jacks performance so far this season speaks for itself. He's been underperforming for a couple of years now. I fail to see how that can be disputed.

[aardvark]

That was a win for Kinnear Beatson. I hope he never retires.

[stevoswan]

I know he doesn't kick well (yet) but for a boy of 18 yrs 5 months he looks impressive, moves well, pace for a KPF and imagine when he's got three years of gym and maturity, potential monster! Draft steal alert :-)

Future Casboult? 'Clunk'em and spray'em'.......just learn to kick straight Tom!

[S.S. Bleeder]

On a less positive note, Heeney really needs to find himself and step-up. He is going to be a foundational player for this team and he has been less-than-stellar this season, to say the least.

He's been finding the ball okay, but his kicking has been really poor, but he's not Robinson Caruso in that dept.