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The gaols should be full this weekend with all those Collingwood fans putting up their bail money on the game. What could go wrong at those odds?
We need Macca to make another one of his famous 'The SCG is Our Fortress' speeches. That should turn things around.Last edited by Ludwig; 30 July 2018, 08:31 PM.Comment
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The missed tackles were one thing. I was more alarmed by the number of times Swans players stood looking at the ball on the ground while an Essendon player swooped on it and ran straight past. They were a bit like deer in headlights at times. Some of the issues facing the team are physical but I think just as many are psychological at the moment. Not quite sure why they've forgotten how to perform the basics in a few short weeks.Comment
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This match is celebrating our 1918 premiership and because of this the players will be wearing the premiership centenary guernseys. I want to get my hands on Kennedys match jumper. Does anyone know what the club usually does with them? I've emailed the club a few times but they haven't even acknowledged receipt of my email.Last edited by S.S. Bleeder; 30 July 2018, 10:38 PM.Comment
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This match is celebrating our 1918 premiership and because of this the players will be wearing the premiership centenary guernseys. I want to get my hands on Kennedys match jumper. Does anyone know what the club usually does with them? I've emailed the club a few times but they haven't even acknowledged receipt of my email.
Years back they used to alert people to special guernseys (or other one-off items) being auctioned and give instructions of where to find them but, like so many other aspects of media and communications (like answering or even acknowledging emails), it's something the club has been dreadful at for a few years now (membership department aside).
I don't know if they do intend to auction these 1918 guernseys, but wait until a few days after the match and then hover over "Shop" in the menu bar at the top of the Swans' website. You'll see an "auction" option appear. Click on that and it will take you to a list of items currently on auction. I think the auction periods normally run for two or three weeks, so there's no need to get in especially quick.Comment
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Add Rohan, Towers, Rose and Foote to that list and it would be pretty upsetting.
McVeigh is the only player who should be walking straight back in to the team, and there is little chance he is 100%
What is it they say about playing injured players?
Regardless, McVeigh has always taken 2 or 3 games to get back to his best.The difference between insanity and genius is measured only in success.Comment
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Apart from that, I don't especially care who is picked this week except that I'll be pretty pissed off if either COR or Dawson is left out of the team (unless it's for injury reasons).Comment
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Agree totally. Will be livid if that happens. And if Longmire and the other coaches think that rushing back the likes of Hannabery and Jack is the right thing to do considering that their form this year hardly even justifies selection at all, then we really do have some major issues with our decision makers off field...Sent from my SM-G955F using TapatalkComment
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Interesting thoughts from Rohan Connolly: Has Sydney's consistency proved a double-edged sword? | Footyology
Has Sydney’s consistency proved a double-edged sword?
Rohan Connolly
It goes without saying of a club which has missed out on finals just once in the past 15 seasons that consistency is a trademark. And in a competition tighter than ever, Sydney’s proud record over that period has been phenomenal.
The Swans have been less prone than any rival to flighty ups and downs not just from week to week, but season to season. But it’s the logical extension of that big plus which, perversely, right now is a big worry.
When Sydney loses four games from five, can it be dismissed merely as a bad form slump? Or is there something more entrenched and consequently a bigger cause for concern?Last edited by liz; 31 July 2018, 08:22 PM. Reason: Please don't repost in full content from another site. Just a paragraph or two, plus a link, is fineComment
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Interesting thoughts from Rohan Connolly: Has Sydney's consistency proved a double-edged sword? | Footyology
Has Sydney’s consistency proved a double-edged sword?
Rohan Connolly
It goes without saying of a club which has missed out on finals just once in the past 15 seasons that consistency is a trademark. And in a competition tighter than ever, Sydney’s proud record over that period has been phenomenal.
The Swans have been less prone than any rival to flighty ups and downs not just from week to week, but season to season. But it’s the logical extension of that big plus which, perversely, right now is a big worry.
When Sydney loses four games from five, can it be dismissed merely as a bad form slump? Or is there something more entrenched and consequently a bigger cause for concern?
And our consistent finals have meant we haven't had much access to top draft picks, though access to Heeney and Mills lessens that effect somewhat.
But what can the club do other than gradually try to introduce more top line talent into the side while trying to maintain its playing standards (and sometimes managing that but not achieving it, as has been the case for periods this year and last)? When we've been winning, the media has congratulated the club for "rebuilding on the run". When we're losing, people like Connolly point it out as if it's something insightful.Comment
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Generally I find Rohan Connolly one of the more informed and less hysterical commentators, however while his article has some good points, he does look overlook the fact that West Coast lost all three games without their main forwards, and the game against North without Kennedy. His point about the youth and inexperience of our team at present is one that many other commentators have ignored. Remember, it usually takes a young player at least 2-3 preseasons to build up the stamina and strength to get through an AFL season. Isaac Heeney was rested for several games during his first season, but this season the young guys have had to carry the load. Two six game breaks will only exacerbate that physical stress on young bodies, and it seems like several of them have now hit the proverbial wall.
Having said all that however, although we may now slide down the ladder this year, the silver lining is a top 10 draft pick plus Nick Blakey, with guys who have played finals for years finally having time to get fit again, and another preseason plus invaluable experience for the young lads. Whilst the football press seems to be salivating over Sydney’s demise, I’m thinking Geelong 2006.Comment
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Generally I find Rohan Connolly one of the more informed and less hysterical commentators, however while his article has some good points, he does look overlook the fact that West Coast lost all three games without their main forwards, and the game against North without Kennedy.
The Pies are the best example of a club that has coped remarkably well with some real quality out of its side, though I think their ladder position is somewhat inflated by playing a lot of the bottom teams twice.Comment
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