#AFL Round 17 Swans v Blues Sat 13-Jul at SCG #AFLSwansBlues @sydneyswans

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  • grarmy
    Warming the Bench
    • Aug 2010
    • 406

    #31
    Originally posted by Ralph Dawg
    Haywards shocking kicking is costing our team. How long can we keep putting up with it?
    Seriously, how many clangers does Wayward Hayward have to make before being dropped.
    "Play like you can’t lose."

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    • top40
      Regular in the Side
      • May 2007
      • 933

      #32
      Originally posted by grarmy
      Seriously, how many clangers does Wayward Hayward have to make before being dropped.
      I submit not too many.

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      • mcs
        Travelling Swannie!!
        • Jul 2007
        • 8177

        #33
        Less said about that quarter the better. With the exception of our goal, we were very, very poor.

        Like last week, we look really bereft using the ball because we are a tall down on normal. But we just look ordinary in all facets of the game. Our ability to lay a tackle was pitiful in that half - how many @@@@ing times did we get done by the blues players turning back inside.

        Only reason we aren't getting thrashed is it's Carlton we are playing.

        Wake up boys and show some fight.
        "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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        • Ralph Dawg
          Senior Player
          • Apr 2018
          • 1729

          #34
          Originally posted by Ralph Dawg
          Haywards shocking kicking is costing our team. How long can we keep putting up with it?
          My U9s kick that goal every time, even when it's windy. That's 2 in 2 weeks for an AFL standard player. If I did my job that poorly, people would literally die. To make matters worse, the Blues went down the other end and kicked a goal, effectively causing a 12 point turn around. Such a momentum killer. If I was coach, I would make him tag Cripps for the rest of the game, just to teach him a lesson. Then drop him for next week. There needs to be consequences for such poor play.

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          • Melbourne_Blood
            Senior Player
            • May 2010
            • 3312

            #35
            We’ve been pretty poor since ( including ) the Gold Coast game . Continuing today. Look at the stats , a lot of passengers in our side


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            • Ralph Dawg
              Senior Player
              • Apr 2018
              • 1729

              #36
              We're getting smashed at ground level in defence and attack. Thank god for Parker. McCartain playing well today too.

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              • Nico
                Veterans List
                • Jan 2003
                • 11343

                #37
                What about Heeney. His disposal and disposal decisions are woeful. Handballs to players under pressure and that last handball to Jones was just typical of how he plays. Is now moving into the over rated range. He should be taking this game by the scruff of the neck.

                We are so slow at moving it on and getting smashed in the midfield. They made a big mistake not tagging Cripps and it appears our blokes are scared of tackling him.
                http://www.nostalgiamusic.co.uk/secu...res/srh806.jpg

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                • Ralph Dawg
                  Senior Player
                  • Apr 2018
                  • 1729

                  #38
                  Originally posted by Nico
                  What about Heeney. His disposal and disposal decisions are woeful. Handballs to players under pressure and that last handball to Jones was just typical of how he plays. Is now moving into the over rated range. He should be taking this game by the scruff of the neck.

                  We are so slow at moving it on and getting smashed in the midfield. They made a big mistake not tagging Cripps and it appears our blokes are scared of tackling him.
                  We have forgotten how to stick a tackle. Only guy who I trust on the tackle is Rampe, the rest seem to fall off way to easily.

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                  • Nico
                    Veterans List
                    • Jan 2003
                    • 11343

                    #39
                    Originally posted by Ralph Dawg
                    We're getting smashed at ground level in defence and attack. Thank god for Parker. McCartain playing well today too.
                    But Ralph, MC Cartin is slow moving it on then turns it over constantly. He doesn't appear to be a thinking player at this stage of his career.
                    http://www.nostalgiamusic.co.uk/secu...res/srh806.jpg

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                    • MattW
                      Veterans List
                      • May 2011
                      • 4231

                      #40
                      Originally posted by Ralph Dawg
                      We're getting smashed at ground level in defence and attack. Thank god for Parker. McCartain playing well today too.
                      McCartin's marking and work rate have been outstanding.

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                      • ugg
                        Can you feel it?
                        Site Admin
                        • Jan 2003
                        • 15976

                        #41
                        Actually I think we are moving it on too fast, under pressure, with players not ready to receive the ball.
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                        • Nico
                          Veterans List
                          • Jan 2003
                          • 11343

                          #42
                          Right now only 2 of our players are deserving of a vote; Parker and Rampe. You could raffle the rest of them. Kennedy looks cooked.
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                          • Ludwig
                            Veterans List
                            • Apr 2007
                            • 9359

                            #43
                            Originally posted by grarmy
                            Seriously, how many clangers does Wayward Hayward have to make before being dropped.
                            Hayward won't be dropped until at least 2024. It's in Longmire's new contract.

                            Hayward was a great set shot until Steve Johnson became our forwards coach.

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                            • mcs
                              Travelling Swannie!!
                              • Jul 2007
                              • 8177

                              #44
                              Originally posted by ugg
                              Actually I think we are moving it on too fast, under pressure, with players not ready to receive the ball.
                              Agree ugg. Too desperate to play on at all costs.
                              "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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                              • dimelb
                                pr. dim-melb; m not f
                                • Jun 2003
                                • 6889

                                #45
                                Originally posted by Nico
                                What about Heeney. His disposal and disposal decisions are woeful. Handballs to players under pressure and that last handball to Jones was just typical of how he plays. Is now moving into the over rated range. He should be taking this game by the scruff of the neck. ...
                                As I read it Heeney was expecting Jones to be going high speed and hit the ball in front him, only to find Jones wasn't doing much more than a jog.

                                I'm with you on the disposal gripe, but Heeney is not the worst example: we are spraying the ball in all directions and not following through with run.
                                He reminds him of the guys, close-set, slow, and never rattled, who were play-makers on the team. (John Updike, seeing Josh Kennedy in a crystal ball)

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