#AFL Round 21 Power v Swans Sat 10-Aug at Adelaide Oval #AFLPowerSwans @sydneyswans

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  • Foreign Legion
    Senior Player
    • Feb 2003
    • 3371

    Originally posted by stevoswan
    Bell's stat's aren't too good.....for those who saw the game, how did he go?
    He was a bit lost. He is usually a midfielder in the NEAFL. Hard to play as a forward flanker when the inside 50's don't go your way. Again, give him the rest of the year. Only player who deserves a tribute game is Jack I think.

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    • Markwebbos
      Veterans List
      • Jul 2016
      • 7186

      Originally posted by Foreign Legion
      Parker lost a lot of one on ones. He just seems to have lost his fast reflex movement so I suspect an injury.

      Hewitt got a pretty good amount of ball but we have to try and shutdown their best player don't we? I guess Clarke could have had a go but might be too short for Boak.

      EDIT - I knew I should have checked it! Clarke is supposedly 1cm taller than Boak!
      Clarke's been used to tag outside runners and Hewett inside mids. I wonder if Parker should take Hewett's role?

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      • Markwebbos
        Veterans List
        • Jul 2016
        • 7186

        Originally posted by stevoswan
        Bell's stat's aren't too good.....for those who saw the game, how did he go?
        Didn't get near the ball often. Didn't look totally out of place when he did. Almost kicked a running goal after a great give and go. And had a set shot for goal that fell short. It wasn't Stoddart-2019-like. He seemed to be OK with the pace of the game.

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        • Foreign Legion
          Senior Player
          • Feb 2003
          • 3371

          Originally posted by Markwebbos
          Clarke's been used to tag outside runners and Hewett inside mids. I wonder if Parker should take Hewett's role?
          Maybe but I think Parker is done for this year. We will see I guess.

          Clarke was OK today I thought. Except for the 50M. McLean looks a bit done, I feel sorry for him.

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          • barry
            Veterans List
            • Jan 2003
            • 8499

            When are we going to stop this silly idea of Allir as a Ruckman. We must be about 0 wins from 4 attempts now?

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            • Swanny40519
              Regular in the side.
              • Oct 2012
              • 469

              Originally posted by barry
              When are we going to stop this silly idea of Allir as a Ruckman. We must be about 0 wins from 4 attempts now?
              Agree. We were very short in defence and was slaughtered by the tall and faster port fwds. Aliir needs to stay in defence.

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              • Blood Fever
                Veterans List
                • Apr 2007
                • 4050

                Originally posted by barry
                When are we going to stop this silly idea of Allir as a Ruckman. We must be about 0 wins from 4 attempts now?
                It is true that it is a silly idea because he is a key part of our defence and has more of a risk of injury rucking.
                What's also true is that he has been the best option in there since we lost Sinclair. Was almost BOG against Essendon and gave us a number of clearances in the other games.

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                • Swanny40519
                  Regular in the side.
                  • Oct 2012
                  • 469

                  Just watched Horse's press conference. I thought his performance was disappointing and his answers to the questions were at the best average.

                  Not an inspiring effort for a team that struggled badly today.

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                  • Ralph Dawg
                    Senior Player
                    • Apr 2018
                    • 1729

                    Originally posted by Markwebbos
                    Was Parker being tagged? 12 disposals 1 clearance but 8 tackles
                    Kennedy 24 disposals 8 clearances
                    Ollie 29 and 9

                    I know Hewett tagged Boak effectively, but it also meant he wasn't winning so much of the ball. Not sure if that's a win?
                    I'm surprised by JPKs numbers, maybe he was going better than I noticed.
                    As a general comment though, it just seems like we really struggle to get clean ball. It's always scrappy and pressured. If we could actually get the ball on the outside, we actually have the pace and skills (Ollie, Blakey, Dawson) to hurt the opposition.

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                    • Mel_C
                      Veterans List
                      • Jan 2003
                      • 4470

                      Originally posted by Mark26
                      That was a tough one to watch and tough to listen too (as well).
                      Agreed! It's the first game where I kept staring at the clock hoping for it to be over.

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                      • Faunac8
                        Senior Player
                        • Mar 2014
                        • 1548

                        Just as an aside and with an eye to the future how good a player is Connor Rozee ? Taken with pick 5 last year. It’s going to be a novel experience for the Swans having an early pick and if we get a player as good as him I will be very happy

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                        • Captain
                          Captain of the Side
                          • Feb 2004
                          • 3602

                          It's weird but not long ago JPK, Parker and Hanners were absolute guns and in the top midfielders in the comp. They are all so far from that now it isn't funny. The game looks to have completely gone past them.

                          Most worrying from today was the lack of anything to be excited about. Aside from an ok game by Florent, no young player had a good game or showed something that we can all jump on.

                          Strange coaching from Longmore. Our forward line looked short and he had McCartin playing back, Reid ruck and Blakey on a wing. Surely Melican and another ruckman (Amartey) change all that and straighten us up.

                          Bell needs another go and should be played on a wing to use that speed.

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                          • Markwebbos
                            Veterans List
                            • Jul 2016
                            • 7186

                            Originally posted by Swanny40519
                            Just watched Horse's press conference. I thought his performance was disappointing and his answers to the questions were at the best average.
                            I thought it was an interesting presser. In particular:

                            When he was asked about Kieren Jack's future he said, pointedly, that Kizza has an opportunity to play only until the end of the year.
                            They asked him about ruckmen. When they suggested we had the right personnel within the club and just needed to get them fit, Horse was very quick to correct them.
                            I also get the sense he's pretty frustrated with our midfield getting smashed week in week out. I wonder if they'll change things around coaching-wise in the off-season?

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                            • Swanny40519
                              Regular in the side.
                              • Oct 2012
                              • 469

                              Originally posted by Markwebbos
                              I thought it was an interesting presser. In particular:

                              When he was asked about Kieren Jack's future he said, pointedly, that Kizza has an opportunity to play only until the end of the year.
                              They asked him about ruckmen. When they suggested we had the right personnel within the club and just needed to get them fit, Horse was very quick to correct them.
                              I also get the sense he's pretty frustrated with our midfield getting smashed week in week out. I wonder if they'll change things around coaching-wise in the off-season?
                              Another interesting quote was that Buddy and McVeigh are not available next week. Hopefully Horse will play Knoll in the ruck and let Aliir, Melican and Rampe hold the key defence roles. McCartin really struggled today and did not contribute much at all.

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                              • Markwebbos
                                Veterans List
                                • Jul 2016
                                • 7186

                                The Ages gave votes to the top 5 players, the only Swan to get votes was ...

                                Jake Lloyd

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