Round 2 v Adelaide at the SCG

[TheBloods]

Ho hum.

What now

Surely there is no objection to my suggestion that Stephens would be bette rthan Blakey ? Did you watch him today ??

[mcs]

I’m excited - how good is it having a proper ruckman!
it’s a case of warm the set & Cool the tinnies for the tigers next week. As long as we give the Tigers a bit of a touch up and don’t make it easy for them it’s all we can really ask of our lads.

Tigers will tell us clearly how far we have progressed. If we concede 33 scoring shots to them it could get ugly however. But I reckon we can give them a really good challenge next week. I worry about the bigger 'area' of the MCG however - we have looked puffed both last week and this week in the last quarter (noting we did take the foot off the gas a bit today, and rested Mcdonald and Buddy for a long while), and we can't afford for the same to happen next week, as the larger ground to cover will exacerbate those issues. But our increased focus on moving the ball by foot will benefit as an offset to some degree.

[Wardy]

Tigers will tell us clearly how far we have progressed. If we concede 33 scoring shots to them it could get ugly however. But I reckon we can give them a really good challenge next week. I worry about the bigger 'area' of the MCG however - we have looked puffed both last week and this week in the last quarter (noting we did take the foot off the gas a bit today, and rested Mcdonald and Buddy for a long while), and we can't afford for the same to happen next week, as the larger ground to cover will exacerbate those issues. But our increased focus on moving the ball by foot will benefit as an offset to some degree.

Agree very excited - anything could happen.

[barracuda]

I didn’t see the game as I was at a Catalina lunch. Very Sydney. I saw the Swans won and scored over 100 points. How did my flankers go? Florent, Guldon, Campbell, McInerney, Blakey?

Was Wicks on fire?

Wicks tagged Brodie smith and cut him out of the game well

[Bexl]

What now

Surely there is no objection to my suggestion that Stephens would be bette rthan Blakey ? Did you watch him today ??

Sorry the Bloods I try not to read your stuff but it really is getting quite boring to say the side would be best 22 and leave Rowbottom out of the side is basically disagreeing with everybody on the planet who follows Sydney and I think you do it to bait people.

[TheBloods]

Sorry the Bloods I try not to read your stuff but it really is getting quite boring to say the side would be best 22 and leave Rowbottom out of the side is basically disagreeing with everybody on the planet who follows Sydney

Not this again . I didnt mention him.

I want Stephens in the team think he can offer more than Blakey who i said was average and he proved me right today just as Hayward and Melican did before.

[rojo]

Brand?

Well, we did take McLean out of the backline and left McCartin as the only big strong tall. Ramps on Tex!!

[neilfws]

How good to be back at the SCG on a sunny afternoon. Still feels slightly weird to be out and about though. Pretty reasonable crowd with the restrictions, 23 946.

The increased pace of the game that everyone speaks about is really apparent at the game. Looked to me like fatigue set in for some players about half-way through the third quarter.

A pretty easy win in the end, obviously, but I was a bit disappointed by the last quarter. Didn't matter too much and a lot of it down to tiredness, but I think a few would have liked to run it out a bit better.

Really good to see the new blokes, they all went well. Especially enjoyed McDonald's game, he does quite a bit around the ground besides the goals.

Funny moment when Buddy decided to take on two and was found to be, well, a bit too slow. A little rusty at times, but still looks pretty good.

Defence still a bit shaky, as last week. Thought McCartin looked more settled, took some nice intercept marks.

I really like Hickey, genuine ruck, works hard all around the ground and also looks a little wild and mad (in a good way).

All in all, a pretty good day out. Huge test next week, but I think they can be at least competitive if they maintain this standard.

[Thunder Shaker]

Tigers will tell us clearly how far we have progressed. If we concede 33 scoring shots to them it could get ugly however. But I reckon we can give them a really good challenge next week. I worry about the bigger 'area' of the MCG however - we have looked puffed both last week and this week in the last quarter (noting we did take the foot off the gas a bit today, and rested Mcdonald and Buddy for a long while), and we can't afford for the same to happen next week, as the larger ground to cover will exacerbate those issues. But our increased focus on moving the ball by foot will benefit as an offset to some degree.

We lost to them last year by eight points in bad weather when we had an injury list so bad that we were picking almost every fit player over 190 cm tall. Despite these handicaps, we held them to their lowest score of the year.

This game is theirs to lose.

[giant]

So much fun being at the SCG this arvo - couldn't keep the smile off my face; sunshine/footy/young Bloods/Buddy = happy Giant.

Really liked McCartin's game today especially since some of his defender mates had days to forget and the men in green seemed to have a different interpretation to rules down their end to ours. And of course, all the young stars...what else do we need to stay? Should be fun following this team for a few years to come.

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On the umpiring, it was 28-14 against, and it seemed that a lot of those were holding the ball. So, you'd figure from that, that the Crows must've out tackled us. However, we won the tackle count 55-50.

The gulf in what qualified for HTB when they tackled versus us was jaw-dropping - literally two different interpretations and the bald git was mainly to blame as he often is.

[Bexl]

So much fun being at the SCG this arvo - couldn't keep the smile off my face; sunshine/footy/young Bloods/Buddy = happy Giant.

Really liked McCartin's game today especially since some of his defender mates had days to forget and the men in green seemed to have a different interpretation to rules down their end to ours. And of course, all the young stars...what else do we need to stay? Should be fun following this team for a few years to come.

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The gulf in what qualified for HTB when they tackled versus us was jaw-dropping - literally two different interpretations and the bald git was mainly to blame as he often is.

+1

[mcs]

So much fun being at the SCG this arvo - couldn't keep the smile off my face; sunshine/footy/young Bloods/Buddy = happy Giant.

Really liked McCartin's game today especially since some of his defender mates had days to forget and the men in green seemed to have a different interpretation to rules down their end to ours. And of course, all the young stars...what else do we need to stay? Should be fun following this team for a few years to come.

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The gulf in what qualified for HTB when they tackled versus us was jaw-dropping - literally two different interpretations and the bald git was mainly to blame as he often is.

The difference in interpretation between Nicholls and the other two was stark.

[MattW]

I'm starting to feel confident when McDonald is having a shot.

Logan McDonald is @@@@ing good.

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McDonald is still 18, he is a serious talent, can't remember a KPF for anyone looking this good in their first two games. LOLNorf will be spewing they overlooked him for a midfielder. That's Norf's "Richmond 2004 ND" moment when they didn't draft Buddy.

We have rapidly built a serious team :-)

Every word of this. McDonald's poise as a second game 18yo is incredible.

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Warner surprises me with his agility - he is very promising.

Good team effort that quarter - keep pushing bloods!

Warner looks difficult to tackle - strong in legs and hips. Has much better touch than I understood. Really drives us forward.

[mcs]

We lost to them last year by eight points in bad weather when we had an injury list so bad that we were picking almost every fit player over 190 cm tall. Despite these handicaps, we held them to their lowest score of the year.

This game is theirs to lose.

I don't think games from 2020 will tell us a whole lot about games in 2021 to be honest. Game is a lot different this year. It is going to be interesting to see how we stack up - but I fear we may get a decent reality check - but I'm hopeful also we can give 'em a real scare.

[MattW]

Foot off the pedal. Not good enough.

'Not good enough' is too strong in my view. Let's see how they go in the fourth when the game is close.

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Rowbottom back for next week, so maybe Hewitt back again?

If Rowbottom is back, I'd prefer to keep McInerney and drop Hewett. Still think we might see Mills slide back. Agree with comments that we're thin at the back. Rampe still finding touch.