Round 16 • Sydney Swans v West Coast Eagles @Geelong

[caj23]

Chad
RB
Daylight
A few of out VFL players
Bell

That's my order. I'm not sure RB gets in if we are full strength. The other interesting one will be if Reid gets fit.

[TheBloods]

Fantastic game of footy, forwards were electric midfield got well on top despite NicNat and back line kept a great fwd line to 3 goals , Pathetic by WCE really

i was wrong about Blakey , might've found his best position Reads the play well from HB stood up strong in some marking contests

I was wrong about Hewett too, said i'd dump him instead of someone else but i take that back big time

Good that Bell took his chance , knew he had the talent and ability but needed to put it together

[bandwagon]

Bell did really well today. I’m happy for him but he is the 22nd player picked. The interesting question for me is surrounding The Chad and RB. If they were both fit, I assume that one comes in for Bell. Would the other come straight back in? If so, who for? It’s not easy to choose.

Yup, I cant fit them both in without unbalancing the team. Is that sacrilege?

[Sandridge]

Hope so. Took 100/1 in Feb each way.

Good shopping. Now into $51.

[AB Swannie]

Yup, I cant fit them both in without unbalancing the team. Is that sacrilege?

Nope. Not sacrilege. At least not after that performance. I can’t fit both in either. I think with Hewitt staying in the guts, I’d probably go with The Chad.

[Blood Fever]

Chad
RB
Daylight
A few of out VFL players
Bell

That's my order. I'm not sure RB gets in if we are full strength. The other interesting one will be if Reid gets fit.

As a matter of interest, who would you have from VFL ahead of Bell? His pressure is important.

[joeykanga]

Chad
RB
Daylight
A few of out VFL players
Bell

That's my order. I'm not sure RB gets in if we are full strength. The other interesting one will be if Reid gets fit.

Your Bell thoughts are totally at odds with mine …Players take time to develop and some more than others ..at the moment in this team he’s performing his role ..he’s tough as nails and a running machine and today he actually had some nice touches ..still a work in progress
Were you one of those writing Amartey off in the last 12 months ….I’m happy with Bell’s progress amd you only have to take
a look at some of the encouragement from the other players for some of his efforts during the game …I’ll back him to develop like Amartey in his own time amd what you’ll see in a few years will surprise I think ..as for some of the reserves ahead of him …I don’t see any ..Sheather is looking good and Chad and Rowy were out but he’s way ahead of any one in the seconds im his role

[aardvark]

Wasn't expecting that! This club never ceases to amaze me.

[Captain]

Awesome game. The complete performance!

Happy to admit I was wrong about Amartey, looked really impressive.

Still think whilst Buddy is playing Isaac needs to be midfield.

Good on Robbie Fox for a great game too.

[Ralph Dawg]

Just finished watching the game on delay - had friends over today.

Wow!

I know weagles weren't playing well leading into this game but we murdered them. I'm not going to regurgitate the sentiments of others here in detail but:

Hickey - gave NicNat a bath today. I was at the corresponding game last year at Metricon and Natanui dominated. His opponent that day was Aliir but Hickey has shown what a proper ruck can do for the team. Hickster is in the top 3 rucks this year and is the recruit of the year.

Hewett - leave him as a tagging midfielder. Curbs the opposition's most influential yet gets his own touches. Re sign as priority please.

Blakey - now I don't want to take the credit but I was the first to suggest he had the attributes to be good off HB. He looked great and I loved his commitment, typified by the crunching tackle he laid. One game does not make a career but he definitely showed enough to be persisted with.

Wilbur - I got this one wrong. A few rounds back I called for him to never be picked again. Glad no one listens to me because since my rash call, he has taken Lever, Aliir and McGovern out of the equation for their respective sides, as well as doing the same to Haynes last year. McGovern didn't take an intercept mark until 4Q and I think Aliir only had 2 marks last week. Plus he still has been kicking goals so is not totally negative.

Great team effort. With players to come back, we're looking good for top 8.

PS Reid can come back via VFL - Amartey was great today and I think had a break out game.

[Bangalore Swans]

First emboldened comment must have you shocked! The UDL's should help there.

Second one....frees 18 all so they evened them up from an embarrassing first half discrepancy. Yes, there will be less talk about umpiring this week. Maybe Derm's accurate umpiring spray earlier this week had an effect? If so.....good!

Yep. No UDL cans.

I reckon you would be a great bloke Stevo.

We should have a drink when Covid is over.

[aardvark]

And great to see the boys wearing Swans AFLW t shirts for the warm up. Looks like Nike might be on board as a sponsor too.

[Markwebbos]

I've always thought Amartey has had talent, but always wondered if he had enough to make it to AFL level - he has done that now. Whether he has enough to take the next step to become a regular choice over time and mainstay is still up for question - but a few more games like today (especially the contribution he made as a relieving ruck) and he is going to be very hard to dislodge. First time today I've felt that he has shown a bit of confidence that he 'can' belong at this level - for some players they have that from day dot. For some, it takes 50/100 games even before they hit that point. But all have that sort of 'light bulb' moment when they realise they are good enough to be good footballers at the AFL level. Maybe today will be that milestone for Amartey - I hope so!

I really felt we saw that happen to Amartey today. Fantastic to watch.

[Bangalore Swans]

And great to see the boys wearing Swans AFLW t shirts for the warm up. Looks like Nike might be on board as a sponsor too.

Hear Hear.

[Bangalore Swans]

Hear Hear.

Nike is amazing. The way they supported Colin Keapernick (one of my favourite NFL players) will live long in my personal memory.

Nike looked at bigoted middle America and said “take a hike”. I support that.