Round 16 • Sydney Swans v West Coast Eagles @Geelong

[Agent 86]

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

Thanks JK!

I think we're too quick to jump on younger players who might require time to adjust to the level required to perform each week in the firsts. Every player will be given certain roles they need to stick to & as we're not privy to what those instructions might be (although we can take a good guess), we just have to trust that a player has the support of the coaching/selection panels if they continue to get picked. BTW, i'm not saying that players shouldn't be dropped if they're not performing, but let's just have a little bit of faith & give 'em a chance.

[rickmat]

I agree that Hickey has been the difference in our 2021 team. Love his contest in the centre and around the ground. He has been the driving force in most of our games. It was so noticeable on Sunday how our centre clearances were through the roof, even if Hickey didn't get the tap. He contests and goes after the ball, even on one occasion sprinted from the centre square to the half forward to take a mark and played on to create a goal. A real difference maker for us

[NeonBible]

Jmac (2 votes) and George (1 vote) become the 21st and 22nd Swans players respectively to earn coaches votes this year!!

Our leaderboard:

Callum Mills (37)
Tom Hickey (34)
Isaac Heeney (27)
Lance Franklin (21)
Luke Parker (18)
Jake Lloyd (13)
Oliver Florent (12)
Jordan Dawson, Sam Wicks (10)
Errol Gulden (9)
Tom McCartin, Sam Reid, Tom Papley (8)
Josh Kennedy, Dane Rampe (6)
Braeden Campbell (5)
Harry Cunningham, Chad Warner (4)
Justin McInerney, Hayden McLean (2)
Will Hayward, George Hewett (1)

Bolded are our under-22s! What an astonishingly bright future we have!!

[Captain]

Why are there so many deleted posts? What did I miss??

[NeonBible]

Why are there so many deleted posts? What did I miss??

Hi Captain, it was a few posts referencing past and present world leaders! I guess the pandemic has made us all in touch with world affairs lately

Just to be on topic .. I reckon the LIZARD was unlucky not to poll a coaches vote for his performance on Sunday and join that list above ^^! Loved his game!!

[cherub]

I thought this game was very reminiscent of the Swans-GWS at Perth Stadium last year. The personnel was slightly different ( Dylan Stephens had a good game) but the flow and freedom of our play was resonant.

[stevoswan]

I think RWOers will really enjoy this week's Mongrel Punt analysis of yesterday's Swan-aggedon

Sydney v West Coast - The Good, Bad and Ugly - The Mongrel Punt

Great assessment of the game.

[stevoswan]

Why are there so many deleted posts? What did I miss??

Yes, I went out for awhile and returned to find a thread of deleted posts, including my reply. The original post was slightly political. Just shows how one silly post can lead to mayhem!

[joeykanga]

Jmac (2 votes) and George (1 vote) become the 21st and 22nd Swans players respectively to earn coaches votes this year!!

Our leaderboard:

Callum Mills (37)
Tom Hickey (34)
Isaac Heeney (27)
Lance Franklin (21)
Luke Parker (18)
Jake Lloyd (13)
Oliver Florent (12)
Jordan Dawson, Sam Wicks (10)
Errol Gulden (9)
Tom McCartin, Sam Reid, Tom Papley (8)
Josh Kennedy, Dane Rampe (6)
Braeden Campbell (5)
Harry Cunningham, Chad Warner (4)
Justin McInerney, Hayden McLean (2)
Will Hayward, George Hewett (1)

Bolded are our under-22s! What an astonishingly bright future we have!!

This week’s votes were such an interesting set of votes trying to work out who gave whom votes
I for one wouldn’t have predicted a four voter for Heeney..did Longmire see a lot of work he put in before the flashes of brilliance at the end
Mills and Florent were consistent for both coaches
I can’t actually decide who gave Heeney the four as the other coach didn’t give any to Heeney
Was it Longmire for pressure and effort and brilliance toward the end or was it Simpson for something he saw but only one coach went all in on Heeney
I also can’t pick which coach chose the 2 and 1 votes ..id lean toward 2 and 1 for McInerney and Hewett from Longmire
What do people think ?

Sydney v West Coast
10 Callum Mills (SYD)
7 Oliver Florent (SYD)
4 Isaac Heeney (SYD)
3 Tom Hickey (SYD)
2 Justin McInerney (SYD)
2 Jordan Dawson (SYD)
1 Lance Franklin (SYD)
1 George Hewett (SYD)

[stevoswan]

This week’s votes were such an interesting set of votes trying to work out who gave whom votes
I for one wouldn’t have predicted a four voter for Heeney..did Longmire see a lot of work he put in before the flashes of brilliance at the end
Mills and Florent were consistent for both coaches
I can’t actually decide who gave Heeney the four as the other coach didn’t give any to Heeney
Was it Longmire for pressure and effort and brilliance toward the end or was it Simpson for something he saw but only one coach went all in on Heeney
I also can’t pick which coach chose the 2 and 1 votes ..id lean toward 2 and 1 for McInerney and Hewett from Longmire
What do people think ?

Sydney v West Coast
10 Callum Mills (SYD)
7 Oliver Florent (SYD)
4 Isaac Heeney (SYD)
3 Tom Hickey (SYD)
2 Justin McInerney (SYD)
2 Jordan Dawson (SYD)
1 Lance Franklin (SYD)
1 George Hewett (SYD)

I reckon Longmire would have given 4 to Ollie and three to Hickey and Simpson has given Ollie 3 and Heeney the 4.....that's my guess. I also think your pretty on the mark with your 2's and 1's.

[joeykanga]

I reckon Longmire would have given 4 to Ollie and three to Hickey and Simpson has given Ollie 3 and Heeney the 4.....that's my guess. I also think your pretty on the mark with your 2's and 1's.

I think you’re absolutely right
Longmire sees effort

[joeykanga]

I think you’re absolutely right
Longmire sees effort

Not saying Dawson and Buddy don’t give effort ..they all did .. think he would have his gaze on the gutsy and classy Mcinernney and Hewett efforts moreso…i personally saw them everywhere with my eyes

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Not saying Dawson and Buddy don’t give effort ..they all did .. think he would have his gaze on the gutsy and classy Mcinernney and Hewett efforts moreso…i personally saw them everywhere with my eyes

Hopefully you know what I’m trying to say
Can be so verbose at times

[i'm-uninformed2]

And JMac is up for the Rising Star, again

McInerney earns second Rising Star Nomination

[TheBloods]

And JMac is up for the Rising Star, again

McInerney earns second Rising Star Nomination

He is a special player , never seen a swan cover so much ground since D Hannebery and Jmac has him beat for class and leg speed , just a super player . Cant wait to watch him over th enext 10 years

[joeykanga]

He is a special player , never seen a swan cover so much ground since D Hannebery and Jmac has him beat for class and leg speed , just a super player . Cant wait to watch him over th enext 10 years

And on top of that his personality is infectiously likeable ..was watching the Fox coverage after he game amd I don’t know why story he was relating to i think it was RB ..he was still having fun like he does on the field ..the energy gor the gametime and for the team are really quite special