Round 16 • Sydney Swans v West Coast Eagles @Geelong

[NeonBible]

Fantastic for Justin!! To add to my previous post on our youthful polling in the coaches votes, we are amassing quite the bounty of Rising Star nominated players!!

2021 - Errol Gulden, Braeden Campbell, Chad Warner, Justin McInerney
2020 - Justin McInerney
2019 - Nick Blakey
2018 - Ben Ronke, Oliver Florent

Just in the last 4 years alone! And of those, only Ronke has a question mark over his head!! McDonald, Stephens, Gould all still eligible! Wicks no doubt just missed out by a few months because of his age!

Just wonderful recruiting and drafting by KB and the gang!! Our youth are the envy of the competition!

[stevoswan]

And JMac is up for the Rising Star, again

McInerney earns second Rising Star Nomination

Great news. The kid oozes class. The chain of handballs which lead to our fist goal contained a McInerney pearler (his second HB in that chain) that put Ollie in the clear for the kick into the square for Amartey to convert. It was a brilliant moment in a great overall game from Jmac.

[AB Swannie]

Well done Juzzy! Super talent.

I’ve also noticed that Errol has drifted to $51 for the award. A big end of the season and I reckon he’s still a chance.

[Ralph Dawg]

Fantastic for Justin!! To add to my previous post on our youthful polling in the coaches votes, we are amassing quite the bounty of Rising Star nominated players!!

2021 - Errol Gulden, Braeden Campbell, Chad Warner, Justin McInerney
2020 - Justin McInerney
2019 - Nick Blakey
2018 - Ben Ronke, Oliver Florent

Just in the last 4 years alone! And of those, only Ronke has a question mark over his head!! McDonald, Stephens, Gould all still eligible! Wicks no doubt just missed out by a few months because of his age!

Just wonderful recruiting and drafting by KB and the gang!! Our youth are the envy of the competition!

Don't forget we have the 2014 winner on our list as well. Beat the Bont by 1 vote!

[Aaron]

Fantastic for Justin!! To add to my previous post on our youthful polling in the coaches votes, we are amassing quite the bounty of Rising Star nominated players!!

2021 - Errol Gulden, Braeden Campbell, Chad Warner, Justin McInerney
2020 - Justin McInerney
2019 - Nick Blakey
2018 - Ben Ronke, Oliver Florent

Other past nominees in our current list
2017 Melican R18, Hayward R23
2016 Mills R16, Winner, Papley R5, Clarke R18 (North Melb)
2015 Heeney R3,
2014 Cunningham R15, Llyod R21, Taylor R9 (Winner Lions)
2011 Reid R12
Total of 17 nominees currently on our list

[dejavoodoo44]

Don't forget we have the 2014 winner on our list as well. Beat the Bont by 1 vote!

Made me think, "is it that long ago that Mills won; no wonder we've all been crying out for him to move to the mids".
But no: it's Lewis Taylor, isn't it.

[NeonBible]

Other past nominees in our current list
2017 Melican R18, Hayward R23
2016 Mills R16, Winner, Papley R5, Clarke R18 (North Melb)
2015 Heeney R3,
2014 Cunningham R15, Llyod R21, Taylor R9 (Winner Lions)
2011 Reid R12
Total of 17 nominees currently on our list

Heh yep! I only included the recent lot as our 22 and under players! We just have an incredible rate of producing quality players at the elite level!!

[Kafka's Ghost]

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

I saw him kick one of the great goals in a NEAFL final in 2019, a superb individual effort. Came home and raved about what a talent we had on the list. JMac will be one the great Swans wingers, so heartily agree.

[TheBloods]

I saw him kick one of the great goals in a NEAFL final in 2019, a superb individual effort. Came home and raved about what a talent we had on the list. JMac will be one the great Swans wingers, so heartily agree.

Its funny you mention that as that was when i became a big fan , one of the best goals ive seen in the neafl and the minute i knew he was too good for the level and would be playing AFL by his 2nd year

[MattW]

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 thought about this too.

Longmire:
5 Mills
4 Florent
3 Hickey
2 Dawson
1 Hewett

Simpson:
5 Mills
4 Heeney
3 Florent
2 McInerney
1 Franklin

I'm more confident about 3 and 4 than 1 and 2.

[mcs]

Did anyone notice we played to a completely new system? There was very little down the boundary line kicking. Often going across the ground in small kicks until there can get a player free to gain some freedom or space and then fire it into the forward line. I hope they continue with these style. It frustrates the opposition.

The narrowness of Geelong helps push away from a boundary led game, and yesterday was like a training run because the work rate of West Coast was utterly pathetic. Will be interesting to see what we manage at Marvel this weekend, as we sure know the fairypuppies won't give us that sort of ride.

It hadn't even clicked in my mind that JMac was still eligible for a rising star nom. Been a while since we've had a player of his style coming through, so going to be enjoyable to see him find his level over the next little while.

[liz]

Total of 17 nominees currently on our list

I haven't gone to check, but I suspect Franklin received a nomination in his time too.

[dejavoodoo44]

I haven't gone to check, but I suspect Franklin received a nomination in his time too.

Round 4, 2005.
The final votes are mildly interesting.

1 Brett Deledio Richmond 43

2 Ryan Griffen Western Bulldogs 34

3 David Mundy Fremantle 19

4 Brock McLean Melbourne 15

5 Jed Adcock Brisbane Lions 14

6 Jordan Lewis Hawthorn 3

7 Adam Selwood West Coast 2
Justin Sherman Brisbane Lions 2

9 Kepler Bradley Essendon 1
Lance Franklin Hawthorn 1
Will Minson Western Bulldogs 1

[Mark26]

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

He may be infectious, but you don't want to be stuck sitting next to him according to Hickey. In the Zoom meeting the other day he said that he never shuts up, and whilst it's endearing ...

Regardless, he's a super talent and I'm glad he's in the Red and White. Stoked for JMac and it's a fitting nomination. He like Papley knows how to celebrate a good goal! He was in everything against West Coast.

[snajik]

Great news. The kid oozes class. The chain of handballs which lead to our fist goal contained a McInerney pearler (his second HB in that chain) that put Ollie in the clear for the kick into the square for Amartey to convert. It was a brilliant moment in a great overall game from Jmac.

Yes that was a beauty. He shows an awareness well beyond his years. A joy to watch.