Swans v Giants Elimination Final 2021
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not just Buddy staying fit. Kennedy and Mills out cost us today + Parker Hewett and Dawson still not signedComment
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Very true re: the blocking. They got a way with that a lot today - its sadly a tactic more generally getting back into the game it seems.
Florent continues to frustrate. I like him a lot as a player, and really think he will blossom when we get a bit more sorting out done in the midfield (I feel he is caught a bit in 'no mans land' in terms of his role at the moment as our new age midfield develops) - but there is definitely a risk that he could find it increasingly difficult to maintain his spot if he can't improve his decision making (and execution at times).Comment
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depends who we hang onto post season but I think the opportunity missed here is that we didn’t get a finals win into the younger brigade.He ate more cheese, than time allowedComment
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The thing that irks me is when people say bring on 2022.... fact is we had a chace in 2021 to go deep and who knows maybe pinch one.... no guarentees on 2022, chances are rare, need to take them...
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Buddy was kicking from 50+ out and Hickey was in a tougher position as well. Someone should have nailed one of them, but Bell's one I'm sorry was criminally bad.
Bell's was the equivalent of a 3 ft gimme and he didn't get close. You can't carry players in a team that can't do the basics of why they are selected. I like the lad a lot and hope he can kick on, but I just don't see it sadly. Put Campbell in the same situation and I bet he wouldn't have missed.Comment
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Just a few thoughts on what I saw. Looking back it was the 2nd quarter where we lost the game. We played poorly and then had to spend the rest of the day catching up. We almost made it! The last 1/4 was madness in the stand where I was as I had some feral Swans supporters behind me. Hickey took some enormous marks and the players played their hearts out. It just wasn't meant to be. Buddy's miss was critical and the the snap shots all went through the wrong posts.
I couldn't work out why we were kicking long down the line all the time especially 2nd and 3rd quarters. We were being out-marked so often and their crumbers were getting to the ball first. It seemed like we only played 'the Swans' way' in the last quarter. (I haven't heard JL's presser comments yet!)Comment
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Re blocking ; every team does it. How many times do you see a high ball go into a pack of six players, and someone takes a completely
uncontested mark? Six, seven, eight times a game. I'll fall over if they don't all practice blocking at training. They are all pretty good at
it these days.Last edited by KTigers; 28 August 2021, 07:44 PM.Comment
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I’m not so sure it will pass that quickly. The team will be devastated and I feel for them after what they’ve been through. They deserved a better outcome. I’m just sitting at home drinking beers and screaming at the telly, so I’ll be fine - but the players are gonna suffer a massive let down.Comment
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