Rd 2 vs Geelong Cats @ SCG - Match Thread

[TheBloods]

Apologies, you’re right. Cal’s first two seasons with us, he played primarily as a forward - Tippett and Naismith carried the ruck load, but with Tippett’s retirement and Naismith’s ACL injury it left Cal as almost our only ruck option for 2018 and 2019.


Sorry forgot to post a sarcasm emoji

It’s a possibility. Someone has to love the phrase Chadmannia (though mania only has one n)

BS goes over the top sometimes but Chad has become a major fan favourite . The excitement people have when he gets the ball , its real . I saw it first hand on Friday night . People love him , hes an infectious personality and a crowd lifter . The buzz around the scg is huge with him . I noticed this last yr and it was only his 2nd or 3rd game .

I have also heard his team mates love him . When he matures he will captain this team . We will see a Gulden-Jmac-Chad co captaincy . I am not being fanatic , i have heard it from inside the four walls of the club they are that loved in there those guys .

What a privilege to have fantastic leaders still around but already know the future is set in good hands too !

[Kafka's Ghost]

BS goes over the top sometimes but Chad has become a major fan favourite . The excitement people have when he gets the ball , its real . I saw it first hand on Friday night . People love him , hes an infectious personality and a crowd lifter . The buzz around the scg is huge with him . I noticed this last yr and it was only his 2nd or 3rd game .

I have also heard his team mates love him . When he matures he will captain this team . We will see a Gulden-Jmac-Chad co captaincy . I am not being fanatic , i have heard it from inside the four walls of the club they are that loved in there those guys .

What a privilege to have fantastic leaders still around but already know the future is set in good hands too !

Completely agree regarding future captaincy material. Errol Gulden just oozes leadership, and Chad Warner’s attack on the ball is Paul Kelly-like.


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[royboy42]

Most ruckman that have come to the Swans in recent times have come ready to play and contribute, but not Ladhams. Ball, Jolly, Mumford, Everette, Pyke, Sinclair and Hickey came to the club and competed hard to get rucking time and contribute. Seaby made an early impact but injuries stopped him.

If not sure what it is with Ladhams?

Based on one in season reserves game?


How can my best friend (who doesn’t work in the industry) say that he’s off the pace in training and then in the reserves he doesn’t make an impact.

All I can say about it is “well done Port”.

Pretty tough, based on one in season reserves game. And, even then, I've seen differing opinions on his game in that match.

[Bexl]

Completely agree regarding future captaincy material. Errol Gulden just oozes leadership, and Chad Warner’s attack on the ball is Paul Kelly-like.


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Warner is a good player and will be a vital player in our teams improvement and possibly will be a captain of the club at some stage but to say he's attack on the ball is Paul Kelly like is a fair bit of a stretch. I know it is easy to forget how good a player was at certain things and say another player is like them but Paul Kelly's attack on the ball was exceptional.

[i'm-uninformed2]

BS goes over the top sometimes but Chad has become a major fan favourite . The excitement people have when he gets the ball , its real . I saw it first hand on Friday night . People love him , hes an infectious personality and a crowd lifter . The buzz around the scg is huge with him . I noticed this last yr and it was only his 2nd or 3rd game .

I have also heard his team mates love him . When he matures he will captain this team . We will see a Gulden-Jmac-Chad co captaincy . I am not being fanatic , i have heard it from inside the four walls of the club they are that loved in there those guys .

What a privilege to have fantastic leaders still around but already know the future is set in good hands too !

Can largely concur with this.

Mentioned on here before I'm lucky enough to be friends with a couple of non-playing people at the club. I strictly avoid ever asking them for inside gossip, as were friends before all things Swans and it's not the right thing to do. Occasionally though things get mentioned, largely in response to me raving about my favourites or pet subjects!

Haven't heard either way on Chad (but I don't doubt it), but can say Errol is very much as seen as like Mills, as born to it, and they'll let him mature in his own way and it'll happen at the right time. JMac is regarded as effervescent and cheeky, but as professional and disciplined as it gets in his approach to his footy and his learning curve suggests a high footy IQ.

The Swans also let players develop their own taste for it. Heeney had a go in the leadership group, but as I understand it, was apparently happier being an informal leader.

As you say, we're been blessed with a pipeline of leaders for a long time now. We've never had to appoint a Ben Stratton-type, for lack of any real alternatives. Long may it continue.

[bloodspirit]

A bunch of contributions I have really enjoyed reviewing this thread!

Heeney is a freak. Chad superb. Mills is all grunt and killing Danger, likewise Rowbottom on Parfitt. Love what McLean and Hayward are combining to do on Stewart. Right now, bar a 10 min stretch in that quarter, we’re just harder and more relentless.

Great call on Mills early!

After the 999th goal by the way, can we end the preseason strut debate

Nice!

I don't know how I feel about Clarkson wearing a swans scarf!

Me either! It was weird. It flashed up on the big screen at the ground and I said to my mate: "was that Clarko? was he wearing a Swans scarf??" It was so quick that I wasn't entirely sure and my mate hadn't seen but a bit late they flashed him up again and we were both really surprised and couldn't figure out what to make of it.

He must have lost a bet.

Just home from the game, latest ever finish and I left some plums stewing on the stove.
Cycled home and a neighbour I’d alerted (who was also at the game) got there b4 me to turn it off and they were just reaching critical burn out of the saucepan !
I was so frantic to get to the game and just rushed out .
Unforgettable night, rushed down from the top tier of the Brewongle as Buddy lined it up.
A sea of happy faces , even the Cats fans soaking it all up.
Swans are playing a very good brand of footy .

Lovely tale!

[O'Reilly Boy]

That was some night.

The thing that struck me about our play was the even-ness across the field. Heeney and Mills stood out for me. Paddy McC's first quarter was astounding. Watching him anticipate the play, the flight of the ball, I always felt confident that he was going to take the mark or spoil. His presence and the rapid development of Campbell and Blakey as options for moving out of the back half meant that Rampe and Lloyd were less prominent (a good thing with Lloyd, as he looked rusty). Lloyd's role will be interesting going forward—we're playing a different game to the that of recent years, in which players like him and Malceski before him worked as go-tos and distributors at CHB.

I was worried in the first 10 minutes with Kennedy starting on a wing, particularly when Smith went to him. he was found out on a couple of occasions, and was out of position a couple of times, caught in no-man's-land as the play by-passed him. When he had the chance to do a bit of insider work, his value was apparent. I am still worried that on a wing he will be a risk on grounds like the MCG, and am still curious about how he will be played over the season.

I liked Rowbottom's game, a lot. And I still see Wick's worth as someone with great closing speed who works to close down exit options and to disrupt rebound play. I was a bit worried about McDonald on the chase a couple of times, but am enjoying what a handful our forward contingent is.

I hope that we don't see a raft of COVID protocol outs this week. Buddy would seem the most at risk, but I wouldn't begrudge him a rest anyway. A chance to have a look at Ladhams?

[Bangalore Swans]

Pretty tough, based on one in season reserves game. And, even then, I've seen differing opinions on his game in that match.

Ludwig has informed the thread that Ladhams played well in the VFL. I’m ready to change my opinion on Ladhams based on Ludwigs recommendation. Ludwig has great knowledge of the ruck craft.

[stevoswan]

FWIW - 20 years ago the response to my post would have mainly been about the hilarious pic of Chad and Ollie trying to get back into the ground (4th line), I can't remember the last time I saw ROFL or LOL anywhere on RWO.

You're not looking hard enough then R&R.

I use those emoji's quite a lot.....and have done in the last few days.

[stevoswan]

Wouldnt write him off yet , got decent ability and theres a spot for him when Hickey goes . Agree that if he looked off at training thats a good indication his form will be off . Body language is everything

So true!

Cheers.....Alan Pease.

[stevoswan]

An excellent game with lots of excitement.

Unfortunately, Mills has been charged with a second offence of making Careless Contact with an Umpire and he can accept a $1500 sanction with an early plea. Blakey has been charged with Striking Jeremy Cameron and he can accept a $2000 sanction with an early plea.

Anyway, not many will be interested (who cares after the 1000) Don't think they will appeal. With another 6 days break before fighting the Dogs, we need to focus again!

It was actually embarrassing that Blakey got reported at all. Unfortunate fallout from the Ratougalea hit in round one if anything. Stupid that they followed through and didn't just chuck it out IMO.

[RogueSwan]

It was crude from Blakey, made no attempt at the ball just aimed for Cameron's ribs. I think the penalty is reasonable.

[bloodspirit]

He was the very model of a modern major "gut running on the wing that might not earn you a stat but will get a lot of love from the coaches and his teammate" general.

It was only the second time I've had a chance to see him live, he really does cover a lot of ground out there but I was most impressed with his footy IQ. I was watching him closely in the lead up to Isaac's first goal, he didn't touch the ball in the passage (at about 1:30 in the link below, you can't quite see it from that camera angle but we had a great view of it at the ground) but my reading of his role in the play was;

• Harry has the ball wide in the back half, Geelong are zoning off to eat up space- a Geelong player (I think Dylan's man) is covering an area about 30 metres from Harry along the wing that has Stephens and another Swan
• Dylan starts to move a little wider to create a bit more space between him and the other Swan- the Geelong player mirrors his movement to cover
• Harry kicks to Dane at HBF on the square, Stephens goes even wider and starts to move a little up the ground towards our forward half hugging the boundary line- the Geelong player starts to go with him
• Harry runs on for the handball receive from Dane, he can not only run into space (as the Geelong player has stayed with Dylan) but because Dylan has gone wide he can go along the edge of the square instead of wide, offering up more of the ground upfield for our forwards
• Isaac gets to a marking contest, gets a free and goes back and slots it

Only one play, and again you can't really see it in the footage but at the ground it was quite clear. He read the play and used the space perfectly, and was extremely disciplined. It's not just his athleticism, it's having the brain to know how to put to use- he was constantly moving through the game and either presenting as an option or creating space for his teammates to work in.

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Great post!

Ludwig has informed the thread that Ladhams played well in the VFL. I’m ready to change my opinion on Ladhams based on Ludwigs recommendation. Ludwig has great knowledge of the ruck craft.

Don't be absurd! I don't think you know Ludwig very well yet. Ludwig is arguably our star poster and has produced many of my all time favourite posts but a lot of the time I wouldn't take him too seriously (with the possible exception of when he's talking about trading and drafting).

[barry]

Great post!

Don't be absurd! I don't think you know Ludwig very well yet. Ludwig is arguably our star poster and has produced many of my all time favourite posts but a lot of the time I wouldn't take him too seriously (with the possible exception of when he's talking about trading and drafting).

Unless he's talking about trading and drafting ruckmen.

[Ludwig]

I know less about ruckwork than I do about childbirth.

In fact, I know very little about anything that contains the word 'work'.