Rd 18 vs Fremantle Dockers @ Optus Stadium
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Hickey is a worry isnt he , last 2 games hes played he has been destroyed . Darcy last night , Draper few weeks back . Darcy ok you could forgive , but that big dill Draper ? And even Darcy , great ruck but is that what we can expect from him against top rucks now ? What happens if we play Melbourne in a final ? Or Collingwood ?
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That's not bad. Someone said he's The Wombat. I like that too.Comment
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Hickey is a worry isnt he , last 2 games hes played he has been destroyed . Darcy last night , Draper few weeks back . Darcy ok you could forgive , but that big dill Draper ? And even Darcy , great ruck but is that what we can expect from him against top rucks now ? What happens if we play Melbourne in a final ? Or Collingwood ?Comment
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I think the issue with Hickey is also that he’s had no continuity. The best rucks are like workhorses. He’s now likely to get a run of three or four games with Ladhams thumb so hopefully he can build up a base of resilience.'Delicious' is a fun word to sayComment
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I think you are being hard on Draper. He is an old fashioned physical ruckman who likes to hit his opponent hard but has the athleticism to run all day. Hopefully Ladhams can develop into that type of prototype. Hickey is valuable to us - critically so. He may not win all the taps but he contests and creates problems for the opposition. I’m not sure Tommy P has thanked him for the spoil that gave him his last goal. Without Hickey we can’t win. It is no coincidence the arrival of Hickey has coincided with the rise of the Swans
I am not picking on him im saying his form is a worry , cant have a ruck getting smacked around by his opponent . CmonComment
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Darcy is their current B&F and is in all Australian contention.
I would argue we negated him last night in the second half by playing uncontested footy and reducing the stoppages which are Darcy’s strengths.
Hickey is mature, a competitor, doesn’t suffer from brain fades and serves our midfielders pretty well including your mate ChadComment
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In the Essendon game he was beaten up in the last qtr when Draper got really physical with him. Up until that point he held his own.
Darcy is their current B&F and is in all Australian contention.
I would argue we negated him last night in the second half by playing uncontested footy and reducing the stoppages which are Darcy’s strengths.
Hickey is mature, a competitor, doesn’t suffer from brain fades and serves our midfielders pretty well including your mate ChadComment
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Totally agree. Dylan has often looked a little like the 3rd wheel in a relationship. He has just lacked confidence to back himself but those last few plays were really strong. I loved his celebration showing that little bit of swagger that he has lacked. I also noticed that Horse gave him just a fraction more love when the team came through the rooms (not as much as the Chad though)Comment
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I’m confident he will be back to his best given a run of games. In the meantime, he needs more support from Reid and Amartey.Comment
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Looked pretty tired. Was the “illness” Covid? Seems to knock those recovering around and don’t have the energy they usually might.Comment
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One good sign from last night is Horse has twice picked through an elite defensive system, which is what you encounter in finals - but using two very different methods. Melbourne and Freo are the two best defensive sides in the comp, who set up brilliantly behind the ball and then surge it forward, with their small or high half forwards critical.
Against Melbourne, we were prepared to go long to a contest or towards the boundary, effect a stoppage or a throw in. Against Freo, it was chip, chip, chip. In both cases, we refused to stream mindlessly into the spider web set up behind the ball, and they couldn’t sling shot back. It took their small and medium forwards out of the game, and gave our defence more time to stablise when it came back our way.
It was notable last night that Fox, Lloyd, Ramps and Ollie were our highest mark players. Not by going backwards, but by using small pockets of space to progress the ball forward. When it was time to go, we could - like when Rowbottom took a mark on the wing, had Chad running by and gave the handball so he could pump it inside 50 - but never mindlessly.
Great coaching, and great execution by the players.'Delicious' is a fun word to sayComment
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Amartey only had 54% TOG, which is very low, even accounting for the bit of time on the bench with the shoulder injury. I wonder why. I didn't notice it during the game.Comment
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