Rd 18 vs Fremantle Dockers @ Optus Stadium

[Agent 86]

I just watched a replay of Dylan's last goal and noticed that Franklin was on his outside calling for the ball. Timid Dylan would've passed it off but the more confident Dylan backed himself and slotted the goal. Good signs.

My favourite moment was The Chad pointing Errol to kick for goal from wide out for one of (my) goals of the year. He knew he’d kick it. Wonderful passage of play & rattled the dockers.

[waswan]

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.

Whilst the win against Melb was great, we need to pump the brakes about talk of beating their defense when they didnt have May.
As important a player to a team than any other, you cant talk about Melb defensive system if May isnt playing

[MattW]

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.

Reid played a whopping 89%.

I suspect we rarely had all three talls in the forward 50 and Amartey's time on ground was largely when Franklin, Reid or Hickey were off.

[TheBloods]

My favourite moment was The Chad pointing Errol to kick for goal from wide out for one of (my) goals of the year. He knew he’d kick it. Wonderful passage of play & rattled the dockers.

Chad and Errol together are geniuses . Cant wait for Jmac to get fit and find his best , he is every bit as good as them . Blakey too

[i'm-uninformed2]

My favourite moment was The Chad pointing Errol to kick for goal from wide out for one of (my) goals of the year. He knew he’d kick it. Wonderful passage of play & rattled the dockers.

Was great wasnt it. But as great as that goal was, the kick to Hayward in the pocket was truly out of this world great.

[dejavoodoo44]

Was great wasnt it. But as great as that goal was, the kick to Hayward in the pocket was truly out of this world great.

And I did enjoy the background grunt of appreciation as that kick hit its mark, from one of the commentators.

[Kafka's Ghost]

Was great wasnt it. But as great as that goal was, the kick to Hayward in the pocket was truly out of this world great.

That was THE highlight of a night of highlights.


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[i'm-uninformed2]

That was THE highlight of a night of highlights.


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Yep. About one in 10 players would even see that kick; about one in 100 players would hit it.

[i'm-uninformed2]

Well, Chadmania is everywhere today.

Damien Barrett, who to be fair has been on the Chad train for a while now, has gone big again this morning.

BARRETT: Cats' not-so-secret weapon, this Swan will win a Brownlow

And there is an article in the Herald (won't link, as they seem to screw up threads), with Parker talking up Chadmania.

[Ludwig]

We better start saving money for Chad's next contract. Buddy can retire and Dusty can stay in Richmond. We've got a new million dollar man.

[Aprilbr]

I hope that The Chad stays grounded and does not get too caught up in the hype. The Club has great leadership so this should help.

[Auntie.Gerald]

Chad in April this year

"The biggest thing for me is my defensive transition two way running," he said.
"From last year, I've made a massive improvement on that which is great.
"That's the main thing we (Warner and Swans assistant coach Dean Cox) look at when we do our review with each other.
"He makes sure I'm having the most metres I can running defensively and putting teams to the sword offensively with my bursts and power, using my legs through the stoppage.
"That's my strength at the moment, being able to break a tackle and go forward with it."

And it has worked........i was watching his two way running on the wknd and the kid is up and down that centre line like a beep test..........amazing actually his gut running to minimise the opposition impact.

How 'once-in-a-lifetime' pre-season set Chad Warner up for success

[TheBloods]

Well, Chadmania is everywhere today.

Damien Barrett, who to be fair has been on the Chad train for a while now, has gone big again this morning.

BARRETT: Cats' not-so-secret weapon, this Swan will win a Brownlow

And there is an article in the Herald (won't link, as they seem to screw up threads), with Parker talking up Chadmania.

Dont worry , when he gets over his niggles Jmac will be up there too

[i'm-uninformed2]

Dont worry , when he gets over his niggles Jmac will be up there too

You well know my views of JMac.

Whilst he wasn't back to his absolute best, I do think his game on the weekend was very solid and his best for a month or so. Some very good moments and hopefully a sign he'll be fully back on track soon.

What's more, him and Dylan seem to be working very well together as wingers. I've been confident on Dyl since the glimpses we saw in season one, and glad we're getting to see more now. I reckon Horse will have loved those closing two minutes from him the other night.

[TheBloods]

You well know my views of JMac.

Whilst he wasn't back to his absolute best, I do think his game on the weekend was very solid and his best for a month or so. Some very good moments and hopefully a sign he'll be fully back on track soon.

What's more, him and Dylan seem to be working very well together as wingers. I've been confident on Dyl since the glimpses we saw in season one, and glad we're getting to see more now. I reckon Horse will have loved those closing two minutes from him the other night.

Thats why i said , dont worry . Jmac will be back to getting rave reviews too . Elite talents dont stay down for long . Its a shame he did his knee first game in , puts him behind the eight ball for the rest of the year . Big pre season coming up for him.

+1 for him and Dyl , i said it about Dyl all along , he suits our game plan perfect , holds his width and covers so much ground and has the toe to do it . Might not be elite , his kicking needs work and he still does too many silly things when under pressure . But he belongs in this team no doubt about it .

What i like about our team is we have a pair of runners at each point in the ground who are quick and work up back and forth . Fox and Florent at HB, Jmac and Dylan on wings , Paps and Hayward at HF . So anywhere on the ground we have got coverage on the outside for a quick dish off with the handball . Fantastic coaching and glad they didnt listen to me and drop half of those blokes or i wouldnt be here talking about it working so well