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  • Mark26
    Senior Player
    • Jan 2017
    • 1535

    #61
    Gould just crushed a Hawk's player. Beautiful hip and shoulder.

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    • dejavoodoo44
      Veterans List
      • Apr 2015
      • 8721

      #62
      Gould just showed that the bump is not dead. None of the umpires paid a free, so hopefully there's nothing to worry about.

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      • crackedactor 01
        Regular in the Side
        • Jun 2020
        • 759

        #63
        The VFL team is playing OK, but their kicking is unbelievably bad.

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        • dejavoodoo44
          Veterans List
          • Apr 2015
          • 8721

          #64
          Haley is showing a bit of skill.

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          • Ruck'n'Roll
            Ego alta, ergo ictus
            • Nov 2003
            • 3990

            #65
            First sight of McAndrew for the year, not forcing me into a radical rethink so far.

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            • dejavoodoo44
              Veterans List
              • Apr 2015
              • 8721

              #66
              Showed some good pressure and probably should have won the quarter by more than a point, but got caught on the break a couple of times and missed a few gettable chances at the other end.
              My best are still Sheldrick, Warner, McAndrew and Francis. Though a bit of a worry, is that it seems that Sheldrick is the only genuine hard nut, inside midfielder in the side. Other centre bounce attendees that I've noticed, have been Shipley, Warner and Bartholomaeus. All of whom are lighter framed outside mids. Probably Sheather is another possibility, but perhaps they're holding him back, after he had a long term injury lay off?

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              • crackedactor 01
                Regular in the Side
                • Jun 2020
                • 759

                #67
                Originally posted by crackedactor 01
                The VFL team is playing OK, but their kicking is unbelievably bad.
                Sheather just had a shot fromm 7 meters out and could not even score a point.

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                • dejavoodoo44
                  Veterans List
                  • Apr 2015
                  • 8721

                  #68
                  Don't think I saw Warner that quarter? Hope he's being held over as a possible AFL emergency, rather than him being injured. Hall-Kahan stepped up in his absence and played a useful quarter.

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                  • dejavoodoo44
                    Veterans List
                    • Apr 2015
                    • 8721

                    #69
                    I thought, "Oh Angus, why did you handball to a ruckman?" But good that Owen put it through.

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                    • Foreign Legion
                      Senior Player
                      • Feb 2003
                      • 3379

                      #70
                      As crackedactor01 said earlier - our field kicking is terrible - we obviously skipped the pre-season

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                      • Ruck'n'Roll
                        Ego alta, ergo ictus
                        • Nov 2003
                        • 3990

                        #71
                        If he has been reported, I wonder what Gould said to the umpire?
                        Last edited by Ruck'n'Roll; 26 March 2023, 03:11 PM.

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                        • Meg
                          Go Swannies!
                          Site Admin
                          • Aug 2011
                          • 4828

                          #72
                          Originally posted by Ruck'n'Roll
                          If he has been reported, I wonder if Gould told the umpire?
                          Please explain ........?

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                          • dejavoodoo44
                            Veterans List
                            • Apr 2015
                            • 8721

                            #73
                            A bit disappointing to lose touch late in the game. Also disappointing to often lack cohesion with our ball movement and to be caught on the break a few too many times.

                            I suspect that a fair bit of that was due to a lack of experience. Only Francis, Melican and Sheldrick had AFL experience, largely due to the off-season retirement/delistings of experienced players that spent much of last year in the VFL: Sinclair, Taylor, Ronke, etc. So hopefully, this VFL team will improve with a bit of match practice.

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                            • Ruck'n'Roll
                              Ego alta, ergo ictus
                              • Nov 2003
                              • 3990

                              #74
                              Originally posted by Meg
                              Please explain ........?
                              Commentator said that after the 50 metre penalty, the umpire was talking to Gould, and suggested there's only one reason to do so.

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                              • rojo
                                Opti-pessi-misti
                                • Mar 2009
                                • 1103

                                #75
                                So good to see a game report on the Afl Swans' web site - and it is only Monday! The team matched it with the Box Hill team all the way until midway through the last quarter. The Swans played some good football, Francis stood out up forward. Our coach had really positive things to say.

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