Swans VFL 2023

[Mark26]

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

[dejavoodoo44]

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

[crackedactor 01]

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

[dejavoodoo44]

Haley is showing a bit of skill.

[Ruck'n'Roll]

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

[dejavoodoo44]

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?

[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.

[dejavoodoo44]

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.

[dejavoodoo44]

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

[Foreign Legion]

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

[Ruck'n'Roll]

If he has been reported, I wonder what Gould said to the umpire?

[Meg]

If he has been reported, I wonder if Gould told the umpire?

Please explain ........?

[dejavoodoo44]

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.

[Ruck'n'Roll]

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.

[rojo]

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.