Round 6 vs Geelong Cats @ GMHBA - Match Thread

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  • Daisi
    Senior Player
    • Jul 2011
    • 1499

    Originally posted by longmile
    Watch Dogs v Giants 2016 prelim final and tell me that wasn't rigged
    I'm extremely sceptical about professional sports like the AFL particularly when such large amounts of money are exchanged in betting on wins, margins, first goals etc...The cricket scandals made me very cynical

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    • i'm-uninformed2
      Reefer Madness
      • Oct 2003
      • 4653

      Chad hasn’t been successfully tagged before tonight. He will work it out, but a bit like Gulden - who’s been bashed around tonight - the trick is to keep his work rate up. I don’t think Chad’s been that bad, but other sides will be watching closely. Whether they’ve got the Cats personnel is another thing.

      Rowie, Campbell and a couple of others have kept their composure and effort up.
      'Delicious' is a fun word to say

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      • Agent 86
        Senior Player
        • Aug 2004
        • 1689

        Originally posted by mcs
        Just like the one in the first quarter. Took players on.

        That and the massive allowances given for losing the ball in a tackle with no attempt to legally dispose of it drives me bonkers. So frustrating.

        Sent from my CPH2307 using Tapatalk
        Yes. Not that the umpires are the cause of our predicament, but another goal in the last minute might’ve brought up some fur-balls.

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        • Daisi
          Senior Player
          • Jul 2011
          • 1499

          Originally posted by i'm-uninformed2
          Chad hasn’t been successfully tagged before tonight. He will work it out, but a bit like Gulden - who’s been bashed around tonight - the trick is to keep his work rate up. I don’t think Chad’s been that bad, but other sides will be watching closely. Whether they’ve got the Cats personnel is another thing.

          Rowie, Campbell and a couple of others have kept their composure and effort up.
          Great points.. The Cats have some really big and experienced players out there tonight- Cameron, Hawkins, Dangerfield, Rohan, etc It would be interesting to compare total number of games played between the teams...I suspect there would be a huge differential...

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          • H2F
            Warming the Bench
            • Sep 2021
            • 159

            Originally posted by Daisi
            Great points.. The Cats have some really big and experienced players out there tonight- Cameron, Hawkins, Dangerfield, Rohan, etc It would be interesting to compare total number of games played between the teams...I suspect there would be a huge differential...
            Its a colossal difference yes

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            • Blood Fever
              Veterans List
              • Apr 2007
              • 4048

              Originally posted by Daisi
              Rowbottom is putting together some decent games at the moment. I thought he played well last week and he always has a go....too much umpiring in this game...

              - - - Updated - - -

              Great experience for Warner to get pressured like he is...let's see what he learns from it...remember he's a really young player
              Parker was better that quarter. Clarke tries hard but is not a quick decision maker with ball in hand.

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              • Ludwig
                Veterans List
                • Apr 2007
                • 9359

                The main thing for us is to get out of this game and not to incur any new injuries. I'm glad to see our players have gone into self-preservation mode and looking to be around to fight another day when the odds might be more in our favour.

                We should move Francis and Gould into defence and run and gun the rest of the match. Let's see how we go if we play on at every chance. Keep the ball low and limit the number of marking contests.

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                • mcs
                  Travelling Swannie!!
                  • Jul 2007
                  • 8166

                  I like the pressure that Clarke brings, and he isn't actually a bad small forward in terms of getting up the ground and leading. But he is so so slow to dispose of the ball - both in contested play, and after a mark. Just needs a hurry up to spot an option and hit the trigger.
                  "You get the feeling that like Monty Python's Black Knight, the Swans would regard amputation as merely a flesh wound."

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                  • i'm-uninformed2
                    Reefer Madness
                    • Oct 2003
                    • 4653

                    Originally posted by Ludwig

                    We should move Francis and Gould into defence and run and gun the rest of the match. Let's see how we go if we play on at every chance. Keep the ball low and limit the number of marking contests.
                    This. Those two back, Blakey half back and higher to cut off and run, Mills to middle to win it, and create space up forward for Logan, Wilbur, Heeney and Paps to run into.
                    'Delicious' is a fun word to say

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                    • mcs
                      Travelling Swannie!!
                      • Jul 2007
                      • 8166

                      Originally posted by Ludwig
                      The main thing for us is to get out of this game and not to incur any new injuries. I'm glad to see our players have gone into self-preservation mode and looking to be around to fight another day when the odds might be more in our favour.

                      We should move Francis and Gould into defence and run and gun the rest of the match. Let's see how we go if we play on at every chance. Keep the ball low and limit the number of marking contests.
                      Are you saying Ludwig that our bomb it and hope tactics might be a poor choice? That is surely blasphemy
                      "You get the feeling that like Monty Python's Black Knight, the Swans would regard amputation as merely a flesh wound."

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                      • Mickeydee
                        Registered User
                        • Jun 2022
                        • 10

                        I think that we should give up on the AFL /umpire anti swans paranoia and think more constructively about what we (the!team ) could be doing to improve…As a 50 year Swans supporter I can honestly say that I have never been a game where the VFL /afl or the umpires have been anti Swans…swings and roundabouts

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                        • dejavoodoo44
                          Veterans List
                          • Apr 2015
                          • 8626

                          Originally posted by Ludwig
                          The main thing for us is to get out of this game and not to incur any new injuries. I'm glad to see our players have gone into self-preservation mode and looking to be around to fight another day when the odds might be more in our favour.

                          We should move Francis and Gould into defence and run and gun the rest of the match. Let's see how we go if we play on at every chance. Keep the ball low and limit the number of marking contests.
                          Yes, our only real chance is if we can run them around. Not only are they bigger and stronger, they also seem to have more explosive pace. So, maybe we have more stamina?

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                          • mcs
                            Travelling Swannie!!
                            • Jul 2007
                            • 8166

                            Our decision making has been woeful tonight. Just kick the damn thing Blakey.

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                            "You get the feeling that like Monty Python's Black Knight, the Swans would regard amputation as merely a flesh wound."

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                            • Mel_C
                              Veterans List
                              • Jan 2003
                              • 4470

                              Great tackle by Rohan.

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

                                Originally posted by Mickeydee
                                I think that we should give up on the AFL /umpire anti swans paranoia and think more constructively about what we (the!team ) could be doing to improve…
                                Agree [emoji122][emoji122].

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