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  • Mel_C
    Veterans List
    • Jan 2003
    • 4470

    Originally posted by i'm-uninformed2

    The morons on Fox are trying to argue Blakey should get a fine for acting in the tackle from Stewart. I have no problem with the tackle. It was strong and proper. But the idea Blakey acted in response is absurd.
    You are kidding me? Have they even seen Blakey play? He had so many knocks tonight, he was really sore. He must end up with bruises after every game. Ridiculous comment to say he was acting.

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    • Nico
      Veterans List
      • Jan 2003
      • 11339

      We did some horrible short dinky kicks in the last quarter. Blakey and Gulden trying to be cute with short passes that weren't there, instead of roosting the ball deep where McLean and Amartey were and we over possessed. We played some straight out dumb footy. We were getting the ball into the forward line quickly that put those 2 players one out but forgot to do what we did in the first half. I thought we played a lot like 2022 and played some of our best footy of the year. On that game our form looks to have turned in the right direction apart from our woeful kicking for goal.

      Campbell was one player who was positive with the footy all game. Sheldrick is showing that we did make the right decision by drafting him and not Van Rooyen.

      Can anyone explain to me why Melican got penalised by punching the ball away in a contest that went out on the full. The penalty was for not trying to keep the ball in play. But that is not the rule. How many times during a round does that happen? Puzzling.

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      Originally posted by Mel_C
      You are kidding me? Have they even seen Blakey play? He had so many knocks tonight, he was really sore. He must end up with bruises after every game. Ridiculous comment to say he was acting.
      I think John Ralph said that. What a block head. From previous weeks both Blakey and Francis should have got free kicks.
      http://www.nostalgiamusic.co.uk/secu...res/srh806.jpg

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      • MattW
        Veterans List
        • May 2011
        • 4218

        Yes: 'Sheldrick is showing that we did make the right decision by drafting him and not Van Rooyen.'

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        • Industrial Fan
          Goodesgoodesgoodesgoodes!
          • Aug 2006
          • 3318

          The Melican free was because it wasn’t a marking contest. You can’t just spike the ball out in general play.
          He ate more cheese, than time allowed

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          • Nico
            Veterans List
            • Jan 2003
            • 11339

            Originally posted by Industrial Fan
            The Melican free was because it wasn’t a marking contest. You can’t just spike the ball out in general play.
            I'll have to look at it again. I thought it was a marking contest. Looked a spoil at the time.
            http://www.nostalgiamusic.co.uk/secu...res/srh806.jpg

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            • neilfws
              Senior Player
              • Aug 2009
              • 1826

              Strange game. I went into it thinking that anything other than a smashing by the Cats would be OK. Halfway through I was lamenting that the Swans weren't up by 4-5 goals. And near the end, I started thinking that a draw would be the most fitting result.

              Melican was very good, and I don't think I have much else, tonight anyway.

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              • Velour&Ruffles
                Regular in the Side
                • Jun 2006
                • 898

                Originally posted by Nico

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                I think John Ralph said that. What a block head. From previous weeks both Blakey and Francis should have got free kicks.
                John Ralph is a renowned cretin. The fact he says that means the opposite is true. Complete clown.
                My opinion is objective truth in its purest form

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                • WomblingFree
                  Warming the Bench
                  • Sep 2021
                  • 104

                  Encouraging points from tonight and season to date:

                  * Campbell really hitting his straps as a senior footballer
                  * Sheldrick looking like a good prospect
                  * Aaron Francis looking increasingly good in our backline, he’s a great contested mark and makes the contest well

                  With some active drafting and list management I can’t see why we won’t be challenging again next year or 2025

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                  • troyjones2525
                    Swans Fanatic!
                    • Mar 2008
                    • 2908

                    Originally posted by Captain
                    Yet the majority of your posts are negative, condescending and aggressive….

                    Sure there were positives. How about understanding that most of us are gutted by that and there were plenty of bloody negatives. Missing open goals from 10m out isn’t easy for a lot of us to accept and a huge bloody negative.
                    [emoji4]

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                    • MattW
                      Veterans List
                      • May 2011
                      • 4218

                      Originally posted by WomblingFree
                      Encouraging points from tonight and season to date:

                      * Campbell really hitting his straps as a senior footballer
                      * Sheldrick looking like a good prospect
                      * Aaron Francis looking increasingly good in our backline, he’s a great contested mark and makes the contest well

                      With some active drafting and list management I can’t see why we won’t be challenging again next year or 2025
                      Thumbs up business.

                      Ruckman is the issue.

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                      • stellation
                        scott names the planets
                        • Sep 2003
                        • 9720

                        Hot take: our kicking for goal was a little frustrating.
                        I knew him as a gentle young man, I cannot say for sure the reasons for his decline
                        We watched him fade before our very eyes, and years before his time

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                        • waswan
                          Senior Player
                          • Oct 2015
                          • 2047

                          Originally posted by MattW
                          Thumbs up business.

                          Ruckman is the issue.
                          We have a Ruckman, it just isnt Hickey

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                          • giant
                            Veterans List
                            • Mar 2005
                            • 4731

                            Eeugh or equivalent emoji. So many positives, all spoilt but our **** kicking. We've been missing right to the Paddington end all year - surely among the army of statisticians that the club employs I can't be the only person to have noticed that? Why can't we do something about it?

                            I struggle to remember a player as talented as Heeney playing a game as bad as that - something is awry.

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                            Originally posted by Swanstubbs
                            Just got home from the Swans v Cats comedy show. Funniest show of the Sydney comedy festival this year. Just needed a Benny Hill style soundtrack!
                            As a grand final replay, it was one for the ages - for all the wrong reasons.

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                            • Nico
                              Veterans List
                              • Jan 2003
                              • 11339

                              "The Chad" would have been very handy in the first half the way we were playing. He may very well have nailed a few on the run the way we opened up the midfield.
                              http://www.nostalgiamusic.co.uk/secu...res/srh806.jpg

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                              • giant
                                Veterans List
                                • Mar 2005
                                • 4731

                                Originally posted by neilfws
                                Strange game. I went into it thinking that anything other than a smashing by the Cats would be OK. Halfway through I was lamenting that the Swans weren't up by 4-5 goals. And near the end, I started thinking that a draw would be the most fitting result.

                                Melican was very good, and I don't think I have much else, tonight anyway.
                                Same same - there is 50% of me that can't believe we didn't win, and 50% that can't believe we didn't lose. It's a confusing time.

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