Match thread: Swans v Cats.

[Blood Fever]

Not writing Stephens off quite yet.

[707]

Haven't watched the game yet but read this - Isaac Heeney, Robbie Fox and Tom Hickey combined for 0.7 from 10 shots at goal

[MattW]

Here are some posts from the 2021 trading, drafting and list management thread immediately after Sheldrick was drafted.







To keep this post short, I won't link more, but it's worth reading others' thoughts on Sheldrick's selection, many of them quite approving.

Great post!

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Haven't watched the game yet but read this - Isaac Heeney, Robbie Fox and Tom Hickey combined for 0.7 from 10 shots at goal

Wait until you see the misses.

[707]

I've been warned to watch, out of the reach of sharp objects and knives LOL

Draw aside, I like the fact that we've exorcised the last two games against Geelong, that has to be good for us.

[waswan]

Injuries aside for 2023

Port, GWS and Cats games we lost due to kicking

About 4 others we were never in due to kicking

In an even season we could of been comfortably in the 8.

But thats maybe just me being negative

[Auntie.Gerald]

Hey all

Has anyone else noticed on the AFL that when u go to the draw and out game day vs the cats

When u scroll down there are a stack of best player video hi lights

It’s really cool

There is like 10 swans players from last night with the photo and u tap on it and it takes u to 60 seconds of their hi lights

[stevoswan]

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.

You're first point is just BS.....and you know it. Have another go.

I get that people are disappointed.....I was pissed off that we didn't win, I was angry at all those pathetic missed shots....I just like to find positives out of a bad situation and it's easy to find some from last night if one isn't preoccupied with negativity, with throwing ones toys out of the cot.

We're all wired differently.....obviously.

[stevoswan]

Good question - I wonder how often in the AFL a team has received one free kick in a half of football? I like to see the stats for that. The final count was 17 to 9 free kicks. I am glad we had the home ground advantage for the umpiring decisions.

Us in the 2016 GF.....one free kick in the 2nd and 3rd quarters.... and that was for out on the full. Nothing in general play. The AFL umpires have form where we're concerned.

[stevoswan]

Sheldrick is not timid like Stephens who loses confidence too easily.

Agree with this....time will tell I guess.

[i'm-uninformed2]

The debate about Sheldrick v Van Rooyen is a good one, and as Ludwig says, anchored in a view around our list needs. Lord knows I’ve harped on here about the need for us to find Logan’s long term companion. But given our weakness at contested ball and centre clearances the last few years, basically since Kennedy was no longer at his most profilic, Sheldrick may prove a very prophetic pick.

I think I mentioned on here before that I’d read in his draft year he was a bit akin to Luke Shuey, and there are some similar traits. But watching him the last few weeks he reminds me of Dion Prestia. He uses his body to advantage at the contest, with his low centre of gravity and strong legs, to create and hold space for himself. He’s got good leg drive through the contest and really burrows in and has clean hands. And while I haven’t seen him live, he looks to have good running patterns that see him get from contest to contest without being super quick. If he becomes a player anywhere near the quality of Prestia, we’ve got a total beauty on our hands.

[Meg]

No penalty for Brad Close for his tackle on Aaron Francis which ended with Francis’s head hitting the ground. Deemed to be ‘not careless’.

[Dow]

Not writing Stephens off quite yet.

I think he’s done, has had plenty of chances, just can’t adapt his fame rk the AFL - looks like he holds back/lacks confidence

[stevoswan]

No penalty for Brad Close for his tackle on Aaron Francis which ended with Francis’s head hitting the ground. Deemed to be ‘not careless’.

Yep, I'm sure there is a clause in the dangerous tackle rules that states that you can slam a Swans players head into the ground and that will be deemed ok.....especially if you play for a Victorian team.

MATCH REVIEW: Cats forward learns fate for Francis tackle

[waswan]

I think he’s done, has had plenty of chances, just can’t adapt his fame rk the AFL - looks like he holds back/lacks confidence

I think he is capable but after this year if he cant get a game and is out of contract he is gone.
Would like to play him but would only play him in front of Clarke atm

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Heeney is 15 goals 14 behinds and 14 misses
Paps is 25 17 and 13
That is ridiculous

[Ludwig]

The AFL ranking points system had McLean and Heeney as our worst players, even lower than Clarke, which I guess means we would have been better off if they stayed home.

Our forward line plus Hickey were our 7 lowest ranked players on the night.