Round 21: GWS v Sydney Match Thread 5 Aug23

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  • royboy42
    Senior Player
    • Apr 2006
    • 2076

    Originally posted by i'm-uninformed2
    Just for the record, a few weeks ago I put $50 on Errol for the Brownlow at what was then $101. Highly unlikely, but giddy up.
    Each way could be interesting.
    And now, with Naicos out of the season, even straight out could be lucrative.

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    • Blood Fever
      Veterans List
      • Apr 2007
      • 4040

      Originally posted by royboy42
      Yep, I agree.
      It's really a silly thing to say.
      And do we need a "Face for Sydney"?
      It's as much BS as the Battle of the Bridge.
      Or the Ruck Round.
      Or Bounce, or First Crack.
      Stop me. I'm on a roll.
      No. Keep going. So much shallow nonsense in footy media, 99 per cent of it here in Melbourne.

      - - - Updated - - -

      Mills was massive in the last quarter. He has missed a couple of easy shots lately. Used to be money.

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      • KTigers
        Senior Player
        • Apr 2012
        • 2499

        Originally posted by Nico

        The kicking of Callum Mills is a worry. Both he and Hayward again missed from dead in front from 30 metres.
        12.0 and then later 15.6..... we probably "can't have everything".

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        • Captain
          Captain of the Side
          • Feb 2004
          • 3602

          Great win and another fantastic game from Errol. What a jet he is!

          I thought Fox, Warner and McLean were also up there in the bests.

          Saw Lloyds name mentioned a bit. Watching live and not knowing his stats, I thought he was very ordinary.

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          • BRS328
            Warming the Bench
            • Feb 2018
            • 347

            Yes, and add to that both Mills and Haywood played significant roles in the win

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            • Auntie.Gerald
              Veterans List
              • Oct 2009
              • 6474

              It was just a joy to watch us spiderweb the relentless entries from GWS and sling shot out again so cleanly.

              I mean some of the long range kicks to the key forward’s advantage was just exceptional last night.

              So hard to do when the ball carrier is coming in at full speed like we tend to utilise and nail that pass long so cleanly to the advantage of our forwards.

              It is a big risk because with an inferior amount of entries we have have have to kick accurately which we did.

              Plus pull out some locked clutch goals in the last 5mins or so of the final qtr.

              Remarkable actually.
              "be tough, only when it gets tough"

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              • BRS328
                Warming the Bench
                • Feb 2018
                • 347

                A bit harsh on Lloyd here. He was off the ground for 15 minutes at least, and was second to Gulden in metres gained by 9 meters. Are you sure you weren’t watching the Geelong Port game. Seriously though, he has had some ordinary games mid year, but this was possibly his best for the season

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                • rojo
                  Opti-pessi-misti
                  • Mar 2009
                  • 1100

                  Behold the advent of the 'three headed dragon!' Perfect description, Dow. I was so looking forward to seeing how playing the 3 big forwards plus Hickey was going to work out. Last night's plan worked a treat. Throw in Paps, Heeney, and Wicks (!) etc and our forward line is going to be a formidable challenge for any opponent. It allowed Amartey and later Logan to be rested, as well as both McLean and Amartey able to give Hickey respite. Great game by McLean. Go Bloods!

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

                    Originally posted by BRS328
                    A bit harsh on Lloyd here. He was off the ground for 15 minutes at least, and was second to Gulden in metres gained by 9 meters. Are you sure you weren’t watching the Geelong Port game. Seriously though, he has had some ordinary games mid year, but this was possibly his best for the season
                    Tend to agree. I’ve largely viewed Lloyd’s season as meh until now. I thought he seemed to find more space, get involved in more chains and cover more ground both by run and kicking penetration than he had for a while last night. It was particularly important given Blakey was a bit ginger and Ollie had a rare off night.
                    'Delicious' is a fun word to say

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                    • MattW
                      Veterans List
                      • May 2011
                      • 4195

                      Originally posted by BRS328
                      A bit harsh on Lloyd here. He was off the ground for 15 minutes at least, and was second to Gulden in metres gained by 9 meters. Are you sure you weren’t watching the Geelong Port game. Seriously though, he has had some ordinary games mid year, but this was possibly his best for the season
                      Agreed. Lloyd had one bad kick-in, but played with courage in an important role driving us out of defence.

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                      • SCGonasunnyday
                        Warming the Bench
                        • Dec 2007
                        • 323

                        Two quick things:

                        1. Not every player will ‘pull a Gulden’ every game;

                        2. When the player who gets subbed out had a pretty good game, you know the team overall are playing pretty well.

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                        • Kafka's Ghost
                          Regular in the Side
                          • Sep 2017
                          • 899

                          Nice review from The Mongrel Punt, giving the much-maligned-on-here Ryan Clarke his due. This was a top win against a team in hot form. Kudos to the coaches and those players who sacrificed their own games for the team.
                          Errol would have to be a smokey for the Brownlow.

                          Sydney v GWS - The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly - The Mongrel Punt


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                          • neilfws
                            Senior Player
                            • Aug 2009
                            • 1818

                            Terrific game, great coaching, great win. And may as well not have happened, far as I can tell from the SMH/Age sports pages today?

                            U9s game at 8:00 am today prevented my usual attendance, would love to have seen it at the ground but what I saw on TV was pretty enjoyable.

                            Really looking forward to seeing what the young talent can produce for the rest of the season and the next one.

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

                              Originally posted by neilfws

                              U9s game at 8:00 am today prevented my usual attendance, would love to have seen it at the ground but what I saw on TV was pretty enjoyable.

                              Really looking forward to seeing what the young talent can produce for the rest of the season and the next one.
                              Any talent in the U9s we should know about? Or is that a comment for List Management? [emoji3]

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                              • stevoswan
                                Veterans List
                                • Sep 2014
                                • 8543

                                Originally posted by barry
                                It may be an unpopular opinion, but I think buddy stayed a year too long and or forward line of Amarty, McDonald and McLean will enjoy a clean run at it.
                                As much as I love Bud, I tend to agree....when he decided on another year, I cringed a bit. Oh well, we can see what the future holds now.

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