2024 VFL thread

[Dow]

That was hard to watch, hope we find something in the second I wonder if the Heeney decision has had any impact on them mentally as they look off and Francis has had the angry pills ????

[liz]

There’s a pretty strong breeze blowing, which partly (but not entirely) explains the Q1 scoreboard.

Warner might be in the running for behind of the season after running the length of the ground, three involvements in the chain, but then fluffing the final kick.

[Dow]

What’s wrong with Francis ! That was a dirty act and tried to strangle the guy remonstrating with him , double 50 as well - well he won’t be playing for a while

[dejavoodoo44]

North well on top in that quarter to lead 25-9, but they probably had the wind. I think a fair bit of our problems stemmed from Ladhams in the ruck. His opponent, Free, got plenty of taps straight to North mids and got a couple of clearances himself. When Ladhams tapped it, it also tended to go straight to a North mid.

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Does anyone know what's wrong with Snell? He was an AFL emergency a few weeks ago and has disappeared off the face of the earth, not even featuring on our injury list (surprise, surprise...).

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He did his hamstring at training last Friday week. Not sure of the severity.

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Does anyone know what's wrong with Snell? He was an AFL emergency a few weeks ago and has disappeared off the face of the earth, not even featuring on our injury list (surprise, surprise...).

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He did his hamstring at training last Friday week. Not sure of the severity.

[troyjones2525]

Does anyone know what's wrong with Snell? He was an AFL emergency a few weeks ago and has disappeared off the face of the earth, not even featuring on our injury list (surprise, surprise...).

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[Dow]

What a shocking start !

[dejavoodoo44]

Team for the match currently taking place against North. The big news is that Parker is out, but Wicks is playing, so that probably means that Parker is playing AFL

B: W. Green (45), W. Edwards (28), C. Vickery (25)
HB: H. Arnold (38), J. Hamling (29), J. Magor (32)
C: C. Cleary (33), A. Sheldrick (12), Cor. Warner (37)
HF: I. Kirk (31), S. Reid (20), A. Francis (10)
F: T. Hanily (40), L. McAndrew (46), S. Wicks (15)
R: P. Ladhams (19), L. Parker (26), C. Mitchell (35)
INT: M. Lloyd (54), B. Edwards (50), J. Bartholomaeus (53), Ham. Morrison (62), K. Grass (66)*
EMG: B. Ashley-Cooper (51), B. Laws (64), J. Tidemann (65), J. Lugsdin (67), W. Smit (59)

From those emergencies, Smit comes in.

[dejavoodoo44]

While I think of it, these are the coaches votes for the previous game. Francis is doing well of late.

10 Aaron Francis (SYD)
5 Seb Ross (SAN)
4 Jake Bartholomaeus (SYD)
4 Tom Campbell (SAN)
4 Joel Hamling (SYD)
2 Jaiden Magor (SYD)
1 Corey Warner (SYD)

[Dow]

I’d be Hapoy to trial Hamling he competes and has a ground game over Amartey at the moment. (Reid would be great but 2 games back isn’t enough fitness work for him)

[waswan]

Could it be that Reid comes in next week. A way better option than Amartey.

I was the 1st one to retire Reid but I'd back him after 2 yrs off and a destroyed body to do more than Amartey atm

[Nico]

Could it be that Reid comes in next week. A way better option than Amartey.

[dejavoodoo44]

Very poor quality game, but the Swans were smart in playing possession football as Sandringham are good at flooding the backline. Francis was probably BOG but cannot bring that form to AFL level. McAndrew was good in the ruck with Hamling and Reid taking some good marks. Konstanty missed a goal from 20m directly in front. Not sure if he will be on our list in 2025 as he was ordinary. Did not see Cleary or Ladhams out there. Not sure if they are injured.

Ladhams is still suffering from concussion, I think. Cleary played until about three quarter time and then was held over as the emergency.

[crackedactor 01]

Very poor quality game, but the Swans were smart in playing possession football as Sandringham are good at flooding the backline. Francis was probably BOG but cannot bring that form to AFL level. McAndrew was good in the ruck with Hamling and Reid taking some good marks. Konstanty missed a goal from 20m directly in front. Not sure if he will be on our list in 2025 as he was ordinary. Did not see Cleary or Ladhams out there. Not sure if they are injured.

[rickmat]

It's good to see Magor and Vickery amongst the best. After 2 years on the list, there is pressure on these 2 to show the promise they were recruited for. Otherwise delisted at the end of the season

[dejavoodoo44]

Tough, but sometimes scrappy win. Although, today the team seemed to spend a bit more time playing possession football, which was reasonably effective and should probably improve cohesion if they keep it up.

I thought Francis playing in defence was definitely our best. He took plenty of intercept marks and was generally assured with his ball use. Will Edwards also snuffed out plenty of Sandringham attacks. I've also been quite liking Vickery of late.

In the midfield, we tended to look our most threatening when Warner had the ball. McAndrew was pretty good in the ruck and I did enjoy his goal square pack mark to seal the game.

In the forward line, Hamling continued his strong form, with a couple of goals and some strong marking. Reid did a few nice things, without really looking like dominating. Konstanty had another one of those games, that I don't really know how to rate? I'm sure the coaches would have been pleased with his defensive efforts and topping the tackle count, but, he really does miss a lot of chances, that a quality small forward could probably kick blindfolded.

Of the VFL listed players, Bartholomaeus, Edwards, Morrison and Lloyd were all useful.