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My fave goal for how in synch and committed we are was the Gulden goal early in the second quarter. I thought it was special at the time so I went back today and watched it in detail.
It started at a throw in at our d50 arc. When the ball goes forward you can see Hayward tracking it, but when the GWS defender spoils it, Hayward holds his spot bang in the centre circle in case he’s needed defensively. Warner grabs it and scramble kicks it forward. Hayward has given 15m head start to his opponent Ash.
When Ash gathers it, Wilbur literally sprints after him to close space. A lot of players would move in that direction, but not go as hard as he did. You then see from the replay after the goal we are just perfectly set up behind the ball. Not an inch given to a GWS player, and Hayward gives him zero choice anyway.
He’s forced inside, and Amartey powers forward to make a contest, forces the spillage, and Aleer gathers the ball. McLean belts him in a tackle and the ball spills free again. Paps swoops and handballs to Errol to goal. Just total team commitment from start to finish.
Oh, and at the original throw in, Errol was positioned as the defensive sweeper way back inside our d50.
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Rowbottom recognised on AFL website on the Six Things We Learned article.Comment
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about time. he really is a beast! a complete machine and absolute key player in the teamComment
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Great match.
Some learnings. Some improvements from previous weeks. They are playing like a team. And are desperate. Errol what a player - the running, the time on ground he spends, the kicking efficiency under pressure, he is the most complete player you can expect in the midfield.
The players we cannot replace are increasing.
1. Grundy
2. Errol
3. Rowbottom
4. Blakey
5. Jordon
I think the roles these play are amazing and irreplaceable with like for like players.Comment
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I started the year unsure about Rowbottom and was leaning towards Sheldrick over him.
Boy was I wrong!
What an incredible season he is having and such an essential part to the team.Comment
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If he hasn’t got votes from a game this season before this one, Rowbottom’s Brownlow “duck” should definitely be broken after this one.
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I think the rest of the midfield 'clicking' like it has has highlighted and put a real shine on just all the hard yards Rowy does to help enable that. In previous years, I feel like sometimes that hard work didn't always register so well, because our midfield wasn't functioning so well as a group, and we weren't playing such open exciting footy. For me, he is a key barometer in our midfield - if Rowy plays really well, it is very, very rare we get beaten or play poorly. His form for instance throughout a large chunk of 2022 was very, very good.
He is a fine player in his own right - I've always held him in high regard (as many would recall from the many arguments I had with old TheBloods back in the day), but I think the growing confidence in the midfield group has helped him push the boundaries of his game a bit further as well. I just hope we see more rip roaring moments like that brilliant pick up and then pinpoint delivery to McDonald on the weekend. If he adds that more to his bow (his kicking is a bit hit and miss - but I think better than what some rate it at) then not only will he be a key enabler in his own right, but another weapon in the arsenal as well.
I still have huge hopes for Sheldrick in time too - think he will be a ripper. But as other people have said, this year for him has been stuffed by injury it seems."You get the feeling that like Monty Python's Black Knight, the Swans would regard amputation as merely a flesh wound."Comment
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Coaches votes for the game. If Rowbottom gets to this round without a Brownlow vote, this should see him break his duck. And I was going to say that it should bring a huge cheer from the Swans table, but then I realised, that most of team would probably still be in Sydney and having a quiet night while preparing for the grand final.
9 Errol Gulden (SYD)
9 James Rowbottom (SYD)
6 Brodie Grundy (SYD)
4 Isaac Heeney (SYD)
2 Tom Green (GWS)Comment
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And the leader board. Heeney has extended his lead. Gulden is up to fourth and Grundy has snuck on to it.
89 Isaac Heeney (SYD)
74 Nick Daicos (COLL)
63 Marcus Bontempelli (WB)
62 Errol Gulden (SYD)
62 Caleb Serong (FRE)
58 Patrick Cripps (CARL)
55 Zach Merrett (ESS)
55 Chad Warner (SYD)
53 Sam Walsh (CARL)
51 Lachie Neale (BL)
50 Max Gawn (MELB)
48 Adam Treloar (WB)
45 Noah Anderson (GCFC)
45 Jordan Dawson (ADEL)
45 Matt Rowell (GCFC)
44 Zak Butters (PORT)
44 Hayden Young (FRE)
41 Jason Horne-Francis (PORT)
40 Luke Davies-Uniacke (NMFC)
40 Brodie Grundy (SYD)
40 Max Holmes (GEEL)Comment
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