"Sewell isn't fast enough": Sheedy

[philhawk]

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Sewell faces uphill battle says Kevin Sheedy
Mark Stevens | April 23, 2008 12:00am
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VICTORIAN assistant coach and selector Kevin Sheedy has said in-form Hawthorn midfielder Brad Sewell still faces an uphill battle to win a berth in the Hall of Fame game.
Sheedy was at the Gabba on Saturday night to watch Sewell take on Brisbane, but did not rate his 27-disposal game as outstanding.

"He played a good solid game . . . he was not startling," Sheedy said.

Sheedy said Sewell was "absolutely still a chance", but delivered a reminder that team balance would be important against a Dream Team squad loaded with indigenous talent.

"The hardest part about picking the Victorian team is the rest of Australia is going to have speed, speed, speed everywhere," Sheedy said.

"He (Sewell) doesn't have a lot of speed."

Sewell, Hawthorn's reigning best-and-fairest winner, was last week controversially left out of Victoria's 40-man squad.

Sewell deserves to be in the Vic team, but if Sheeds and the rest of the idiotic selectors aren't smart enough to see that, then more power to the Allies. :thumbsu:

[RustyHawk]

If speed was the only requirement the Harry Miller & Stephen Greene would still be in our team.

Sewell's speed is his ability to quickly get himself out of trouble.

[borgo]

Sewell's main strength is his ability to take a tackle, get his arms free and handball to a clear player. Sets us up so often in the middle with that play. A fast silky running mid is no good in a hard bodied contested possesion.

[bender22]

Think the old man's past his use by date. Gone a bit nutty. Instead of good players we'll just take the fast ones...... right...

[hawkeye77]

Yeah Sewell is too slow. Lets delist him. :rolleyes:

[Harro]

I like Sewell. He works hard.

Speed overrated. When a player runs faster than a football in flight then I'll rate speed. Geelong only have speed in the front third and through Gary Ablett.

Last years brownlow winner was hardly a speed demon, but over his first few paces no tackle would peg him down.

Sewell deserves a spot.

[The Human Keg]

D Jarman
G Williams

Not fast. Sewelly is faster than them anyway.

You don't need to be super fast if you know where the ball is going to be and get there first.

[Number 24]

Too old, too slow but too bloody good.

Don't know where I heard that....but it rings a bell.

It certainly fits the Sewell profile.

[Pessimistic]

Sheedy should ask to be transferred to the al stars if hes so keen

[hawks forever]

sewell is a worker and very competent at what he and how he plays if sheedy feels that he is to slow that shows his poor judgement and why he is no longer at essendon but on the allstars game i would prefer no hawthorn player in it during the season, let them have the week of, a rest and have no chance of them getting injured effecting our chance of becomming premiers in 2008:)

[Gold Member]

Glaciers could outpace the 2007 Kevin Sheedy Bombers. TOOL!

[Gary Shadforth]

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Poor Sheeds! No wonder the Bombastics got rid of him. What about effectiveness and worth to a top team over speed?





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[thatswhatimtalkinabout]

Yep, he's right.

Infact I'd be looking at all the Hawthorn boys - Vics or Allies, they're all too slow.

Give them all the week off I reckon.;););)

[noosa hawk mad]

If speed was the only requirement the Harry Miller & Stephen Greene would still be in our team.

Sewell's speed is his ability to quickly get himself out of trouble.Can't tackle the man is fantastic in close ! On the Victoria team why no Mitchell?:confused:

[Roberiquez]

Too old, too slow but too bloody good.

Don't know where I heard that....but it rings a bell.

It certainly fits the Sewell profile.

My dad and i used to have that as a massive homemade banner in the late 80s, early 90s. We'd take it to every game in melbourne we went to.

[lethalselbow]

Sheedy got it wrong and is spinning it. Sewell should have been picked ahead of many on the list, including the Hawthorn selections.

[Dixie Flatline]

Yep.

Franklin doesn't hold his marks. Hodge is a woeful kick. Mitchell is too short and slow to ever make it as a footballer. Bateman burns his kicks. Campbell Brown has a short fuse and anger management issues.

Let's play none of them in this farcical game.

[Collins-Langford-Ayres]

I don't think anything Sheeds says is unfair.

Sewelly isn't the quickest going around and there are blokes that find the pill just as well if not better than he does, but have an extra yard of pace and/or can kick goals.

Scott West has always been over-looked for teams and brownlow votes because of the same thing. Who cares?

For mine, until clubs start tagging him, he's not at the elite level outside of our club and frankly, that doesn't worry me.

[Binxy]

I'd be happy if none of our guys played

[keefriffhard]

Sewell's main strength is his ability to take a tackle, get his arms free and handball to a clear player.

We were talking about this on Sunday. The way that Sewell lifts his arms when he is tackled is fantastic. His awareness of the impending tackle allows him to not be caught up and be able to dish of while effectively removing tha tackler from the play.

[Phil McCreviss]

Sheedy drafted guns like Monfries, Laycock, McPhee, Stanton and Winderlich. Leave him alone :p

[Mervyn Beasley]

Can't tackle the man is fantastic in close ! On the Victoria team why no Mitchell?:confused:
Mitch is in the squad as far as I know!

[kimbopen]

Sheedy drafted guns like Monfries, Laycock, McPhee, Stanton and Winderlich. Leave him alone :p

Hey, you left Bradley out of that list! :eek: :rolleyes: :p

[thatswhatimtalkinabout]

We were talking about this on Sunday. The way that Sewell lifts his arms when he is tackled is fantastic. His awareness of the impending tackle allows him to not be caught up and be able to dish of while effectively removing tha tackler from the play.

Yep, your right keef.

I think that he has learnt this from the little dynamo Mitch, who really took his game to an elite level when he mastered this skill several seasons ago.

[Donnybrook]

Who cares. This whole thing is a promotional bit of tripe. Get the rest of the Hawthorn boys out of there as well. Mystery hamstring strains will be epidemic 3 days before this wankfest guarantee it.

[Heropsychodreamer]

1 Mitchell isnt overly fast... 2 best sewell doesnt play... give him a rest and let him freshen up for the second half of the season!

[lickmerocks]

Would be wrapped if Hawthorn had 0 representatives for this game.

Fancy playing a game for 0 premiership points after 7 rounds when our club is employing these guys on big $$$$ to represent our club. If we loose a key player at this time fo the year because some goose jumps into Buddys back or falls across Hodgeys leg in the middle i will be spewing cats and dogs.

The concept is flawed and if anything should be played at seasons end as an exhibition game in Vanuatu. This way the players could have a holiday and a kick at the same time.

[Roughie]

Why is Cameron Ling named then? Surely they are the same pace wise? Kane Johnson isnt lightning as well?

I thought Sewells pace goes allright, he is probably the same pace as Mitchell as well

[Eel_storm]

Sewell looks fast to me, maybe it's just his ability to break out of pack situations with the ball, good lateral movement, etc . . . certainly ran down Chris Judd when he was tagging him.

[The Dustbin]

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Sewell deserves to be in the Vic team, but if Sheeds and the rest of the idiotic selectors aren't smart enough to see that, then more power to the Allies. :thumbsu:

That might also explain (Not quick) why Daniel Cross didn't make the dream team squad. :thumbsd:

Absolute disgrace, on current form Sewell and Cross should be playing. :mad:

[LuvMyHawks]

I'd be happy if none of our guys played


You took the words out of my mouth Binxy!! Would be very happy to see none of our players picked. We sure don't need any injuries to come from this farcical game, which means absolutely nothing, ZILCH, and who cares anyway...:thumbsd:

[Eel_storm]

You took the words out of my mouth Binxy!! Would be very happy to see none of our players picked. We sure don't need any injuries to come from this farcical game, which means absolutely nothing, ZILCH, and who cares anyway...:thumbsd:

100% in agreement . . . especially the players who are in the 'DREAMTEAM' side . . . rubbish. UncleAl should just tell Buddy to sit in the pocket and spectate.

[Cindy2003]

To be honest I'm rapt with Sheeds opinion. Now let hope for Hodge Mitchell Buddy Bateman and Brown to be dropped as well. This game means nothing and should be played at the start or end of the year. These matches have no place in the middle of a season.

I still have nightmares of our own Andy Collins running down Tony Hall and seeing one of our up and coming superstars career ruined. Hall without injury that day would have played on ball rather than a permanent forward and could have meant another premiership.

The games a waste of time. I'm just looking at who we play the next week and hope they have more players in the teams

[Hodge2Franklin]

This coming from a man who had Mark Bolton on his list for 10 years...

[Eel_storm]

Tony Hall was a star

[macdaddio]

love sewell to win the brownlow and shove it up sheedys ass.


hate essendon and sheeds will always be a essendon boy through and through

[HawkXNtric]

Well fellow Hawks fans, we are in a lot of trouble this year. I actually thought that Sewell was one of our faster midfielders. He's definitely quicker than Mitchell, Hodge & Lewis. That means we must have about the slowest midfield in the league.

As soon as Clarkson gets rid of those players and puts some fast players into our midfield we will start winning a few games......:rolleyes:

[HawkXNtric]

Oh, and by the way, I also reckon that this 'Big V versus All Stars' game is a waste of space and I hope that no Hawks players end up playing.

I'm pretty sure that lots of players will end up with mystery hamstrings or 'viruses' in the week prior to the game, or at least they will if their teams are actually focussed on winning the AFL premiership.

[macdaddio]

buddys in the dream team so i,m a bit worried about that..

mitchell, hodge, brown are in the vic team so thats our 4 best line up there yup i,m realy, realy worried.......

[B&GBlood]

Hodge to man up on Buddy, have a gentlemans agreement that Buddy can kick 4 goals for the match and Hodge will make sure no one damages him.

[JezzHawk]

I have Sewell to win the brownlow. Bookmark it.

[garygee]

Wasn't Sheedy sacked? Now maybe we know why, he's lost it. Who cares what he thinks? Not me I'm secure in my knowledge that Sewell is a champion and a gun. Hope he doesn't pick him as I don't want to risk an injury. As a matter of fact all the hawthorn players should absent themselves from the match.

[matey]

Sheedy should go get checked up.

Sewell maybe isnt the quickest off the mark but he is a genuine hard runner. Last year in our win against West Coast before Judd got injured it was one of the few times I have seen a player run from behind and catch and tackle Judd to the ground and it was Sewell. He can't be that slow to do this.

[market]

Sheeds, just a quick one, a guy called Gary Ayres wasn't known for his speed (but he was pretty useful...picked up a couple of Norm Smiths...but you knew that right???) and seriously, you're just kidding on this regarding Sewell, right?

[alfonzo]

Errgh, that would be utterly tragic really - except if it didn't relate to the arch enemy. No wonder essondon is in the shit - that guy was in charge for years. They had all these slow players under Sheedy (IRONY!) and now they've got lots of young fast players - and sewelly would kill any of them!

Hilarious. I love it sheeds.

Hey Chris Judd must be feeling pretty bad - he had his pants pulled down by sewell last year and was run down from behind by a bloke who's too slow to play for vic!

Still the fewer of oiur players that play in that game the better I say!

[hawka187]

Sheedy talking crap, u dont want a team of speed, need a mixture, and there is a place for Sewell

[jiphoc]

No suprise this coming from Sheeds. Just look at the players he left Bombers with. Not much talent in some of those players just lightning speed.

[Deledio2Tambling]

No doubt in my mind Sewell is one of the most improved players over the past 2-3 years. Always had a soft spot for him as he is from my 'area' coming from Newlyn. He's a fantastic bloke and to say he shouldn't be considered because he is not as quick as the Judd's or Ablett's is a bit silly I think.

You blokes just can't help but build talent can ya's? Must be nice :o

[vaughnie]

Sheedy is still living it the 1980's. He wouldn't pick Ayres for the Vic State of Origin team because he reckoned he was too slow. Sheedy was wrong then and he is still wrong now. Someone who has gone 20 years without learning anything should not have the honour of being involved with the Big V. The man is cross between Bjelke Petersen and Bruce Ruxton. Fossil.

[Hedgehodgy]

Sheedy is obsessed with speed, but it hasnt been proven a winning formula yet.

This isnt international rules sheeds pick a squad of footballers not runners

[LuvMyHawks]

What would Sheedy know about speed? He never had it when he was coaching...:confused:

[Parabola]

If he keeps playing the way he has been he'll be in there next year for sure. I'd take him in a heartbeat.

[hawk3R_4lyfe]

Sheedy's an arrogant, opinionated tosser. I respect his past achievements with the bombers but he's always been anti-Hawthorn. A couple of years ago he tried to poach Franklin from the Hawks - that's about the only form of acknowledgement that I can think of coming from him.

[saaam]

Pure and simple Sewell is better than the following players in the Vic team

Nathan Foley, Richmond
Kane Johnson, Richmond
James Kelly, Geelong
Cameron Ling, Geelong
Leigh Montagna, St Kilda
Heath Shaw, Collingwood
Adam Simpson, North Melbourne
Brent Stanton, Essendon
Dane Swan, Collingwood
Dale Thomas, Collingwood
David Wirrpanda, West Coast

Some of these may be contentious but I think you get the point that I rate this guy. He's tough, accountable, has skills, vision and runs for the full game. Very seldom is he ever beaten for pace, he's quicker than he looks.

Best you take a week off Brad.

[Brishawk]

Is probably trying to work the angle so that Ricky Dyson can get a run.