Way too Harsh. I'd rather have Hayward get a relieving mark out of defense than Heeney atm - who routinely makes slow, ill-advised decisions to kick to an out-numbered contest in the corridor. It's been a feature of his game all year....though obviously he's a gun inside the forward half.
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Way too Harsh. I'd rather have Hayward get a relieving mark out of defense than Heeney atm - who routinely makes slow, ill-advised decisions to kick to an out-numbered contest in the corridor. It's been a feature of his game all year....though obviously he's a gun inside the forward half.
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our best football is the best football in the competition this season
against both port and essendon we started prett much as we did last night ... but a couple of key moments, mistakes, seemed to just pull the plug on all that confidence needed to keep playing that way, especially for a younger, less experienced team still working itself out
i'm sure that's a big part of the inconsistency that frustrates and infuriates us as fans, and no doubt the coaches and probably the players themselves
but at our best no team can stop that flowing, relentless attack ...
as was the case against melbourne, the swarming pressure broke the dogs last night
yes, we've had those bloody annoying losses, but we make finals and hit that sort of form, no team will want to play us
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Guilty in regards to the trade-bait discourse. And I'm pretty sure I'm completely alone on it. Not one person has agreed with me haha. So I'll wear the heat.
But it's not from a critical place, more from a realistic place. A lot of people have said we didn't need Hewett because we had Rowbottom, and it certainly looks like he's trending to be our next Hewett.
Who was traded.
That is my logic. Not negative about his potential at all. I think with his burst from the contest, ability to win hard balls, and immense pressure, he has the potential to be our most complete mid.
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OK. If Horse is a genius this week for selecting him. What was he last week when he didn't select him and Hind had a huge day
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love rowbottom, hard as nails
also think criticism of mcinerney is harsh ... young bloke just getting back into the team, would be down a bit on confidence about his role/place in the team and he has looked a bit uncertain but his natural instincts with the ball are great, he looks to attack (him, warner and gulden all have "it") and he works hard off the ball
best 22, for sure
as is fox
and while amartey was good last night, mcdonald will be in our best/finals side
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I was unaware that you could change a selected team - unless there was an injury or illness.
I assumed Campbell had Covid or something, but was he simply dropped?
Either way, it was the right move.
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Thanks for sharing this as always, mate. Dogs games are the only ones where I'll have a look at the opposition's board afterwards, purely to look out for your posts.
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Sam bought a new house less than 12 months ago. He has young kids. Moving would require much more than another club is likely to offer, both in years and dollars. IMO he will stay, on similar $ to this year and most likely a year at a time. At his age and stage that will be fair.
I'm just really happy for him that he's proved that he's not just cover, he's very much best 22.
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And not just best 22, but a vital component of the best 22.
Would be close to a career best year. Been a couple of games now where he could feasibly get 3 Brownlow votes, and a few others where he could be argued to deserve 1-2.
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One of the major idiosyncrasies with playing at the SCG is Swans force the opposition out to the wings. If the oppo aren't smart enough to stick to their game plan - they stay there.
Have heard more than one ex-player from opposition say You can get stuck out on the wings of SCG if you're not careful. Looking at the heat map that's exactly what happened to the Dogs last night.
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Aye. Year at a time for Reid.
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So who does Ryan Clarke go to next week?
My only concern is his ability to tag a midfielder. Because when they go forward, can he defend? Doesn't really have to defend on a half backman, just put some pressure on and attack.
My only concern is his ability to tag a midfielder. Because when they go forward, can he defend? Doesn't really have to defend on a half backman, just put some pressure on and attack.
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I hope you're right. I was chatting with Nick Malceski recently and he was telling me he loved the Swans, best club he's played at by a long way. He left because GC offered him more money, extra year and transition into coaching.
Who's to say GWS for example doesn't do something similar. If I was running their list, I'd be asking questions.
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Good point. Only tagging down back suits Clarke. Often the best thing he can do is to knock the footy forward.
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Dumb question but could Fox be as fast as Blakey and Warner, his acceleration was amazing last night.
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He is very close tho might be done for acceleration.
There was a wonderful highlight of Foxy running behind Lizard when he was running through the centre. Foxy was shepherding chasing Dogs and fairly dispensing with them. It was classical team work.
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Is Hayden Young really a rebounding defender? He's averaging 21 touches and 350m gained.
Sinclair was 28 and over 500m
Dale was 27 and 600m.
Hayden Young doesn't really run with the ball much.
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