Toast A Swift Return

[wce4premiership]

Good point mentioning his holding onto the ball to find the best option, something also noticed in players like butler, kerr, lecras and hurn. Admittedly hurn and butler sometimes are under less pressure but it's this composure which I love seeing at afl level, a slight self-belief and avoiding panic is always a good thing imo.

I just got the feeling watching the game (had to watch from home so hard to see what's upfield) that he made conscious decisions against his instinct and handballed to players running past when he was already looking up and moving forward, would have liked to have seen him have some good kicks.

 

[flylikeaneagle]

Was glad to see him have a solid game on the weekend.

Really hope he can improve and establish himself in the side, think he has a lot of potential.

 

[Tequilashot]

Great game (and well run out) in wet conditions, for someone who Woosha said has had minimal game time for a couple of weeks, due to sitting on the sidelines as an emergency player.
I agree he needs more bulk to help complete tackles on some of the bigger bodied players, and break tackles (as he likes to take the game on), but it doesn't seem that long ago I used to cringe every time I saw skinny "kids" Glass, Embley and Hunter turn over the ball in defensive 50, kick OOB under heat, panicked passes to senior players in worse position under pressure...

Given game time to learn the pace of playing at AFL level, I think Swift has the ability and poise to improve (not scared to run with the ball), and will soon be a great site to see bursting out of the centre hitting JK on the chest fed by a perfect tap from Nic Nat...

 

[Jimmy_the_Gent]

Just re-watching the game.

Swift was good but I'm not sure his game was thread worthy. He certainly wasn't one of our prime movers.

Having said that, there were promising signs and you'd think there'd be upside once he gets a hang of the tempo. To me he looked like he struggled with that a bit.

Should hold his place easily.

 

[Swift Chubby]

Watched the replay, was very good playing a nice support role, but probably not toast-worthy.

He still looks like a twig f64.

One thing I noticed, and this was evidenced earlier back in 2009 - he might be a twig but christ he is strong. I remember back in his 2009 hot-streak he made a few very good players look foolish by just shoving them off the ball - and back then you couldn't see him if he stood sideways. He's lacked intensity in recent appearances and not got too involved, but yesterday he actually used his strength by laying many effective blocks/shepherds, and having the confidence to throw himself at the ball and hit the contest hard. If he could always attack contests like he does 'on occasion' and use his strength... he would be a lock in the 22.

 

[swannies]

Watched the replay, was very good playing a nice support role, but probably not toast-worthy.



One thing I noticed, and this was evidenced earlier back in 2009 - he might be a twig but christ he is strong. I remember back in his 2009 hot-streak he made a few very good players look foolish by just shoving them off the ball - and back then you couldn't see him if he stood sideways. He's lacked intensity in recent appearances and not got too involved, but yesterday he actually used his strength by laying many effective blocks/shepherds, and having the confidence to throw himself at the ball and hit the contest hard. If he could always attack contests like he does 'on occasion' and use his strength... he would be a lock in the 22.

I think that's the education process for him at the moment though SC. It's what I call the Rosa Morphing process. You're told you're not coming back until you can put your head over the ball, as Houlihan was told in '09, I think. Then suddenly you morph into a Rosa, from a quietish, softish outside runner to a hard at it outside runner.

The attack on the ball that led to Hurn's 40m snap in the last, look at Swift's attack on the contest, sliding recklessly (yes, I realise it was reckless, but I loved it all the same) into the contest spilling the ball, which Swift then chased down and handballed to Hurn. I haven't seen Swift attack the contest like that before. And on Rosa, some of his attacks on the aerial contest were insane.

 

[sTeeL]

He definately is still slight. Would love him to get up to be a bit more of a big bodied midfielder. Thats what would push him to top 3-4 mid at the club I think.

 

[zero]

a bit of perspective, hes a 20 year old with 20-odd games of AFL experience, playing in heavy rain. he is going to make some mistakes.

i personally thought he showed alot of poise and some very good disposal. he was tough at the contest, laid some good shephards and 1%s.

there was even a couple of disposals by hand and foot which were genuinely damaging

hopefully he can maintain this sort of form and build on it.

 

[None]

hey guys

i thought swift played decent for his first full game back

so since ive got a bit of spare time, i made some highlights. it involves all the good, and some extended shots of his hair

[YOUTUBE]ORdVz9hVy7Q[/YOUTUBE]

im planning to do one for hurn's bog performance too.

note: some things in this video may not have actually happened

 

[JADED]

hey guys

i thought swift played decent for his first full game back

so since ive got a bit of spare time, i made some highlights. it involves all the good, and some extended shots of his hair

note: some things in this video may not have actually happened

LMAO. That last highlight is editing genious. (almost)
He did some good things. Watching his highlights was what most of the game was like. Not all that pretty but got the job done.

 

[joeyavalanche]

hey guys

i thought swift played decent for his first full game back

so since ive got a bit of spare time, i made some highlights. it involves all the good, and some extended shots of his hair

[youtube]ORdVz9hVy7Q[/youtube]

im planning to do one for hurn's bog performance too.

note: some things in this video may not have actually happened

great highlights package.
im overseas at the moment so missed the game but going off those highlights and keeping in mind the weather conditions, swifty looked pretty good.

ive always been critical of his awareness but in those highlights not only is he getting the ball away in time, he is showing signs that he is up with the speed now and can use his smarts to handball/kick to someone is a really good spot.

some of those kicks were perfectly weighted!

can also see a bit more desperation in his game too, in one play he got to 2 separate contests and forced it over the boundary for us. not sure if this is due to him maturing or just a sheer showing on desperation to stay in the side.

either way hopefully he stays in and can build on this even further.

 

[ioppolo]

I was impressed with his game, did better then what I expected, and his courages effort in the last quarter ended in being a Hurn goal, and some of us are still complaining even after he had 23 disposals?

 

[wce4premiership]

Good attack on the ball and did cause it to spill free a few times. Favourite highlights (besides the beautiful left foot chip which i watched about 5 times) are the ball on the ming from kerr, then looks up and has a few people around, fires a 20 metre handball to the only free person who a lot of others wouldn't have even noticed there (perhaps an advantage of his neck?)

Also the play where he wins the ball and gets a great handball off to kerr only for his handball to be overshadowed by kerrs freakish skills

 

[cornbread]

Watching those highlights, he really looks like one of the missing pieces of the puzzle. Fantastic on the inside.

 

[WaltzingMatera]

Watching those highlights, he really looks like one of the missing pieces of the puzzle. Fantastic on the inside.

Great goal at the end!!

 

[Wet Toast Rule]

Needs another year or two to grow into his body.

But yeah I reckon he will be very good inside. Perhaps will replace Kerry as that inside player with a damaging handball (we can only hope).

 

[EaglesNflowers]

Swift and Darling were both highly rated a year or so out from the draft and both slid due to different reasons. I love how WC dolls the dice and takes punts. These guys are just bonus first rounders as far as i'm concerned. Notte didn't work out but you take the good with the bad.

 

[WCEbrody]

hey guys

i thought swift played decent for his first full game back

so since ive got a bit of spare time, i made some highlights. it involves all the good, and some extended shots of his hair

[youtube]ORdVz9hVy7Q[/youtube]

im planning to do one for hurn's bog performance too.

note: some things in this video may not have actually happened

Didnt really see much of him at the game but gee he did some pretty good things in that video,just need to pump more games into him/bulk him up and he should be the goods

 

[AbbraCadaver]

Will be a very good player in 2-3 years; Kerr-like on the inside, but has the pace, skills and knowledge to play outside as well.

 

[the harry]

Hadn't seen any of the game and just watched that video, if swift tries that hard every game we'll have a player. I don't think anyone can dispute his foot or hand skills from that footage, but the play that set up Hurns snap.... He has to hold his place

 

[eaglespremiers]

Just because a player gets caught once or twice doesn't make him slow. The fastest players in the league get caught sometimes.

Yeah, Garlett got caught by Fletcher in a game-saving tackle.

 

[eaglespremiers]

I like Swift. He is one of our most creative midfielders. He's always, always looking to create space and forward movement with his disposals. This is very different to guys like Scooter and Masten who tend to treat the footy like a hot potato and hands off to the first human they see.

Swift frustrates because you can tell he doesn't want to revert to this hot potato style, just because it's AFL pace. He gets caught a lot because he's always looking for the best option and that means holding onto the ball that bit longer. He also does this with his kicking, where he tries to be a bit too cute with his left.

He's absolutely worth persisting with, because that creativity is already there, once his decision making speeds up, and it becomes a bit more natural at AFL tempo, he's going to make a sick inside mid. He really has loads of talent, it just needs to click.

Spot on.

When he starts doing what he did against the Dogs in that centre-square contest that day (i.e. busting through three players with the ball) he will start coming into his own.

Going to be a hard task from here to hold his side but it's a week-by-week proposition and he deserves to hold his spot this week.

 

[EaglesNflowers]

He's a mini Kerr. A few more flaws but he definitely reminds me of Kerr before he became an elite of the competition. I'm glad we have depth and are able to forego a top draft pick like Masten. Other clubs would keep playing those draft picks in blind faith.

 

[ziad]

He's a mini Kerr. A few more flaws but he definitely reminds me of Kerr before he became an elite of the competition. I'm glad we have depth and are able to forego a top draft pick like Masten. Other clubs would keep playing those draft picks in blind faith.

Masten has shown glimpses and enough to be persevered with, but you are right, he was a pick 30+ at 3.

 

[SHURN]

Anyone else notice Swift's head smack the turf leading up to Hurn's final goal?
Looked pretty nasty. He must be desperate to stay in the team. Really encouraging display on Sunday. I've always been a fan.