Media Swans Talk in the Media 2022

[Ticky009]

Okay. Here is the video version of the Means test for those who like the visual

 

[Ticky009]

Full clip from Footy show Demons v Swans

 

[Kirkswan]

i know king has been quite bullish about the swans the past month or so, but i reckon that wrap of friday night's game delivered us a bunch of back-handed compliments ... the reference to callum mills just "doing the basics over and over" was one example
i shouldn't grumble ... but it seemed he was trying as hard as he could not to give us due credit, praising through gritted teeth

Sorry but that's just paranoia creeping in...

There were no back-handed compliments, King has been lauding us from the Essendon game.

He noted the things we improved, issues we faced, and overall effort.

And btw, that is exactly what Mills does. He performs the basics at the highest possible level, over and over again. It takes skill, commitment and grit, and he has all three in spades!

 

[Millky95]

Sorry but that's just paranoia creeping in...

There were no back-handed compliments, King has been lauding us from the Essendon game.

He noted the things we improved, issues we faced, and overall effort.

And btw, that is exactly what Mills does. He performs the basics at the highest possible level, over and over again. It takes skill, commitment and grit, and he has all three in spades!

If anything he talked more about Melbourne than us in general

 

[caesar88]

AFL Exchange had an interesting chat about who our most important player is in our flag tilt. Though they all agreed on Papley, it was nice to see some different names thrown up beyond the generic responses. And some Hickey love too. From the 15:20 mark.

https://afl.app.link/K70AtLgu5sb

 

[Kiama Chris]

Sorry but that's just paranoia creeping in...

There were no back-handed compliments, King has been lauding us from the Essendon game.

He noted the things we improved, issues we faced, and overall effort.

And btw, that is exactly what Mills does. He performs the basics at the highest possible level, over and over again. It takes skill, commitment and grit, and he has all three in spades!

How I took it too. He seemed to me to be kinda suggesting why Millsy had been flying under the radar a bit. He's on the bus.

 

[BloodySwan]

AFL Exchange had an interesting chat about who our most important player is in our flag tilt. Though they all agreed on Papley, it was nice to see some different names thrown up beyond the generic responses. And some Hickey love too. From the 15:20 mark.

https://afl.app.link/K70AtLgu5sb

3rd one they highlighted was Tom McCartin. Said we don't have anyone else who can fill that role, and you have to agree. Rampe could play as a lock down defender again and would probably do it in a pinch but we're much better placed with T McCartin as our linchpin

 

[caesar88]

3rd one they highlighted was Tom McCartin. Said we don't have anyone else who can fill that role, and you have to agree. Rampe could play as a lock down defender again and would probably do it in a pinch but we're much better placed with T McCartin as our linchpin

Yep I thought it was a very astute call, and unsurprisingly it came from Sarah Olle who is a Swans fan and knows our team better beyond the Buddy/Heeney/Mills extent.

 

[mattpolo8]

What did Josh Jenkins

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Josh Jenkins

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200cm

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108kg

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Last 5

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12.9

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9.1

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3.8

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5.1

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2.4

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2.1

5star

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11.0

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K

7.6

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3.4

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4.6

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1.2

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1.6

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say about us yesterday? bedford

 

[bedford]

What did Josh Jenkins say about us yesterday? bedford

He ate humble pie lol

 

[the hypnotoad]

Sorry but that's just paranoia creeping in...

There were no back-handed compliments, King has been lauding us from the Essendon game.

He noted the things we improved, issues we faced, and overall effort.

And btw, that is exactly what Mills does. He performs the basics at the highest possible level, over and over again. It takes skill, commitment and grit, and he has all three in spades!

yeah, i get that, but you could use that argument for every great player ... "they do the basics well" ...
to me, that describes someone like george hewett ... i just think mills (like other great players) is more than that
leigh montagna the other night praised angus brayshaw as "the best two-way runner in the league"
a month or so ago someone else put that label on mills, which i agree with, and which indicates he's more than just doing the basics well

i wasn't really having a hard go at king's comments, they just seemed to be underplaying the swans' efforts generally the other night, and more talking about what melbourne didn't do ... just expecting more enthusiastic praise for a team who stormed into the final four by comprehensively beating the defending premiers

 

[Ticky009]

Three swans mentioned in Heroes

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[Dubai Quacker]

Three swans mentioned in Heroes

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… and “Clamps” is also deemed a hero in the commentary around Salem.

 

[caesar88]

I don't wanna continue the "woe is us" fest, but geez I didn't like Slobbo's comments in that segment about how we didn't have many brilliant players but that we played as a team.

THEY ARE THE SAME ******* THING!

I honestly can't wait for the day when footy media heads realise that the best players are the ones that create wins, not the ones that look the most exciting or have the most highlights or get the biggest stats. I doubt this dawn will happen in my lifetime though.

 

[Dubai Quacker]

Press conference about to start whereby the AFL will doubtless announce the end of all games being free-to-air.

Foxtel 1 AFL fans 0

 

[RUNVS]

Press conference about to start whereby the AFL will doubtless announce the end of all games being free-to-air.

Foxtel 1 AFL fans 0

Yep, terrible for the growth of the game.

 

[Millky95]

But how good is advertising profits and sports gambling ads?!

 

[RUNVS]

But how good is advertising profits and sports gambling ads?!

and gambling ads are what it is all about.

 

[Membling]

So, NRL free hit on Saturdays.

Gonna be great for the growth up North. Absolutely brain dead deal from AFL on that front.

 

[RUNVS]

So, NRL free hit on Saturdays.

Gonna be great for the growth up North. Absolutely brain dead deal from AFL on that front.

Yep. It is truly moronic and signing such a long deal means it can't be fixed any time soon.

 

[Millky95]

I don't get why the AFL just doesn't go:

7: Friday Night, Saturday Arvo, Sunday twilight
9: Saturday Arvo, Saturday Night, Sunday arvo
10: Saturday twilight, Saturday Night, Sunday arvo
Foxtel: Everything, own commentators on each game

That way every game is FTA, Foxtel still get exclusive commentary and every game with no ads

Oh right, short term money.

 

[RUNVS]

Anyone else feeling angry about this deal?

 

[Kiama Chris]

… and “Clamps” is also deemed a hero in the commentary around Salem.

Clamps = cult hero
Norfs loss, our gain. Took a while but......

 

[mattpolo8]

interesting media head honchos emphatically want the night grand final

 

[Millky95]

interesting media head honchos emphatically want the night grand final

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