Yep. Is lacking real confidence. Needs to go hard in the twos for two weeks.Hayward was gutless last night , s*it himself more than once
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Yep. Is lacking real confidence. Needs to go hard in the twos for two weeks.Hayward was gutless last night , s*it himself more than once
Agree....used to be able to put your house on him. That broken jaw may have shaken a bit of confidence from him....probably will take a few weeks to get right back into the swing of things and build the confidence again.Hayward has been my vote as our best set shot for goal pretty much from his first game but he's been missing some very easy shots lately, by his or any forward's standards.
Started the year brilliantly but seems to be struggling atm.
Great photo of Allir. Had to steal that for my Avatar if you don't mind?Not a bad effort especially when Josh & George had to leave the park. If only Sinclair & Hayward had kicked straighter in Q4. Sinclair needs help in the ruck, Naismith's return cant come soon enough. Interesting response from Horse post game "Sometimes you lose a game you don’t go backwards". Loved the linked arms at the end of the game, super cool vibe re: Sir Doug Nicholls round . Enjoy a fab pic of a high flying Aliir Aliir that I managed to snaffle on the Dane Rampe Randwick end back pocket
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Bloody good effort by the boys. Commentators ranted on about how many the Pies had out but we had more and better players out. Half of our injured are All-Australiansn not fringe dwellers. Would have loved a win against the filth but our young team should take a lot of heart from this game. Buddy will get better with a run of injury free games but more importantly our young forwards will keep developing. Horse has been using plans A - Z as we find ways to get back into games and the team have adapted their game style on the fly, despite a lack of senior leaders. Clarke has found a real niche as a run with player. Kennedy is refreshed (and I hope not too badly injured). Hewett has come of age. Dawson emerging. Heeney, Papley, Hayward, Florent are all becoming ore consistently good. Pressure from the NEAFL keeping eveeryone on their toes. I reckon the mood in the camp must be very positive. These guys would be realising by now that if they pull together and stick together they are going to be unstoppable. The Bloods once more reincarnated. I'm convinced this will be a team we'll talk about for decades.
Lol fringe players??? We had 6 of our 10 players out!!!!
Adams
De Goey
Elliott
Moore
Langdon
Cox
These 6 are automatic selection when fit week in week out!
Below are fringe players who are players
Varcoe
Sharenberg
Watched the last quarter again, and the reality is if we take all our chances in the first 10 minutes, we would of had at least a 3 goal lead maybe 4. We were all over them and that was sans JPK and Hewett. The style of play was exciting and but for a few things (I cant believe people calling Hayward selfish when my favourite Swan is the biggest culprit...yes you Mr Papley) we may have held onto a win. Nicholls seemed to have something against us for most of the night as well. I think Sinclair deserves a bit of credit for his effort. He battled all night and didnt do as badly as some when you look at the Grundy hit outs to advantage..and not forgetting about 8 of them where in the last 10 minutes) We should be pretty optimistic about how the team is shaping up. Hearing about Menzel and Bell in the seconds gives us more optimism about a short rebuild, thats without mentioning Rowbottoms 10 tackles and high possie count.
The interesting thing now is Horse. I will concede I dont think he has lost the players as I believed earlier in the year. I am probably a little unsure right now about where I see him, although I am quiet sure Norf will throw plenty at him, particularly if Scott was on $800k.......Fair dinkum, that club has no idea on how to spend money.
Will be interesting to see where it all goes.
You should have been around before 2010 , Robbie was tough , but there was room for a fair bit of disagreement as long as it didn't resort to personal insults. That is where the ignore button is handy.THIS.
Treat this as a warning
I'm not in a particularly good mood today to play nice. There's been way too much of the personal insults & playing the man lately.
Well I can't , it's a disgrace such a good player can be so dumb , but you excuse it . God help us.Rampe leads the defence as well as taking on the best forward. Given the stress I can forgive the odd brain fade.
Haha mate we lost, they had double the scoring shots, had half their best 22 out. In essence I was correct.
Mod edit: Everyone, please stop playing the man or infractions will be handed out.
The two injuries mid game hurt
The youth is neither here nor there to me
Home side against a depleted pies probably should win
Not like average age of our side was much different to their
Richmond younger and won
Pies team had 17 players 25 or over
Richmond team had 12
We had 9
Average age can be pretty misleading. Doesn’t at all indicate where the balance of the age profile of your players are.
Pies midfield was largely in tact. To lose Hewett and then Kennedy, from a midfield group seen as a couple of cogs below that of the Pies (who are considered one of, if not the best group) and still compete, is highly commendable.
richmond still had less experience than us, can skew it anyway you want
i just think going down 2 rotations was more impactful than youth
Sydney has expensive real estate and hence, there is a real lack of training houses down. As the property market decreases the quality of the Swans preseason will increase.i was but like i said earlier, why does it take so long into the season for us to perform like this consistently. it has happened two out of the last three years. whose responsible for that?
They played Essendon who we also beat. Not sure the relevance of Richmond anyway.
You’re 100% right about the rotations, particularly who they were (ie. you lose Hayward and Blakey - not as bad). Arguably our two best inside players against a dominant midfield.
Essendon are carrying a few
I’m saying every time we lose it’s because of kids is largely a cop out
If the experienced blokes around the kids aren't good enough then I think it's a fair excuse. Sir Dane's been in All Australian form this year but he had a shocker the other night, even before his brain-fade he just seemed nervy with ball in hand. Parker I've already been over. Kennedy gets injured (and was a turnover merchant all night anyway). Buddy didn't look 100% and was being silly. Reid and Lloyd were senior blokes who really excelled but that's two.
Richmond, Collingwood etc have a lot of good experienced players in the form of their lives, makes it easier for the kids to look good.
You admonished me quite rightly. I should have expressed it better. No reflection on the kids character. But I think it is true he is playing selfish in the sense that he is trying to do the game winning or game changing thing. Maybe he is taking on too much responsibility. He has lost form which is understandable after a broken jaw. Its no shame to spend a bit of time in the seconds to get his confidence back. He is a long term player for the club.He isn't selfish, doesn't have a pattern of it puts his body on the line for the team whilst being lightly framed. Does one act perceived as selfish and posters labelling him for it. He made an error in judgement in taking the responsibility of the kick and not staying alert to other opportunities. If he skies the kick to Blakey in the rush and it gets spoilt he then cops it worse. He failed to kick the goal, was a disappointing clutch moment but lay off the character assassination he will hopefully learn from it.
You admonished me quite rightly. I should have expressed it better. No reflection on the kids character. But I think it is true he is playing selfish in the sense that he is trying to do the game winning or game changing thing. Maybe he is taking on too much responsibility. He has lost form which is understandable after a broken jaw. Its no shame to spend a bit of time in the seconds to get his confidence back. He is a long term player for the club.
Love the silver lining. As a club we have always done well in depressions. 1933 premiersSydney has expensive real estate and hence, there is a real lack of training houses down. As the property market decreases the quality of the Swans preseason will increase.
This is something Ao personally have been waiting to see since the last time he went ballistic. He has the talent. Just doesn't quite get there on most occasions. I think he drops confidence if he misses the first kick at goal. This bloke has been the best pack Mark we have since his arrival. But has never quite come on. I hope this is the start of something special.I know the Reid bashers won't change their minds but maybe they'll at least shut up for a week
Said with love
Will needs a spell in the reserves. He has been poor for most of the season. Rose or Ronke both deserve another go but so does Menzell. Kicked 5 and his pressure was good.Here's what is sure to be an unpopular opinion: Hayward out for Rose. Please and thank you.