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Arrived home feeling like I'd just spent a few months with Scott in the Antarctic. Nevertheless we put in a reasonable effort for Simmo's 300th. Second qtr was very ordinary and missed chances and some baffling umpire calls generally ensured we weren't in the hunt. We no doubt have some exciting emerging talent, Charlie, Fish, Pickett stood out for me but we have too many very ordinary lesser lights and Levi had a particularly bad one.
Good to see Simmo with his 38 possessions for his big milestone.
Bit of work for SoS to do in the draft/trade periods.
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It was disappointing that we couldn’t get the job done for Simmo but I think that we used most our gas in the third quarter.
Kennedy showed a bit today and I reckon he has good career ahead oh him. He looked dangerous when he went forward too.
Poison had a crack and he was very unlucky with the 50m penalties. I thought one wasn’t there and the other was borderline but a lot of the umpiring was hard to follow.
Simmo, Cripps and Ed worked their butts off and Rowe was very good; probably the best game I’ve seen him play since his injury.
It’s probably uncharitable to mention it, and good on them for travelling interstate to support their team, but so many Port supporters are very unattractive ????
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(06-30-2018, 08:52 AM)blue4life link Wrote:The transformation in Jones has been astounding, he'd be among the first half dozen picked these days and he'd get a game at most AFL clubs.
Do we chalk him up to Malthouse?
Iirc MM is a family friend of Liam's?
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(06-30-2018, 08:49 AM)Gointocarlton link Wrote:I saw the seven tackles stat, pretty sure they were in the second half mostly, did SFA for the first two. I just can work out what his role is.
Sometimes that's the issue. Players are confused as to their roles. The Swans strength is to make good players out of the ordinary by simply giving those players roles they are suited too.
Not that it made a difference but....
The Garlett "no goal" where Pickett looked to have touched it was a bit dubious from the replay at first viewing.
It was hard to see a touch as Pickett appeared to move his hand away and it wasn't clear to me he'd touched it.
I'd like to see it again.
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(06-30-2018, 08:52 AM)cookie2 link Wrote:Arrived home feeling like I'd just spent a few months with Scott in the Antarctic. Nevertheless we put in a reasonable effort for Simmo's 300th. Second qtr was very ordinary and missed chances and some baffling umpire calls generally ensured we weren't in the hunt. We no doubt have some exciting emerging talent, Charlie, Fish, Pickett stood out for me but we have too many very ordinary lesser lights and Levi had a particularly bad one.
Good to see Simmo with his 38 possessions for his big milestone.
Bit of work for SoS to do in the draft/trade periods.
Yes, the bottom half dozen today a real worry but remember when you flick that 6 or so (Mullet,Polson, Lamb to name but 3) and replace with Willo, Doc, Marchy, Plow (and add Daisy and a fit Lang/Byrne into that mix)....that's a big uplift in quality and output, more importantly.
Reckon the Pickett/Garlett duo will give many a team headaches for years to come. Garlett looks laconic but doubt he is....should be thrown into the guts or in Mullet's role at HBF to get him involved and up to speed some times....
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(06-30-2018, 08:49 AM)Baggers link Wrote:Stunk: Weitering, Casboult, Mullett and Lamb. All made rookie mistakes and handed easy possessions to Port. Being so close we got to see just how slow Weitering is.
Polson stunk it up too, bugger all touches which included a few absolute howlers plus a dumb 50 metres.
It's never good to bag kids early on but there's no use trying to sugar coat it.
I thought that Lamb was OK to be honest, and I'm not a fan.
It was Garlett's best game for us easily.
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(06-30-2018, 08:55 AM)laj link Wrote:Sometimes that's the issue. Players are confused as to their roles. The Swans strength is to make good players out of the ordinary by simply giving those players roles they are suited too. I saw him try run with SPP for a little bit. Most of the time, he seems to wander around aimlessly without an opponent pointing to spaces, gesturing, but not anything in particular. Not suggesting he the reason we lost today, I just dont understand his role or what his contribution to the side is ATM. I said in another thread, he seems "lost" most of the time to me. He is young and they are getting games into him, I get that. Other than that...
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(06-30-2018, 08:52 AM)cookie2 link Wrote:Arrived home feeling like I'd just spent a few months with Scott in the Antarctic. Nevertheless we put in a reasonable effort for Simmo's 300th. Second qtr was very ordinary and missed chances and some baffling umpire calls generally ensured we weren't in the hunt. We no doubt have some exciting emerging talent, Charlie, Fish, Pickett stood out for me but we have too many very ordinary lesser lights and Levi had a particularly bad one.
Good to see Simmo with his 38 possessions for his big milestone.
Bit of work for SoS to do in the draft/trade periods.
Know the feeling! Glad we made the trip though for the champ's 300th... and what a game he put in. Contract extension for 2019? Yep.
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(06-30-2018, 08:52 AM)blue4life link Wrote:The transformation in Jones has been astounding, he'd be among the first half dozen picked these days and he'd get a game at most AFL clubs.
Do we chalk him up to Malthouse?
I don't think he's transformed - he's a frustrating player and a tease. One week (like today) very good, then the next week, dumb as dogsh1t and gets 8 kicked on him.
Delisted by the Dogs, almost delisted by us, and has only really shown positive signs under Bolton. And the same goes for Daisy, who has only earned his keep in the last couple of seasons.
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