07-14-2019, 11:59 AM
Watched the replay... not a great game to watch.
Few things:
The free kicks for a small hold around the ball up - I reckon it was 10-0 Sydney's way.
Sydney players love putting their head down charging at the ball and then throwing the head back as if they've been hit.
W@nk#rs / cheats.
Newman's game was better than I first thought. BOG by a mile.
Curnow shutting down Parker was very important. He's been going at 30-odd per match for the past couple of months and Ed kept him very quiet whilst having 28 himself.
The most noticeable thing for us was how many players we kept in our forward line. I remember under BB Harry kept very high and constantly trying to get the ball kicked over his head so we could get a fast break. It literally never happened and Harry looked utterly baffled by it. He got all of his possessions leading up.
The Swans were just trying to suck all their numbers back and get cheap goals out the back by handballing through the middle. It took so much effort from our mids to apply enough pressure to stop this. Caused those rushed kicks forward by the Swans which Newman mopped up as the loose man. His kicking was elite all day.
The effort was what won the game. Our blokes just ran their guts out all day.
Few things:
The free kicks for a small hold around the ball up - I reckon it was 10-0 Sydney's way.
Sydney players love putting their head down charging at the ball and then throwing the head back as if they've been hit.
W@nk#rs / cheats.
Newman's game was better than I first thought. BOG by a mile.
Curnow shutting down Parker was very important. He's been going at 30-odd per match for the past couple of months and Ed kept him very quiet whilst having 28 himself.
The most noticeable thing for us was how many players we kept in our forward line. I remember under BB Harry kept very high and constantly trying to get the ball kicked over his head so we could get a fast break. It literally never happened and Harry looked utterly baffled by it. He got all of his possessions leading up.
The Swans were just trying to suck all their numbers back and get cheap goals out the back by handballing through the middle. It took so much effort from our mids to apply enough pressure to stop this. Caused those rushed kicks forward by the Swans which Newman mopped up as the loose man. His kicking was elite all day.
The effort was what won the game. Our blokes just ran their guts out all day.