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(04-06-2019, 05:49 AM)PaulP link Wrote:Agree.
I'd like to have your optimism at present, and believe I am by nature a very optimistic person -- put my money where my mouth is and upgraded my upgrade membership, such was the hope.
What worries me deeply, PP, which I've said elsewhere, is that it is now an ingrained habit (losing) at our club. Breaking through that will require something dramatic (and breaking through means winning games against good sides in good form apply good pressure). Yes, we might win a game or two and feel terrific but the bottom line is that when we meet any reasonable side (or better) that applies pressure we fold... or in modern speak, we go to our default position - chasing clacker. We give up.
The BB message, for whatever reason, is not getting through. How long do we want more of the same? Rest of the year? This year and next?
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(04-06-2019, 06:04 AM)DamonBlue link Wrote:It’s telling to me that the ‘positives’ we identify are almost always about individual players - not about the way we play as a team. I suspect Sydney talk way more about the latter.
Yes, I agree. This is where we have to get to IMHO.
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(04-06-2019, 05:43 AM)spf link Wrote:Heeney aside, their best players consistently are still Parker, Kennedy, Rampe and McVeigh. It's the wise heads at key times that steady. When you compare them to Murphy, Thomas, Ed Curnow and Simpson, then there is a stark contrast.
Mills, Heeney and Jones are their next rung, but they play that system well, players know where to run and what to do, no matter who they bring in. Buddy brings the cream, but the others get the job done.
This is a good summary spf.
I'd add, Swans ability to possess the ball and adapt the tempo to advantage, and it's a done deal.
The cream on top for mine is, despite maintaining possession, the Swans also dominated in tackling and defensive pressure.
We haven't got the small forward role working just yet. We also lack speed out of defense and between the arcs.
That all said, our talented youngsters blundered (as did a limited older tall) a couple of sitters early. Had this gone the other way, the momentum and psychological attack may have seen a different outcome. Small errors with big impact = small improvement results in getting over the line. Not the end of the world imo, but clear areas to improve and instruction to our scouts.
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looking at the stats, simply too many passengers again....
Dow, Polson, Gibbons, Setters, LoB - simply not enough.
I will be furious if Kennedy is not injured? He should have played.
Did the Gov get injured?
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(04-06-2019, 06:05 AM)Baggers link Wrote:I'd like to have your optimism at present, and believe I am by nature a very optimistic person -- put my money where my mouth is and upgraded my upgrade membership, such was the hope.
What worries me deeply, PP, which I've said elsewhere, is that it is now an ingrained habit (losing) at our club. Breaking through that will require something dramatic (and breaking through means winning games against good sides in good form apply good pressure). Yes, we might win a game or two and feel terrific but the bottom line is that when we meet any reasonable side (or better) that applies pressure we fold... or in modern speak, we go to our default position - chasing clacker. We give up.
The BB message, for whatever reason, is not getting through. How long do we want more of the same? Rest of the year? This year and next?
I like Bolton, and I want him to succeed, but unlike the love of my life Ratten, I have no allegiance to Bolton one way or the other. I simply don't believe after all our recent experiences, that sacking the coach will solve anything.
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I'd be playing Setters, Dow, LOB in the 2s....
They need to learn to dominate a game - not be part time side acts....
Bolton must go if we're winless by the bye... the abject lack of a game plan - or a Plan B - is stark.
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Whose idea was it to play Ed as a defensive forward/midfielder? That was never going to work 
One of the main things I took away is that Simmo is a liability in defence; he is often out of position and is too easily out bodied by taller, heavier opponents. I think that he needs to play on the wing or with the NBs.
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(04-06-2019, 06:11 AM)flyboy77 link Wrote:I'd be playing Setters, Dow, LOB in the 2s....
They need to learn to dominate a game - not be part time side acts....
Bolton must go if we're winless by the bye... the abject lack of a game plan - or a Plan B - is stark. Who comes in though?
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(04-06-2019, 06:09 AM)PaulP link Wrote:I like Bolton, and I want him to succeed, but unlike the love of my life Ratten, I have no allegiance to Bolton one way or the other. I simply don't believe after all our recent experiences, that sacking the coach will solve anything.
I like Bolton too. Seems like a terrific, chirpy, upbeat kinda fella.
Although it might sound pedantic and just semantics but for me it's not about simply sacking BB. It's about understanding that we must now put someone in charge of this group who has been to the mountain top, someone who has had experience at molding a young group into a continual top 4 side. It's about entrusting this group to experience, not experiment.
BB was probably just the right bloke to keep the fans patient during a rebuild but now we need experience at the helm, otherwise a wonderful opportunity may just slide away.
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(04-06-2019, 06:09 AM)PaulP link Wrote:I like Bolton, and I want him to succeed, but unlike the love of my life Ratten, I have no allegiance to Bolton one way or the other. I simply don't believe after all our recent experiences, that sacking the coach will solve anything.
That is pretty much how I feel. Given everything that has happened, we simply have to stay the course.
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