From my layman's view of the world, it just looks like sometimes Jones 'stabs' his kicks a bit instead of kicking through it - for often his poor kicks end up dropping just short of the intended target and consequently getting intercepted.
He is so important to our structures though, we need him to fire in the finals to be achance.
"You get the feeling that like Monty Python's Black Knight, the Swans would regard amputation as merely a flesh wound."
All I wanted from this game was the result you'd normally expect from in-form Swans v Blues, to erase the nadir of round 6. Job done!
It was pretty special to be there for the Buddy show. The whole place was just going nuts every time he went near the ball. I think even my kids (3 and 5), who normally don't pay much attention, realised something special was happening. Hard to pick a favourite goal, but I'll go with the round the corner from the pocket at the Randwick end from an incredibly tight angle (about number 7 or 8 I think?) The big groan when he missed 11 was pretty funny.
Some other nice moments too, Rohan's concern for opposition injury (and respect for Armfield at the end), plus his comedy crowd moment. And as I arrived very early for once, I sat behind the goals not far from Kenny and spotted him having a long and obviously very warm chat with Jed Lamb pre-warmup.
If I had a criticism: last H&A game of the year, the crowd basking in the warm glow of victory but...not a whole lot of crowd acknowledgement at the end and no kick to kick! Not that I ever expect it but I'd like to be surprised once in a while.
If I had a criticism: last H&A game of the year, the crowd basking in the warm glow of victory but...not a whole lot of crowd acknowledgement at the end and no kick to kick! Not that I ever expect it but I'd like to be surprised once in a while.[/QUOTE]
The crowd is always a bit subdued at the end when they announce there's no kick-to-kick .
It hasn't rained for ages, so whats the reason ?
There have only been two or more three for the whole year. They flog the balls at merchandise stalls.
It brings so much joi-de-vere and the kids go home saying "that was great Dad".
Hewitt rolled his ankle. He was walking around post game no issues, no ice.
As for the performance of the midfield the main reason we lost the first six was no Mitchell and no support for Joey. We had a few injuries but it took them a while to sort out who was going to go in and get the ball out to our runners.
Was ruthless injured in the second quarter?
Glad he got back on the ground.
Really can't afford for ruthless to be off the ground for one second during the next month.
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