Boy that was hard work. The big plus for me was Reid on the ball. Much better value than his woeful wasting up forward. Just wish he would hold those easy marks.
Macca’s injury looked like a hip flexor strain or tear to me
Haven’t seen the game, so thanks RWO for all the word pictures of the win against the Blues.
"You get the feeling that like Monty Python's Black Knight, the Swans would regard amputation as merely a flesh wound."
Only saw the last quarter but McCartain looked good in defence. Very pleasing as we need more tall options down back. Dawson looked competitive in the one on ones and Thurlow was composed. Jones dynamic on ball which most probably means more time forward and in defence for Heeney and Mills respectively. JPK finding form but Parker looked off his usual form.
Agree with all of that. It will be very helpful Jones keep playing like that. He provides breakaway speed from the centre and his kicking has improved. It frees Heeney up to play forward and Mills to play back, where they both looked good today.
You can see Papley's development - he is making smart and mature decisions, as well as being reliably hard at it. No longer a pest; a leader.
A mention for Rampe too, who I thought was colossal back.
I can't believe people are complaining about the umpires - we got a very favourable run. Sure, there were some questionable decisions, (eg. in the back against Papley should have been HTB against Carlton), but overall a lot of soft frees called our way, I thought. For example, that last free to Heeney was called when earlier that quarter a similar situation down the other end was called play on. The free to Buddy for his first goal was very soft too - ridiculous that that's being paid these days, even if it was flagged during the week as something they were cracking down on.
I'm not getting too excited about that performance - it's only Carlton, but there were some encouraging signs. It's particularly pleasing that Kennedy & Jones did so well since Cripps is probably the best contested ball winner in the game. Reid looked very rusty, but perhaps with a few more games he'll start to come good. McCartin looked good down back too.
As for Heeney, it's clear that he reads the afl website...
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(Courtesy of "Sliding doors", afl.com.au)
Last edited by Beerman; 7th April 2019 at 09:49 AM.
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