Fortune favors the brave.
If Pyke isn't 100% he shouldn't be playing.
End of story.
Fortune favors the brave.
If Pyke isn't 100% he shouldn't be playing.
End of story.
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Oh, you spotted Towers, Annie? I was at the game and I didn't realise that he was playing until after half time. Though it could've had something do with my attention being elsewhere, I suspect that it had more to do with his somewhat anonymous on-field presence. Actually, what I did notice about Towers, is that in his photo in the AFL Record, he strongly resembles a startled marsupial caught in the headlights. Unfortunately, his disposals and decision making also seem to have a strong element of startled marsupial.
Laidler received a fine for striking Christiansen in the second quarter. I don't recall that incident, does anyone remember seeing this?
The strange thing is even when winning we tend to find the areas we perceive as weakness , rightly or wrongly !
So the obvious questions " could our coaching department and leadership group be that stupid to pick towers and Pyke ahead of other players in the squad ? "
Do we have that much Intel to know that picking towers and or Pyke right is idiotic compared to other players ?
Or do these two players match our game plan best right now with the players we have available ?
Ummm, no. But the general consensus among the other Swans fans in my general vicinity at the Gabba, was that Christiansen, while at Geelong, had taken notice of the Selwood method of free kick harvesting, and thus, he was constantly ducking down and then throwing his head back. So it's possible that during his numerous attempts at feigning head contact, Laidler may have actually hit him? Who's to know?
Thankfully, by about half way through the third quarter, the umpires had seemed to have waken up to him and were ignoring his performances.
There's footage of the incident on the latest episode of 'Charged' on the AFL website. It's a gut punch off the ball.
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