I took it positively - it was in the context of them being very inexperienced, unestablished players. I don't think he meant to deride their ability.
That's true. My comment was more driven by the fact that (a) it drives me crazy when our supposedly elite midfield gets beaten by an inferior team and we lose the game and (b) it drives me even crazier when the media talk about the swans being "too buddy-focused", or "too dependent on buddy". It's simply not true.The previous time we beat Geelong at Kardinia Park (ages ago - way back in 2017) JPK didn't play.
It's easy to say a team is too dependent on a particular player when they've just put in a BOG performance but I reckon our team is even enough that they're not overly dependent on any individual. When someone is missing, others step up more often than not.
Jake Lloyd! wow! Don't coaches take into account poor disposal. Out on full anyone. He was very accurate with his kicks. Excelled at hitting Geelong players on the chest.
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So the AFL says that the goal given to Hayward in the 3rd quarter was a mistake by the person upstairs. You win some and you lose some.
What does the AFL know. It was Hayward's.
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We've been on the wrong end of numerous score reviews, goals getting overturned on almost no real evidence etc. Nice to have one go our way :-)
Funny, I ended up deciding it was Heeney's, assuming we have the same goal in mind. In one of the replays, apparently in line with the post and the boundary, you can see Heeney giving the ball a nudge with his heel as he goes past and turns his head to watch it go over. But I could be mistaken, and it's not surprising to see it go to Hayward who also played a fine game.
He reminds him of the guys, close-set, slow, and never rattled, who were play-makers on the team. (John Updike, seeing Josh Kennedy in a crystal ball)
I get the feeling the goal review is now favouring a goal unless strong evidence against it.
Heeney is the only one who could have scored, but he didn't seem to plead his case much.
Which he kicked after the ball had virtually crossed the line.....we had a win there (for a change!) but the score reviewers really need to lift their game and see actual reality.......it's mind boggling how many times they get reviews totally wrong. It begs the question......does the AFL train their officials to be totally frustratingly useless?
Or maybe it's just people (not robots), doing their best with limited technology, trying to work out things which aren't always cut and dried.
The NRL faces the same issues, probably more so, with officials increasingly hesitant to make onfield calls when video replay is available (but not always conclusive).
Regardless of whether it was a goal or not, it shouldn't have been awarded.
Should have been umpire's call.
But I'll take it
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Great post! Especially the balanced comments about Robinson. I have been a Robinson fan but was dismayed about his output on the weekend and I really appreciate and agree with the comments you made about him. I suspect he's been overtaken and is going to be delisted at the end of the year but we shouldn't be too quick to jump to that conclusion; he may turn it around yet as others have when they've had a better run at it. If he is delisted (getting far ahead of myself now) but I hope he gets another opportunity somewhere else (the Suns?) and makes a good go of it.
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