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  • dejavoodoo44
    Veterans List
    • Apr 2015
    • 9841

    #61
    CBAs for yesterday's match: Rowbottom 27, Grundy 21, Serong 19, Gulden 18, Green 10, Sheldrick 9, Papley 8, Cleary 7, Cootee 3, Campbell 1 and Roberts 1. Also, Mills and Wicks both got a centre clearance, without lining up in the centre square.

    Credit to Serong for adapting so quickly. Good to see Rowbottom spending more time in his natural position. Wouldn’t mind a few more attendances from Campbell, who's possibly in career best form.

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    • mcs
      Travelling Swannie!!
      • Jul 2007
      • 8382

      #62
      Serong is one of those guys that you can tell to go anywhere and he will just get stuck in and compete. Even had time at full forward resting yesterday. Can do everything.

      Good to see Rowy back where he belongs too. I know partially in requirement of absolute need at the moment, but he has to play in his best position, simple as that.
      "You get the feeling that like Monty Python's Black Knight, the Swans would regard amputation as merely a flesh wound."

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      • longmile
        Crumber
        • Apr 2011
        • 3479

        #63
        I’d be playing Mills full time in the midfield. He did amazingly in that role a few years ago. Surely they can cover him in defence.

        Thought wicks did an amazing job covering for Blakey yesterday

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        • mcs
          Travelling Swannie!!
          • Jul 2007
          • 8382

          #64
          Originally posted by longmile
          I’d be playing Mills full time in the midfield. He did amazingly in that role a few years ago. Surely they can cover him in defence.

          Thought wicks did an amazing job covering for Blakey yesterday
          Wicks has been bloody amazing since I said he was finished as an AFL footballer and I don't know why they were trying him down back. His decision making has gone from about 3/10 when he was a forward to a solid 9/10 as a defender. He still has a shonky disposal or 2 in him, but invariably he makes the right call far more often than not, he is a very good small defender 1 on 1, and he is increasing in stature as a leader down there.

          What to do with Mills is an interesting one - I tend to agree with how good he can be in the midfield, but I think he is underrated as a half back general by some - and I think we need him down back a little bit more. I think the fact we've found a superstar bargain in Serong has made all the difference - is there anywhere he can't play that bloke and do it well.

          It feels a bit like an old school Bloods midfield group from the CBAs listed by Deja above. Some grunt and a little bit of class - not one that is going to win games by ripping teams apart, but one that with the mix to put in the massive efforts that will be needed to keep us in the game and play enough of the game on our terms to have a chance.
          "You get the feeling that like Monty Python's Black Knight, the Swans would regard amputation as merely a flesh wound."

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          • Sandridge
            Outer wing, Lake Oval
            • Apr 2010
            • 2325

            #65
            Can anyone who was at the SCG yesterday give their thoughts on how many people left the ground after the AFLW game? Some media reports are that the number of walkouts was substantial but I also heard someone say that the number was relatively small.

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            • mcs
              Travelling Swannie!!
              • Jul 2007
              • 8382

              #66
              Originally posted by Sandridge
              Can anyone who was at the SCG yesterday give their thoughts on how many people left the ground after the AFLW game? Some media reports are that the number of walkouts was substantial but I also heard someone say that the number was relatively small.
              My friend that went to both games said there were definitely some that left - but he didn't think it was that many overall by the time you take into account the normal number that would have only attended the AFLW game (after all - even though the media won't admit it, there are some fans that are genuinely just interested in AFLW only too!)
              "You get the feeling that like Monty Python's Black Knight, the Swans would regard amputation as merely a flesh wound."

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              • Sandridge
                Outer wing, Lake Oval
                • Apr 2010
                • 2325

                #67
                Originally posted by mcs

                My friend that went to both games said there were definitely some that left - but he didn't think it was that many overall by the time you take into account the normal number that would have only attended the AFLW game (after all - even though the media won't admit it, there are some fans that are genuinely just interested in AFLW only too!)
                Thanks mcs !

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