The positives thread

[Xie Shan]

I'm going to have to report any post that tries to take any positives from tonight's game

[573v30]

Funny how the only positive doesn't directly involve the Swans...

[Robbo]

The only positive from tonight is that Brisbane lost.

[ugg]

Last time, goals at 3q time = 2. This time = 6. That's a 300% improvement!
We're playing finals

[smasher]

I would love to see Roos throw Bird into the midfield.He said he is going with youth but as well as bringing in others he could give Bird a new role.

[AnnieH]

I just thought of another ....

Micky O should be back soon.

[Lohengrin]

But like Roos, I was hoping for 100% effort from all of the team, not just most.

Oh!

- Hall's form
- Buchanan's run
- Bird's progress
- Bevan's defence
- J Bolton's solid performance

[Lucky Knickers]

Sorry Liz I haven't been giving my all!
1. Fosdike being back
2. Bird continued growth in confidence - reminds me of Willo
3. Bazza playing good night football
4. Goodes not being too hobbled - did some nice things and kicked a couple of goodies from tight angles (which I love)
I feel quite positive about the Hall/Goodes set up in the F50. It's going to take a little time for them to click but this has lots of potential to be very damaging.
5. Kennelly played with a lot more confidence
6. Crouch straightens us up nicely - is an excellent example to Kennelly and Mattner
7. LRT wasn't too dusty
8. Ted continues to contribute each week
9. Amon's return was not to shabby
10. Kirky is a champion
11. Jude is playing his best footy and looks really confident and sure of himself

[liz]

Really? Most of the first couple of pages look like positives.

But like Roos, I was hoping for 100% effort from all of the team, not just most.

[barry]

The way to beat Geelong, is man on man footy 100% of the time. Dont allow them to have a loose man to accept a handball to defuse trouble.

We didnt do that by any stretch of the imagination.

On the positive note, Hall was sensational.

[Mr Magoo]

I wasnt overly dissapointed with the effort on Saturday night. Scoreline was probably where expected but a couple of things influenced this :

1. Geelong absolutely kill you on the turnover for mistakes. they are a very good team who are probably only beatable if you are at 100% and they are not.
2. It seems that the men in yellow were sent out in the first quarter to ensure that we didnt get into the hunt. If they hadnt so overly influenced the game at that time , Geelong may not have played with such confidence after that.
3. we still arent totally fluent with the play on game but we are getting better at it.
4. Bird showed some glimpes of real brilliance , that jinking run to send into the forward fifty was brilliant. he is the future of our midfield.
5. The usual suspects mentioned in previous posts on this subject were all good (crouch, bevan, hall , bolton etc) . I also agree that everitt is getting better .

All in all, IMO if we play like that against Collingwood we will beat them but the worry is we fall back into bad habits against them.

[Lohengrin]

'Cept the project failed before it got off its first page!

Really? Most of the first couple of pages look like positives.

[Triple B]

'Cept the project failed before it got off its first page!

It was always going to be "MI-1V" Liz.

[liz]

3 pages when liz was hoping for 2, that's a positive.

'Cept the project failed before it got off its first page!

[goswannie14]

For me the two big postives were our attacking game plan and the form of Bazza. Both really good signs in my mind.