Round 17: Swans v Bulldogs

[Markwebbos]

Maybe JMac’s hair (or the players hair more broadly) should have it’s own thread? I thought I would be in favour, but i think his old hair suited his slightly my little pony way of running better. I spend half the game thinking he was COR with the new do.

Chad’s hair is probably the biggest concern. If he wants to become an elite player I think he may need to pay someone to sort it out.

The Lizard always looks like he has come to clean zee pool.

Even without Smith the Dogs have some of the worst hair going around. I like to think they lost Friday night in the salon as well as on the ground

[rojo]

I just watched a replay. One thing that stood out to me was the so-much-improved field kicking. Far less set kicks missing targets and more kicking accurately to advantage for a manned up player to run to rather that directly to them. Then there are Blakey's kicks, seemingly aimed forwards, that go on an angle and just about always hit up a target. There are a couple of other players, Florent for one, who can do the same thing. Another thing of 'amazement' was seeing the ability of a few players to get the ball out of a scrum by dropping it from hand to foot at the speed of light! Parker and Chad are exponents of this. Most others get caught holding the ball in the same situation.

So good to see Papley back to his best, maybe even better. And Reid, where has that stiffness gone that saw him barely able to bend over to get a ground ball? What a game! He credits his recent form to having had a full pre season for the first time in years.

For me we have to keep Amartey, Clarke and Stephens in. Logan's time will come, Clarke has composure and looked at home, Stephens seems to be improving with each match he plays. We need to give him as much time as has been given to Hayward and Florent. We still don't know how good, or not, he might be. The problem is that we have more run and deliver players than we have spots for, so some have to play roles that do not so much showcase their talents/skills.

[Maltopia]

As good as the win was, we will be 7th or 8th again by the end of the round :/

[joeykanga]

Stephens did have a very poor game, especially defensively. I still would like to keep playing him in the AFL and hope he can get adjusted to the pace of the game. I don't think he's ever been in such a high pressure game.

This is tongue in cheek ? It has to be

I liked what he did as another poster mentioned

[joeykanga]

Sam Reid's best all round game in all his time at the Swans. Obviously he is fit and he is playing without injury. He was the difference maker last night with his experience, his leap in the ruck and bloody great contested ball, just what we needed against English, who killed us the last time. All credit and praise to Reid

He really was impressive

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Aren’t we glad we resigned Sam Reid?

Tbh I thought he was done and his performances last year were of a man bereft of confidence. Two BOG performances since he’s come back into the team.

Solid team effort last night. Apart from their miracle umpiring in the 2nd the dogs were never in it.

I enjoyed the physicality of Reid and Amartey around the contest, I thought it set our game up nicely.

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