ReallY?Originally Posted by barry
I saw it simply as reaction to hard bumps that whilst legal, were pretty rough.
ReallY?
I saw it simply as reaction to hard bumps that whilst legal, were pretty rough.
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Re the booing of Buddy, Peter Lalor sums it up in today’s Australian:
“(some) opposition supporters are the lowest form of pond life. “
In this case however he was actually talking about AJ and the fact that even Dees supporters were gutted for him.
Simple, for some inexplicable he wasn't being selected
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Noticed that its been quite prevalent this season, but the Hawks crowd also booed Ablett on the weekend without any good reason so I wouldn't read too much into it
Hahah brilliant by Lloyd :P
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That sort of crap absolutely pisses me off no end. MFC try and sell themselves as 'classier' fans per say, but then go on with rubbish like that
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The Swans have never been ones for gifting games to players, and Aliir had an awfully plagued 2017 where a lot of things went wrong - he is still inexperienced overall at AFL level, and the Swans were willing to wait and let him recover his form before throwing him in the deep end (Though the early selection this year was a bit strange, only to play him up forward and seemingly throw all confidence out the window).
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I reckon the Ablett booing was for the blatant dive?
I think that early game to Aliir was out of desperation. We were struggling with not having a second tall forward option (and this was while Buddy was most hampered by his foot injury but still playing). His NEAFL form hadn't been that great at the start of the year and it was almost certainly a mistake throwing him into an unfamiliar role. I think the club did the right thing in abandoning the experiment after just a week.
As for last year, his NEAFL form was never that good, quite likely the result of an injury hampered pre-season. I think fans often underestimate the importance of a solid pre-season in setting players up for a strong season of football.
Agree with your post Liz, but Allir is one of those players that doesn't look great when playing reserves football. Personally I think we could have called him up earlier (both this year and last year), in any event he looks like he's cemented his spot now which is a massive win for the team.
Why are they booing Buddy?
Jealousy, perhaps?
What a gutsy win.
Very happy Jan.
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To some extent I agree. Quite a few players look better at higher standards of football, with more structure and better team mates around them. It's one reason why it's hard to assess outside, running players at NEAFL level, because they often don't have quality ball delivered to them, or team mates knowing where to run to be a target.
In AA's case - and particularly last year - we know he had fitness issues to go along with any form/confidence problems. I think you have to trust the club to know when a player - especially an inexperienced one - is physically ready to make the move up to senior football.
To be fair they were cooked. So i will cut them some slack. I also thought they just made some poor errors/decisions that cost us goals in the last 15mins. Which can be blamed on tiredness
Paps/Hayward both stuffed up certain goals
Yep. We were spent and lucky to hang on.
But both sides made plenty of errors in the last quarter.
& how many goals did the Dees butcher?
18.
We were VERY lucky.
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