Ok, here's the Swans focussed report: Swans consistent performance.
Just two players mentioned in the Laidler quotes, but it's good news:
“Dylan Stephens and James Bell were two players that really competed all day with their hardness.”
Ok, here's the Swans focussed report: Swans consistent performance.
Just two players mentioned in the Laidler quotes, but it's good news:
“Dylan Stephens and James Bell were two players that really competed all day with their hardness.”
Pretty pathetic write up as usual. The Swans have one of, if not the worst media departments in all of football. Embarrassing.
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It would be nice if they just let you know the playing list. How hard is that?
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We have them where we want them, everything is going according to plan!
From the report and photos some of the players that participated were:
Stephens
L Taylor
E Taylor
O'Connor
Ling
Thurlow
Gould
Bell
Maibaum
Foot
Good to hear that Stephens is getting into it and to see that Ling is playing.
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Not very hard! I don't care how few people are currently in our media department, it takes 10 minutes for someone, probably Laidler, to add a playing list and a couple of notes on who played where.
U8's motherhood reporting of "pleased everyone had a dip" type stuff tells you nothing. Doesn't help us advise the MC via RWO on what changes we want in the senior team this week :-)
Ok here is my match report
Game was played in 8x7.5 minute periods.
Overall my best players were: Stephens, Bell, Wicks, Armatey, Warner. Goal kickers Warner 3, Stoddart, Bell, Taylor, Stephens. Swans won 7 goals to 6.
Stephens: Wow can he find the ball, and he is tough. Great clearance work and running. There is a pretty big development area and that is disposal by foot. He seems to be tentative with passing resulting in endless missed kicks, turnovers and resulting goals to gws. he often brought some great linkage play to a standstill by miss kicks. Going to be a gun when he gets a bit more kicking confidence, and was best for the swans.
Bell: Lots of hard work and body work. Solid game
Wicks: In midfield and forward. Super clean by hand and foot, set up a number of goals. Lots of tackling pressure inside 50 including two holding the ball decisions that resulted in goal assists.
Armatey, Rucked most of the game against Jacobs. Held him ok which was well done. When Connor took over the ruck duties sauce really killed him. Armatey was a little quiet around the ground but had his hands full in the ruck.
Warner: strong and alert to any opportunity. He kicked three, with a couple finishing off some nice linkages. He also suffers from poor disposal by foot, missing targets, but definitely looks the goods.
Stoddart: Played well and what he did was clean and purposeful. Some nice clean marking with good ball movement.
Foote: Not quite as good as last week, however he provided some good running from half back and wing, and the 6 or 7 touches he got were solid with good run and spread.
Taylor: Played well but missed a number of tackles he should have made. One thing about him though, his disposal is excellent. He created a couple of goals through accurate passing into the forward line.
The following players were quiet or did not press for selection in the seniors. Fox, did a few nice things but not enough. Thurlow just looks disinterested. Maibaum ok but not much. Ling not much. Connor was quiet. He really got dominated by jacobs when in the ruck. Jacobs was getting perfect uncontested taps. Elijah was quiet. Gould struggled. His disposal was poor, and other than a great run in the dying minutes that resulted in a goal he was quiet.
What was really apparent is how poor the first years dispose by foot. I guess they need a couple of seasons to get that right.
Thanks for the match report!
There doesn't seem to be a lot of positives and it is far from ideal that Stephens and Warner had poor disposal. If they struggle in a scratch match, imagine how they will go in an AFL game!
So good, thanks barracuda.
I wonder whether Amartey is a chance to come in to ruck this week, allowing Aliir to play back, avoiding the need to replace Melican, noting the absence of tall defenders fit and in form.
I'd also love to see Stoddart in for O'Riordan and Warner for Gray.
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