Also huge kudos to our backline coach Dale Morris.
The way those guys played as a cohesive defensive unit helping each other and still be able to play attacking footy was a major factor in our back half of the year.
From a coaching perspective there are 2 things that had a big impact ( from the outside ) on turning our season around.
We brought some younger players in and rejigged our forward line with Lohman, Morris and Ah Chee . Players who had been role players their whole career such as Lester and Ah...
One of the most unedifying thing about blogs , or sports scribes of any description in common, is the people who can't enjoy the success moments without going in to who said what mode.
Everyone says stupid shit . In hindsight. Everyone's entitled to change their mind. Everyone can be wrong. It...
I don't know if anyone missed it but when Harris won the toss he instantly pointed quite aggressively and heavenwards towards where we were going to kick. I thought we really mean business today.
Three others.
Dunkley emerging from behind 3 Swans the jump on the ball and then dish it out.
Harris and Lachie getting Zorks up on the dais.
Everything Starcevich did.
...Joe Goal when he turned towards the press box leaping in the air looking like an angry Thor with a vicious up yours mouthing the immortal words ' F*** You ' I liked angry Joe. But our players didn't want him to do anything silly so they jumped all over him. Every one of them trying to calm...
Incredible performance when we were written off ( justifiably so ) early in the year by everyone including myself.
After the way we won those last 2 finals it was just meant to be . To produce that sort of effort on the biggest day with not one non contributor on the field was mystic.
Like...
I don't think It's any attempt to destabilise. If any of these guys have a big story they can't wait to get it out there before anyone else.
I doubt that it's total BS. But it could be part BS.
Just reading between the lines I don't think there's much doubt it's on. We would've been looking at his next contract this year.
Whether he could change his mind depends on what other options he has planned for his life. Fwiiw I reckon a couple of journos have been sitting on this.
All the thousands of opinions and predictions go out the window as soon as the ball is bounced.
Just from the outside we seem better prepared this year with the issue being a few injured and sore players and the hard road in.
I was actually wondering about this myself.
If Fort can just compete in the ruck and make it a neutral contest and go with Grundy around the ground he's done his job.
GF's have a history of unheralded big guys clunking marks and scoring, not as often in this era, but it happens.
Beautiful.
I'm neither optimistic nor pessimistic.
One thing I'm sure of is that we won't give it up at any point no matter what the state of the game.
The Swans are entitled to favouritism which they have . But I think that's more to do with the bookies holding a lot of money on the Swans...
It's voted for by their peers and in any sphere of life the ultimate accolade is from your peers. End of story.
Maybe the Hawthorn fans should vote on it to get a more balanced view.
Exhibit A of why the coaches award is just as flawed as the Brownlow. Scotty would've been privately miffed that Lester was able to do that to them. No way he'd acknowledge that.
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