Preview 2024 Round 13: Swans v Cats (a fast preview's a good preview)
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If we can Mills reasonably match fit and or increase Adams playing time , I think Erroll can be outside that fraction more and it will unlock an even greater level for this team.
You're doing a good job of it , trust me . Bit slow down there today
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You have 11 posts today to my 9
I dont give a toss about the post numbers, but for someone obsessed with people posting "too much" you sure post a lot
I've noticed the hair...
I remember Gulden saying he wanted to hit 100% game time. If he can do that and be on the wing the whole game, it would allow us to rest guys like Heeney and Warner more often for bigger bursts. Particularly if Mills and Adams are involved more too
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i have to agree ... i think gulden has been mostly just as effective as last season, but other players have lifted (heeney, warner and even rowbottom are the obvious ones) and gulden doesn't stand out as much, and doesn't need to stand out as much ... and that's a damn good thing for the team
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oh geez ...
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Yes that is definitely another Hector.
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You know him that well?
I feel like I've made a mistake or am too old to understand a euphemism or something
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You MUST be old, coz I learned the expression from Spike Milligan.
Had to google who that was. Turns out: I'm too young
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You have a whole world of inspired lunacy to explore now.
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To those lucky enough to be in the 45k+ sellout crowd on Sunday afternoon, make plenty of noise.
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I think it's worth remembering that Daniel Hoyne and the folks at Champion Data have every stat on every player in the competition, and so they could feasibly come to "shocking" conclusions about hundreds of players. They're selective with the ones they choose to go public with, and they've gone with this one because they know that "Errol Gulden = bad for Sydney's midfield" will generate the most attention.
Unfortunately they were correct in that assumption.
FWIW I don't have a problem with Gulden at centre bounces (I did earlier in the year but I've come around to it.) I think we have a midfield that is in the process of gelling. They're breaking even most weeks but are still gonna have their down performances where they are simply well-beaten. For this reason I'd imagine none of our four main mids would have stellar success rates when it comes to centre clearances, so it's not that surprising the worst of those four main mids has the worst in the comp.
They're all getting better though. Some of our midfield work at centre bounces this year is as good as it's been since at least 2016, especially, but hopefully not culminating in, that third quarter against Carlton. So that's the take away for me. Happy to take the good with the bad, so long as we see enough of the good.
Unfortunately they were correct in that assumption.
FWIW I don't have a problem with Gulden at centre bounces (I did earlier in the year but I've come around to it.) I think we have a midfield that is in the process of gelling. They're breaking even most weeks but are still gonna have their down performances where they are simply well-beaten. For this reason I'd imagine none of our four main mids would have stellar success rates when it comes to centre clearances, so it's not that surprising the worst of those four main mids has the worst in the comp.
They're all getting better though. Some of our midfield work at centre bounces this year is as good as it's been since at least 2016, especially, but hopefully not culminating in, that third quarter against Carlton. So that's the take away for me. Happy to take the good with the bad, so long as we see enough of the good.
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Hall also had a few critical team-first plays in some of the lead ups."Ablett keeps it in...." leading up to the winning goal
And there's always the causality fallacy - the fact that Swans don't do well at clearances when EG is in there, doesn't lead necessarily to Errol = band for Swans clearances. There's a correlation, over to the Swans coaching staff to uncover with there is more to it than that.
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geez ... spike milligan was pretty much a household name when i was a kid ... apparently that was "a long time ago"
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Your posts are nearly always interesting and worth reading.
5 years since I've been up to the SCG, first time ever for my wife (a Cat's fan hopefully converted after this weekend)
Hopefully weather isn't too bad and is a ripper game from the lads.
Hopefully weather isn't too bad and is a ripper game from the lads.
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Yeah. Not that long but I'm making a guest appearance this week too. Got the last block of four available and taking a Cats couple.
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