Yes, and it was so abundantly clear that approximately 80% of people, including this board, had us going out in straight sets or getting pumped in a prelim just 3 weeks prior.
Love the thread, but..
08, Yes
Yes he does. Hawkins didnt just dominate the grand final. Was massive that whole finals series.
Limited players dont dominate the way spriggs did in his first two seasons. Yes he kicking was awful but so are plenty of gun players.
He regained his speed. Wojo missed a whole season ACL- it did not deter him from reaching his potential. Spriggs was feisty in his first 2 seasons, but just a D grader after that. The injury was not significant enough to be responsible for his last 3 seasons. "Gun" is not appropriate.
I remember backing in Wells when he selected Thurlow over Grundy. Honestly felt Thurlow would have a tremendous career but looking back, Grundy would have been sensational.
There was one final where Scott dropped a ruckman and we faced Collingwood. Grundy absolutely slaughtered us and was the difference in the game
In an interview on K-Rock Holmes eluded to the fact that it was all mental in the prelim and he was worried about doing the hammy again and the possibility of not playing the following week had we made it.
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In an interview on K-Rock Holmes eluded to the fact that it was all mental in the prelim and he was worried about doing the hammy again and the possibility of not playing the following week had we made it.
I don’t think he hadn’t actually done it. Could be wrong but that’s how I took it when I listened to it.
Cat’s “weird thoughts”
Geelong speedster Max Holmes admits the memories of the hamstring injury that caused him to miss the club’s 2022 grand final victory entered his mind when he started to struggle during the third…
I never thought he would be a star. But you dont play games like he did in your first two seasons without the potential to be a very good player. Drafted same year as corey, chapman and ling. While those guys were playing vfl he was playing a critical role in our midfield. Only selwood as a young player has had a better first two seasons for us. Spriggs was great at winning the hard ball but also had pace and zip and a good shimmy at the same time. Those qualties together are rare.
So he got significantly worse after his second season despite getting older. Why do you think that might be? Nearly everyone gets noticably better and some plateau as they go from their second season to their third? Virtually none get significantly worse unless injury or mental issues have a say.
Many players do not live up to whatever you expect of them, even after an interesting start. If that ankle caused his playing to be dismal, but not his running, that's interesting. He was still one of the quickest at the Swans too. Not many injuries cause inability to kick or anticipate or execute, yet no change on gut running and acceleration. We see it differently. I was there for his first game, and liked what we saw- guts and determination, but he just never improved. Of course, injury initially was looked at by all of us, but clearly, that was not it 5 years later.
In an interview on K-Rock Holmes eluded to the fact that it was all mental in the prelim and he was worried about doing the hammy again and the possibility of not playing the following week had we made it.
I don’t think he hadn’t actually done it. Could be wrong but that’s how I took it when I listened to it.
Cat’s “weird thoughts”
Geelong speedster Max Holmes admits the memories of the hamstring injury that caused him to miss the club’s 2022 grand final victory entered his mind when he started to struggle during the third…
