Game Day Round 2, 2023: Swans v Hawks, SCG 1:10pm

[CHUBBSS]

Casually ignoring the Swans academy the commentary.

Definitely intentional

 

[Jethro!]

Our players, even our senior ones are so easy to push off the ball.

You can forgive the young blokes for it. Not the older guys

 

[MadDawg]

Frosty is a tanking superweapon

 

[hawkman]

That was soft by Sicily. Heeney wanted it more

 

[HairyO]

So this is Sam's plan?

I think I prefer Clarko's.

 

[peetoo]

We just had a Box Hill side that won, and we have no options?

Midfield…mainly hawks players…dominant

 

[yeahmate]

Strategy to trade away all our experience was always a but flawed. We're as non-competitive now as GWS when they joined the competition just without the talented high draft picks

 

[I got the outside word]

I noticed that Box Hill had a nice win today, some interesting names at the top of the stat sheet.
So there is that I guess.

 

[grumbleguts]

I liked that from nash, 50 or no 50.

 

[Max Powers]

Lol

 

[number23]

There’s no connection and their players seem to not know where each other should run or where they are going to run. Lack of confidence and lack of system.

The video of Sam addressing the players earlier int the year and discussing relationships is telling. He asked Punky how many games he played with Gunner and I think Punky said about 180. We have a whole bunch of new players (and not necessarily just the new draftees) having to learn how their team mates move, what foot they kick on, running patterns etc. so it's no wonder that we look like a rabble compared to a well drilled team like the Swans. We will be doing this for a few years until we build a system of players who have played together a while. I notice that Jack Gunston's team mates are also having to learn his patterns and they are an experienced team. It's not going to be painless but we have to just keep putting games into the guys and perfect a game plan.

Having said that, Impey is costing us and CJ seems to have lost his electricity..

Watching Logan McDonald in the seniors and DGB at Box Hill makes me wonder whether winning those late games in the season that these two guys were drafted were really worth it.

 

[Dazza the Viking]

Nash

 

[blackheart]

So who is there? I named 3… and asked what other options there are?! Dont quote the results, give me names.


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Literally anyone who is on the list - that's why it's a playing list. I gave names last week and was told we wouldn't make wholesale changes - I suppose we still shouldn't because we have no other players good enough to play.

 

[Jethro!]

At least Nash is being unsociable

 

[SSSSSS]

Don't mind that from Nash

 

[Birdofprey]

Definitely intentional

“Disneyland for AFL footballers”

Truest thing G Healy has said.

 

[Simon Crawshay]

I was super critical of Clarkos ultra defensive gamestyle his last 5 years at the club but I have a sinking feeling that he actually knew how stinky our list actually was and played accordingly

I'm also worried that some here think it's a fait accompli that if we bottom out / get lots of draft picks we will rocket back up the ladder again in a few years time. Plenty of teams have tried that tactic and f....d it up big time.

In fact I don't think any other teams apart from us are currently attempting the old bottom out strategy?

 

[Gohawthorn13]

Stop posting crap, please.

No players at Box Hill have been bashing the door down, least of all the ones you keep mentioning.

Bashing the door down? We have 21 points with 9 minutes to play. Scrimshaw shouldn’t be in the reserves DGB should be playing. No one’s been knocking the door down he says. That’s good teams approach. You play like this you make changes. If you think otherwise you’re a moron. They said we won’t be gifting players a game, well that’s rubbish because this is literally gifting players a game.

 

[Yardie]

How has this same group of players gone so far backwards in the space of one off season?

I think it is partly to do with the inclusions of some players who were injured last year.

 

[Mr Meeseeks]

The is the 3rd time today bj has been indignant about a decision our way.

I can't hate him, he wears his bias on his sleeve so blatantly that it's quite funny

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[SSSSSS]

I was super critical of Clarkos ultra defensive gamestyle his last 5 years at the club but I have a sinking feeling that he actually knew how stinky our list actually was and played accordingly

I'm also worried that some here think it's a fait accompli that if we bottom out / get lots of draft picks we will rocket back up the ladder again in a few years time. Plenty of teams have tried that tactic and f....d it up big time.

In fact I don't think any other teams apart from us are currently attempting the old bottom out strategy?

North cut deeper than us. Looks like it's starting to pay off some dividends.

Brisbane ditto.

 

[smish]

This is the worst game I’ve ever seen us play

 

[PlayHard]

This is soooo bad it's actually comical.

 

[Dazza the Viking]

I liked that from nash, 50 or no 50.

Got to be kidding that was embarrassing

 

[MinerBoy]

Literally anyone who is on the list - that's why it's a playing list. I gave names last week and was told we wouldn't make wholesale changes - I suppose we still shouldn't because we have no other players good enough to play.

Well for a start the post I originally quoted said we need to bring in some more experience. So maybe you’ve responded without even taking on context…

Sure we could try any of the kids you’ve been unwilling to name. No drama.

That wasn’t really what I was responding to though.


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