Autopsy Swans Avada Kedavra the frack outta Richmond 122-78

[Wolftone]

Blakey is capable of using his speed to find an extra 10-20 metres before kicking it in, it lands on the wing, we have players both sides of the ball and often turns into a chain of handballs and an inside 50. Lloyd kicks to more one on ones close to the 50 arc, and if we don't mark it its in a much more dangerous spot.

Lloyd is a great user though, but agree Blakey should be taking most of the kick-ins

Best career game from the Liz tonight.

I like Lizard and Campbell taking kick ins. Gould is good in the reserves. He has a beautiful kicking style. Lloyd could play more of a link up role as he does when Lizard kicks in. He is a wonderful kick from around centre into the forward 50. He is also very dangerous anywhere near goal as he is such an accurate kick. He is another of those who are dangerous from anywhere near the 50 line. We have a few of them now. Campbell, Lloyd, Lizard, Gould (from 65 in), Gulden, Chad Warner, Roberts, Rampe, Parker, Mills.

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[bedford]

Great win , Paps unbelievable , as was Warner and Blakey . Campbell's best game and let's hope he continues the upward trend . Downside , Parker off the boil , Wayward another Gary Rohan

23

Gary Rohan

Age

33

Ht

189cm

Wt

92kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

9.6

2star

K

6.6

3star

HB

3.0

3star

M

3.3

3star

T

2.5

4star

G

1.0

4star

D

8.8

2star

K

6.0

2star

HB

2.8

2star

M

3.4

3star

T

2.3

3star

G

1.0

4star

D

9.8

3star

K

6.8

3star

HB

3.0

3star

M

2.2

3star

T

4.2

5star

G

1.2

4star

performance , Ladhams better but only 1 mark , might as well get Naismith back mid season .
Also anyone that thinks the umpiring has improved has NFI

 

[Achy Blakey Heart]

Papley and Blakey clear bests.

Warner not too far behind.

I will have to say I'm getting very concerned about Stephens. Back to being the player that lacks game sense and composure.

Yeah he looks well below his best at the moment.

 

[Achy Blakey Heart]

We're the number 1 team when rebounding from our defensive 50. No doubt he's a part of that success.

But yeah I agree, play him on the wing and he'll start to be very damaging. He creates space very well

He is too good a kick to be sitting in the foward half waiting for it.

 

[tombomb]

Last night reinforced in my mind what a catastrophically dumb decision Richmond made trading for Hopper and Taranto.

You'd think they would have learnt from Hawthorn. When you are coming to the end of an era, you don't go essentially exit two drafts in a row to bring in 'pretty good' players from other teams.

The funniest part is all their delusional supporters cheered them on.

 

[Tedeski]

Great win , Paps unbelievable , as was Warner and Blakey . Campbell's best game and let's hope he continues the upward trend . Downside , Parker off the boil , Wayward another Gary Rohan performance , Ladhams better but only 1 mark , might as well get Naismith back mid season .
Also anyone that thinks the umpiring has improved has NFI

That mark paid to Riewoldt for a goal in the second where he was strangling Lloyd was a disgrace & none of the commentators were prepared to call it out as they would have if it was the other way.
Hodge mentioned it a little but Richo would have sooked it up if it was one of his players that copped that cheating.

 

[strauchanie59]

He's good for a brain fade here and there, but Ladhams has put together a good block of football early on for us.

Leads us for clearances so far in 2023, gets to the right spots around the ground and is just involved in the game. Would hate to be a selector when Hickey is back fit, because both are deserving of the number one ruck role.

Wouldn't mind seeing us play both with Ladhams starting forward in the role Amartey/McLean play.

 

[SwansProudly]

That mark paid to Riewoldt for a goal in the second where he was strangling Lloyd was a disgrace & none of the commentators were prepared to call it out as they would have if it was the other way.
Hodge mentioned it a little but Richo would have sooked it up if it was one of his players that copped that cheating.

 

[SBD Gonzalez]

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Like the Swans weren't "injury-hit"?

 

[bedford]

There's a better angle in the Herald sun.
Can i please ask what the thread title is about

 

[SBD Gonzalez]

That goal appeared like he didn't kick it with that much force- and then it just kept on going.

Unlike a certain goal on the siren of last week's game...

 

[SwansProudly]

There's a better angle in the Herald sun.
Can i please ask what the thread title is about

Avada Kedavra is from Harry Potter "I will destroy as I speak."

 

[the hypnotoad]

ahhh, the morning after the night before ... and some reflections

several comments about how poor richmond were, but they're still a talented, potential finals side, they came in desperate and we put our stamp on them from the jump
they weren't allowed to be any better than they were

heeney's 1-on-2 balta spoil and goal late third term was crucial, and the type of instinctive brilliance we always expect from him ... i thought he was great last night

campbell's goal broke the tigers, opened the floodgates ... and how friggin good to see the swans go right on with it and run the margin out to 44 points
campbell will soon be talked about the same way we rave about warner and gulden

blakey is an outstanding footballer ... and emerging as a real team leader

gould deserves to keep his place and, with the injury situation, he surely will ...
he looked off the pace a few times but never overawed, and he'll take so much out of his first game ... after such a long wait, i reckon we've got a good one

mills gets due credit, but if he were at carlton or collingwood or essendon the vic media would be reaching for the kleenex every week ... he's elite, and tough ... (as a comparison, the vics froth about the likes of darcy parish

3

Darcy Parish

Age

27

Ht

180cm

Wt

81kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

20.4

5star

K

9.2

4star

HB

11.2

5star

M

3.2

3star

T

3.3

5star

CL

3.2

5star

D

16.6

4star

K

7.4

3star

HB

9.1

5star

M

1.4

2star

T

2.0

3star

CL

3.1

4star

D

22.2

5star

K

7.6

3star

HB

14.6

5star

M

3.2

4star

T

4.4

5star

CL

3.6

5star

but he's not in mills' class)

florent and hayward didn't dazzle but delivered when it mattered ... florent is a star

mcdonald has great vision and awareness, beyond his years

and papley! ... for all the goals and the showmanship, what he did to set up corey warner was surely play of the week stuff ...

there's a lot more to ponder, but we have all weekend for that ...

 

[Grand Uncle Horace]

Last night reinforced in my mind what a catastrophically dumb decision Richmond made trading for Hopper and Taranto.

You'd think they would have learnt from Hawthorn. When you are coming to the end of an era, you don't go essentially exit two drafts in a row to bring in 'pretty good' players from other teams.

The funniest part is all their delusional supporters cheered them on.

Both the Giants lads are solid B Grade players. Nothing wrong with that other than they paid A Grade wages for both and gave up picks.

 

[the hypnotoad]

Last night reinforced in my mind what a catastrophically dumb decision Richmond made trading for Hopper and Taranto.

You'd think they would have learnt from Hawthorn. When you are coming to the end of an era, you don't go essentially exit two drafts in a row to bring in 'pretty good' players from other teams.

The funniest part is all their delusional supporters cheered them on.

i think hopper will be good ...but taranto, like several others from that touted giants midfield group of a few years ago, seems a shadow of what he promised to be

 

[SeanM]

I think Richmond have some highly paid older players retiring in the next few years so I think they could afford and needed to bring in some established midfielders like Hopper and Taranto.

 

[tombomb]

i think hopper will be good ...but taranto, like several others from that touted giants midfield group of a few years ago, seems a shadow of what he promised to be

They are both pretty good.

But the last thing you should be doing when you are at the end of a dominant era, which Richmond clearly are, is trade away four picks under 30 for 'pretty good' players.

 

[SBD Gonzalez]

Common sense would dictate it would of been a goal if it wasnt there.

Right?

Common sense ≠ AFL.

 

[SBD Gonzalez]

Nick Blakey:

30 disposals
14 contested
13 intercept marks
525 metres gained

Superlizard.

Godzilla.

 

[ShireSwan]

Both the Giants lads are solid B Grade players. Nothing wrong with that other than they paid A Grade wages for both and gave up picks.

The chances of those picks being any better than those two is pretty remote. With Lynch in the forward line and those two in the mids with their runners they should be a decent team when fit. Pretty handy pick ups given the lowlife Cotchin is about done after this year.
Bet they pick up a new round of Suns and Giants next offseason too after Cotchin and Reiwoldt hang it up.
No need to bottom out when you have two clubs providing you ready made players 2-4 years into their careers.

 

[The King!]

Parker was poor tonight King.
Buddy v Essendon last year when he gave away 5 frees was my starting point of when I said he was slowing & being undisciplined as a reaction. The Bombers came back & fixed us up that day. I was most annoyed with Buddy & now watch him differently & expect more from him as a team leader.
I find he is more concerned about his own game.

No problem him coming back but he must not give away frees & he must lead by example & chase, tackle correctly for 4 quarters or it's passed him by.
Same goes for any player. Heeney was the same for me if you read my posts last week. I was calling for him to be dropped to regain form. It wasnt until after half time that Heens found form by having a huge crack & his physical assets came to the fore. Well done Heens.

Now for Buddy! I am not confident that his body can do what his brain is asking him to do & hence the frustration in giving away frees.

Now if everyone thinks Buddy should just stay in the team because of who he is & what he has achieved, then I can't argue with that.
That's a different argument that I have no right to get into with you.

If the discussion as I understand it, is about what is best for our team going forward & one step closer to winning a flag, then I'm sorry Kingy, the evidence is right there in front of us all from rounds 2, 3, 4 & 5. We are one of the top converting teams from our forward 50 entries. Rounds 3 & 4 were the exception.

That's all fine Ted , I respect that

I just think at times more gets lumped on Buddy , eg midfield not performing , Heeney going missing

that's on those players as well

 

[The King!]

Can't remember who kicked our goal in the 3rd. I do remember we were camped in our defensive 50 for the entire last quarter and I remember Plugger was up on the wing trying to get a kick, a rare sight back then haha. Was good ol' Matty Richardson that gave away that free on Dunkley on the goalline.

Edit: actually misremembering. We kicked 5 goals in the last. Think it felt like an entire quarter the last part of the game we were camped in our D50 trying to hang onto the lead when we hit the front. still remember Plugger up on the wing at some point during the game.

Was a great win though

a different time

my only way to follow the game was to listen to an ABC radio call of a different game , that crossed out for score updates

 

[The King!]

Amartey's injury is going to be a bigger issue than most realise

It affected the structure

Mcdonald couldn't roam as much, and yes we have Buddy but if buddy was fully fit can he play in that spot?

we aren't getting 6 from papley every week

Heeney and to a lesser extent Hayward are the keys here with mcdonald imo .

Armatey looked good in the set up , but he seems to have body issues , and worse than even sam reid

 

[bedford]

It affected the structure

Mcdonald couldn't roam as much, and yes we have Buddy but if buddy was fully fit can he play in that spot?

we aren't getting 6 from papley every week

Heeney and to a lesser extent Hayward are the keys here with mcdonald imo .

Armatey looked good in the set up , but he seems to have body issues , and worse than even sam reid

There is only 1 Sam Reid swans

 

[The King!]

They are both pretty good.

But the last thing you should be doing when you are at the end of a dominant era, which Richmond clearly are, is trade away four picks under 30 for 'pretty good' players.

maybe, what did Geelong give up for their recruits ? i can't remember if they flogged off picks