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My 3 word player analysis V The Swans

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Trengove - just a game

Grimes - needed the run

Jones - was weighed down

Watts - played with purpose

Toumpas - was totally lost

Dawes - made an impact

Frawley - excellent until injured

Byrnes - made little impression

Sylvia - seemingly without passion

Dunn - good but flawed

Rodan - took wrong options

Garland - rarely made mistakes

McDonald - held up well

Nicholson - should never kick

Kent - seemingly lacked awareness

Davey - little was good

Gawn - showing exciting glimpses

Howe - rarely got involved

M.Jones - intelligent , but spasmodic

Terlich - a fine impression

Fitzpatrick - may have arrived

Clisby - exciting but raw

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    You'd think we got belted by 100 points on the basis of those assessments.

    I'm realistic , and say it as I see it.

    Had Sydney kicked straight we'd have lost by over 100 points

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    Trengove - just a game

    Grimes - needed the run

    Jones - was weighed down

    Watts - played with purpose

    Toumpas - was totally lost

    Dawes - made an impact

    Frawley - excellent until injured

    Byrnes - made little impression

    Sylvia - seemingly without passion

    Dunn - good but flawed

    Rodan - took wrong options

    Garland - rarely made mistakes

    McDonald - held up well

    Nicholson - should never kick

    Kent - seemingly lacked awareness

    Davey - little was good

    Gawn - showing exciting glimpses

    Howe - rarely got involved

    M.Jones - intelligent , but spasmodic

    Terlich - a fine impression

    Fitzpatrick - may have arrived

    Clisby - exciting but raw

    Or handball.

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    I thought Trenners was pretty good today. Very clean and assured with his disposal all day.

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    Well we still kicked 13 goals goose, against the reigning premiers, a small, but alas an important step forward

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    I'm realistic , and say it as I see it.

    Had Sydney kicked straight we'd have lost by over 100 points

    absolute crap

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    absolute crap

    we won the 2nd half 8.5 to 7.7

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    Had Sydney kicked straight we'd have lost by over 100 points

    Really?

    If you reverse their score and they kicked 20.16 instead of 16.20, the end result would have been 136-85

    A 51 point loss

    Don't let me get in thew ay of your ridiculous hyperbole though

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    the poor umpiring probably cost us a few goals too, pretty happy with our game today

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    I rarely try to defend myself and generally leave myself acceptably open to criticism, but I believe many of my detractors here are getting carried away by the 'feel good' factor of a reasonably meritorious loss .

    The reality is , we were comprehensively DESTROYED in most of the important statistical areas , including the score-defining centre clearances .

    For whatever quirks of nature deemed that we put up an improved performance, for the most part, the realty is we had very few 4 quarter winners , and Sydney missed countless , and very easy , set shots and running shots for goal .

    Our skills , at many times, were deplorable , and we did not deserve to be anywhere near as close to Sydney as we were in the end.

    Notwithstanding the above, we definitely are displaying an improved mindset, as evidenced by the number of positive comments I've applied to a majority of players.

    Finally, I'd ask all those who have just flippantly derided my comments , and made disparaging remarks, to offer us all their own takes on the players' performances , restricting themselves to 3 words in the process.

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    Guys, the whole point of a thread like this is to put forward your pinions. Anyone who dosages with joeboy should have a go at doing their own three word analysis.

    If you disagree, discuss and debate. Don't just denigrate the post or the page. This is a great opportunity for actual debate and analysis.

    Edited by deanox

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    Work in progress

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    we won the 2nd half 8.5 to 7.7

    And that was despite the umpiring, which was absolutely appalling.

    The Swans kicked three goals in four minutes - in my view, as a direct result of the umpires failing to award T Mac a free for his tackle on Tippett.

    We had all the momentum at that point. Very encouraged by what I watched today.

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    And that was despite the umpiring, which was absolutely appalling.

    The Swans kicked three goals in four minutes - in my view, as a direct result of the umpires failing to award T Mac a free for his tackle on Tippett.

    We had all the momentum at that point. Very encouraged by what I watched today.

    I was going to say the same thing, as you know I am supposedly the staunchest defender of all things MFC, I walked away from the G with exactly the same thoughts as Neil Cragi in his presser, yes it was a 4 qtr effort, but we are still way off, but Joeboy's analysis was one of his worst, just so negative, paricularly Nicholson, he is learning to play a new role, yes he still butchers it now and again, but he wasn't that bad....Trengove similarly

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    Guys, the whole point of a thread like this is to put forward your pinions. Anyone who dosages with joeboy should have a go at doing their own three word analysis.

    If you disagree, discuss and debate. Don't just denigrate the post or the page. This is a great opportunity for actual debate and analysis.

    You have my vote deanox.

    A little civility never goes astray

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    Nicho must be told (I'm sure has) to take off the moment he gets the ball.

    His pace over the first 10 metres is second to none.

    Not struck on the latest avatar jr

    I am sure you can do better!

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    The only players that I thought Joeboy was a bit hard on were Sylvia and Howe, but both had only average games for their ability.

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    Not struck on the latest avatar jr

    I am sure you can do better!

    Not a Natalie Portman fan, OD?

    I'm a huge fan.

    Scarlett J was getting a bit tired.

    This is my post - Neeld impressionism.

    Edited by jumbo returns

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    I think Joeboy was pretty close to the money. But I need to ask Joeboy, why "Dunn - good but flawed"? I get the "flawed" bit but struggle to find the "good". Every week Dunn and Terlich play in the backline and Terlich gets about 10 more possessions per week. I don't see Dunn as contributing much. And as I've written before, I think his kicking is over-rated as his big hoofs go too high leaving it relatively easy for the opposition to spoil. What do you see?

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    Not a Natalie Portman fan, OD?

    I'm a huge fan.

    Scarlett J was getting a bit tired.

    ...never forgiven Natalie for missing that gimme from 20 metres in the prelim final..

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    I think Joeboy was pretty close to the money. But I need to ask Joeboy, why "Dunn - good but flawed"? I get the "flawed" bit but struggle to find the "good". Every week Dunn and Terlich play in the backline and Terlich gets about 10 more possessions per week. I don't see Dunn as contributing much. And as I've written before, I think his kicking is over-rated as his big hoofs go too high leaving it relatively easy for the opposition to spoil. What do you see?

    What you need to do is ask Neil Craig why he keeps picking Dunn

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