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8 hours ago, ProDee said:

I've thought this for a while, but the hype on Mills is misplaced.  I wondered if Sydney supporters thought the same so went on to their "Autopsy" thread.

This from one of their moderators, "Mills is honestly an average footballer.  What the **** does everyone see?"  He has 10 likes from fellow Swans supporters as I type.

He looks nice, has courage, but goes under the radar as a very vanilla footballer.

But he's still young and may well elevate his game to the A-grade status he has seemed destined for.

Thought he was very good last year but having the 2nd year blues...had a bad one last night, fumbled and seemed to lack confidence.

The one thing that surprises me is they don't give him a run through the midfield. 

Longmire is not a very adventurous coach and seems to keep the status quo.

Posted (edited)
37 minutes ago, daisycutter said:

given swans are 3 and 7 i'd expect the supporters are being super critical of most of their players and riightly pizzed off. not surprising, so i wouldn't build too strong a case on a lot of demented swanny hysterical emotions

Im not.  I'm building it on my eyes. 

A novel approach, I know.  

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Posted (edited)
10 hours ago, bingers said:

I agree with the comments about the commentary. Abysmal.

Sewell was sent to find out what happened to Reid. His report was greeted with such congratulations from his colleagues that I fully expect him to be nominated for a Walkley award.

Ling and Carey provide no insights.

Taylor is just a big fat turd.

McAveney's demented growls of excitement at Hawthorn goals were excruciating.

This and posts by @titan_uranus and @rjay highlight what a fantastic commentator Daisy is.  She knows football and does a lot of research.  For example on Friday night she said Geelong had never lost a match when they led at 3/4 time since 20xx (I think it was 2013, not sure).  Bruce etal were genuinely taken aback by her knowledge. 

She is a clever interviewer, not in a smart alec way but in a way that gets an interesting response.  So much better than the banal stuff many of her colleagues dish up.

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Posted
1 hour ago, Lucifer's Hero said:

This and posts by @titan_uranus and @rjay highlight what a fantastic commentator Daisy is.  She knows football and does a lot of research.  For example on Friday night she said Geelong had never lost a match when they led at 3/4 time since 20xx (I think it was 2013, not sure).  Bruce etal were genuinely taken aback by her knowledge. 

She is a clever interviewer, not in a smart alec way but in a way that gets an interesting response.  So much better than the banal stuff many of her colleagues dish up.

she certainly speaks more sense than most of them, and she's had much less opportunity. expect bigger things in the media for her in the future

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1 hour ago, Lucifer's Hero said:

This and posts by @titan_uranus and @rjay highlight what a fantastic commentator Daisy is.  She knows football and does a lot of research.  For example on Friday night she said Geelong had never lost a match when they led at 3/4 time since 20xx (I think it was 2013, not sure).  Bruce etal were genuinely taken aback by her knowledge. 

She is a clever interviewer, not in a smart alec way but in a way that gets an interesting response.  So much better than the banal stuff many of her colleagues dish up.

by the way luci, check out story on tipungwiti's (sp?) journey in today's hun. His foster mum seems a real tour de force. good story too.

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Posted
3 hours ago, ProDee said:

 

My observations on Mills have nothing to do with Melbourne.  The link isn't even tenuous.

As for Mills ?  We bid on him, so I've been interested in him since he was drafted.  The hype was very strong on this guy.  While he's a neat player and nowhere near the finished product I don't see the superstar in the making that we were told was almost a fait accompli.  Seemingly, many Sydney supporters agree,

As for the "he's young, young players make mistake, don't judge young developing players too quickly, blah, etc, blah", yes, these types of comments appear millions of times daily around the world.  It's easy to have this as your default position.  Millions do it.  And obviously there's often some truth to it.  But right now I don't see the traits in Mills that scream he'll ever be a multiple AA superstar.  

Well I guess this the main point of difference for us. I have never considered that he would be this player and perhaps I never subscribed to the hype you are referring to. Very few players fall into this category. 

The main issue with Mills may be similar to my issue with Salem. What is his position at AFL level, we haven't seen him in the midfield yet so maybe he will excel in that regard. Running half backs are all the rage at the moment and he is more in the general mould.

Posted
38 minutes ago, Watts the matter said:

Well I guess this the main point of difference for us. I have never considered that he would be this player and perhaps I never subscribed to the hype you are referring to. Very few players fall into this category. 

The main issue with Mills may be similar to my issue with Salem. What is his position at AFL level, we haven't seen him in the midfield yet so maybe he will excel in that regard. Running half backs are all the rage at the moment and he is more in the general mould.

he could become the outside classy mid we have been waiting for


Posted

Sneaky feeling the Saints will get over the Bulldogs today. Bulldogs have too much of an unsettled line up.

Disclaimer - able to change opinion at the 20 min mark of the last.

Posted (edited)

I would be happy to have Dickson in our forward line. 

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Posted
2 hours ago, Return to Glory said:

Sneaky feeling the Saints will get over the Bulldogs today. Bulldogs have too much of an unsettled line up.

Disclaimer - able to change opinion at the 20 min mark of the last.

Start changing ;)

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Posted

Saints found out big time. Getting a football lesson. Dishlickers are back in town ...woof !!

Posted

low scoring game and lots of easy misses considering the venue

Thought it would be a better game ........... I found last night's a bit of a yawn .......... tired of scrappy rugby scrum type play I suppose

Posted (edited)
56 minutes ago, DemonAndrew said:

charlie dixon or tory dickson?

i'll have stringer please.

Sorry Demon my bad it's Dickson.

Post edited. 

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Posted
2 hours ago, beelzebub said:

Start changing ;)

To be fair bb, at the 25 minute of the last I did mutter to myself 'I think the dogs have this'.

Posted

Dees are back in the 8..... but will be replaced by either the Tigers or Bombers in a couple of hours.

Posted
16 minutes ago, Petraccattack said:

Dees are back in the 8..... but will be replaced by either the Tigers or Bombers in a couple of hours.

that's a hard choice ... and if they draw?

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Posted
20 minutes ago, Petraccattack said:

Dees are back in the 8..... but will be replaced by either the Tigers or Bombers in a couple of hours.

Wish they could both lose!

But if one has to win let it be Richmond. 

Can't bear it if Ess go into the 8 partly because it would be a reward for their cheating over recent years and partly because I can't bear their smug supporters and arrogant club.

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Posted

That Freo loss was a bad one

Just looking at their fixture

7 out of their first 10 games have been at Domain Stadium

If not already I think one can say they will miss the 8 along with Brisbane and Carlton

the math looks hard for Collingwood (almost impossible if we beat them on QB)... Swans and hawks hanging on by their finger nails

That leaves 12 teams seriously vying for the eight

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