In the spirit of the thread my thoughts on why each player had what they had on the night......so constructive feedback perhaps.

 

Gawn - Clearly has an injury issue, alternatively we may be seeing the early stages of decline heading into the 30+ age bracket 

McDonald - just constantly competing, the word UTILITY comes to mind 

Brown - gaining some traction and slowing starting to find his communication with the other forwards, on track for 45-55 goals

Petracca - off the pace a bit, by his standards a poor night but that still results in a 28 touch 1 goal 1 performance hardly a let down ?

Spargo - was really important to our match ups and a genuine meat & potato's high pressure team performance to the detriment of his own "stats"

Melksham - ignore any goals/score involvements, VFL bound if not for the coaches pet. SHould make way for Chandler or Sparrow in the short term until he's back to playing the footy first and umpire second

Fritsch - was gallant all night, outnumbered 1v2/1v3 all night. Brown and Nibbler actually spoiled a few of his F50 marking chances

Pickett - not often a 19yo small forward is Tagged or constantly double teamed for the majority of a game and still made grown me look 2nd rate at times, fair chance he'll win 5 cars over the next 10-15 years (Mark/Goal of the year)

May - ELITE

Salem - Precision 

Harmes - Love his energy and want to compete.......but don't be fooled by the 21 contested possessions, a lot of poor decision making and passing pressure to team mates in amongst that. Disposal Eff 61% way down on the required level if he's looking to keep others out of the squad

Jackson - one of the most important players on the ground for our structure and match ups regardless of stats, last 3 games we have looked more dangerous through the stoppages when he is giving Gawn a rest

Lever - wasnt allowed to be an intercept marker due to the swans structure but was still able to hold his opponents 

Brayshaw - serviceable but just straight up role playing

Oliver - BOG

Hibberd - Pure heart siren to siren

Langdon - if the wings is where careers go to die then Lingers is immortal! 

Jordon - some of his disposal was [censored] poor but geeez long term he has 250+ games written all over him  

Rivers - just imagine if we didn't draft Kozzy and Jackson, Rivers would be getting a hell of o lot more praise across the league

Hunt - has become one of our absolute weapons, blitzed his run and carry when required (just close your eyes when he kicks haha)

Neal- Bullen - Sparrow is way more promising, really not enjoying his "brand" to quote the goodwin

Petty - competed hard all night, good or bad he gave it his all and will be hard to replace given an 8-10 game block

 

 

GO THE DEES!!!!!! (No More MFCSS)

On 5/8/2021 at 11:27 PM, joeboy said:

Gawn - is something wrong?

McDonald - Weid hates him

Brown - will be better

Petracca - not as dynamic

Spargo - applied some pressure 

Melksham - had little influence 

Fritsch - uncharacteristically quiet game

Pickett - was well held

May - always in control

Salem - dominant and prolific 

Harmes - an impressive return

Jackson - was surprisingly quiet

Lever - was an onlooker

Brayshaw - mistake riddled performance 

Oliver - prolific and important 

Hibberd - mostly in control

Langdon - performed as expected 

Jordon - impressive first half

Rivers - not his best

Hunt - was rarely sighted

Neal- Bullen - a nothing game

Petty - rarely exuded confidence 

 

How did we win then???

On 5/9/2021 at 10:47 AM, bingers said:

Sparrow ... intimidates the opposition?

No mean feat considering he didn't play.

I think he means "Will swoop on the opposition" when he gets hois chance!

On 5/9/2021 at 10:47 AM, bingers said:

No mean feat considering he didn't play.

It's not as hard as it looks. Even Oskar Baker had one possession running down the wing on Saturday night, according to Luke Darcy. ?

Edited May 10, 20214 yr by mauriesy

23 hours ago, BLWNBA said:

Agree. I’d actually have Sydney as our toughest and best opposition we’ve played this year. It was great to come away with the win and was a great contest. 
 

The amount of people disrespecting Sydney and belittling them, particularly over Facebook, is absurd. 

It's impressive. Sydney threw the book at us and they are a highly talented and well-coached team. They were better - and more dangerous - than any other team we have played this season. We took the pummelling and gave some back; we worked hard to regain a lead and then, maintain that lead. They got to within three points in the last quarter - we left them there - and then moved on with a final burst leaving Sydney 'not looking like getting the lead back to win the match'.

Carna Dees!

On 5/9/2021 at 12:13 AM, BLWNBA said:

Sparrow? 

Did Not Play ?

2 hours ago, picket fence said:

I think he means "Will swoop on the opposition" when he gets hois chance!

I'd like to see some intimidation swooped onto the opposition, sometime. It's all about mongrel, when you boil it down for a victory.

I just watched the first half and i am amazed how many people are getting stuck into Brayshaw. 
he was a strong part of our defensive structure and was part of the reason The Swans were only 3 Goals at Halftime. 
I think a lot of posters on here don’t yet have an understanding of TEAM STRUCTURE yet. 
Brayshaw earnt his pay ?