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Giants losses aren’t too bad. The only one irreplacable is Toby Greene, who should sit next week out to make sure he is right for finals. Players with minor strains and able to return include Griffen for Delidio, Corr for Taylor and Tim Taranto who was rested. Luckily it wasn’t Kelly, Whitefield or Jeremy Cameron that were injured. The Giants run at the moment has been characterised by the young players, Langdon and Daniels playing well and their grunt players returning Kennedy and Buntine. Give Dawson a break this week and get him ready for the bigtime, his body probably hasn’t played this many games straight in its life.
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I think that the saints and North Melbourne are also irrelevant they are a drain on the games finances too, so let’s get rid of them. As for Tasmania, there are more people in The Liverpool and Campbeltown council area than the entire Tasmania. Also with all this information about Melbourne being bigger than Sydney in 10 years time, sounds like the southerner will be escaping the crowds and heading north, to the promised land of western Sydney. Prediction in 15 years the next Brownlow medalist is now playing for the Baulkham Hills Hawks.
A hellish May has the Giants staring at a lost AFL season, or worse
I think for the Giants this is important. Stay strong with the coach. All good teams this is what happens to them. Leon is a good people person and a good coach. Stick with him. Sack a few assistants though that does wonders.
Their form is down. In 5 mins on the weekend they lost the clearance and the quick ball led the defence scrambling. Result Essendon 3 goals and game over. The mids are going ok, but I agree it’s the forwards that are a real problem. They just don’t take their chances, Himmelberg is too unreliable. They had plenty of chances in the third quarter to put a lead on but just blew it.
Also I think that they need Lobb to impose himself. Mummy protected the mids. There was no pressure in the centre bounce in the weekend when the game was in the balance. Rory needs to do that. He is a good player needs more continuity.
A hellish May has the Giants staring at a lost AFL season, or worse
Not sure what’s to think about the Giants. They look out of form. I still think that there is an issue with confidence. A number of times they would be able to switch on the tsunami, now it looks like a puddle. Cogs and Dylan Sheil are continually getting flattened. They just lack their mojo. Eagles are a good team.
Eagles extend streak with win over GWS
If that’s membership numbers they have currently 16500 before the season, last year 21000, second to the swans in Sydney
The GWS Giants are now just a regular AFL premiership contender
Good summary
I don’t think any of the losses will hurt except for Nathan Wilson. He could roost the ball and that I think is the best way to beat the forward pressure, as long as the other team doesn’t have Alex Rance. Mummy will be missed but more for him being a great character and champion for the club. He was obviously hurt throughout last year.
The injuries last year killed them, but I will be interested to see how players like Zac Langdon come on. He looks good for a forward pressure player and should be able to help out players like Matt DeBoar and Sam Reid. The return of Adam Kennedy and MattBuntine will improve their stocks of good honest players. This was the group that they missed the most last year, particularly against Richmond and Adelaide.
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Good ananlysis
At this stage of the losses from last season that will hurt, Nathan Wilson and Mumford, there is no real replacement. Devon Smith has been a little bit flakey for about 18months. Ironically he used to be dead eye at goal but missed few really crucial goals, esp in prelim against Bulldogs. Not totally sold on Lobb but he will have to flatten a few people Mummy style. Nth Melbourne Preuss should be one to watch in that department. Shame Kennedy couldn’t stay, honest but not irreplaceable. Steve J hung on too long sadly, see prelim 2017.
Will be interested to see if Shipley comes through but speedy small players should be the priority. Funny if they pick up Spargo and Jarrod Brander esp as the academy boundaries were changed to prevent them going to the Giants.
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Agree should have had it at twilight. Also the tickets were really expensive.
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Die Hard GWS supporter
Here is what I see as the problems with the team, and I love em. What they are doing in Western Sydney is brilliant
When the club started there was a lack of experience, Stevie J, Mummy and Heath Shaw came in over the last 2-3 years but have played a lot this year and look to be injured. Cameron has stuck with them in the expectation that it would help, but there has been such a lack of consistency from them all year, probably because they have had to play when all the other players were injured. The chickens have come home to roost.
The best hard nose team player/role players at the club have been Adam Kennedy, Matt Buntine and Steve coniglio. All have been injured for the majority and Coniglio still looks sore. Although Matt De-Boer is doing well, not sure how long his signed up. Still have hopes for Matt Kennedy…if he stays
Last year the NEAFL team won the premiership they day after the Qualifying final, so the club’s list looked a million miles than from what is did last night. The whole club looks more like a second year player whose had a great first year and now the pressure has been ramped up so I think they will have to work through it.
I am getting a little fed up about the talent thing. If they are such a talented team then they should have won last night. They are suffering from lack of continuity. Last night they fumbled and tried to play a dry weather game even in the wet, it look a little ridiculous. Everyone was diving for the ball, only for it to slip out and land straight in a Crow players hand. Teams that have been together all year, and are in good shape just seem to know where to be. In that second quarter it looked like the All blacks (Crows) vs the Wallabies (Giants). The Crows just waited back off the contest until a giants player/s were sucked into the contest, made an error and the Crow player flung, tapped it out to a man who was in the exact spot they been in all year and kicked it forward. Dry track Bullies
I think the effort is great, but they just looked to play dumb footy around the ball. Smarten up boys
PS Leon Cameron has taken a brand new club created a culture and will likely take them to two prelims in a row. Only Collingwood would sack a coach that successful.
Poorly coached Giants no match for all-conquering Crows
I think that Sam Reid should also be considered. Before injury he shut Zorko down completely, than again I thought that he should have played instead of Rhys Palmer in the prelim against the dogs last year.
Which forward line should the Giants take to the finals?
Ward got Knocked out in the prelim final by an errant knee. So that’s already been done
No ban a fine result for mean Toby Greene
What a load of bollocks. It is so clearly protective and it’s obvious you don’t like the guy. How about when Daniher did it in the same round, Joe’s a great bloke, no worries. If you’re argument is that it’s a high kick than look at the marking contest or kicking in danger. These are accidental. So what if it is in a handball receive. It was clearly a protective act. What about if Dalhaus had face planted into Greene’s elbow. MRP should ban the use of arms to protect himself. If you want to bag the MRP do it over the Redpath Davis incident in the same game. He got 2 weeks for that!
The MRP has failed, letting the dangerous Toby Greene off
First three quarters the Giants were fumbling and look a little lost. Freo players were unmarked, Kelly couldn’t catch a cold and Lobb look a little down. Then all of a sudden they looked like they flicked the switch, said to themselves we’re better then this and started to dig in. For the first five minutes of the final quarter they looked like the prelim side of last year, and looked what happened. It was remarkable. There is so much improvement in them. When the Giants play the Hawthorn possession game it looks wrong, they can’t do it.
Giants come from behind to get better of Dockers
What a lot of rubbish. GWS loses it best forward, who for those of you who actually go to the game, is Jeremy Cameron who is fast and kicks bombs, but Swans keep Buddy and Paul Roos says that the swans are doing it on system and not talent. What a silly thing to say. Who doesn’t use their talent. Look at Carlton they have plenty of system and they’re at the bottom of the table. Geelong have Dangerfield put him forward and he wins them the game. Talent over system, I’ll have talent please
As for Cameron opening an account at Centrelink, he is one of the best coaches in the comp. Check out the Gold Coast, Brisbane and Carlton as comparisons. A few weeks ago they had 4 AFL listed players in the NEAFL. The depth isn’t as big as everyone thinks. Half of the senior sides in Victoria can attest to the number of people who were formally at the Giants. They have been able to keep about 15-16 of their best players in the team, but the rest are really only NEAFL standard at best. Yet still they are THIRD.
(The three people they miss are Cognilio, Griffen and Hopper)
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