Review Grand Final, 2024 - Sydney vs. Brisbane Lions

[dlanod]

We do (did maybe with Joe gone?) have a impressive collection of 200cm tall quality players.

Swans really needed Amerty or McDonald to truely break out. More often than not you need more than just quality attacking mids to win finals

McDonald, I think it's definitely on the cards. He's still developing and the main knock on him is being rushed into being more than he's not already - a bit like some of the takes on Hipwood still.

Amartey... no. He's the prototypical athletic tall that can abuse a particular match-up but is absolutely anonymous the other 90% of the time. Finlayson was another.

 

[martinson]

McDonald, I think it's definitely on the cards. He's still developing and the main knock on him is being rushed into being more than he's not already - a bit like some of the takes on Hipwood still.

Amartey... no. He's the prototypical athletic tall that can abuse a particular match-up but is absolutely anonymous the other 90% of the time. Finlayson was another.

With McDonald still learning they were undersized against us and it was fine having a great M/F through the season in most games but on the MCG in a cutthroat game physical dominance of a key or keys is critical.

As it turned out it didn't matter that much because their M/F guns didn't fire.

When Amartey kicked those 9 goals in a game I thought you enjoy it mate because powerful teams won't be letting you do that again.

 

[Tom14]

McDonald, I think it's definitely on the cards. He's still developing and the main knock on him is being rushed into being more than he's not already - a bit like some of the takes on Hipwood still.

Amartey... no. He's the prototypical athletic tall that can abuse a particular match-up but is absolutely anonymous the other 90% of the time. Finlayson was another.

McDonald’s next goal from outside the goal square will be just about his longest ever.

I don’t see the competitiveness or the athleticism of a great key forward in him - think he’s a complementary piece at best for them.

 

[Happy_Neale]

I'm not sure whether it's appreciated by fans but it's rare to have players the size of Daniher and Andrews at either end who are as good as they are.

When I speak to people from other clubs who are reasonably savvy about the game they always give the same answer to the one player of ours they wish they could have at their club .

Andrews.

Both criminally underrated, Daniher in particular. How many players can kick 50+ goals year on year and ruck for 25% game time as well?

 

[LongLion]

Both criminally underrated, Daniher in particular. How many players can kick 50+ goals year on year and ruck for 25% game time as well?

Add to that is that Daniher has shown he is a fantastic big game player.

 

[greendiesel]

Nah, Andrews is a hack. Never (almost) picked as an AA.

Not that it matters that much in the overall...but........in which universe does Blakey get AA ahead of Andrews.