Leigh Fisher!

Dal_Santos_Gal · Sat 22 Mar 2008 10:06pm

Leigh Fisher deserves his own thread tonight !!

I know he didn't get much of the ball, but he didn't need to as he did a great job in keeping Goodes quiet.
Fisher won the contest 8 touchs to 7, a great job seeing we don't have our number one tagger in Baker.
It ended up being a a great inclusion considering blake was a late withdrawl.

meher baba · Sat 22 Mar 2008 10:07pm

I thoroughly agree DSG.

I don't think he'll be left out of the first 22 again in a hurry!!

matrix · Post: # 534966Post **matrix** » Sat 22 Mar 2008 10:08pm

he played very well and deff would be in my starting 22
goodes was kept very quiet tonight by him.
a great job indeed.

maverick · Post: # 534978Post **maverick** » Sat 22 Mar 2008 10:15pm

His kicking impressed me tonight, know he didn't get that much of it, but almost the best game he has played for mine.

Mr Magic · Post: # 534983Post **Mr Magic** » Sat 22 Mar 2008 10:16pm

Fabulous game tonight.

Sammy Hammil gave him 2 votes on MMM (he gave Max the 3)

ausfatcat · Post: # 534984Post **ausfatcat** » Sat 22 Mar 2008 10:18pm

spot on

matrix · Post: # 534990Post **matrix** » Sat 22 Mar 2008 10:19pm

apparently max was average and looked slow and hall lead him to the ball.....

he deserved those votes, good on sammy

Huzzad · Post: # 534995Post **Huzzad** » Sat 22 Mar 2008 10:22pm

Leigh was good tonight. Not alot of footy, but was punishing when he got it. Definatly worthy of a spot in our 22. Great to see a thread on this. Why alot of people bag him is beyond me.

woooosaints · Sat 22 Mar 2008 10:22pm

i think you guys have got it all wrong adam goodes is a very very slow starter to the season im not saying leigh fisher didnt do a good job but dont overrate him just yet

Dal_Santos_Gal · Sat 22 Mar 2008 10:25pm

woooosaints wrote:i think you guys have got it all wrong adam goodes is a very very slow starter to the season im not saying leigh fisher didnt do a good job but dont overrate him just yet

We are pumping up his tyres just yet, but the guy deverses credit for the effort he put in. Does not matter if goodes does not start the season off well normally. Fisher was given a job to do and executed it beautifully IMO.

saintsrus · Post: # 535008Post **saintsrus** » Sat 22 Mar 2008 10:29pm

woooosaints wrote:i think you guys have got it all wrong adam goodes is a very very slow starter to the season im not saying leigh fisher didnt do a good job but dont overrate him just yet

Goodes had his worst game possession wise since 2004 according to MMM, so all credit to Leigh

Huzzad · Post: # 535014Post **Huzzad** » Sat 22 Mar 2008 10:30pm

saintsrus wrote:
woooosaints wrote:i think you guys have got it all wrong adam goodes is a very very slow starter to the season im not saying leigh fisher didnt do a good job but dont overrate him just yet
Goodes had his worst game possession wise since 2004 according to MMM, so all credit to Leigh

Exactly. Swans might as well have been a playing a man down. Top job Leigh.

Otiman · Post: # 535015Post **Otiman** » Sat 22 Mar 2008 10:31pm

I'd almost have Leigh as BOG. He stopped Goodes, then when Buchanan was running amok, he moved onto him and shut him down too, which was when Goodes got a bit more of the footy.

sasaint · Post: # 535026Post **sasaint** » Sat 22 Mar 2008 10:37pm

Mr Magic wrote:Fabulous game tonight.

Sammy Hammil gave him 2 votes on MMM (he gave Max the 3)

Correction. Hamill gave Fish BOG and gave 2 points to Max,

Great game Leigh

Unforgiven · Sat 22 Mar 2008 10:45pm

Well done Leigh. I'll admit I doubted him and wasn't too phased by him not making the team. He proved me wrong tonight, sensational game on Goodes.

midas_touch · Sat 22 Mar 2008 10:52pm

Great performance by Fish on Goodes tonight, rendering him useless. Has shown that he is equally adept as a run with player as he is as a defender.

matrix · Post: # 535060Post **matrix** » Sat 22 Mar 2008 10:54pm

why on earth he wasnt picked in the original line up ill never know

Huzzad · Post: # 535070Post **Huzzad** » Sat 22 Mar 2008 11:01pm

matrixcutter wrote:why on earth he wasnt picked in the original line up ill never know

The ever-wise channel 10 suggest it was a trump card. Was the plan all along. Not sure why exactly Ross would want to do that, but according to the sources, Fish knew he was in the team early on.

matrix · Post: # 535130Post **matrix** » Sun 23 Mar 2008 12:28am

yeah i heard them suggest that too....why on earth u would do that i dunno.
maybe they really thought that the swans would be totally planning for Blake and by doing this it might throw them totally outta whack.

if thats the case, i guess it worked cause goodes did f*** all
o'laughlan did nothing as well

Sobraz · Post: # 535137Post **Sobraz** » Sun 23 Mar 2008 12:33am

Fish was great.... Often unfairly maligned around here by some, but he showed tonight he is a first 22 player.. has added a new string to his bow, and tonight was his coming of age as a run-with player..