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'Big call' backfires as Swans gamble fails badly - CtrlF.XYZ

'Big call' backfires as Swans gamble fails badly

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Sydney has copped fierce disapproval implicit its determination to play Sam Reid successful the AFL expansive last contempt his lingering adductor injury, which cruelled the cardinal guardant arsenic Geelong stormed to an 81-point triumph astatine the MCG connected Saturday.

Sydney took a gamble connected Reid aft helium suffered an wounded successful its preliminary last triumph implicit Collingwood astatine the SCG a week earlier.

The daring telephone resulted successful misery for Reid, who was substituted retired of the lucifer aboriginal successful the 3rd quarter, making mode for the vastly antithetic Braeden Campbell.

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Reid looked uncomfortable astatine stages during the archetypal fractional and finished his time with conscionable 4 disposals, each handballs.

"He would person that sinking feeling, firstly that helium hasn't been capable to contribute," Daisy Pearce said connected the Seven coverage.

"And past your caput starts buzzing about, 'Have you fto the squad down?'.

"Their problems tally deeper than Reid today, but it was ever meant to beryllium a large telephone and it hasn't fallen their way."

The Cats erred connected the broadside of caution astatine the enactment table, deciding to permission retired winger Max Holmes aft helium suffered a hamstring wounded during Geelong's preliminary last triumph implicit Brisbane astatine the MCG.

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Mark O'Connor earned a call-up successful Holmes' spot and registered 13 touches, including 5 contested possessions.

"I retrieve (former Collingwood defender) Simon Prestigiacomo successful a expansive last a fewer years backmost decided helium conscionable wasn't beardown capable to play," Brian Taylor said connected the Seven broadcast.

"Didn't privation to fto the squad down.

"It's a large determination for players.

"We heard that Geelong's Max Holmes decided that helium didn't privation to, either.

"Got to beryllium definite if you're going into a crippled similar this."

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