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July 20, 2005
Giving Amon His Due
Many of you will remember back to the last time we played the Eagles and how I wanted Roosy to drop Amon Buchanan because of poor form, well since then I have been put in my place on that front. After being dropped for the Essendon match before getting a late call up thanks to the knee injury to Stuart Maxfield, Amon has gone on to become a much more important player and a far more consisant ball winner in midfield, with only his goal kicking letting him down.
In today's "The Australian", Amon finally gets a bit of acknowledgement from the football media and the game at large for his efforts in the past few weeks in an article called Now Amon's punching above his weight.
I think this article goes to show how important Amon has been over the past fortnight with his attack on the ball leading to a fair few goal assists. I liken his play to that of an NFL Running Back who gets the ball and chargers through a large tight pack to push the ball (and therefore the game) forward and every so offen leads to a goal as a result. That's how I liken him, Assistant coach Ross Lyon reckons Buchanan is
in the best form of his career and is fast developing into an Aaron Hamill-type defensive forward.
Not a bad wrap at all and certainly not a bad wrap for a player many had given up on after Adam Schneider became the hot new small forward the Swans had been looking for and was in fact training with Carlton after being delisted by the Swans in the hope of having some sort of AFL future. But lucky for the Swans and Amon himself the Swans had a change of heart and re-drafted him in a Troy Luff style move and last season saw him gain valuable senior gametime, showed his promise as a midfielder and kept the form going into this year where he has more than moved past Schneider according to club great Paul Kelly.
"Last year he was probably up against Adam Schneider for a spot in the team and now he's moved in front of him."
So hopefully Amon can keep up with this form and he becomes an even more valable asset to this club. Not bad for a play I wrote off 10 weeks ago.
Posted by robbieando at July 20, 2005 09:53 PM