Round 19 - Sydney vs Essendon @ SCG

[Halorad]

Lopsided free kick counts don't always tell the full story. People seem to forget that.

But sometimes......................Sometimes they do

 

[Halftimehero]

More the fact that your midfield didn't get enough of it, as opposed to a shot at his game. He played a great game, but when your CHB is your leading possession winner it's a worry

Well he was the second leading possession getter on the ground, is that a blight on Sydney also? Grundy had 22 disposals as well, it's just the way of the game these days, defenders can get a lot of the ball and Hurley did just that.

 

[tige19]

Can not wait to get Sydney in the finals.. Have reached their ceiling, they have nothing other than Franklin that can beat us! Geelong worry me, they always do, such a respected and well developed club. Sydney though... Hmmm, just give them to us in the finals.

 

[Donakebab]

Lol. Yeah, terrible when you see 1 side dominate all the play and all the stats so definitively only for the umps to take the 4 points from them.

The only stats Sydney dominated were the free kicks.

 

[Merdel]

You've got an oval shaped backyard measuring more than 155 m by 136 m?

Wow!

Uhuhh I can kick a goal from the centre like scg

 

[cinderella man]

I remember watching Mcglynn run around at Frankston Oval about 6 years ago playing for Box Hill. Didn't think he'd turn out to be this good. Gun.[/QUOTE]

No he's not you know. Puoppolo is a better player. Ask any Hawthorn supporter they'll tell you.

 

[Ed_Gein]

Bombers and Hawks fans in this thread

 

[tige19]

What was the free kick count in the 2012 GF? And while we're at it... You got the stats for how many more frees the Hawks have vs their opposition as opposed to how many the swans have vs theirs this year?

What does 2012 have to do with it? It's 2014!

24-11

 

[Tiger71]

The only stats Sydney dominated were the free kicks.

They also won the win stat

 

[Ed_Gein]

No he's not you know. Puoppolo is a better player. Ask any Hawthorn supporter they'll tell you.

Come on, surely even Hawks fans aren't that deluded!

 

[Supercoach Bargain]

Always un-mute for the Aus kicker interview.

A meeting of the minds.

 

[PNess]

Bombers and Hawks fans in this thread

YOU LAST WEEK!!!

 

[mxett]

Bombers and Hawks fans in this thread

There's only so many ducking free kicks you can tolerate I suppose

 

[cinderella man]

Why is adam goodes so looked after ?? He's a good player, but he's no Fyfe.

At 34 you wouldn't ******* think so !

 

[Halftimehero]

The majority of our frees seemed to be clear high tackles on our mids

Also known as the Selwood technique

 

[Jtree]

the umpiring was so ruddy biased tonight...
Umpiring is a joke again..way too much influence on games... watch a port home game
The first 5 or so rounds the umpiring was sensational..they put the whistle away and umpired every game like it was a GF..then all the bitches came out and complained saying they were not paying enough frees...as a result they have reverted back to paying soft ticky touch crap...look at murphy's free kick in front of goal last night.. god dam pathetic.

This. Not only was the free kick count 25-11, but coupled with the 5 non-calls for Sydney dropping/holding the ball, it's particularly disappointing.

 

[MF]

Can not wait to get Sydney in the finals.. Have reached their ceiling, they have nothing other than Franklin that can beat us! Geelong worry me, they always do, such a respected and well developed club. Sydney though... Hmmm, just give them to us in the finals.

You seem upset. Maybe go have a nap?

 

[Kummerspeck]

Pretty hard to pick Essendon free kicks apart when they didn't get any.

Sure they did, and got a number let go in their favour too, but there's no point talking to you about it.

 

[Tiger71]

Well next week will be interesting for the bombers who are dreadfully out of form and as i mentioned last week, some of there wins they just scraped over the line and could be argued had the rub of the green. If they lose next week, which is likely as they have not beaten the Tigers in the matches we have played against them in the back half of the year, well it will then look like the rnd 18 free fall will be well and truly on.

 

[Ozzie93]

The best moment of the night was when the umpire in the middle signaled a free kick and a 50m penalty at the same time, only to realize the ball was in space of 3 swans players and called advantage, which led to a goal (maybe) lel.

 

[Halftimehero]

Nice win by the Swans. Undermanned, and did the job. Should have won by more but sometimes chocolates are chocolates. Scoreboard flatters Essendon. They were shite bar 10 minutes.

Because the Bombers weren't undermanned either. Why should they have won by more? Swans jumped them early but was pretty even after that.

 

[snitzel]

quack quack

 

[Halftimehero]

Well next week will be interesting for the bombers who are dreadfully out of form and as i mentioned last week, some of there wins they just scraped over the line and could be argued had the rub of the green. If they lose next week, which is likely as they have not beaten the Tigers in the matches we have played against them in the back half of the year, well it will then look like the rnd 18 free fall will be well and truly on.

lol

 

[Ed_Gein]

The best moment of the night was when the umpire in the middle signaled a free kick and a 50m penalty at the same time, only to realize the ball was in space of 3 swans players and called advantage, which led to a goal (maybe) lel.

Maybe that's what the advantage rule is? lel.

 

[mxett]

Sure they did, and got a number let go in their favour too, but there's no point talking to you about it.

So Sydneys 13 free kick advantage wasn't enough for you?

Lololol