Autopsy Got there in the end - Swans def Blues

[SwansProudly]

 

[Superstar swan]

He isn’t starring yet , but Cleary is a fantastic footballer. Attacks every contest and competes as hard as anyone. His time will come

 

[Superstar swan]

Also Campbell was awesome tonight . He’s lifted his pressure and intensity right up this year , and made some crucial plays.

Fantastic game from him

 

[McRobie]

Sheldrick really struggled to run out the game. Maybe that's why he's been sub

He didn’t struggle to run it out he was sat on the bench.

 

[McRobie]

Lookie lookie who convincingly won the ruck battle

As a team we were also +9 clearances and +3 Centre clearances

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lol so we should against a VFL plodder.

 

[McRobie]

Adams looked good he deserves to be in

Prob straight in for Jmac depending what they do with Mills.

 

[RnR from RWO]

Was it just me or was there something Papley-esque about Grundy's goal celebration?

 

[WillHayward]

Good win.
One game out of the eight...
Get the big guns like Gulden, Paps and Millsy back from injury and we are top 4 and contenders.
Sleeping giants.

 

[wilsonmatic]

Would rather Corey stay in the team over Roberts, Rampe and Lloyd.

Corey over Rampe would have to be the worst take I've read on here all year. Just severely dumb.

 

[Punts]

Great grind win , shocking to watch and what the game style has become

 

[Dangas]

Aside from the wet, greasy conditions both Swans and Blues are one of the two worst sides (this season) for efficiency going forward both for goals and scoring. Difference is though, Blues have one of the best KPF in the game with a good side hustle in McKay and we are Pistol pete on occasion along with other talls floating in but are certainly not at the level of Curnow.

We have, and did last year, rely on our midfield group scoring, which they did tonight with Heens (should have been 4+goals) and Chad given our B Grade forward line was that.

I hold onto a strong belief that the playing group just needs to win these sort of games and with Millsy back soon then Gulden/Paps post bye if all things go well, we can at least resurrect this season and make a play come September.

Also, love him or hate him, Pistol Pete keeps surprising me each game he plays, not so much with any sort of dominance but moreso with how he goes about making each contest something uncanny. I mean, imagine if that scissor kick went through for a goal?

Bloods.

 

[Banyo Bloods]

Pistol Pete is the second coming of Cam Sinclair. Comparable players with an awkwardness to them that you don’t trust the disposal but pretty big hearts.

Number one thing for me is that he has not shown any of that brain fart discipline that made me want him nowhere near it. He is going to give a few ruck frees away but he isn’t going to shirk it either. Good on him for getting the most out of himself.

 

[DAZZA_75]

Just watching the replay of the Amartey incident, McInerney bumps the Carlton player which pushes him towards Amartey, yes Amartey will still get suspended because he chose to bump and hit him high, but surely we could argue the events before being hit to downgrade the charge.

 

[Wheresbuddy]

Pistol Pete is the second coming of Cam Sinclair. Comparable players with an awkwardness to them that you don’t trust the disposal but pretty big hearts.

Number one thing for me is that he has not shown any of that brain fart discipline that made me want him nowhere near it. He is going to give a few ruck frees away but he isn’t going to shirk it either. Good on him for getting the most out of himself.

I have done a full u-turn on Pete. We should re-sign him with a view that he will be our bridge from Grundy to our next ruck, whoever that might be.

 

[wolftone57]

From all games please. Guy was a good footballer, but a hopeless analyst.

He hates us with a passion.

 

[wolftone57]

The media never whinges about umpiring when we're on the wrong end of it....only if the slightest thing goes against one of their beloved big Victorian clubs....having said that if that's what it takes to put some pressure on the AFL to finally improve the standard then so be it.
We were on the right end of a few tonight but across the comp there are far too many horrific calls being made in most games. Full time has to be the way to go, it's meant to be a professional sport ffs.

I have been advocating for full time for years. I would also like Steve McBurney to read a rule book. I doubt he's ever seen one. I would also like the rules rewritten so they are less interpretive. Maybe go back to the the way they were originally written. They were not changed for nearly 100 years, just added to when a new thing like the diamond and then the square were introduced. But when Demetriou was the Boss they started effing around with the rules and the worst was under Gollum *Gillon) and now Gilligan (Dillon). The rules are so loose their being accused of Street Walking.

 

[wolftone57]

Apparently paid $130k a year as semi professionals with shocking efficiency. Don't know if they would still be in a job in the outside world

I doubt they would be retained as they are incompetent. But they are hampered by badly written rules and a stupid system of Rule of the Week, which to me is childish. ALL the rules should be rule of the week.

 

[sr20]

17 others clubs earn a dodgy free kick
Commentators - you can see how the umpire came to that decision, it was close, it was probably there.

Sydney earn dodgy free kick
Commentators - HOW WAS THAT A FREE, THESE UMPIRES ARE NOT UP TO STANDARD

 

[Adnico26Parker]

Cox's post-match presser:

 

[wolftone57]

Credit to Cox on finally making a few calls with McLean dropped, Florent sub. Good to see some senior players take some flak for a shit performance for a change....they probably weren't the two I'd have picked personally but glad he took the stand.
Imagine Florent probably comes back into the starting 22 the challenge though now is not to backtrack on the McLean call (they were probably hoping he'd play well and he didn't)....and they said he was dropped for form, so really he shouldn't come back in until he finds some, that's how the message sticks that we're serious selection integrity. Amartey's act makes that hard, but you almost have to pick Buller over McLean next week if nothing else but to drive the standard/message he just set.

Although the first 3 qtrs were god awful to watch we competed, there wasn't the softness and reaching tackles that have become a feature of our performances....which is a step forward. Needs to be backed up now obviously.

Buller played a little further up the ground in the reserves. He was ok. Gave them a target down the flanks. Mills was good. But Tay Adams disposal was at times ordinary, even though he got plenty. Paton got 28 as well and was pretty good. Not sure what we do next week. I think we need to change the bombing though. For three quarters we just bombed long every time. That was the reason we were getting beaten. Their run off HB was killing us. I don't think they were doing too much in the mids. That was about even until the last when we took them to the cleaners. If we bomb long against Dees, Gawn & May will clean up.

I was impressed with our last quarter. We played some pretty good footy and the pressure was off the dial. Our tackling was very good too. We hunted them and the ball with huge intent. We also started running the ball more and took them on. That didn't happen in the first three quarters. We just bombed the ball down the line and then into the forward line. I would have hated to be a forward in the first three quarters. They were on a hiding to nothing. I don't know why Cox seems to think this is a good tactic? He might like to use the last quarter as an example of what could be. We changed the game plan completely. No longer just bombing to their backs, instead running the ball with handball and short kicks, looking for a target. I hope more of the last quarter and less of the first three next week.

 

[wolftone57]

You want us to go in to next week with a KPD line of McCartin and Rampe (who doesn't consistently play tall anymore and would prefereable play on Fritsch next week) and a KPF line of Ladhams and Hamling?

We could play Mill at FF. Just a thought.

 

[wolftone57]

Great grind win , shocking to watch and what the game style has become

We bombed long for three quarters, setting their HB to run the ball out. We gave up nearly 90% of forward entries. This was Cox's game plan. Then in the last, he changed it all. We ran the ball, handballed, created chaos, short passed and took the ball wide, opening up the ground. That worked. I have been screaming for this all season. The last quarter is how we should play. Not the first three. Why can't Cox see, the long bomb is a waste of time as it just gives the ball to good interceptors?

 

[The King!]

We won because our two clear best players both had epic games, we can bang on about nice little efforts of others , yeah Cleary chases well (not knocking him) but if Warner and Heeney get it 68 times and kick 4 goals between them we will win more often than not.

Can we do that every single week….maybe.

But hopefully others continue to follow the lead and work hard, you could see everyone lifting late with confidence, players like Jmac etc.


Grundy was a key to the win too and Tmac, Wicks.

I like Campbell, I accept he did hard work, but heck we would be awesome if he just got 10 more a game

 

[GreyGooseGuy88]

Cleary with 14 disposals (most in the middle of the ground as well) yet only 12 meters gained while getting 5 goal involvements and a goal assist on top of his 29 pressure acts yet having one turnover is an incredibly even performance.

I thought he tried hard all night Cleary and found himself in the right spots but was incredibly fumbly at times and not as clean as he usually is. Along with Warner Jnr I who i thought was even more fumbly, hopefully they both learn a lot from a tight, tough game like that. Clean players win games in conditions like that.

 

[Dubai Quacker]

Cox kinda admitted Armatey’s guilt in his press conference.

The Swans Lionel Hutz / Dennis Denuto now faces mission impossible.

 

[GreyGooseGuy88]

Also Campbell was awesome tonight . He’s lifted his pressure and intensity right up this year , and made some crucial plays.

Fantastic game from him

I've said this for a few weeks now, but he has taken his game to another level this year, is more powerful, stronger, tougher and looks more confident. Needs to take the game on more and back himself as he could be another genuine match winner for us.