Autopsy Swans beat Dockers by 3 points

[SwansProudly]

 

[Ticky009]

Hamling has been outstanding .

I think we can Have McCartin Melican Hamling and free Rampe up a bit, means Roberts /blakey can be more mid

Hamling & Bice have been the feel good in a somewhat hazy day so far this season.

Bice is a cracker. Great selection by the recruiting team.

 

[Jewelsbon]

Wicks is becoming elite

Ralphy must (rightfully) be so proud! Sammy has completely reinvented himself

 

[The King!]

It’s difficult to judge off so little game time but I am still concerned about Gus. I hope I’m wrong but he just looks like a good reserve player. I have similar long-term worried about Corey.

Also hard to be the sub for his style to be fair but that shot for goal was awful

 

[Big Blood]

Still in shock Amartey took a mark.

He led all comers at the Swans today for contested marks.. 2!

 

[Ticky009]

Not a game I'd watch again .

At times during it I would have shipped Amartey off and even Mclean .

But they combined for 4 in the end which is solid .

Mclean didn't take enough marks but did a lot of other stuff, Amartey clunked a fewZ

Hayward wasted so much of it but he does work hard, Papley better but still not very good without the ball- these two need to give us more.


Grundy improved in the 3rd but yeah Ladhams was crucial in the finish - good coaching

Our forward line is still a mess as far as I'm concerned.

 

[Jack Lord]

In the last 10 seconds Heeney got a really poor pass on the wing. He couldn't mark it but he had to make sure it didn't come back in. Could have lost us the game.

 

[The King!]

Ralphy must (rightfully) be so proud! Sammy has completely reinvented himself

Agree he is very very composed Wicks

 

[The King!]

Our forward line is still a mess as far as I'm concerned.

Yeah but the stat make it look better

it rolled out too easily imo

 

[Heeney2Franklin]

It’s difficult to judge off so little game time but I am still concerned about Gus. I hope I’m wrong but he just looks like a good reserve player. I have similar long-term worried about Corey.

Corey = Brandon Jack
Gus = Stephens

 

[The King!]

If someone gets to meet Lizard be polite, get a photo and just politely suggest that he stop double fisting the ball

 

[JackHiscoxWasFast]

Also hard to be the sub for his style to be fair but that shot for goal was awful

Plenty of other awful shots as well to be fair

 

[Ticky009]

Yeah but the stat make it look better

it rolled out too easily imo

100% this. Our forward pressure is still way down - and our best forward pressure bloke is now in the back half.

 

[Jimbo OZ]

Hamling has been outstanding .

I think we can Have McCartin Melican Hamling and free Rampe up a bit, means Roberts /blakey can be more mid

Hamling was fantastic. Nothing flashy but just good. McCartin did some nice things with intercepts but got a few kicked on him too. I’m worried that it could be Ramps who is the odd man out. A back 7 of Melican, McCartin, Hamling, Blakey, Wicks, Roberts, and Bice sounds good to me

 

[Heeney2Franklin]

Yeah but the stat make it look better

it rolled out too easily imo

Its just not going to work against a top 8 side it will be rebounded with impunity.

 

[Ticky009]

Corey = Brandon Jack
Gus = Stephens

Oof. That's a cold call mate.

 

[The King!]

Hamling was fantastic. Nothing flashy but just good. McCartin did some nice things with intercepts but got a few kicked on him too. I’m worried that it could be Ramps who is the odd man out. A back 7 of Melican, McCartin, Hamling, Blakey, Wicks, Roberts, and Bice sounds good to me

Unpopular but I'd like to see Blakey kicking it into the forward 50 way more and running around the midfield anyway.

Sometimes I even think Roberts could be an inside mid

 

[Heeney2Franklin]

100% this. Our forward pressure is still way down - and our best forward pressure bloke is now in the back half.

I posted a stat in the gameday thread where we are dead last in creating scores from turnovers where in 2024 we were first.

So pressure is not AFL standard at the moment

 

[Jimbo OZ]

Also hard to be the sub for his style to be fair but that shot for goal was awful

Agreed but I guess I expected more power and intensity around the ball given everyone else had been playing in 30 degree heat for 3 quarters.

 

[kickthething]

I told my son if I ever see him do that, I will personally run on the field and yank him off.

We became double fisters en masse last season and it appears we are carrying it over this year.

 

[Donza]

I had thoughts of what the autopsy would look like had the game gone .5 seconds longer and Amiss got payed the mark

Wasn't that. The siren sounded way earlier than the broadcast

 

[The King!]

Agreed but I guess I expected more power and intensity around the ball given everyone else had been playing in 30 degree heat for 3 quarters.

I'm just trying to cut him some slack don't want to shit on the kid. Just never seen what the hype was about

 

[Tedeski]

Can still hear the chorus from Swans supporters around the country whe Blakey double fisted a standard chest mark late…..”Mark the f…..n thing”

Yep.
Another firmer forward/ mid junior playing an unnatural defensive role.
Hamling knows when & where to punch & when to mark.

 

[Heeney2Franklin]

Oof. That's a cold call mate.

Gus gets more of it but yer similiar type of skill level

 

[kickthething]

Also hard to be the sub for his style to be fair but that shot for goal was awful

True, but hard to see where his strengths are when he gets his chances, he seems to get exposed pretty easily

 

[RainMachine]

What a footballer.

Cereal anyone?

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EDIT: Credit to RainMachine OP

snap (goal), tackle, and stop (freo)