Autopsy Swans clinch double chance 14 point winners against St.Kilda

[Heeney2Franklin]

Almost blew it in the end 11.4 became 13.10 doesnt matter 3rd is ours and it starts again.

Thankfully the bye will be extremely beneficial for us.

Saints gave us good preparation for the first final.

Have at it.

 

[The King!]

wins a win , we have a chance at a flag


people can s**t on it if they want, but great season so far

rowbottom, stephens, hayward stood out

 

[Punts]

* me that was scary

Fix the ******* clearance work otherwise Melbourne will smash us

Hayward has gone up a level far out

See ya hicky

Thought Stephens was awesome, shutting on me Mate

Rowboat got us going

 

[Heeney2Franklin]

wins a win , we have a chance at a flag


people can s**t on it if they want, but great season so far

rowbottom, stephens, hayward stood out

Ecstatic with 3rd glad what a fantastic season.

 

[The King!]

we will beat Melbourne guarantee it

 

[Punts]

What happens with paply ?

 

[Heeney2Franklin]

* me that was scary

Fix the ******* clearance work otherwise Melbourne will smash us

Hayward has gone up a level far out

See ya hicky

Thought Stephens was awesome, shutting on me Mate

Rowboat got us going

Stephen's showing why he went pick 5

 

[The King!]

What happens with paply ?

concussion protocol

cant play til the friday finals week i think

 

[swanssince2002]

Still waiting on Papley, we will see when we play the Dees - better not be on a Thursday, that would be tragic.

 

[Citrus22]

wins a win , we have a chance at a flag


people can s**t on it if they want, but great season so far

rowbottom, stephens, hayward stood out

Add Florent too, saved our arse in defence multiple times!

Hanners destroyed our midfield apart from Parker and Rowbottom. Kudos to him.

Pertinent to remember Saints drastically underperformed this year, we were definitely a bit off but managed to hold. Good prep for holding your nerve under pressure.

 

[Heeney2Franklin]

What happens with paply ?

Depends what day we play Melbourne he should be cleared.

 

[RilesMacca]

As much as it was a scrappy win, I still much prefer to have a proper hard slog win rather than a breeze in preparation for finals. Last year it was a 90 point thrashing in r23, then in finals we get spanked in the contest.

Having a win like that is frustrating, but grinding out a result like that can be good and gives us a wake up call of what type of contest and composure is expected in finals.

 

[Dangas]

Got the win, double chance secured.

But this bloke, Hanners, always a Blood ️
Your performance in the 2012 Grand Final will never be forgotten

Also Paddy Ryder all the best to him.

 

[Chaisa]

Not our best effort, but eh at least we stabilised. Two really important goals from Hayward late saving our bacon.

Midfield other than Rowbottom needs work pronto. Hoping it was just an off-day.

Stephens's improvement as the season has gone on has been really impressive. Honestly think he's got the tools to be the best winger in the comp - he may not be the most skilled but * he runs and competes hard.

Happy for Hanners to have a big day. It's a shame your career ended like it did, but from the 2012 GF to the 2016 one you were one of our bests. I don't think it's entirely a coincidence that our midfield fell off a cliff after that injury. Enjoy retirement, mate.

 

[Ticky009]

What happens with paply ?

Friendly fire - curtesy of Buddy.

 

[Punts]

3rd is a great effort after the dickhead punts said we would finish 9th

I reckon we can get the dees but not with hicky v Gawn

 

[Dubai Quacker]

The good: Rowy, Hayward, Stephens

The bad: Lloyds kick-in in the 4th

The ugly: Our centre bounce problems

 

[wills2g]

Obviously 2nd place would've been ideal, but this is the game we needed to reset and not get ahead of themsleves. Imo we needed a scare before the finals series just so everyone can get a stinker of a game out of their systems, and really gear up for finals.

 

[Ed_Gein]

If you're Melbourne and watching that, you'd be feeling pretty confident week 1.

Gotta be better in two weeks.

 

[TheMase]

In the end probably a decent tune up for finals, Saints brought the pressure in the second half. A bit of a reality check for us too.

I thought Rowbottom, Hayward, Stephens and Heeney really cracked in and won it for us.

 

[Punts]

Clearance and Mccartins are the biggest worry’s in finals foe me

 

[Donza]

Didn't hate that.
Grinding game after a decent stretch of wins.
They looked tired.

 

[swanssince2002]

When you have to win 7 games in a row just to finish top 4, we would be bound to play our C grade game one time such that is the nature of sports. Even though it was in danger, we stabilised. Hayward with 2 long banana kicks which is pretty high difficulty. Thank goodness he showed up today. Shoutout to Stephens and Rowy as well.

 

[Kennedy Parker]

Rowbottom, Hayward brilliant, Heeney very good.

Warner didn't have the same impact with the tag but give him a chance and he'll torch the opposition.

Defence was a bit shaky at times when the Saints were winning clearances.

We match up well on Melbourne happy to take them at the MCG, can't complain about finishing 3rd two years after being bottom 4

 

[Membling]

That was a game where the boys did not look dialled in. At all.

Positives in Hayward, Stephens and Rowbottom.