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

[The King!]

Does Hannebery make Stkildas team of the century so far,.

 

[Maximumlnsanity]

No concerns about this performance. All but one of our losses have come against teams in the 6-12 range. We play our best against top competition, and smash the teams down the bottom on talent alone (except ******* Essendon). We'll be fine come finals, I'm backing Horse to have us completely locked in. Not to mention Melbourne don't have the dominant KPFs we typically struggle against

 

[the hypnotoad]

ouch

but it's a good point ... the "grass is always greener somewhere else" syndrome ... it's the same with some posters' obsession with players from other teams, how every other player would be better than such-and-such at the swans

so many crap teams, with so much more for their fans to b1tch about ...
yet we've bounced back from nowhere in two years ... finals last year, top four this year despite losing dawson and hewett
we're almost never smashed, we're almost always in with a chance at some point in a game

we've got a fantastic young squad still getting better but too many people focus on individual moments with no context at all
tom mccartin is copping it at the moment, hickey and mcinerney too
even mcdonald ... people thinking he needs to be replaced ... !??!

i'm with the 'coot ... there is no excuse for some of the nasty, shortsighted tripe that gets posted in the gameday threads about our own club

 

[Bandicoot]

Not quite sure why Hickey is copping the total blame for the centre square problems today. There were a number of times when neither ruck got a decisive hitout yet the St. Kilda mids quite simply outplayed ours. I thought the positioning of our mids was off tonight as when they did get possession they seemed to have to go around the mass in a circular motion rather than direct to goal. Conversely, when St.Kilda mids won the ball, they were off to the races.

 

[Maximumlnsanity]

Think we need Ladhams but his temperament at the coal face has me concerned.

It was one game. The issue Ladhams actually has is he doesn't tandem well with Hickey so he's not getting games unless Hick goes down. Sam Reid on the other hand, perfect #2 ruck (even if he wasn't great today)

 

[LukeParkerno1]

Think we need Ladhams but his temperament at the coal face has me concerned.

Not sure we can play Ladhams and Hickey together it’s one of the other. We won’t be experimenting in finals

 

[caesar88]

It was one game. The issue Ladhams actually has is he doesn't tandem well with Hickey so he's not getting games unless Hick goes down. Sam Reid on the other hand, perfect #2 ruck (even if he wasn't great today)

We should be thinking about the match-up though. Who has proven he can combat and compete against Gawn and the Dees mids at their best this year? Hickey or Ladhams?

 

[kelpie_X]

Pretty sure he can train as soon as he has official medical clearance

Yep that's what happened with my daughter. But that was the Year 5&6 team.

 

[kelpie_X]

Bandi! gameday threads are usually high on emotion but more so today! its why ive banned myself from participating cause i end up saying dumb s**t and then feeling embarassed.

I say dumb s**t and hope people get angry

 

[The King!]

great post
that's the case with most gameday threads, and "emotion" is no excuse ... just stay off bf and watch the fckng game!
i mean, for starters, how much stuff are people missing while they're taking time to post their rubbish?! it's like people at music gigs holding up their fckng phones recording every friggin moment
enjoy the gig! watch the game!! take time to think about ... then post your comments
some of the stuff is beyond cringeworthy

or you know dont read it ...
the whinging about it is dumber than anything in it

 

[Tedeski]

Sorta feel for the medisub like Wicks in these situations, still a high pressure game with everything to play for and an opponent with nothing to lose and trying to finish a season on a high note after poor performances after the bye. First time a medisub was activated in a long time. Deer in the headlights stuff, wouldnt blame Wicks for what hit him today.

Wicks did some good things.
Great long handball in tbe last & a few other nice possies. Needed to kick that goal.

 

[Tedeski]

Ridiculous the Cats can’t have a home final. How does the team that comes 4th get the home advantage. Feel for the Cats

Nah fk em!

 

[caesar88]

or you know dont read it ...
the whinging about it is dumber than anything in it

This.

I've avoided the gameday threads all year because I just don't wanna surround myself with crazy s**t during a game.

Today I was stressed the **** out and just needed some crazy s**t to skim through.

It's not hard to steer clear of it if it's not your thing.

 

[Heeney2Franklin]

This.

I've avoided the gameday threads all year because I just don't wanna surround myself with crazy s**t during a game.

Today I was stressed the **** out and just needed some crazy s**t to skim through.

It's not hard to steer clear of it if it's not your thing.

Im curious to read it tho cant imagine the posts when the Saints got within a kick

 

[Wolfgang West]

If we beat Melbourne we’re winning the grand final.


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Agree

 

[Heeney2Franklin]

Poor Punts couldn't watch anymore agree thought i was gonna pull a heart muscle in the last 5mins.

 

[Punts]

Sorry about my spelling etc at times , we’ll most of the time

 

[DeadlyAkkuret]

What a feeling.

Like everyone, there was that fleeting disappointment in the fact we missed out on second spot but Brisbane’s capitulation really made life hard.

All said and done we finish third and we’re a huge chance here. We know that we bring our best against the best and Melbourne are still the best.

Rowbottom - Some people were very, very wrong. His last month or so has been elite and last night he lead the way again. He’s the epitome of Sydney and our barometer as well.

Warner - Tagged hard every week but that’s a great thing for his development. He’s yet to play his 40th game and he’s already terrifying opposition teams.

Stephens - Hear me out, but he’s got Rolls Royce quality. The thing that can’t be trained but you see it in Mills and players like Hird and Burgoyne. I don’t necessarily think he’ll reach those heights but he oozes natural ability. He’ll go as far as he wants to.

Hayward - Remarkably, he may still be underrated. He never seems to get much attention and there’s no fanfare around him, yet he’s been going at a goal a game for the best part of two seasons. He’s the perfect complimentary player for Logan, Heeney and Papley because they all play very different roles but when it gels it’s magnificent.


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[sataris]

Nice

 

[caesar88]

Think it's worth remembering that if Max King

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kicks straight last week, Saints are equal with Carlton & Bulldogs. So it was probably naive to think we'd have it easy against a team good enough to be in the eight this year.

 

[Kirkswan]

Watch Longmire presser the very first 30secs dont you ******* dare make us play on Thursday AFL is what he is saying.

We were never playing Friday night after a Sunday twilight game, and Horse knew it!

If we'd finished 2nd, the home final would have still been a Friday night or Saturday game.

Finishing top 4 gives us precedence in the finals, no need for lobbying...

 

[Jack Lord]

I was at a show and couldn’t resist reading the posts here during the game. When I watched it last night I expected a disaster. I didn’t find one.

I don’t think we were at our best but St Kilda were pretty manic.

Good to win when we’re playing ordinary footy.
Good to play another high pressure game.
Bank top 4 and put it behind us.

Will be up for the demons I reckon. And I actually like that it’s Friday night at the MCG. We like playing there.

Ours is definitely the standout game in a pretty average first week of finals.

 

[Kirkswan]

Sorta feel for the medisub like Wicks in these situations, still a high pressure game with everything to play for and an opponent with nothing to lose and trying to finish a season on a high note after poor performances after the bye. First time a medisub was activated in a long time. Deer in the headlights stuff, wouldnt blame Wicks for what hit him today.

He'll learn from it, just like all the others... each and every game's a new experience for practically all of them!

He didn't give up, he kept going... be glad it was pre-finals

Horse & Co are doing a wonderful job with these guys!

 

[Kirkswan]

Hayward is just turning into a really important player.

Has been for quite a while now imo...

Does the job, week in week out

 

[Banyo Bloods]

Think it’s pretty obvious from the last bunch of games that we will go in unchanged barring an unknown niggle. Why would we mess with a winning formula. That was done over that time to get the right balance and they seem a lock now.

Also we are the only team that stopped a Collingwood comeback and as a result made top four. Very proud of that.