Media Swans Talk in the Media 2024

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[Olian]

How can Sydney beating the premiers not warrant a single mention in the things we learnt in round 1 afl column

Essendon beat a minmow hawks side without parish tops the list , highlights their depth,

* off

Apparently what we learned was that the Pies are missing Nathan Murphy’s 57 games of experience as a defender. The fact that they had Moore, Maynard Howe and Quaynor means little.

 

[The King!]

But Magpies missing Murphy is all the difference

Reading the article I learned that Josh Gabelich, whoever he is, is a moron

 

[bloodsbigot]

How can Sydney beating the premiers not warrant a single mention in the things we learnt in round 1 afl column

Essendon beat a minmow hawks side without parish tops the list , highlights their depth,

* off

Well in fairness Collingwood were missing a defender, which is why they lost so heavily to us. Otherwise the Harlem Globetrotters of the AFL and the greatest player of all time would have destroyed us. Let's just be factual.

 

[Ticky009]

Swans talk near the end - just run your mouse along the line until you find it.

 

[bedford]

Yep I dont watch any of it

Just sensationalist


Id rather watch that was the season that was 1995 than AFL360

I tape 360 and just by pass slobbo and poindexter and go to the guests

 

[bedford]

Zero Hanger has a story on Melican , really like this bloke

 

[Ticky009]

Crunch time talk about the Swans.
Swans talk really stars with 13mins 40seconds left on the clock

 

[bloodsbigot]

Crunch time talk about the Swans.
Swans talk really stars with 13mins 40seconds left on the clock

36:30 they say we're continuing the march to the match for the rest of the season for every home match.

That's fantastic and a great initiative to make our own.

 

[Jewelsbon]

36:30 they say we're continuing the march to the match for the rest of the season for every home match.

That's fantastic and a great initiative to make our own.

Beats the hell out of "Never Tear Us Apart".

 

[bloodsbigot]

Beats the hell out of "Never Tear Us Apart".

That is so cringe.

Then again, we have Sweet Caroline.

 

[Ticky009]

On The Couch - Swans talk starts 25:30mins into the show. Your welcome.

 

[BasicSwan]

The 'Eight Things We Learned...' article on AFL.com has the reporters focusing on 7 of this weekend's winning teams. Anyone want to take a guess as to the one game where they focused on the losers instead?

Easy done, let's make our own coverage since the media refuses to acknowledge us.

The "Eight Things We Learned...Swans Edition, HERE IT IS!"

1) Back to the past for Isaac Heneey
Heneey was seen as an elite midfielder back in his junior days for the Allies and the Swans Academy. Due to injury and the star studded swans midfield meant that most of Heneey's brilliance came in the forward line. Now back into his original position, Heneey has shown elite skills at the contest and provided the young swans midfield a new string to their bow.

2) The CHAD is BACK
Chad Warner has seemingly return to his 2022 form where his explosive speed away from contest was thrilling to watch for all. This year, Warner appears to have worked on his core strength as he continuously broke tackles of the Collingwood players. His intercept work was exceptional resulting in multiple turnover goals which included the first goal of the match scored by him.

3) The highly underrated Rowbottom
Whilst only obtaining 16 disposals for the match the defensive pressure of Rowbottom was elite with 13 tackles (two tackles on De Goey that should have been called holding the ball) and multiple don't argues for the game. During highly intense exchange of play where the ball was bouncing between the 50 arcs of both teams, it was Rowbottom who sees the moment and kicked truly from outside 50 giving the swans reward for their effort of tackling pressure and clean handball chains.

4) The twin pillars of McCartin and Melican
Both tall defenders had their moments of brilliance with strong one on one victories over their opposition forwards and intercepts that killed the momentum of the Collingwood attacks. Whilst the sample size is small and the focus having been more about the swans' tall forwards, it would be unwise for opposition sides to underestimate the brick walls that is the swans' tall defending duo.

5) The value of the Swans' Tall forwards
Simple analysis always asks the question who will succeed Buddy Franklin...Is it Mcdonald? Is it Amartey? Is it Mclean? The actual answer is...no one knows and in fact, why do they need to be Buddy? Each young forward provide skills unique to each other. McDonald's field kicking and ground coverage. Amartey's marking and jumping abilities, and McLean's endurance and ruck work, all create unique problems for the opposition coach and with more time to play with each other with the retirement of the Great Buddy, the skies the limit.

6) Swans pressure, pressure, PRESSURE!
The Swans were once again elite at their pressure game 72 tackles laid in the game, 15 of which were tackles inside their forward 50. It made the night particularly difficult for the Collingwood defense who ended up turning the ball over multiple times in that area. All in all, the Swans scored 71 points from Collingwood turn overs (I think that was the number). Legend has it that Collingwood don't win any games in which 50+ points are scored from their turnovers.

7) Kicking with penetration
Much has been made about the elite foot skills at the swans; however, what really separates them from Collingwood on Friday night was the kicking distance the young swans could generate. The likes of Gulden, Campbell, Heneey and Blakey are well documented, a highlight of the night was an effortless 55 m kick by Campbell to an unmanned McDonald at the goal square resulting in a Swans goal.

8) Parker, Mills and Adams...The luxury of depth
Cast your minds back 8 - 12 months ago when injuries began to pile on for the Swans. The mounting injury list meant many players had to play out of position, play with injuries and those simply out of form having to continuously play at the AFL level without reprieve. A lot was mentioned by Longmire last year about the young Swans midfield needing more older players to support them in their development and whilst that could still prove to be the case later in the season, the current midfield set up led by the aforementioned young mids are delivering the goods with another year of development, the acquisition of Grundy and the injection of Heneey into the midfield had people wondering how will Longmire fit the likes of Parker, Mills and Adams back? Quoting directly from the coach himself, "I generally don't worry about it cause it usually takes care of itself". Nevertheless, when they do return, the will be headaches and problems to solve, but what a wonderful problem to have!

Sorry for the extra long post and for those who read it until the end, thank you so much. Apologies if the wording went out of whack, wanted to write this quickly before we already moved on from this issue about the lack of coverage of what has been a very good two weeks worth of performance by the boys.

 

[GoulburnSwan]

I generally don't mind Tom Morris but this assessment is just plain wrong. Let's be clear, Buddy suffers from crippling anxiety and doing interviews etc increases these issues. To say we were done with him because he didn't want to do a final media interview smacks of media dummy spit.

‘Had enough of him’: Explosive report sheds light on Buddy exit

‘Had enough of him’: Explosive report sheds light on Buddy exit

www.foxsports.com.au

How many games did Tom Morris play at senior AFL level?? Did he kick many goals? He’s just an opinionated media hack wanting to create a controversy as strangely he’s not done much else. It’s perhaps a bit harsh, but it’s pretty fair.

 

[bedford]

How many games did Tom Morris play at senior AFL level?? Did he kick many goals? He’s just an opinionated media hack wanting to create a controversy as strangely he’s not done much else. It’s perhaps a bit harsh, but it’s pretty fair.

How many Murdoch journo's played AFL ?

 

[GoulburnSwan]

Nice to see Geraldo wax lyrical about Heeney tonight.

 

[Donza]

On The Couch - Swans talk starts 25:30mins into the show. Your welcome.

It's a Sofa!

 

[bedford]

Nice to see Geraldo wax lyrical about Heeney tonight.

Swans fans text in this morning to him telling he gives us nothing , didn't like it , hates us

 

[Ticky009]

Some video from On the Couch regarding the Swans

‘No coincidence’: Swans’ clever list tactic that flew under AFL’s radar — and the proof they’re back

‘No coincidence’: Swans’ clever list tactic that flew under AFL’s radar — and the proof they’re back

www.foxsports.com.au

 

[SM]

How many games did Tom Morris play at senior AFL level?? Did he kick many goals? He’s just an opinionated media hack wanting to create a controversy as strangely he’s not done much else. It’s perhaps a bit harsh, but it’s pretty fair.

? He's not a pundit, he's a journo, how many of the journos have played footy? Weird take.

 

[caesar88]

Easy done, let's make our own coverage since the media refuses to acknowledge us.

The "Eight Things We Learned...Swans Edition, HERE IT IS!"

1) Back to the past for Isaac Heneey
Heneey was seen as an elite midfielder back in his junior days for the Allies and the Swans Academy. Due to injury and the star studded swans midfield meant that most of Heneey's brilliance came in the forward line. Now back into his original position, Heneey has shown elite skills at the contest and provided the young swans midfield a new string to their bow.

2) The CHAD is BACK
Chad Warner has seemingly return to his 2022 form where his explosive speed away from contest was thrilling to watch for all. This year, Warner appears to have worked on his core strength as he continuously broke tackles of the Collingwood players. His intercept work was exceptional resulting in multiple turnover goals which included the first goal of the match scored by him.

3) The highly underrated Rowbottom
Whilst only obtaining 16 disposals for the match the defensive pressure of Rowbottom was elite with 13 tackles (two tackles on De Goey that should have been called holding the ball) and multiple don't argues for the game. During highly intense exchange of play where the ball was bouncing between the 50 arcs of both teams, it was Rowbottom who sees the moment and kicked truly from outside 50 giving the swans reward for their effort of tackling pressure and clean handball chains.

4) The twin pillars of McCartin and Melican
Both tall defenders had their moments of brilliance with strong one on one victories over their opposition forwards and intercepts that killed the momentum of the Collingwood attacks. Whilst the sample size is small and the focus having been more about the swans' tall forwards, it would be unwise for opposition sides to underestimate the brick walls that is the swans' tall defending duo.

5) The value of the Swans' Tall forwards
Simple analysis always asks the question who will succeed Buddy Franklin...Is it Mcdonald? Is it Amartey? Is it Mclean? The actual answer is...no one knows and in fact, why do they need to be Buddy? Each young forward provide skills unique to each other. McDonald's field kicking and ground coverage. Amartey's marking and jumping abilities, and McLean's endurance and ruck work, all create unique problems for the opposition coach and with more time to play with each other with the retirement of the Great Buddy, the skies the limit.

6) Swans pressure, pressure, PRESSURE!
The Swans were once again elite at their pressure game 72 tackles laid in the game, 15 of which were tackles inside their forward 50. It made the night particularly difficult for the Collingwood defense who ended up turning the ball over multiple times in that area. All in all, the Swans scored 71 points from Collingwood turn overs (I think that was the number). Legend has it that Collingwood don't win any games in which 50+ points are scored from their turnovers.

7) Kicking with penetration
Much has been made about the elite foot skills at the swans; however, what really separates them from Collingwood on Friday night was the kicking distance the young swans could generate. The likes of Gulden, Campbell, Heneey and Blakey are well documented, a highlight of the night was an effortless 55 m kick by Campbell to an unmanned McDonald at the goal square resulting in a Swans goal.

8) Parker, Mills and Adams...The luxury of depth
Cast your minds back 8 - 12 months ago when injuries began to pile on for the Swans. The mounting injury list meant many players had to play out of position, play with injuries and those simply out of form having to continuously play at the AFL level without reprieve. A lot was mentioned by Longmire last year about the young Swans midfield needing more older players to support them in their development and whilst that could still prove to be the case later in the season, the current midfield set up led by the aforementioned young mids are delivering the goods with another year of development, the acquisition of Grundy and the injection of Heneey into the midfield had people wondering how will Longmire fit the likes of Parker, Mills and Adams back? Quoting directly from the coach himself, "I generally don't worry about it cause it usually takes care of itself". Nevertheless, when they do return, the will be headaches and problems to solve, but what a wonderful problem to have!

Sorry for the extra long post and for those who read it until the end, thank you so much. Apologies if the wording went out of whack, wanted to write this quickly before we already moved on from this issue about the lack of coverage of what has been a very good two weeks worth of performance by the boys.

And the Logie for Best Sports Program goes to....

 

[Millky95]

Easy done, let's make our own coverage since the media refuses to acknowledge us.

The "Eight Things We Learned...Swans Edition, HERE IT IS!"

1) Back to the past for Isaac Heneey
Heneey was seen as an elite midfielder back in his junior days for the Allies and the Swans Academy. Due to injury and the star studded swans midfield meant that most of Heneey's brilliance came in the forward line. Now back into his original position, Heneey has shown elite skills at the contest and provided the young swans midfield a new string to their bow.

2) The CHAD is BACK
Chad Warner has seemingly return to his 2022 form where his explosive speed away from contest was thrilling to watch for all. This year, Warner appears to have worked on his core strength as he continuously broke tackles of the Collingwood players. His intercept work was exceptional resulting in multiple turnover goals which included the first goal of the match scored by him.

3) The highly underrated Rowbottom
Whilst only obtaining 16 disposals for the match the defensive pressure of Rowbottom was elite with 13 tackles (two tackles on De Goey that should have been called holding the ball) and multiple don't argues for the game. During highly intense exchange of play where the ball was bouncing between the 50 arcs of both teams, it was Rowbottom who sees the moment and kicked truly from outside 50 giving the swans reward for their effort of tackling pressure and clean handball chains.

4) The twin pillars of McCartin and Melican
Both tall defenders had their moments of brilliance with strong one on one victories over their opposition forwards and intercepts that killed the momentum of the Collingwood attacks. Whilst the sample size is small and the focus having been more about the swans' tall forwards, it would be unwise for opposition sides to underestimate the brick walls that is the swans' tall defending duo.

5) The value of the Swans' Tall forwards
Simple analysis always asks the question who will succeed Buddy Franklin...Is it Mcdonald? Is it Amartey? Is it Mclean? The actual answer is...no one knows and in fact, why do they need to be Buddy? Each young forward provide skills unique to each other. McDonald's field kicking and ground coverage. Amartey's marking and jumping abilities, and McLean's endurance and ruck work, all create unique problems for the opposition coach and with more time to play with each other with the retirement of the Great Buddy, the skies the limit.

6) Swans pressure, pressure, PRESSURE!
The Swans were once again elite at their pressure game 72 tackles laid in the game, 15 of which were tackles inside their forward 50. It made the night particularly difficult for the Collingwood defense who ended up turning the ball over multiple times in that area. All in all, the Swans scored 71 points from Collingwood turn overs (I think that was the number). Legend has it that Collingwood don't win any games in which 50+ points are scored from their turnovers.

7) Kicking with penetration
Much has been made about the elite foot skills at the swans; however, what really separates them from Collingwood on Friday night was the kicking distance the young swans could generate. The likes of Gulden, Campbell, Heneey and Blakey are well documented, a highlight of the night was an effortless 55 m kick by Campbell to an unmanned McDonald at the goal square resulting in a Swans goal.

8) Parker, Mills and Adams...The luxury of depth
Cast your minds back 8 - 12 months ago when injuries began to pile on for the Swans. The mounting injury list meant many players had to play out of position, play with injuries and those simply out of form having to continuously play at the AFL level without reprieve. A lot was mentioned by Longmire last year about the young Swans midfield needing more older players to support them in their development and whilst that could still prove to be the case later in the season, the current midfield set up led by the aforementioned young mids are delivering the goods with another year of development, the acquisition of Grundy and the injection of Heneey into the midfield had people wondering how will Longmire fit the likes of Parker, Mills and Adams back? Quoting directly from the coach himself, "I generally don't worry about it cause it usually takes care of itself". Nevertheless, when they do return, the will be headaches and problems to solve, but what a wonderful problem to have!

Sorry for the extra long post and for those who read it until the end, thank you so much. Apologies if the wording went out of whack, wanted to write this quickly before we already moved on from this issue about the lack of coverage of what has been a very good two weeks worth of performance by the boys.

You know you have to do this weekly now, right?

 

[Nuggetz]

Easy done, let's make our own coverage since the media refuses to acknowledge us.

The "Eight Things We Learned...Swans Edition, HERE IT IS!"

1) Back to the past for Isaac Heneey
Heneey was seen as an elite midfielder back in his junior days for the Allies and the Swans Academy. Due to injury and the star studded swans midfield meant that most of Heneey's brilliance came in the forward line. Now back into his original position, Heneey has shown elite skills at the contest and provided the young swans midfield a new string to their bow.

2) The CHAD is BACK
Chad Warner has seemingly return to his 2022 form where his explosive speed away from contest was thrilling to watch for all. This year, Warner appears to have worked on his core strength as he continuously broke tackles of the Collingwood players. His intercept work was exceptional resulting in multiple turnover goals which included the first goal of the match scored by him.

3) The highly underrated Rowbottom
Whilst only obtaining 16 disposals for the match the defensive pressure of Rowbottom was elite with 13 tackles (two tackles on De Goey that should have been called holding the ball) and multiple don't argues for the game. During highly intense exchange of play where the ball was bouncing between the 50 arcs of both teams, it was Rowbottom who sees the moment and kicked truly from outside 50 giving the swans reward for their effort of tackling pressure and clean handball chains.

4) The twin pillars of McCartin and Melican
Both tall defenders had their moments of brilliance with strong one on one victories over their opposition forwards and intercepts that killed the momentum of the Collingwood attacks. Whilst the sample size is small and the focus having been more about the swans' tall forwards, it would be unwise for opposition sides to underestimate the brick walls that is the swans' tall defending duo.

5) The value of the Swans' Tall forwards
Simple analysis always asks the question who will succeed Buddy Franklin...Is it Mcdonald? Is it Amartey? Is it Mclean? The actual answer is...no one knows and in fact, why do they need to be Buddy? Each young forward provide skills unique to each other. McDonald's field kicking and ground coverage. Amartey's marking and jumping abilities, and McLean's endurance and ruck work, all create unique problems for the opposition coach and with more time to play with each other with the retirement of the Great Buddy, the skies the limit.

6) Swans pressure, pressure, PRESSURE!
The Swans were once again elite at their pressure game 72 tackles laid in the game, 15 of which were tackles inside their forward 50. It made the night particularly difficult for the Collingwood defense who ended up turning the ball over multiple times in that area. All in all, the Swans scored 71 points from Collingwood turn overs (I think that was the number). Legend has it that Collingwood don't win any games in which 50+ points are scored from their turnovers.

7) Kicking with penetration
Much has been made about the elite foot skills at the swans; however, what really separates them from Collingwood on Friday night was the kicking distance the young swans could generate. The likes of Gulden, Campbell, Heneey and Blakey are well documented, a highlight of the night was an effortless 55 m kick by Campbell to an unmanned McDonald at the goal square resulting in a Swans goal.

8) Parker, Mills and Adams...The luxury of depth
Cast your minds back 8 - 12 months ago when injuries began to pile on for the Swans. The mounting injury list meant many players had to play out of position, play with injuries and those simply out of form having to continuously play at the AFL level without reprieve. A lot was mentioned by Longmire last year about the young Swans midfield needing more older players to support them in their development and whilst that could still prove to be the case later in the season, the current midfield set up led by the aforementioned young mids are delivering the goods with another year of development, the acquisition of Grundy and the injection of Heneey into the midfield had people wondering how will Longmire fit the likes of Parker, Mills and Adams back? Quoting directly from the coach himself, "I generally don't worry about it cause it usually takes care of itself". Nevertheless, when they do return, the will be headaches and problems to solve, but what a wonderful problem to have!

Sorry for the extra long post and for those who read it until the end, thank you so much. Apologies if the wording went out of whack, wanted to write this quickly before we already moved on from this issue about the lack of coverage of what has been a very good two weeks worth of performance by the boys.

This is gold, please share it on other social platforms as many fans would enjoy reading it. Well done!

 

[Grand Uncle Horace]

I generally don't mind Tom Morris but this assessment is just plain wrong. Let's be clear, Buddy suffers from crippling anxiety and doing interviews etc increases these issues. To say we were done with him because he didn't want to do a final media interview smacks of media dummy spit.

‘Had enough of him’: Explosive report sheds light on Buddy exit

‘Had enough of him’: Explosive report sheds light on Buddy exit

www.foxsports.com.au

I am sorry but Tom Morris is just a gossip peddlar.

Have less than zero interest in his stories.

 

[SM]

I am sorry but Tom Morris is just a gossip peddlar.

Have less than zero interest in his stories.

He really isn't. One of the most reliable in the business. Broke Hardwick leaving Richmond last season as just one example.

 

[BasicSwan]

This is gold, please share it on other social platforms as many fans would enjoy reading it. Well done!

Sounds like a good idea! I'll see what I can do with that. Which platforms do you suggest?

You know you have to do this weekly now, right?

Well, I can't promise it will be eight things every week but I will try!