Media Swans Talk in the Media 2025

[Ticky009]

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[Dubai Quacker]

Cox on SEN Sydney Breakfast:

About the only interesting thing: Cox pointing out that the "mid-tier (80-150 game) players have had inconsistent seasons".

Pretty pointed - but will he make a selection statement?

I don't think he will.

 

[Dubai Quacker]

Premiership Club Update with Ben Mathews

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Says a lot without saying a lot.

But the main theme is our defence across the ground ("team defence") needs to get better.

 

[Jeffers]

And some on dumb contracts

That’s a Doozy

 

[Tedeski]

About the only interesting thing: Cox pointing out that the "mid-tier (80-150 game) players have had inconsistent seasons".

Pretty pointed - but will he make a selection statement?

I don't think he will.

He won't because they are all too matey.

 

[Kiama Chris]

He won't because they are all too matey.

When I first started managing people I was advised to start tough because it's much easier to ease up than toughen up later. Truer words.

 

[Tedeski]

The reason we didn't get Dunkley under father/son is because Roos was brutal to some blokes he played with. He made the hard calls that rubbed a few up the wrong way. Dunkley one of them.

 

[bedford]

That’s a Doozy

Some worry more about that

 

[caesar88]

Swans fans have taken the absolute piss here and I kinda love it.

 

[Cadsky]

Swans fans have taken the absolute piss here and I kinda love it.

Tbf no one has been a stand out

 

[caesar88]

Tbf no one has been a stand out

Yeah agreed, I just love that instead of going for the usual suspects most just went **** it, let's vote for the good news story of the year

 

[rustycrate]

Was watching one of the Fox shows, I think On the Coach or maybe First Crack.
They showed what the Swans are doing wrong from the centre bounce and stappages.
When we get the ball it is a hack kick more often than not. The more successful sides are handballing until they get the ability to kick to advantage. They showed plenty of evidence. It was damning.

Is this our problem with clearances?

 

[Punts]

Was watching one of the Fox shows, I think On the Coach or maybe First Crack.
They showed what the Swans are doing wrong from the centre bounce and stappages.
When we get the ball it is a hack kick more often than not. The more successful sides are handballing until they get the ability to kick to advantage. They showed plenty of evidence. It was damning.

Is this our problem with clearances?

Can’t depend run ons also which 12 goals is damming

Not many sides conceded 12 in a row

 

[SM]

Swans fans have taken the absolute piss here and I kinda love it.

Why is that taking the piss?

 

[Ticky009]

 

[Nuggetz]

Was watching one of the Fox shows, I think On the Coach or maybe First Crack.
They showed what the Swans are doing wrong from the centre bounce and stappages.
When we get the ball it is a hack kick more often than not. The more successful sides are handballing until they get the ability to kick to advantage. They showed plenty of evidence. It was damning.

Is this our problem with clearances?

Yes, the hack kicks aren't good. Handballing isn't our strength & maybe they're under instructions to get the ball quickly into our fwd line hence the kicks. Although I'd like to see them handball more often to improve that weakness of ours. Was it all our mids or particular ones?

 

[Heeney2Franklin]

Yes, the hack kicks aren't good. Handballing isn't our strength & maybe they're under instructions to get the ball quickly into our fwd line hence the kicks. Although I'd like to see them handball more often to improve that weakness of ours. Was it all our mids or particular ones?

Pretty sure Rusty is referring to the graphs that were posted a page back?

 

[Heeney2Franklin]

Why is that taking the piss?

Think about it

 

[SM]

Think about it

The fact people have voted for one of our best performing players this season?

 

[Heeney2Franklin]

The fact people have voted for one of our best performing players this season?

No its a meme, Bice has been okay but Heeney should be leading by a mile.

 

[SM]

No its a meme, Bice has been okay but Heeney should be leading by a mile.

Why? Our B&F has always been about outperforming expectations. Heeney hasn't done that.

I just don't think it's taking the piss as much as the original poster seemed to think. Bice is in our top handful of performers.

 

[Kiama Chris]

Was watching one of the Fox shows, I think On the Coach or maybe First Crack.
They showed what the Swans are doing wrong from the centre bounce and stappages.
When we get the ball it is a hack kick more often than not. The more successful sides are handballing until they get the ability to kick to advantage. They showed plenty of evidence. It was damning.

Is this our problem with clearances?

Against Port Rozee was running up from HB and giving them an extra on the outside. We tried that last year with Roberts but more defensively. Some bring their wingers in to make the extra. We've tried that too but our most successful was running Chad past Heeney narrow and out the front for a deep entry. Once Grundy fell off the rails that became a non-starter.
We really need a specialist midfield coach to give us better options both in attack and defence. I honestly believe it's tactics more than cattle.

 

[Ticky009]

The Force was with us - ground out a win and sometimes that's all you need.

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[Adnico26Parker]

 

[Dubai Quacker]

AFL news 2025: Lewis Melican cops three-game ban for shot on Toby Bedford; Sydney Swans vs GWS Giants, video

Main points:

• GWS coach has a sook
• Ump has a sook
• Journo has a sook & reckons McLean is in MRO trouble

 

[Heeney2Franklin]

AFL news 2025: Lewis Melican cops three-game ban for shot on Toby Bedford; Sydney Swans vs GWS Giants, video

Main points:

• GWS coach has a sook
• Ump has a sook
• Journo has a sook & reckons McLean is in MRO trouble

McLean? what did he do