Autopsy Swans vs. Suns

[Banyo Bloods]

Rose was ok but I'd prefer Ronke. Rose is a selfish footballer for mine. Demands the ball in disadvantageous positions and often plays with blinkers on.

Couldn't believe the way he cut off Ronke when Ronke had a clear path to goal. Thankfully Ronke nailed the snap after having to sidestep his own player.

Still his decision to baulk then kick to the fat side for Reid was as good as it gets for footy nous.

 

[ashep]

Still his decision to baulk then kick to the fat side for Reid was as good as it gets for footy nous.

Fair.

 

[Swan4Life]

Anyone else get a hard on watching Aliir's follow up work at stoppages - particularly at centre bounces?

 

[RUNVS]

Still a sneaky chance of making the 8

Yep. We need Port Adelaide, Fremantle, Richmond and Essendon to drop a few games.

 

[ashep]

How is Luke currently paying the same odd as Heeney, JPK and Jaeger friggin O'Meara

 

[Heeney2Franklin]

Yep. We need Port Adelaide, Fremantle, Richmond and Essendon to drop a few games.

Nah we wont make the 8.

 

[Ticky009]

Aliir just got better in the ruck as the game went on. Wouldn’t mind seeing him do it for a whole game.
Dawson bog for me. Kept us in it when we couldn’t hit the side of an aircraft carrier & turnovers were the order of the day (imma lookin’ at you Florent)

Second half much better effort. Could see them literally hesitate, change their mind on handball and then kick. Really good game from Mills.

 

[RUNVS]

Nah we wont make the 8.

We still could. We are in the hunt.

 

[BruceFromBalnarring]

Rose was ok but I'd prefer Ronke. Rose is a selfish footballer for mine. Demands the ball in disadvantageous positions and often plays with blinkers on.

Couldn't believe the way he cut off Ronke when Ronke had a clear path to goal. Thankfully Ronke nailed the snap after having to sidestep his own player.

To be fair he’s trying to nail his spot. I’d rather he erred competing for the ball than waited on the outskirts.

 

[Heeney2Franklin]

We still could. We are in the hunt.

Still have GWS, Geelong, Essendon, Freo, Port most of those are away and we wont have Franklin.

 

[MF]

Aliir just got better in the ruck as the game went on. Wouldn’t mind seeing him do it for a whole game.
Dawson bog for me. Kept us in it when we couldn’t hit the side of an aircraft carrier & turnovers were the order of the day (imma lookin’ at you Florent)

Second half much better effort. Could see them literally hesitate, change their mind on handball and then kick. Really good game from Mills.

Yeah Mills has really started to become another solid cog in another great Swans defence.

 

[The King!]

this week sinclair COR

last week franklin , Sinclair (though played this week) then going back

eagles cor mcveigh thurlow
cats none
pies kennedy hewett
kangaroos jones heeney


lot of injuries in game

 

[Ticky009]

this week sinclair COR

last week franklin , Sinclair (though played this week) then going back

eagles cor mcveigh thurlow
cats none
pies kennedy hewett
kangaroos jones heeney


lot of injuries in game

Something like the last 8 weeks in a row we’ve finished with 1 player or more out of the game.

 

[Kapanis]

Watching some highlights, the forward line of Blakey, ronke, Hayward, papley, heeney etc, ridiculous how young they are. Add dawson, mills, allir, florent, hewett, jones, melican, etc and parker, lloyd, ramps, reid elsewhere the next couple of years look really promising. With buddy and a decent uninjured ruck anything is possible. Id go for ryder on a two year contract.

 

[mikey_san]

whose golden bollocks?

agree with a lot. though not sure on fox

i thought McCartin was good down back,

Whose golden bollocks? Forent's golden bollocks.
Who is golden bollocks? Forent's golden bollocks.

 

[The King!]

Still have GWS, Geelong, Essendon, Freo, Port most of those are away and we wont have Franklin.

bud might not be far away

 

[mikey_san]

Fairly ordinary to send Sinclair back on i thought hope he hasn't done more damage.

As if he was going to accept not going back on. Personally I wouldn't be the one to tell him.
I hope it's not an ongoing issue for him - ligaments/tendons etc might need a week off to heal and I hope they take the cautious approach.

 

[Grand Uncle Horace]

Pretty poor game, so judging the match is hard. Thought Hewett and Parker and Rowbottom in bursts were key in the clearances. Heeney and Paps came good in the second half.

Good effort from Allir and his goal was hilarious.

I was really impressed by Mills.

We have been lucky over the years to have some raking left foot kicks. Mal, Bayes and Browning spring to mind. Dawson is in that company. In a crappy game, his class stood out.

 

[The King!]

Fairly ordinary to send Sinclair back on i thought hope he hasn't done more damage.

seen plenty pop it back in and be fine

 

[Mister B]

seen plenty pop it back in and be fine

On the flip side, they may have assessed his shoulder as ****ed anyway and thought well if you are in for surgery, we may as well see if we can get some minutes out of you regardless.

 

[mikey_san]

Yep. We need Port Adelaide, Fremantle, Richmond and Essendon to drop a few games.

Port helping the equation - surely their rookies hit a wall.
Freo - Running out of talls, more foot injuries to come? Could go either way
Dons - flogs who will fold like cotton sheets when JPK, Parker and Hewett smash them in the middle next week
Richmond - getting players back, but shallow list, could go either way.

We aren't out of it by any means, but still long shots I guess.

 

[RW]

Average game, but still a pretty good win considering we lost Sinclair early. Having said that, the Suns fell away badly late in the game after being competitive early. If Buddy had played, the final margin might have been 60+.

Dawson's kicking was Malceski-like at times and is becoming a real weapon.

 

[grimlock]

Average game, but still a pretty good win considering we lost Sinclair early. Having said that, the Suns fell away badly late in the game after being competitive early. If Buddy had played, the final margin might have been 60+.

Dawson's kicking was Malceski-like at times and is becoming a real weapon.

Speaking of Malceski he was the Suns’s runner today. Looks like he’s suited for the job with his booming voice an asset since they can’t run onto the field anymore during play.

 

[Kapanis]

Average game, but still a pretty good win considering we lost Sinclair early. Having said that, the Suns fell away badly late in the game after being competitive early. If Buddy had played, the final margin might have been 60+.

Dawson's kicking was Malceski-like at times and is becoming a real weapon.

A wins a wins RW, better than the opposite

 

[Olian]

Given the loss of Sinclair and the structural changes that was a solid win. Unfortunately injuries have marred our season.

Nice spread of goal kickers.

Aliirs mobility in the ruck caused the Suns problems.