Clapping the swans off.

[NMWBloods]

Originally posted by Mattyt
We're still in the 8, and honestly, whether we won tonight or not I didn't see us a real chance at the premiership.

This comment after a disastrous loss like that sums up Swans mediocrity!

[Mattyt]

At the moment we are a mediocre team, but we have the foundations of a premiership winning side.

As I said above, I don't see us having much of a chance at this years flag, however that is half the problem, there is still a chance that we do go undefeated from now on, such is the unpredictability of our team.

[Bear]

Originally posted by Damien
No one in my area of the Brewongle knew of the tragedy and still clapped a team off that just blew a 40 point lead to a team that has now taken our place in the 8.

Ditto.

[Nolie]

Give a bit of slack please you people who are slagging off at the team and the supporters who clapped them off. Momentum is a marvellous thing in football. When one team has got it they can be impossible to stop. **** happens. How about venting your spleen at some of those horrendous umpiring decisions in the last quarter particularly the weak ruck infringement that ended in a goal. I was seething. Sydney has copped a hiding from the umps in the last few weeks - Fremantle, Brisbane etc and I normally don't complain about umpires or think they influence games.

[sharpie]

Originally posted by Nolie
Give a bit of slack please you people who are slagging off at the team and the supporters who clapped them off. Momentum is a marvellous thing in football. When one team has got it they can be impossible to stop. **** happens. How about venting your spleen at some of those horrendous umpiring decisions in the last quarter particularly the weak ruck infringement that ended in a goal. I was seething. Sydney has copped a hiding from the umps in the last few weeks - Fremantle, Brisbane etc and I normally don't complain about umpires or think they influence games.

Sorry Nolie, I did not see the game live, and only watched the replay tonight after knowing the result, and so I think I am in a pretty decent position to give an unemotional opinion. I thought the umpiring was about as even and consistent as I have seen for a long time.

In the final quarter, Doyle's ruck infringement in the Roos' F50 was harsh but technically correct, a centre square miscount is a miscount no other way about it, and Jason Ball's deliberate OOB was just the most dimwitted play I've seen and rightfully deserved to be penalised.

[CureTheSane]

They shouldn't have been clapped off after a 9 goals to 2 last 1/2

They should hav ewalked off to dead silence.
Maybe it would have been food for thought....

[swansrule100]

i wasnt even looking at the game long enough to consider clapping them off or even watching them walk off..

but i will say that i have faith they can turn it around.. but i always have....and ill still back us in for the flag... well hope at least!!

jeez they test your bloody faith this team!