Semifinal Negatives

[ROK Lobster]

Originally posted by stellation
The coaching staff took too long to try and do something about the loose man filling space in front of Hall.

They injured King and forced Mooney into the ruck?

[Thunder Shaker]

Ten behinds in a row.

[timthefish]

Originally posted by Thunder Shaker
Ten behinds in a row.

was it that bad?!! i lost that in the tension.

why don't the afl keep a permanent record of the "live scores" flash in the archive. it's a great resource for reviewing aspects of the game. they should expand it so you can recall any of the goal-scoring plays.

[monopoly19]

Hospital handpasses. Why handpass to someone that's not in a better position than you. The only time this should be done is if you're about to get pinged.

Why is Schneider in the team? Adds no toughness, no hardness, no flair. Cannot kick a goal. A compete passenger. Schauble should be brought in to counteract St Kilda's tall defence next week.

We seemed to have a few niggling injuries.

Goodes. WTF? We need a finals player not a princess. Same can be said for Hall, except just add that we need a CAPTAIN, FFS. At times I thought both were a little unwilling to do the tough stuff. Bazza needs to learn how to work through a bad day, and find some sort of effectiveness.

Just general chaos aorund the ground. Lack of structure, lack of understanding of where players were. We overran the ball, turned it over, didn't have men at the fall of the ball.

Ben Mathews pass to the members side when he had the ball in the goal square in the last quarter. Critical time of the match and he misses one of best playmakers - Kennelly - running free towards the other wing. Decides to go for the 2 on 1 contest instead, which of course they mark. Needs to lift his eyes, not go for the most conservative option.

Hated Roosy's interview on the ground after the match. Can't he get excited for 5 minutes?

[Thunder Shaker]

Originally posted by timthefish
was it that bad?!!

Yes it was - channel 10 pointed out this stat at one point.
The quarter time score was 2.2 (with ROK's goal being the last Swans' score in the first quarter). When MOL marked in the pocket late in the third quarter, the score was 2.12, and his goal was the last Swans' score in the third quarter. Between those two goals, the Swans played an entire half of football in which they scored 0.10.

[gossipcom]

This little kid next to me said after Magic finally kicked a goal it's been over 72 mins since we've kicked a goal *sigh*

[Jeffers1984]

Great comeback but this thread is a must.

- Goodes is totally out of sorts. Soft and lazy. Has to pull his finger out of his arse.
- Hall 2 shockers in a row. I'm guessing he'll be firing next week. Loved how he put them in a huddle after the game probably saying we've got another shot at this, let's make the most of it.
- Accuracy in front of goal has gone AWOL again!
- Midfielders on a slump, mainly Jude Bolton and Paul Williams.

[Go Swannies]

I can't believe it's 11am and we're only onto p2 of this thread! If we don't like all around the ground, next week is going to be embarassing.

Negative - 11am ABC news said Willo is rated by Roos as less than a 50:50 chance to play next week!

[ROK Lobster]

Originally posted by Go Swannies
Negative - 11am ABC news said Willo is rated by Roos as less than a 50:50 chance to play next week!

Leave him out. Take a punt on 2 weeks time. He is a champ but not offerring us a lot in his present condition. Give Mal a taste of the big time (it wouldn't hurt to have a PF under his belt if he was needed the week after). It would also keep the boys at Ainslie/Belconnen happy.

[Frog]

Originally posted by Thunder Shaker
the Swans played an entire half of football in which they scored 0.10.

And how many of those were rushed ?

I know this is the negative thread, but do we really think that the Swannies were on their own out there ???

The cats, magically, managed something like 87 tackles for the game. How do you get away from that ??? As a player, it is either the opposition tackles you or the ref pings you ... so you get rid of the ball in the quickest way possible, certainly in the packs ... If that happens to be a stray kick or a stray hand-ball, yes, we all cane the player.

The Cats managed to get a lot of their players back behind the ball, which also allowed them to run forward in packs ...

I was cursing Roos and the coaching team yesterday, not the players ... It seems that whenever the opposition puts our boys under pressure, our coaching staff is lost as to how they can counteract it ... How many changes were there in personnel at the packs ? How many of these were instigated by us ?

If you cannot get it clear, do something different - Move people away from these packs, get people out of position ... same, same, same ... Nothing changes and the game is a rabble from start to finish.

It is an absolute credit to ALL (yes all!!!!) players that they believed in themselves enough to keep pushing and carry it over the line ... THEY never thought the game was lost ... They left the fat lady home !!!

Negatives ??? Roos needs to learn to play chess ...

[NMWBloods]

Originally posted by Frog
And how many of those were rushed ?

Probably about 3-4. There were 4 deadset easy chances and a couple of tough ones.

[Doctor]

The ground staff ruined any chance we had of an entertaining game by how wet they made the surface. Sure there were a lot of mistakes out there but when everyone keeps slipping over and the ball is like soap it doesn't help.

I don't know why the SCG Trust aren't held more accountable. The outfield was rubbish, the food is disgusting, the beer is awful, the toilets are woeful, you can't get in or out of the ground with any ease, there are WAY too many seats between aisles. etc etc etc

[Xie Shan]

Originally posted by Frog
I know this is the negative thread, but do we really think that the Swannies were on their own out there ???

The cats, magically, managed something like 87 tackles for the game. How do you get away from that ???

The Cats managed to get a lot of their players back behind the ball, which also allowed them to run forward in packs ...

Really interesting way of looking at things. I guess in many ways you could say Geelong tried to beat us at our own tight, contested game and would have succeeded but for the fact they just didn't kick enough goals! For them to let us outscore them in the third quarter (although by only 3 points) was criminal the way we were playing at the time. It took a while, but in the end we made them pay for this.

This still does not excuse all the turnovers/silly plays/over-handballing by the Swans for 3 quarters though!

[sharpie]

Originally posted by sydfan83
For them to let us outscore them in the third quarter (although by only 3 points) was criminal the way we were playing at the time.

I actually thought it was criminal that we only beat them in that quarter by 3 points. We had most of the momentum during the 3rd quarter but just could not get the ball forward from the half-forward line.

[Xie Shan]

I was more talking about Geelong's inability to really punish us for all the mistakes that were made and the wasted opportunities - true, it wasn't just in the third, probably more so in the second where they really could have gone in with a bigger lead. A top side would have had a day out feeding on the amount of clangers we made last night!