Swans chat QF 1: Sydney Swans v GWS Match Thread

[Meg]

An hour to go and the nerves have kicked in.

Swans
In: McCartin, Papley, Heeney, McInerney
Out: Francis, Cleary, Fox, Adams

GWS
In: Daniels, Ash, Cummins
Out: Thomas, Brown, Haynes

Go Swannies!

[MattW]

Campbell indeed the unlucky sub.

[mcs]

Real buzz around the ground already - going to be a good contest I think.. Bring it on!

Campbell the sub - interesting choice, but probably makes the most sense.

No excuses not to be on from the first bounce today!

[Blue Sun]

Real buzz around the ground already - going to be a good contest I think.. Bring it on!

Campbell the sub - interesting choice, but probably makes the most sense.

No excuses not to be on from the first bounce today!

Absolutely. No slow start nonsense today!

[dejavoodoo44]

Hard to be hugely confident, when we were playing some terrible football a month or so ago, but I'm quietly optimistic. We did win our last three games to turn things around and lock in top spot. We also have no significant outs, with the suspended Wicks possibly being the most accomplished unavailable player. I also think that the week off will do us a lot of good. I got the feeling that the side was getting increasingly tired as the season went on, so I'm hoping that the break will see us return to the high pressure, hard running, almost impossible to contain outfit of the first half of the season..

[UUaswan]

Oh good Dermie is in the commentary team

[Blue Sun]

Too many dumb hand passes. Just kick the ball.

[dejavoodoo44]

Well, that shows how deceptive some camera angles can be. Looks like it was touched twice on one angle, when it clearly wasn't.

[UUaswan]

any chance we start defending the kick in

[dejavoodoo44]

Nice effort by Rowbottom.

[dejavoodoo44]

I'm getting the feeling that the Giants easy misses might prove costly.

[imuninformedtwo]

Getting thrashed at ground balls, their misses were costly, and the big three in the midfield haven’t done much yet - so plenty of upside I guess.

I’d love someone to explain why that wasn’t a 50 against Greene after the siren.

[Blue Sun]

It’d be great if we could not kick it to packs. Please.

[dejavoodoo44]

Getting thrashed at ground balls, their misses were costly, and the big three in the midfield haven’t done much yet - so plenty of upside I guess.

Yeah, need to get the ball away from Green. And probably need a couple of effective scoring chains to get the confidence going.

That charity free didn't help!

[Blue Sun]

I love it when non-free kicks are paid that result in a goal against us.