Swans v Tigers Match day thread

[Gary]

A lovely afternoon...Ted was OK to good ROK, but not prepared to be convinced about him against weakened opposition, who gradually turned into a rabble. O'Keefe kicking was very welcome & necessary if we are to handle the challeng of playing all other teams in the 8 over the next 7/8 weeks. Matthews is now Malceski's understudy. LRT did well in marking contests but Ricjo ran him ragged in the first half & kept Richmond in the game for a while...what a goer that bloke is.

[NMWBloods]

My votes would be:

3: Buchanan

2: Fosdike

1: Hall /O'Keefe/ Kirk/ J Bolton / Goodes (toss up between them)

[Thunder Shaker]

I think some other clubs might be looking at a rather large Swan-shaped blip on their radar right now. Right now we're fourth on the ladder, and will be no lower than sixth after the completion of the round.

Richmond were undermanned, but that is not unusual for opposition clubs. What is unusual is that we've scored our biggest ever win over Richmond, and we've got our biggest score since 1987.

Malceski got three goals to take his career total to six.

[NMWBloods]

I thought ruck work was very good today. Some nice tap downs at centre bounces, and good work clearing it by Kirk, J Bolton, Buchanan and Fosdike.

[graystar]

Just woken up and seen the result. Good effort boys.

[ROK Lobster]

Originally posted by Gary
Ted was OK to good ROK, but not prepared to be convinced about him against weakened opposition, who gradually turned into a rabble.

It's a funny thing Gary, as I was typing the Ted was good I started thinking that Richmond were so very very bad. He seems to fade as the match goes on, so unlike Sydney, so very much like Essendon...

[liz]

Have watched plenty of Swans games where they tackle incessently, plenty where their run wins them the game, and some where they don't dominate possession but win through excellent skills.

Can't recall a game for quite a while where they were superb in all three areas for four whole quarters of a game.

Also, while Richmond are young and inexperienced and were undermanned today, I thought their effort levels were pretty decent until the final quarter when their defence just stopped. Usually 100+ point wins happen where the opposition doesn't put in an effort, but don't think that was the case this afternoon.

[RogueSwan]

Originally posted by liz
Also, while Richmond are young and inexperienced and were undermanned today, I thought their effort levels were pretty decent until the final quarter when their defence just stopped. Usually 100+ point wins happen where the opposition doesn't put in an effort, but don't think that was the case this afternoon.

i thought that too. Even though they were being slaughtered a lot of the Tigers, especially the younger cubs, continued to try hard, very commendable. This also helped to push our guys to new heights. i reckon if the Tigers backed off the swans may have too. It was good to see pedal to the metal right up until the siren.

[giant]

Well that was all right then, wasn't it?

Best game of the year for: Kirk, ROK, Fosdike, Richards, MOL & Malceski - may have been others too.

Quality of passing as good as you're gonna see. Richmond hopelessly undermanned but Swans were ruthless, kicked straight & saw the game right out the end - a delightfully unSwans performance!!

For the record, looked like most Richmond fans stayed to the bitter end.

[elroy67]

I'm dissapointed.....

I've still got my voice, my blood pressure is normal...

I expect more value for my money than this!!

..oh...BTW was that the best 4 quarter effort you have ever seen!

[Glenn]

Just back from the Aussie Rules social club, still in shock that a team that has struggled to score 100pts in a game gets there just after half time
Channel 10 commentary was painful, very amusing to here them saying Richo was a standout for Richmond, when he had about 1 posession and being well held by LRT.
Took till about the 3rd Quarter to say anything positive about Sydney (apart from the 7min burst at the beginning)
Amusing to see Dipper in the background of the Half Time report from Malthouse, jumping up and down like a idiot obviously wants his job back
Can't say Sydney had a bad player today even Chambers looked useful, but LRT please please don't think when you have the ball

[Frog]

Originally posted by giant
For the record, looked like most Richmond fans stayed to the bitter end.

Just got home (train takes a while) ... The crowd was halved by the end, and though some Swans people left early, most of those that left early where Tigers fans - There were a lot that left at 3Q time.

[swannieserin]

Originally posted by Glenn
Just back from the Aussie Rules social club ... Channel 10 commentary was painful, very amusing to here them saying Richo was a standout for Richmond....

Richo is having a GREAT game (according to Ch 10 ...)

WHAT A GAME ... so glad i went to the Social club and didn't watch that home alone ....

oh man what a game. so many stand out performances that I'll have to watch the replay at 11pm on fox footy before i make any more comments ....

[AussieAnge]

Originally posted by Frog
Just got home (train takes a while) ... The crowd was halved by the end, and though some Swans people left early, most of those that left early where Tigers fans - There were a lot that left at 3Q time.

The two Tigers fans at the Aussie Rules club in Kings Cross also left early.

[swannieserin]

Originally posted by AussieAnge
The two Tigers fans at the Aussie Rules club in Kings Cross also left early.

There were tigers fans there?