Match thread: Swans v Lions.

[Roadrunner]

I’ve seen Chad pass plenty of times to a player inside 50, sometimes when he could legitimately kick for goal himself. For example, watch McCArtin’s goal last week.

His decision making wasn’t great yesterday, though. I’ll concede that. There was one passage when he was almost dead in the middle of the ground and Hamling had run up and was in oodles of space to his left (but forward, not sideways). It would have been an easy kick to Hamling who could hqve collected it on the run and targeted a kick forward. Instead Warner hoofed it and it came off the side of his boot,

I think our ball movement - our greatest strength last year- has been lacking this year. I don’t know how much is rust, how much is personnel (esp Errol) or whether it’s deliberate. Yesterday the ball handling errors added to those woes.

We’re probably not far off recapturing it. Fingers crossed.

Hope so Liz. That made our game last year but when our key players were covered or a bit below par, we allowed the opposition to wrench momentum. Of course it’s very hard to keep the other team down for most of the match but this is where we need the contribution from all our lads- and silly mistakes need to be ironed out!

[The Big Cat]

So swans lose by four points and receive 4 votes out of the possible 30 in the coaches award and those votes going to JJ. Since Cox described his game as phenomenal, it would seem Fagan must’ve seen little in the red and white that impressed him.

[mcs]

I can distinctly remember at least one occasion in the match when Chad burnt a teammate in 30m of space going for the all-or-nothing. Most of his attempts work out, but not all of them.

That one when I think it was Campbell (?) was free in oodles of space in the goal square and he went for a showy goal from 45 out on a challenging angle was a coach killer. I get its going to be part of his game and will happen, but it was a big wasted opportunity in the context of the game.

[stevoswan]

Perhaps the most irritating thing, is that for that sort of action, there's usually not a free kick paid. I don't think a free was paid against McInerney? It's only when there's an accidental head clash or the shoulder slips up, that it becomes reportable; especially when the player picks up a concussion. That sort of bump is usually only penalised onfield when it's late, and almost always as a down field free, rather than a report; even if there's possibly a bit more malice clattering into an opponent late, than bumping them away from a contested ball.

So, it's a touch infuriating, when a player gets weeks, for an incident that the umpires don't consider to be worthy of a free.

Totally agree. Three weeks for that is ridiculous. 1 week maybe.

[stevoswan]

So swans lose by four points and receive 4 votes out of the possible 30 in the coaches award and those votes going to JJ. Since Cox described his game as phenomenal, it would seem Fagan must’ve seen little in the red and white that impressed him.

Fagan called the game "one of our greatest wins". How deluded.

[The Big Cat]

Fagan called the game "one of our greatest wins". How deluded.

Agreed. He’s quoting losing Cameron before the game and Brendan McCarthy being injured as monster set backs. No different than us saying Gulden and Mills didn’t get up, not to mention anther half dozen other blokes!

[liz]

Agreed. He’s quoting losing Cameron before the game and Brendan McCarthy being injured as monster set backs. No different than us saying Gulden and Mills didn’t get up, not to mention anther half dozen other blokes!

Brendan McCarthy? Your blending or Fagan's?