Rd 14 v Port

[SwanSand]

Super win !
Warnsr has really stepped up.
our forward structure is still a work in progress
Even though we came back well, our first two quarters have been terrible over the last few weeks or may be the entire year.
and glad we came out with no more injuries.
Hopefully Tom McCartin, Melican, Gulden, Rampe back after bye. It would be fine to hold Rampe back one more game.
then we only have Papley, Mcinerney and Braeden to come back.

[stevoswan]

As they just said to Heens on ABC Grandstand, "seven out of your best twenty three out".....I'm taking these close wins when not playing well as great wins.

Sure we aren't at our best at the moment.....but we keep winning. With a bye rest and good players coming back, I'm feeling quite confident.

I'm also taking these close wins as a great rehearsal for tough finals games where maybe not everything will go our way....but we may well find a way.

What a team!

[Hotpotato]

Heeney can take em all fishing to relax and
recuperate.
Some more trademark end game Swannies genius
was required (Lloyd, Rowie) yet again after a bulk of average
performance for much of it.
Port have a good spread of talent though.

Good game.

[UUaswan]

Amarteys last 3 games

4 Marks, 3 Goals, 5 Tackles

Mclean fwd, Ladhams backup Ruck

[Sandridge]

Anyone else finding the weekly stress test hard going? Looking forward to the bye myself.

Yes! I'm seriously considering buying a defibrillator and am also looking forward to the stress-free weekend ahead!

With our injury list, I reckon tonight was a huge win! The Power are so-so and we're still nowhere near our best but it was an away win, we're second on the ladder and 3 wins ahead of third.

GO YOU MIGHTY BLOODS!

[Dooloo]

Lets face it, we have a ton of injuries. We are falling over the line but I will take that.

In 4 weeks or so we should be at near full strength

This. I think we have done well to be 2.5 games clear in second place, plus %, considering the amount of injuries we have. Hopefully the stars are aligned and we have a great run home with a near full strength side.

[Thunder Shaker]

Anyone else finding the weekly stress test hard going? Looking forward to the bye myself.

I don't like the stress. I dislike Port home crowds as well. I had to turn the game off for a while and do something else.

We got the win but it wasn't pretty.

Now for the bye. Lots of rest, massages with healing, fragrant oils and whatever else they do when they are taking a break to heal.

I'm not liking what's coming on the other side of the bye though. Brisbane (away), Bulldogs (home), Scary Purple Team (away), Adelaide (home), Giants (away). None of these games will be easy and getting three wins out of five in that block of matches would be a very good effort.

To finish, we have rematches against St Kilda and Port Adelaide, then finish off with Essendon and North Melbourne.

We really need to get some players back.

[Foreign Legion]

I think Logan had his most influential game of his career. Not saying Brownlow votes but he was more involved than most games I've have seen.

Cream rose to the top in the end - hopefully with Errol and Tom back after bye we will lift.

[MattW]

Disagree with the sentiment re Cleary. I think he is good.

Cleary's last two games have been his best. He's working it out.

[Nico]

Disagree with the sentiment re Cleary. I think he is good.

He was good in the second half. Sometimes he looks centimeters away from being a very good footballer. That was his best game.

[MattW]

I think Logan had his most influential game of his career. Not saying Brownlow votes but he was more involved than most games I've have seen.

Cream rose to the top in the end - hopefully with Errol and Tom back after bye we will lift.

Logan is really maturing this year. He's become one of our most dependable players. Clearly a great runner, excellent mark, wins contests, uses it intelligently.

[MattW]

That contest and tackle in the middle of the ground by Curnow was awesome

Yep. Very good last quarter from Curnow in a high pressure game; encouraging.

[Kafka's Ghost]

Cleary's last two games have been his best. He's working it out.

He’s also working well into the games, getting better as they progress. His last quarter was pretty good.
On another bugbear topic of mine (sorry), the commentary was next level obnoxious. It’s less atmosphere without the noise, but it’s hard enough on the coronaries already without listening to these biased smarta&^#es, so off goes the sound.

[grarmy]

not happy with McLean's 3 touches ?

Not happy with McLean as a second ruck/forward. Why oh why did we not drop him in favour of Peter Ladhams.

[grarmy]

Disagree with the sentiment re Cleary. I think he is good.

What game did you watch? Skills are not there. Seriously.