Did we lose by only 1 point?

[goswannie14]

I have yet to watch the tape as I was working last night, but looking at all of the threads on here I would swear that we got thumped by 100 points, not 1 point that I read we lost by.

What am I missing, or is the sky actually falling?

[anniswan]

watch the game, then you'll know

[goswannie14]

watch the game, then you'll know

I will get around to it, and yes I would rather us have won than lost. I also believe that like the GF last year we could have and should have won, but it is only round 1 and it is fairly unlikely that unlike last year we have just lost to the 15th placed team.

But then I've always been a glass half full kind of person.

[barry]

Welcome to RWO. Thats the way it is around here. Wouldnt have been much different if we had won by 1 point.

[The Big Cat]

Negativity gone mad

Good point G14. Half our team is in the gun on this site, Roos is in the gun, our tactics are in the gun. In reality it was a great effort to fight back and nearly win it. The WCE are a great side and had everything to play for.

When will some people on this site realise that this team, this coach, these tactics have taken us to a premiership and two GFs in a row? Having followed the team since 1949, this is the greatest time of my football following life. OK, every team has to introduce new players at times, but let's not demolish half the team because we lost to the reigning premier by one point, especially given the fact that they are traditionally fast starters to the season and we are notoriously slow. (remember second-bottom team, Essendon, comfortably beat us in round 1 last year!).

[barry]

When will some people on this site realise that this team, this coach, these tactics have taken us to a premiership and two GFs in a row? Having followed the team since 1949, this is the greatest time of my football following life. .

To cut to the chase..... The Swans supporter now days is not the same as old the South supporter. Especially Sydney based supporters dont have much time for the pre-1980's era, and demand and expect success. We are one of the big players off the field which South never were. This change in mindset is great IMO.

Most here would agree that we need one more flag out of the Barry Hall era to call it truely successful.

[Sanecow]

like the GF last year we could have and should have won

Yeah, it's buckets of fun losing games that you could and should win.

[giant]

There's part of me that thinks that we always start the season crap & I wonder why I thought this year would be any better. A one point loss to the Premiers compares favourably to a belting by eventual cellar-dwellers as happened in last year's round 1.

There's also a part of me that thinks we played a very under-strength Eagles side at home & a one-point loss in those circumstances has very little merit attached to it at all.

[NMWBloods]

I have yet to watch the tape as I was working last night, but looking at all of the threads on here I would swear that we got thumped by 100 points, not 1 point that I read we lost by.

What am I missing, or is the sky actually falling?

We played a side missing six players from their premiership side and at home. It's a game we should have won and we played like garbage.

I haven't seen anyone say that it's a disaster, just that it was disappointing crap and some players have some question marks over them.

Essentially we just threw away 4 points.

[anniswan]

We played a side missing six players from their premiership side and at home. It's a game we should have won and we played like garbage.

I haven't seen anyone say that it's a disaster, just that it was disappointing crap and some players have some question marks over them.

Essentially we just threw away 4 points.

Exactly my thoughts, the one point loss was flattering

[JF_Bay22_SCG]

Exactly my thoughts, the one point loss was flattering

To be honest, I saw the warning signs against Port in the trial a couple of weeks ago. Our first halves are to me now something I'm starting to be concerned with.

Also we have won one 1 game at home in front of a crowd of 55000+. And that was against Fremantle who were novices at Telstra stadium.

Are the Swans the proverbial big game dears-in-the-headlights? Do we the handle the pressure of big home ground attendances?

JF

[timthefish]

Exactly my thoughts, the one point loss was flattering

to be down by only 36 at half-time was flattering - the "comeback" to lose by a point was a cruel joke. yet, it was only the first round and i have faith in roos and the team to work their way into operating as the tightly-functioning unit we have come to know over the past few years.
the way that we i) came back after a dismal start and ii) ran the ball brilliantly up to the forward half only to stutter, flood ourselves and kick to the pocket gave me deju vu of the first half of 2005, so maybe it's all going to be okay

[anniswan]

Accuracy killed us, we need a good goal kicking coach.

[timthefish]

Accuracy killed us, we need a good goal kicking coach.

we just need our best kicks near the goals. jude should be winning ball, not wasting it (he's always been a crap kick) and with micky more mobile i'd love to see davis leading out of the goal-square into space cleared by hall.

no more dinky-kicks against faster teams - please.

edit - if rok can be coached back into his 2005 kicking form, i'd be all for it but i don't think it's a general problem.

[anniswan]

we just need our best kicks near the goals. jude should be winning ball, not wasting it (he's always been a crap kick) and with micky more mobile i'd love to see davis leading out of the goal-square into space cleared by hall.

no more dinky-kicks against faster teams - please.

edit - if rok can be coached back into his 2005 kicking form, i'd be all for it but i don't think it's a general problem.

Looking at the WB today, they just have a knack of kicking goals, Aker was amazing so was Johnson.