Umpires!!

[dimelb]

Did the better team on the night win? Definitely.
Did we play like @@@@? Absobloodylutely.
Did the umpires have a bad night? No, they had an appalling night.
Did it cost us the game? Probably not, but then again it might have. I have not followed the Swans as long as many on this board but I've seen enough games to realise that many times we have played like @@@@ and either scraped home or just missed out because we stubbornly persisted despite being undermanned and outskilled. If Collingwood had kicked as straight as we did in the first quarter they'd have had the game on ice by the end of it. I think that, as usual, the umpires are an imponderable factor. And no, I wouldn't like to be doing their job.

[Chookbilly]

Collingwood only had 20 more I50s because of their free kicks!

When you have 17 more free kicks than the opposition, it would easily add to their inside 50 total.
It's obviously not the only reason they had more inside 50's, but it definitely helps.

[reigning premier]

If we had of lost by < 5 points and the umpiring was as bad as it was, there might be a case. But not in this instance.

We were comprehensively out played. The better team won. And umpiring decisions had nothing to do with the result.