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Richmond - the biggest victim of the Essendon debacle!
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Carlton might have been lucky to be playing week 1, but they have absolutely earnt playing in week 2.
How's this for miserable; we were the worst team I saw play this weekend.I knew him as a gentle young man, I cannot say for sure the reasons for his decline
We watched him fade before our very eyes, and years before his timeComment
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How's this for miserable; we were the worst team I saw play this weekend.[/QUOTE]
Maybe the other teams were more evenly matched and that we were just not as good as Hawthorn this year because of our injuries.Comment
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Maybe the other teams were more evenly matched and that we were just not as good as Hawthorn this year because of our injuries.[/QUOTE]
I know what you mean, and I'm usually pretty mindlessly optimistic- but even factoring in for quality of opposition I think we put in the worst performance I saw for week 1 (I didn't see Pies vs. Power). Hopefully we lift for week 2.I knew him as a gentle young man, I cannot say for sure the reasons for his decline
We watched him fade before our very eyes, and years before his timeComment
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The one positive is the swans rarely serve up two shockers in a row. You can guarantee we will bounce back, but wether our increasingly crippled side is good enough to do much more than beat the blues, and that's not going to be a walk over, is hard to say. I think we are really missing some on field leadership, and it's only just dawned on me how significant that could be to our performances. Some of the guys you can count on to show the bloods way in big games and especially finals. Goodes, LRT, Mattner, Shaw. Shaw and Goodes for their vocal instruction and the spark they can provide. Mattner and LRT for doing the selfless and courageous things, the 1%ers , the team lifters. We have some good leaders still in the side but we need more to stand up if we are to fire a shot this September.Comment
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I think that's a big part of it Melbourne_blood. The leadership just does not seem to be there this year.
I do really think we will bounce back next week, in front of the home crowd, we should be able to lift enough to beat the blues. from my view though, its very hard to see us going to Perth and beating Freo, then lining up to beat probably Hawthorn on GF. I can't see that part happening.
But making a prelim final is no poor year - even if we were hoping to go back to back."You get the feeling that like Monty Python's Black Knight, the Swans would regard amputation as merely a flesh wound."Comment
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The most delicious thing about the weekend's results is that Hawthorn will likely have to get past Geelong in the PF to even get to the GF. If they get there, I think they will win it (as they are one side that seems to be able to work its way through Freo's defence) but I am sure they'd have been hoping not to have to front up against Geelong until the GF (if at all).Comment
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I think the leadership is there. the cattle just isnt. Jack played like his life depended on it on friday night. but there just werent enough players who could get their hands on it. a lot of that was how good the hawks were and how bad the coaching set up was, and in my view a structure which allowed the hawks to be able to kick it to a hawthorn player able to run off their swans opponent with ease.
this weekend has a similar riskiness to it. carlton's skills are not as good across the park, but their elite users are elite and their pace could do us enormous damage.Comment
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Watching Port's fine victory over Collingwood reminded me what a wonderful young player is Chad Wingard. A champion for years to come I would expect. He has been named in the 2013 All Australian squad but he does not appear to have been named in the Australian indigenous squad to play against Ireland. Does anyone know why? Surely can't be on merit?Comment
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Nah 16.6 to 14.17 and a free kick count in favour of Freo 25 to 8 with freo kicking 2 goals from 50 metre penalties in the last qtrComment
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