Are our losses due to the team not gelling well?

[annew]

this.

No point blaming the forward line as the ball is NOT GETTING DOWN THERE.

Agree with this comment and the fact that everyone just sucked. I have decided I am sick of all the negativity especially from the lovely Melb and Adelaide press, c'mon Swans let's show them it is simply an aberration not the Buddy factor. We can bounce back we are only down 2 games, we can do it.

[Matimbo]

1. Clearly, Horse didn't feel as though Pendles needed to be tagged. This was to our detriment. We had a fresh tagger in Bird yet decided against using him to qwell Pendlebury. Does O'Keefe have a role now??

The only role I can see for him is full time in the fwd line, but we still have better options.

2. To have Cunningham, Parker & Mitchell contesting the centre bounces when the game was to be won is stagering! Normally we would see Jack, Kennedy & Hannebery doing this when the going gets tough. Another question to be answered!

Yes, absolutely.

3. Where are our forward crumbers? When pumping the ball long into inside 50 it was frustrating to see an inept tall forward stucture no good at ground level. Bring in Brandon Jack next week. He eats crumbs for breakfast!

Also agree. Or Jetta to spend more time crumbing but then we lose his run.

4. Tom Derickx - this muppet could only touch the ball 5 times and turned it over to the opposition on 3 occassions. If I was doing my job at only 20% I would have got the sack by now. Not to mention he didn't take 1 mark all night. Pyke and Reid took 14 between them so let's not use the conditions as an excuse.

TD back to the 2's for a while.

4. If I was doing my job at only 20% I would have got the sack by now.

Your boss just said he'd like to see you in his office.

[RogueSwan]

The only role I can see for him is full time in the fwd line, but we still have better options.

Birdy or Pebbles?
I wouldn't mind seeing Pebbles have a game across HF like he used to. May not have the top speed anymore but even in the past it was his endurance and wearing down opponents that allowed him to be so good. He should still have that and his strong marking ability, hopefully. I would like to see it tried again, with all the attention Lance is getting it may work with Reid and ROK getting a little room to move. Maybe???

[aguy]

In response to the threads title about the team not gelling.

It's the vibe

[Melbourne_Blood]

Birdy or Pebbles?
I wouldn't mind seeing Pebbles have a game across HF like he used to. May not have the top speed anymore but even in the past it was his endurance and wearing down opponents that allowed him to be so good. He should still have that and his strong marking ability, hopefully. I would like to see it tried again, with all the attention Lance is getting it may work with Reid and ROK getting a little room to move. Maybe???

Didn't he play a fair chunk at HF on the weekend ?

[churry]

Didn't he play a fair chunk at HF on the weekend ?

Seemed like he played pretty much most of the game there.

[aguy]

Seemed like he played pretty much most of the game there.

He did. And sadly not very well

[churry]

He did. And sadly not very well

Let's hope he bounces back in a big way because we need our champion players to lift!

[aguy]

Let's hope he bounces back in a big way because we need our champion players to lift!

Yep I definitely hope so

[Cheer_Cheer]

I think we have an astrological imbalance in the side.. Not enough fire signs..

[hot potato]

Ziggy is unfit, dragging the chain, runs like a girl, upsetting the team phsyche..

best
Hot potato!

[RogueSwan]

Didn't he play a fair chunk at HF on the weekend ?

Seemed like he played pretty much most of the game there.

He did. And sadly not very well

Sorry, really didn't notice him, maybe the rest of the team didn't either???