Match Day Thread Rnd 8 V Hawthorn

[MomentByMoment]

Personally I'm happy the media are raving about C and are delusional about the Hawks.

Nothing works against a team more than been backed by the chattering classes.

[Conor_Dillon]

16 disposals, 2 goals, 5 marks and 4 tackles, 1 goal assist and 2 clearances isn't best on ground by any conceivable logic. If Liam Shiels had have played the identical game I guarantee he wouldn't have been in the best.

[dimelb]

Only 4 points but that game really meant a lot to us Swans supporters. You could tell by the reaction as the siren went.

Nothing gets a GF loss back but we got bullied on GF day. The response was important.

It sure was. The Bloods stood up.

[Big Al]

Not sure what numpty said it but after Rioli tools a good contested mark they said nobody in the league could do that. Really??? in Rugby League they do it so they really need to get their hand off it when it comes to Rioli.

[jono2707]

I quite enjoyed Cyril's game. Especially the last bit....

[Swansinger]

Only 4 points but that game really meant a lot to us Swans supporters. You could tell by the reaction as the siren went.

Nothing gets a GF loss back but we got bullied on GF day. The response was important.

Quite so. It proves what Brad Scott said before R1 , that this would be the most competitive season ever. Sure , there've been some blowouts as usual , but it is a very , very hard comp.
One straight kick the other way and we'd both be 5 and 3 , instead of two games clear of Hawthorn.
I'll take the extra 8 points for us !

[Ludwig]

Cyril is great, but they do go over the top about him. Jeremy Howe takes those kind of marks every week.

[ScottH]

16 disposals, 2 goals, 5 marks and 4 tackles, 1 goal assist and 2 clearances isn't best on ground by any conceivable logic. If Liam Shiels had have played the identical game I guarantee he wouldn't have been in the best.

Was thinking the same thing.
McGlynn had almost the same stats and never got a mention.

[barry]

Weve got to keep hawthorn out of top 2. All home finals plus a home grand final is too much of an advantage.
freo are 4 games clear of them so should be safe. Up to its to fill the other top 2 spot.

[bloodsbigot]

Weve got to keep hawthorn out of top 2. All home finals plus a home grand final is too much of an advantage.
freo are 4 games clear of them so should be safe. Up to its to fill the other top 2 spot.

Man, hope you're right, but I've learned to never underestimate the Hawks, unfortunately. They looked gone in 2012 after the first 6 rounds (As we did in 2014), but they still came back. They're still the team to beat.

[ugg]

Jarrad McVeigh cleared contact WLangford ? free not paid at time for high contact but panel said McVeigh action was a tackle & not a strike.

— Patrick Keane (@AFL_PKeane) May 25, 2015

Jarryd Roughead cleared contact RShaw ? Roughead placed block on Shaw & while it could have drawn a free, panel said contact not excessive.

— Patrick Keane (@AFL_PKeane) May 25, 2015

Lewis Jetta ($1500 for a second offence), Kieren Jack, Liam Shiels, Jordan Lewis (all $1000) can each accept melee fines.

— Patrick Keane (@AFL_PKeane) May 25, 2015

Phil Davis can accept 1 game, rough conduct on Luke Brown. Sam Mitchell can accept $1000 sanction, striking Tom Mitchell.

— Patrick Keane (@AFL_PKeane) May 25, 2015

[mcs]

Only 4 points but that game really meant a lot to us Swans supporters. You could tell by the reaction as the siren went.

Nothing gets a GF loss back but we got bullied on GF day. The response was important.

We needed a good performance to restore the faith after having it broken on gf day.

Saturday was just the first step in the path to redemption, but it was such an important result to show the fans that the players were hurting as well after last year and ate going to throw everything they can towards gaining ultimate redemption.

[Conor_Dillon]

Just watching the replay now and a couple of quick points. The commentators barracking for the Hawks is even more horribly biased than I remember...could be something to do with BT and Darcy both working with Eddie at Triple M?
Also, absolutely dominated the third quarter, should have been 5 goals up at 3/4 time.

[Ludwig]

The game was pretty even I thought, although I initially had the feeling we were lucky to win because Hawthorn missed a few good opportunities in the 4th qtr, especially the missed goals from the usually reliable Gunston and Breust.

The biggest worry was being beaten so badly at the stoppages. Hawthorn even got 11 hitouts from non-ruckmen, including 7 by Lewis. There's something not right about our preparation if stuff like that happens. Our ruck combo should be able to match it against Hale and Cegler. My recent criticism of PyKe has been about not living up to his around the ground form of 2013, but his but his stoppage work has been okay. So the effort on Saturday was a disappointment and something that will need attention before we take them on again.

[Ampersand]

Amongst the rule changes I'd like to see (apart from deliberate OOB only being possible for disposals made under 20 metres from the line) is either a) third man up at a ruck contest is disallowed or b) you're allowed to physically block the third man up from contesting. It's completely uneven at the moment.

On Pyke, I think people are being pretty harsh about his performance given the amount of work he was forced to do defensively around the ground. There were occasions where he was left to chase down Hill or Smith or playing piggy in the middle amongst 3 Hawks attackers. Why? Where were his teammates?