Match Day Thread Rnd 12 Sydney V Western Bulldogs. SCG. 19.20 pm.

[troyjones2525]

Great bloods like performance tonight. Came out like they had a point to prove and delivered! If not for a wasteful first half it would have been a near flawless effort considering the wet ground.

Well done Swans! Now we need to bring the same intensity against a bogey side in Richmond next week!

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[Sandridge]

Lovely, lovely, lovely!!

GO THE MIGHTY BLOODS!

[DynamoJim]

Really good spread of contributors tonight. Only players to really stand out (at the game) where buddy, Reid, Naismith and Hanners.

Breakout game for Naismith. He really seemed to have a connection with the inside mids tonight. Nearly all of his blind taps were predicted by us. His mongrel was outstanding!

[Hotpotato]

Isaac will be a fabulous captain . Infectious.

[Cheer_Cheer]

Winning all 4 qtrs is fantastic. I don't know what Jack offered us that Ollie couldn't have done. Plugger needs to get to work again.

[Thunder Shaker]

Next 4 games: Richmond (MCG), Essendon (SCG), Melbourne (MCG), Gold Coast (SCG). These games are all winnable and they will show where we are at. Win all four, we would be 8-7 with a good percentage (105.0 is already the 7th best percentage) and in with a chance. Lose two of them, and we're probably done for the year.

We just have to keep winning.

[mcs]

Next 4 games: Richmond (MCG), Essendon (SCG), Melbourne (MCG), Gold Coast (SCG). These games are all winnable and they will show where we are at. Win all four, we would be 8-7 with a good percentage (105.0 is already the 7th best percentage) and in with a chance. Lose two of them, and we're probably done for the year.

We just have to keep winning.

Great performance tonight - we need to bring that manic pressure and hard work week in week out. Huge game next week - get the Richmond monkey off our back, and there is just an outside hope.

At worst we are going to annoy a lot of teams in and around the 8 - but with some luck, we can sneak in somehow. I don't think we will, but we can do some serious damage if we can replicate what we did tonight consistently. No room for error though.

Lots of excellent performances tonight - Kennedy as always outstanding, Heeney absolutely superb, Lloyd showed just how much we missed him against the Hawks (he is a crucial cog for us now), and the ruck combo worked well - Tippett may not get a run for a bit in the 1sts if they can do that week in week out (though noting the weakness of the Bulldogs in this space).

[Markwebbos]

Naismith V The Nank

Reckon they'll both have a point to prove

[Hotpotato]

It's the dominating result many expected in the Granny .
Can we keep this form going to have another crack ? You wouldn't know this year .

[MattW]

Great performance tonight - we need to bring that manic pressure and hard work week in week out. Huge game next week - get the Richmond monkey off our back, and there is just an outside hope.

At worst we are going to annoy a lot of teams in and around the 8 - but with some luck, we can sneak in somehow. I don't think we will, but we can do some serious damage if we can replicate what we did tonight consistently. No room for error though.

Lots of excellent performances tonight - Kennedy as always outstanding, Heeney absolutely superb, Lloyd showed just how much we missed him against the Hawks (he is a crucial cog for us now), and the ruck combo worked well - Tippett may not get a run for a bit in the 1sts if they can do that week in week out (though noting the weakness of the Bulldogs in this space).

Hewett was classy in that defensive forward role. He's a good mark and kick for goal, I think we're better off with him up there every week. Papley is playing really well through the middle - lots of tackles, runs hard, wiick, forward focussed.

Best game of the year from Heeney, just lacked the goal he was busting for. Hanners, Joey, Parker are back on form. Naismith seems more aggressive than last year.

Undecided on Jack. Got a little bit of it. Wasn't clean, seemed a bit grabby. Hopefully just rust and a bit of confidence.

Massive game next week.

[neilfws]

That was great wasn't it. Good to see Naismith make the most of his opportunity. Thought Reid really imposed himself too, wayward kicks aside. Pretty solid win, just need about 8 more.

[MattW]

Sorry mcs, didn't actually intend to quote you there.

[Nico]

Great performance tonight - we need to bring that manic pressure and hard work week in week out. Huge game next week - get the Richmond monkey off our back, and there is just an outside hope.

At worst we are going to annoy a lot of teams in and around the 8 - but with some luck, we can sneak in somehow. I don't think we will, but we can do some serious damage if we can replicate what we did tonight consistently. No room for error though.

Lots of excellent performances tonight - Kennedy as always outstanding, Heeney absolutely superb, Lloyd showed just how much we missed him against the Hawks (he is a crucial cog for us now), and the ruck combo worked well - Tippett may not get a run for a bit in the 1sts if they can do that week in week out (though noting the weakness of the Bulldogs in this space).

If Lloyd had not been concussed last week we would have won.

[MattW]

If Lloyd had not been concussed last week we would have won.

I have no doubt about that. It was rotten luck.

[mcs]

Hewett was classy in that defensive forward role. He's a good mark and kick for goal, I think we're better off with him up there every week. Papley is playing really well through the middle - lots of tackles, runs hard, wiick, forward focussed.

Best game of the year from Heeney, just lacked the goal he was busting for. Hanners, Joey, Parker are back on form. Naismith seems more aggressive than last year.

Undecided on Jack. Got a little bit of it. Wasn't clean, seemed a bit grabby. Hopefully just rust and a bit of confidence.

Massive game next week.

I really like Hewett in that role also - and I'm impressed by the week in, week out improvement of Papley in the midfield bunch. Doing a good job in there.