#AFL Round 3, Sydney Swans v GWS Giants, 07/04/18, SCG @sydneyswans #AFLSwansGiants

[Nico]

Certainly not perfect but we improved our kicking efficiency from 51% last week to 67% this week.

I don't believe that stat.

[Cainit]

Again not much from Rohan i know he kicked two oportunistic goals but reallly gave us nothing else unlike Hayward who was good all game. The goals will save him from being dropped next week but will need a 20+ possession game to warrant another game.
Besides that great qin go Swannies

[Cheer_Cheer]

Again not much from Rohan i know he kicked two oportunistic goals but reallly gave us nothing else unlike Hayward who was good all game. The goals will save him from being dropped next week but will need a 20+ possession game to warrant another game.
Besides that great qin go Swannies

You have got me curios. Has Rohan ever had a 20+ possession game ?

[aguy]

Anyone hear anything about Reid and Melican who both had ice on legs Reid to quad and Melican on hammy?

[stevoswan]

Stunned that Mills was deemed best player on ground.. He must have done a lot of screen that I couldn't see.

I just checked the Hayward interview on the Swans site and the interviewer said it was Callum Sinclair who received the Brett Kirk Medal.....seems an obvious choice from the match stats.

[MattW]

Encouraging win, despite not playing our best.

The defence improved from last week - we seemed pretty organised and made good decisions back there. Rampe has been a bit down this year, and started poorly again, but worked into the game well. Mills took BOG in a 'most possessions' decision I think, but definitely his best game for a while.

Notes:
- Hayward was excellent. Found a lot of it, marked well, adds a touch of class - yes, he's going to be a star.
- Sinclair's effort was outstanding. Ran up and down the ground well all night and made contributions at both ends. Close to my best. Again, gets the most out of himself.
- Hannebery improved from last week, although his touch in close is still to come back. Joey fought well, Parker was down, Heeney was one of our best. Wins the ball in most contested situations through his skill and power.
- Another game-deciding contribution from Buddy.

Plenty of improvement to come, but it's early.

[Cheer_Cheer]

I just checked the Hayward interview on the Swans site and the interviewer said it was Callum Sinclair who received the Brett Kirk Medal.....seems an obvious choice from the match stats.

It was Mills who walked out in front of the crowd and did a speech we couldn't hear due to commentator ramblings. Maybe ch7 got it wrong and it was a different award. Maybe the encouragement :-)

[ernie koala]

You have got me curios. Has Rohan ever had a 20+ possession game ?

Yes...In the 2014 prelim final v Kangas...He had 23 possessions as a halfback....was close to, if not, best on ground.

[neilfws]

My first SCG outing for the year. Good win in the end I thought. Hard-fought tight first half, managed to maintain the lead when they finally got a few kicks ahead. Sure, some horrid skill errors all round at times, but still early in the season. Reid right in front though...there'll be some teasing about that.

Really liked Hayward's game tonight, Florent too and Heeney. Sinclair was good. Buddy does a lot around the ground when he's not scoring - was just thinking he may not get one when he launched the 60 m bomb Thought a few were a bit down but no-one was terrible.

Anyway, just good to be out at the footy again. Giants bay was quite loud at times, given there were about 5 of them. Thought Lobb was done for the night in the first quarter, no idea how they managed to fix his leg up.

[troyjones2525]

Again not much from Rohan i know he kicked two oportunistic goals but reallly gave us nothing else unlike Hayward who was good all game. The goals will save him from being dropped next week but will need a 20+ possession game to warrant another game.
Besides that great qin go Swannies

Did you see the ressies game? Unfortunately there wasn't anyone in that game that screamed pick me, pick me with the exception of probably Newman who probably isn't the type of player to switch with Rohan. I agree he needs to do more but unfortunately we don't have many other better options at the minute!

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[mcs]

Not too long back to Canberra after an enjoyable trip up. A good game of footy (Though we still make so many of our own problems!), but in my opinion a thoroughly deserved win overall.

Really liked the work of Hayward tonight - he will be a very decent player. Florent again had flashes though limited touches, Heeney is so fantastic in the way he can go off both sides with both hands and feet, and Sammy Reid (despite that howling miss late) made a big difference to our forward structure. Great shutdown role by Georgie Hewett too - shows how possession stats can be deceiving.

All in all, very happy with the result - the GWS contingent is slowly growing, but at a very slow rate (at least away from home).

[barry]

I only saw the first quarter, but how much better do we look with Reid in the team. !

[Beerman]

I don't believe that stat.

The problem was not our disposal efficiency. It was dropping and fumbling the ball. Exactly the same thing happened last week and GWS had the same problem, although their DE was so woeful that they often didn?t even get their hands on it.

[Blood Fever]

The problem was not our disposal efficiency. It was dropping and fumbling the ball. Exactly the same thing happened last week and GWS had the same problem, although their DE was so woeful that they often didn?t even get their hands on it.

Despite warm night, conditions looked to be greasy again. Both teams had trouble with ball handling. Can't remember conditions like this at SCG at night. Maybe I'm wrong. Is it time of year in Sydney? Humidity? I'm in Melbourne so don't know local weather patterns.

[I?m-uninformed2]

Heeney was easily BOG. And go and look at the contest in the middle before Bud?s big goal. A tackle to dispossess them, leaps to his feet and the handball under pressure to the big fella. He?s a remarkable young player.