Round 8 Swans v Hawthorn MCG Friday May 11 7.50 pm

[Foreign Legion]

How can Robinson get a game, he is simply not good enough, but due to injuries , he keeps getting picked. But its like having one player down each time. Tries hard but just doesn't have what it takes

Can't believe Newman is not rated above this bloke.

[Velour&Ruffles]

Can I be the first to say it. We are too reliant on Ronke.

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Did you actually watch the game? McVeigh is possibly still our best user of the ball. He may be slow but his use of the ball is elite

Totally agree

(or +1 as the cool kids say)

[707]

Can't believe Newman is not rated above this bloke.

Stats say Robbo did ok but he doesn't look to have the pace of the game at AFL level, Newman does.

[waswan]

Cunninghams best game
Should only be in the side to tag a running defender
Tagged out S Hill years ago and has rarely been used in the role since
Robinson not good enough
Jack was terrible early but came thru good when he went i to the middle late

[Hotpotato]

Hey Dan,
Thanks again for getting this site back up for tonites heart stopper and the memorable performance by B. Ronke and his mates.

[Blue Sun]

Clarkson - ?the Swans got away with blue murder?.

*looks at free kick count*

Sure, whatever you reckon, Clarko.

[liz]

Great win with some great efforts from our youngsters. May be wrong but jack & Smiths efforts this year should put them back into the ressies.It will never happen but if it does embarrassment sometimes is the biggest motivator.

Jack's form is way down on his hey day but there's no-one running around in the reserves who'd contribute more IMO (and that includes Newman). His second half wasn't bad at all and he was responsible for some of the cleaner delivery inside forward 50.

I'm baffled by your comment on Smith. I think he's been fantastic this year and was solid yesterday.

[Blood Fever]

Clarkson - ?the Swans got away with blue murder?.

*looks at free kick count*

Sure, whatever you reckon, Clarko.

Always bleats about umps after a loss except in 2012 GF where count was something like 21-10 in their favour. Very poor loser.

[dejavoodoo44]

Clarkson - ?the Swans got away with blue murder?.

*looks at free kick count*

Sure, whatever you reckon, Clarko.

Yes, not particularly gracious by Clarkson. Are there still fines for criticising umpires? Or doesn't it count, if you frame it as a criticism of your opponents?
Either way, perhaps it should be pointed out to him, the number of times that our forwards, particularly Rohan, were held out of contests. And a plethora of other Hawthorn infringements were constantly ignored. There were a large number of unpenalised blatant throws. While in the back seemed to perfectly okay this week, but last week, it was rule of the week.

[Blood Fever]

Jack's form is way down on his hey day but there's no-one running around in the reserves who'd contribute more IMO (and that includes Newman). His second half wasn't bad at all and he was responsible for some of the cleaner delivery inside forward 50.

I'm baffled by your comment on Smith. I think he's been fantastic this year and was solid yesterday.

Smith has been very good this year. Always lifts under pressure. Thought Jack ran on really well during the fourth quarter.

[Blood Fever]

Horse keeps his job for another week. I?m a bit confused - is he back to being a good game day coach? And no longer Clarko?s bunny. Until next time?

There have been a number on this site poised to pounce on Longmire at any opportunity. We are 5 and 3 with a significantly depleted list. His ability to extract effort and pressure from the list, which by the way last night consisted of 10 players who were originally rookies, is remarkable and should be applauded.

[CureTheSane]

If Tom Mitchell can elbow Todd Goldstein in the back of the head and get away with it, I'm sure McVeigh will be fine. It's all about the impact and the result of the contact for the AFL MRP.

Also, I haven't seen him mentioned yet, but Cunningham quietly claims another scalp this year. Shut down the potentially damaging Isaac Smith who had just 16 disposals tonight and Harry had 27 himself.

Interesting how all this is going down...

All about Ronke - fair.
Many people on Facebook high fiving Rohan after that late mark.
Great mark - average game again.
Cunningham was really good.
Jones didn't make the errors he usually does.
Crazy comments about Heeney.
For the first time I could see the slowness of McVeigh and Grundy really hinder their games. Having said that Grundy covers some distance during the game, and I'm not suggesting either lose their spot, nor and I trying to start a debate - just noticed it more tonight.

Would be interesting to see how all this went down of we lost.
Fickle game.

[Daisi]

Interesting how all this is going down...

All about Ronke - fair.
Many people on Facebook high fiving Rohan after that late mark.
Great mark - average game again.
Cunningham was really good.
Jones didn't make the errors he usually does.
Crazy comments about Heeney.
For the first time I could see the slowness of McVeigh and Grundy really hinder their games. Having said that Grundy covers some distance during the game, and I'm not suggesting either lose their spot, nor and I trying to start a debate - just noticed it more tonight.

Would be interesting to see how all this went down of we lost.
Fickle game.

I thought that was actually one of Jones' best games for us... I think he still needs to improve his disposal, but he was obviously taking a look around for the best option last night and it worked well for him. Hopefully he will continue to improve like this..

[Markwebbos]

Would be interesting to see how all this went down of we lost.
Fickle game.

In my experience RWOers, myself included, normally turn on Horse and start melting down during games, particularly against Hawthorn.

Maybe it?s different expectations - this time last year Hawks were a rabble before they beat us, but it actually felt like the Swans were in a fair fight and Horse had a plan to beat them.

I don?t see any major gnashing of teeth during the game.

Winning definitely helps!

[barry]

I didn't see the game last night, but am replaying it through the comments in this thread. Great effort RWO peeps.