#AFL Round 10, Swans vs Lions, Gabba

[Meg]

Jumper or a guernsey?

Yep, ?jumper?, ?guernsey,? ?top? all allowed. (Personally I don?t allow ?jersey?.) Although when you think about it, calling a sleeveless, polyester top a ?jumper? is a bit odd! (Jumper: ?A knitted garment typically with long sleeves, worn over the upper body.?)

Anyway who cares as long as our boys win in whatever they?re wearing!

[The Runner]

I think they'll hold McCartin until Reid is back. They need that additional tall for structure, and Rohan can't be that guy.

[Velour&Ruffles]

"Top"???

That?s what we women call what you wear on top. What do YOU call it?.

Hah, shades of Moe and Homer after Homer has mentioned his garage:

Moe: Oooh, "ga-rage",well la di dah Mr Frenchman.
Homer: well what do you call it?
Moe: It's a "car-hole"

[wolftone57]

The conditions looked terrible. Even when it stopped raining the ball was still slippery. Like it was rubbed in soap and then wet. Both teams played the conditions. All they did was bomb long all the time. It was not a match I'll be eager to watch again. It was excruciating at times. The umpiring was baffling, especially as someone pointed out, the field umpire off the play made a lot of decisions. At times I thought he was not in a position to see the action at all as it was so congested.

A win is a win. As for McCartin, he was flying against three Lions players every time because our entries were so bloody predictable. I think he tried very hard in conditions that didn't suit him and under huge pressure being outnumbered every time. As for Stoddart, he played quite well in a position that is not a natural one for him. He plays HB, wing but was playing forward for the most part on the fastest Lions defender. Ronke, Ollie and Will were all good and seem to be cementing their places. Paps was hard as nails. The experienced players all played well. The defence was sensational but I'd rather we didn't put them under so much pressure by losing in the midfield like we did in the last. I don't know if our fitness level was quite up to it last night. They came home with a full sail and our mids flagged.

I'd like to see much more kicking to space in the wet. We kicked to congested areas far too much so the ball ended up locked in a maul. it was a brutal game. More like Rugby League than Aussie Rules.

[The Big Cat]

especially as all the commentators were as usual rooting for us to lose.

Barracking? Supporting?

[MattW]

Four more points. Another game (and win) into Florent, Hayward and Ronke (who is consolidating the cracking start to his career). Florent is dangerous with ball in hand and room to move in midfield. Stoddart showed a little bit - nice goal. I liked his post-match interview on the official site - confident, but self-aware. It'll come for Hannebery.

Excellent defensive effort, of course. Jones' form running off halfback one of the brighter spots of the last month.

Not great conditions for McCartin and played pretty low minutes. It'll be interesting to see if they persevere or give him a spell.

[dimelb]

I noticed the umpires repeatedly signalling a hugging motion - I presume holding of some sort. The aftermath of Alastair's Breakfast With Gillon?

[Sandridge]

I did not watch the game. The reporter for the Melbourne Sunday paper gave 3 votes to Brisbane's Beames, 2 votes to Heeney and 1 vote to Brisbane's Robinson. Slightly unusual - although not unheard of - for the losing team to get 4 of the 6 votes. Was this an accurate reflection of the game? Fairly sure the reporter is Brisbane based.

[Pj14_]

Watching the game that seems like a pretty accurate representation! Beams the highest ball winner on the park and Robinson was killing it with contested possessions. I myself probably would have put JPK somewhere on that list but each to their own.

[Mountain Man]

I wonder what plaudits should go to our assistant coaches this year.
Sinclair has improved so much this year and Cox must be a great mentor/example.
As for Stevie J, the results from our young forwards speak volumes for their positioning and kick accuracy.
Plaudits to the Swans management for their appointments.

[barry]

3 votes Grundy.

- - - Updated - - -

Correction:
R. Grundy...... 3 votes.

Bruce Mcevaney: ..and this could be the start of the big charge from Grundy that we all expected...

[mcs]

[QUOTE=Blood Umpiring was perplexing at times for both teams. One umpire called a lot of decisions when he was away from the play [/QUOTE]
That ump must have m
ade about 10 decisions when he was a mile away and not the closest ump... the game was way over officiated for a game on a wet night.

I enjoyed the visit to the gabba last night - I thought it was a grinding, hard fought game of footy and we did well overall.

[stellation]

I did not watch the game. The reporter for the Melbourne Sunday paper gave 3 votes to Brisbane's Beames, 2 votes to Heeney and 1 vote to Brisbane's Robinson. Slightly unusual - although not unheard of - for the losing team to get 4 of the 6 votes. Was this an accurate reflection of the game? Fairly sure the reporter is Brisbane based.

Beams and Robinson both played quite well. I'm not sure they were in those positions for the game overall, but certainly were in Brisbane's best. Probably not a stretch for Beams to be in the top 3.

[Bill Posters]

I went into this game wanting to like brisbane but came out of it not liking them! They were pretty nasty at times, lots of snipey pushing and shoving, especially one tall blonde guy.

[Nico]

Jones was excellent....probably his best game. In the HUN it was stated that Martin killed Sinkers on hit outs but by my observation it had no impact on the game and Sinkers put up a mighty effort. On the last quarter and kicking to mauls; we did it on purpose to slow the game down. It was a wet day so the only way to play is to make as much metres as possible. I thought we played sensible footy.

No one has mentioned Ben Ronke's last quarter superb clutch goal on the run just when it was needed.

We had the wrong end of the stick from the umps up to half time at 21/12 but got a better run in the 2nd half. Brisbane supporters went nuts when Jack got that 50 metre penalty but it was a correct decision. A Brisabane player handed the footy to the nearest Swan and took off up the ground instead of throwing it back to Jack.

I thought Harry Cunningham continued his J curve form improvement and his disposal has improved markedly. He seems to have a week to dispose of the pill and appears to always be in the right spot and doesn't panic under pressure. Not mentioned in the best but definitely in mine.

Hanners; scrappy early but he seemed to find a bit of touch and had some telling possessions late. Lets hope he is running back into his best form.