#AFL Round 11, Swans vs Blues, 7:50pm, SCG #AFLSwansBlues @sydneyswans

[Markwebbos]

I believe he has OP. Not sure you can work on that in the reserves. Needs to have extended break. Put him away till round 18. That gives him 6 weeks to rest then work back into form for finals. OP needs complete rest. Not managed training and game time.

My understanding is he had OP last year and an unrelated injury this year ... if you believe the Swans that is.

We have one more game to ?tune up? before the Weagles. Would love to see AA, Cameron possibly Towers get a run.

Any chance AJ could have Mills / Marsh?s spot before the end of the year or is that crazy wishful thinking?

[ugg]

Newman started on the wing but played most of the 2nd half as a forward, which he wasn't very good at. In hindsight, we would have been better served with a more natural forward like Towers, McCartin or even Fox who showed at Geelong he has some forward nous.

Hannebery no penetration in his kicking on his preferred left, and flat out has no right foot anyway. Robinson in good form and more importantly fully fit should be considered as a replacement.

Also hello to the gentleman sitting in front of me in the Ladies Stand browsing RWO at 3Q time.

[707]

Forgot to mention Hewett, he is given big jobs every week and gets them done. Tonight he severely restricted the world's tallest midfielder Patrick Cripps and got plenty of it himself AND he's efficient with ball in hand.

George is slowly becoming one of our most important players as evidenced by his high finish in last years B&F, another high finish looms this year.

[Danzar]

Newman started on the wing but played most of the 2nd half as a forward, which he wasn't very good at. In hindsight, we would have been better served with a more natural forward like Towers, McCartin or even Fox who showed at Geelong he has some forward nous.

Hannebery no penetration in his kicking on his preferred left, and flat out has no right foot anyway. Robinson in good form and more importantly fully fit should be considered as a replacement.

Also hello to the gentleman sitting in front of me in the Ladies Stand browsing RWO at 3Q time.

[CureTheSane]

Ground announcer says Ronk-ee. Confusing. Burst of Swans song 6 minutes in also confusing.
Blues competitive in Q1. Time to knock that on the head!

Kennedy also called him this after the game.
My take on it is that they all know how to say his name, but add a 'y' on at the end as they might for Zakey, Nickey, Jakey etc

[Hotpotato]

Especially in the first half I was wishing Towers was playing.
Was he dropped or injured?
Hoping for a ten goal win but the Blues took the game on early and were slicker and more descisive catching the Swans napping .
Poor execution kicking for goal, I don?t get this basic flaw that is so costly .
All very fixable by a good coach . Kick from low down , follow through to your target.

[liz]

I remember coming home sooo frustrated after the loss to North, not because we lost but because it was a dire, stop-start game where both teams were ordinary. Tonight was almost as bad, and I think the main culprit is the umpiring. Not biased umpiring - I couldn't tell you if we got the better or worse of it today - but just umpiring that takes all the flow from the game. I'd be surprised if there were more than half a dozen marking contests where the umpires didn't pull a free from somewhere, including a number of bizarre shepherding calls, more of which went in our favour than against.

I understand that it's a hard game to umpire, and expect that they will miss some, and make mistakes. But what's killing it for me is the philosophy behind penalising trivial things, especially in marking contests. Clarkson has an awful lot to answer for.

[MattW]

I agree with 707: a finals-winning team has Melican or Aliir in it. I think they'd play Melican if they could, but I'd like to see Aliir in for Marsh.

Nice touch of class by Stoddart late, promising player. But as above, I think we will need a harder body in there as the year progresses, especially if Rohan and Ronke are also playing. I'd be happy enough with Robinson, Fox or Towers (who I agree is unlucky).

Bummer for Newman: the majority of his touches were poor, he's a better player than that. He kicked well a couple of times late and probably needs a couple more games in there to build his confidence up playing first-team footy.

Another good game by Florent. He is one of our more agile mids and kicks well. Dangerous with the ball on the run and now tending to facilitate more exits in close with his nimbleness. He previously played a little headless in close, handballing to others under pressure etc, but he is improving that. Reckon that sealer against the Bulldogs helped him along.

Hayward is hard. His is aggressive and is filling into his body, sticking his tackles. One of my favourites.

I disagree re Hannebery. I think he is down on confidence a little and should get a chance to play it out.

Finally, I thought Buddy moved well. More time on the ground than any other player. Hopefully that heel is behind him.

[MattW]

I remember coming home sooo frustrated after the loss to North, not because we lost but because it was a dire, stop-start game where both teams were ordinary. Tonight was almost as bad, and I think the main culprit is the umpiring. Not biased umpiring - I couldn't tell you if we got the better or worse of it today - but just umpiring that takes all the flow from the game. I'd be surprised if there were more than half a dozen marking contests where the umpires didn't pull a free from somewhere, including a number of bizarre shepherding calls, more of which went in our favour than against.

I understand that it's a hard game to umpire, and expect that they will miss some, and make mistakes. But what's killing it for me is the philosophy behind penalising trivial things, especially in marking contests. Clarkson has an awful lot to answer for.

Yep. That North game was pure frustration - couldn't have been better scripted to produce it. Tonight was similar. Pedantic, technical officiating. Further, I had to watch from home and also had Basil to contend with.

[Meg]

Ill only say this once, but mcveigh is having a cracking season.

Just reading through this thread .... don?t worry Barry, once is enough, we won?t forget! [emoji3][emoji3]

And yes, Macca has been fantastic this year. Makes a difference having a full preseason without injury.

[Meg]

Also hello to the gentleman sitting in front of me in the Ladies Stand browsing RWO at 3Q time.

He?s lucky (I think) I couldn?t get mobile reception to do that in the Brewongle.

[Meg]

Forgot to mention Hewett, he is given big jobs every week and gets them done. Tonight he severely restricted the world's tallest midfielder Patrick Cripps and got plenty of it himself AND he's efficient with ball in hand.

George is slowly becoming one of our most important players as evidenced by his high finish in last years B&F, another high finish looms this year.

I agree, I thought George played yet another great game tonight and was a very important part of the win.

[Velour&Ruffles]

[QUOTE=liz;750964]I remember coming home sooo frustrated after the loss to North, not because we lost but because it was a dire, stop-start game where both teams were ordinary. Tonight was almost as bad, and I think the main culprit is the umpiring. Not biased umpiring - I couldn't tell you if we got the better or worse of it today - but just umpiring that takes all the flow from the game. I'd be surprised if there were more than half a dozen marking contests where the umpires didn't pull a free from somewhere, including a number of bizarre shepherding calls, more of which went in our favour than against.

I understand that it's a hard game to umpire, and expect that they will miss some, and make mistakes. But what's killing it for me is the philosophy behind penalising trivial things, especially in marking contests. Clarkson has an awful lot to answer for.[/QUOTE]

Yep. Spot on. This poisonous little turd has got everyone running scared. I was shocked that we didn't get disembowled by the umpires in the weeks immediately after his tanty, but I hadn't factored in that was versus Freo and Brisbane, who nobody in the AFL administration really cares about - the chickens started their inexorable and inevitable march towards the roost last night against an establishment (old school tie, boy's club, rah rah, went to school with old mate) club. Just wait until we play against Essendon, Collingwood or Richmond. Just enough distance from Clarko's comments for plausible deniability.We'll get brutally reamed.

[jono2707]

Reg was so good tonight. Not that many would notice, but he was pretty bloody good in the clutches. Have we forgotten.how solid and dependable down back he is? Another immense effort. He is having another great season.

Heeney and Sinkers the other two in the votes for mine....

[Bloody Hell]

From what I've seen, you can draw a line through Robinson, but Towers and especially Fox would improve the 22 we saw tonight.

I've been a long time defender of Rohan, but he is struggling for touch at the moment and getting 20 touches in the 2's would help immensely.

Got to say, never thought Cunningham would look as comfortable as he has the past few weeks.... he is younger than you think and it seems he has got over the hump with regard to experience and belief.