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

[Bloody Hell]

And Hewett is a beast!

I've seen JPK try to tag Cripps and not do as good a job.

[Meg]

And Hewett is a beast!

I've seen JPK try to tag Cripps and not do as good a job.

Hewett was terrific wasn?t he? He ?wore? Cripps like a second skin.

[Hotpotato]

When the whistle goes for a free these days, it is often the case that neither the players from either side or the commentators , the fans at the ground and those watching on TV have a clue who?s getting the free .
The players just stand still waiting to see what happens next and where to run.
Really strange .

[Blood Fever]

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.

Getting better and better. Brett Kirk influence?

[CureTheSane]

When the whistle goes for a free these days, it is often the case that neither the players from either side or the commentators , the fans at the ground and those watching on TV have a clue who?s getting the free .
The players just stand still waiting to see what happens next and where to run.
Really strange .

Yeah I mentioned this earlier. Maybe in last weeks game thread.
Very strange, and watching on TV we're equally in the dark most of the time.

Also, remember holding the ball?
I think they now apply the 30 second countdown clock....

[Nico]

Spot on with everything.

Hanners is a big worry. He could hardly move and he was on managed time. He needs to work out his fitness issues in the reserves.

Robinson played well against Hawthorn but goes out for an unfit senior player who is performing like a genuine list clogger. Will be interesting to see whether Hanners goes back to the 2's this week. Probably not, but he should.

Rohan has to be in the same boat. He had a couple of bursts on the ball and looked good, but late in the game his zip had disappeared that tells me he has a limited tank. He kept up his average stats at 9 for the game. Throw in Newman who looks as soft as butter and Stoddart in his second game, then we were genuinely undermanned. Against the better sides we will get flogged with that team. On Stoddart, I think he has what it takes. Reminds me of Florent in his first season.

I also wonder if this inability to put teams away is just us. The way we play and perhaps just don't have the cattle to really finish a side off. I like many, are frustrated that we keep teams in the game almost to the end.

[Nico]

Nico I agree with you about Hannas. But must add Kizza and Rohan to the mix. I think we need a real rethink. Cameron, Towers, Aliir need to come in for Kizza, Hannas and Newman.

I don't think that Jack is at that point. My beef with him is he kicks too softly, and does his pop up kicks that allows the opposition to close on our player set for a mark.

[Danzar]

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.

Agree Liz, it was an over-officiated mess; same as the Lions game. Even the frees we got hurt us for this very reason.

[KSAS]

Bob Murphy commented if there was a gold medal for the best indigenous jumper, the Swans would win hands down on what he saw last night. He thought it was very striking & told a story (as well as the 4 points!). He reckons these jumpers should be worn more often (i.e. clash jumpers).

Sitting in the top 4 at the half way mark, not playing at our best with plenty of improvement in the tank.
Hopefully we'll peak at the pointy end of the season & have a real crack at the flag.
Go Bloods!!!

[Danzar]

This is worth a look: Swan's cheeky dig at Clarko and the Hawks - AFL.com.au

Rampe getting stuck into the ump on blocking, mentions clarko and coffee

[dimelb]

Spot on with everything.

Hanners is a big worry. He could hardly move and he was on managed time. He needs to work out his fitness issues in the reserves.

Second that motion.

[KSAS]

When asked about Hanner's form this morning, Longmire thought he was OK against Brisbane last week & acknowledged he only had 12 disposals last night and not sure if the hit he took early in the game attributed to this.

[KSAS]

Match Review findings:

Callum Sinclair can accept a $1,000 fine for staging.

Sam Rowe can accept a $1,500 fine for misconduct.

[Ludwig]

Match Review findings:

Callum Sinclair can accept a $1,000 fine for staging.

So it really wasn't the incredible strength of Patrick Cripps that knocked him over.

[Mel_C]

Apparently Grant Thomas tweeted that Buddy and Hanners were dropped for disciplinary reasons and not injury. He normally likes to be controversial and cause trouble so I doubt there is any truth to that plus our club is normally open when it comes to off field indiscretions.