#AFL Round 15 Richmond v Sydney Etihad 7.20 pm EST 28 June 2018 #SydneySwans #SwansTigers

[Ludwig]

I think Ludwig is a Russian bot run by the the AFLs counter-expansion unit to disrupt the northern interlopers with ideas that seem logical but .... Aren't.

Of all the people on RWO, you were last one I would have guessed would figure it out. Congratulations Barry.

[Hotpotato]

I think Ludwig is a Russian bot run by the the AFLs counter-expansion unit to disrupt the northern interlopers with ideas that seem logical but .... Aren't.

I was informed he was an international spy with a harem in the jungles of Thailand .

Any way I enjoy everyone?s contribution, it?s so enlightening to hear from so many masterminds in the game.

[Agent 86]

LOL, good point. He wasn't much better than Rohan. There will be a couple of clubs out there who may look to playing him in different role expecting to get him more involved.

Jetta was a beautiful kick, helped us win a few finals and probs 50% better than Gaz. He took a while to get settled over there, but doing okay. Would love to see Rohan get close to that.


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[MattW]

Hmm, the bye. It's true, we are now 3 wins / 6 losses after byes, since 2011 when they were reintroduced. But that puts us about in the middle: some teams go worse (Geelong! only 1 win after a bye), others go better (Hawthorn, only 1 loss after a bye).

Difficult to say anything statistical as there are so few "post-bye" games compared with "not post-bye" games. But here's a chart anyway (to 2017).

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What you really want to know is which of those games were they expected to win, which would involve getting historical odds for all the games...for another day.

Cheers Neil. Let's hope Geelong's abysmal post-bye record continues tonight. Some prospect of it.

[MattW]

Of all the people on RWO, you were last one I would have guessed would figure it out. Congratulations Barry.

It was a pretty neat sledge; surprised me a bit too.

On your post, I know you're looking for a person to replace with O'Riordan, but McVeigh is the person we most want to have the ball on hand around the defensive 50m arc.

However, I agree that Melican is unlikely to play next week given the 5 day break. Bummer.

[Matty10]

I just finished watching the the TV coverage of the game (I went to the match) and am far more positive about our chances this year. We are definitely capable of beating Richmond.

It seems like this would be a good game for the players to review as they would see their potential for improvement. Most of our skill errors were not as a result of extreme pressure - we just butchered the ball. They also need to back their teammates more and give the first option when it is presented.

It really wouldn?t have taken much of an improvement for us to have won last night. That would have to give the team confidence.

I think we will bounce back strongly and account for Geelong before obliterating North in two weeks time.

[Agent 86]

Rance is an embarrassment. Shouldn't he now be booed mercilessly every week by large sections of the crowd? After all, isn't staging the "reason" people gave for booing Goodesy?

Rance's acting is good enough to warrant a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, yet he suffers no backlash from supporters.

It's almost as if something else was a factor in Goodesy being booed out of the game prematurely.

Excellent call. Rance?s staging is far worse than anything I ever saw from Adam.

Buddy is also getting similar booing treatment whenever he gets the ball away from home. Hope it doesn?t become a thing.

[Auntie.Gerald]

3rd qtr when at 43-56

Rohan?s break where he took the game on and rance smothered

Then the two way running counter from Richmond was simply the best in the Comp

The sprinting from the tigers midfield and half forward flooding forward and the amount of options was superb for the kicker

The separation the tigers made on the Swans in this passage an many othe situations was first class

I love the way the tigers decided to feed the ball high on the 50 arc for their forwards and said ?Sydney u leave that space open and we will take u on one on one?

It worked
It was smart
JR stood up

[Hotpotato]

They all need to practice selling the candy, they?ve lost the art , even Buddy.

[stevoswan]

Hmm, the bye. It's true, we are now 3 wins / 6 losses after byes, since 2011 when they were reintroduced. But that puts us about in the middle: some teams go worse (Geelong! only 1 win after a bye)

....and with 2 minutes to go, are 10 pts down against the Dogs......after their bye.

[wolftone57]

Excellent call. Rance?s staging is far worse than anything I ever saw from Adam.

Buddy is also getting similar booing treatment whenever he gets the ball away from home. Hope it doesn?t become a thing.

We look to American sport for all our new ideas and I'm sorry to say our game is worse for it. the players are now just meat to the market. our rules and umpiring is crap as is the rule in the USA. We have opened our game up to exploitation by gambling by having a gambling corporation sponsor.

I love our game and all the bright ideas of the stupid @@@@wits at the AFL to fix the congestion like zones is bull@@@@ and so @@@@ing counter productive to the game. The solution is quite simple. Just get rid of most of the rules introduced since Gil The Gullable has been in power.

We were never in this game. It seemed we were but they always had our measure. That is because we had several passengers. Messers Jack, Rohan and Hannaberry (he might have had 20 but when he disposes at 25% it may as well be nothing) were a disgrace. I never thought we'd win. but if you remember rightly in 2012 we were given a footy lesson on how to win the hard ones by the Hawks in the last round and then beat them in the big one.

But this loss was a bit bigger than that. A 22 point disposal of us by Tigers, in a game they were always in control of is simply a reason to search for answers. We played into their hands by bombing long to Franklin one out against 4. @@@@ing stupid. Some of the worst offenders were experienced players. Hannaberry kicked to Bud even though he had three and then four players on him on several different occasions, he had far better options all free. Stupid football is played by stupid players who just can't change. The game plan has moved on from just bombing to Bud but certain of our players have yet to understand that.

Next week if I see Hannaberry, Jack or Rohan in the line up I am not going to bother supporting the Swans ever again. I won't support the AFL at all. I wil go to local footy. These guys are getting games on reputation alone. I am sorry for Gaz and the death of his baby and always said that maybe this period should be spent in the reserves due to the psychological load. But there comes a time when reputation alone is not enough.

LONGMIRE MAKE THE HARD DECISION AND DROP ROHAN, JACK AND HANNABERRY!!!

[wolftone57]

3rd qtr when at 43-56

Rohan?s break where he took the game on and rance smothered

Then the two way running counter from Richmond was simply the best in the Comp

The sprinting from the tigers midfield and half forward flooding forward and the amount of options was superb for the kicker

The separation the tigers made on the Swans in this passage an many othe situations was first class

I love the way the tigers decided to feed the ball high on the 50 arc for their forwards and said ?Sydney u leave that space open and we will take u on one on one?

It worked
It was smart
JR stood up

Yes they were smart and never looked like losing in my opinion. But it didn't help to have a few players who's defensive efforts were just disgusting. Jack and Hannaberry were diabolical in chasing. both just gave up and left it to the young blokes. They were a coordinated unit. We were not. They left the corridor free we did not. How did that happen? Quite simple, they worked far harder.

We had three players who should be dropped immediately; Jack, Hannaberry and Rohan. Their efforts were a disgrace. They made it difficult for the younger players and there should be an example made of them.

Richmond is a complete team, we are not and never will be until players do not get picked on reputation alone.

[AB Swannie]

One statistic I?d really like to see for each player is the distance covered. Even if we only got to see the cumulative total for each team. They give this in the English Premier League and it is a good indication of work rate.

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[S.S. Bleeder]

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Gee McCartin covers a lot of ground for a big guy, especially for his first season. He's really going to be something.