#AFL Rd 16 Sydney v Geelong, SCG, 05 July 2018 @SydneySwans #SwansCats

[Merdo5555]

Does anyone think constantly focusing on being in the 8 is becoming a detriment to winning another premiership, would it be better to go down to come back to the top rather than being a bottom of the top 8 team.

I think the Swans could afford a leaner season or two if we were really building towards something, we need a complete rejig of our game style, we are one of the few teams not looking at speed and scoring

[sprite]

Why was Luffy in the Geelong rooms???

[Foreign Legion]

Newman must play next week - he is clearly our most skilled player - who can get the ball - in the 2's. Dawson not ready but give him a run too if Jack and McVeigh are out.

Dawson and Newman are both fantastic kicks which we need.

[Nico]

Worst rule in footy....and it seems to be paid against us with monotonous regularity, not that it lead to us losing tonight though.

Top four will be interesting now. With our tough run home, this was one we had to win.

The rule is ok if they only focused on players running past the player, not someone taking the mark (has been a part of our game since inception) or caught out of position like Hanners was. The fact they paid some and not others is perplexing.

[Merdo5555]

Really how many premierships have we won since we recruited them?

Tippett was an overpaid disaster that never justified his salary,we recruited off one good final series, bad bad decision.

We did win one the year before we went on the recruiting spree. We wouldnt be a better team with Tom Mitchell, the game is won in the midfield and we had so much depth weve lost because of the salary cap.

[Ludwig]

We were seriously outplayed for the 2nd consecutive week, but this time at home against a very ordinary team. We lost the I50s once again (59-46). We really have a hard time generating space and offence through the middle of the ground.

We don't have the right mix of players right now. On the positive side, we should have a few of our better players and prospects ready to go, perhaps as early as next week: Heeney, Papley, Reid, Dawson and O'Riordan.

We are all big fans of Hannebery, so it hurts me to see him play so poorly. I don't even think he's fit enough to play in the reserves. Towers was also terribly unimpressive for someone who wants to get a regular gig in the seniors. I though Fox played well and should get another week. Not so Robinson.

The management want to win every game, but we have to be realistic about where we are and play for the future. We are so far off being a good side now.

[stevoswan]

Pre bye.....winning ugly. Post bye.....losing ugly. WTF is it with us after the bye? It's taken away any season momentum we had.

[Nico]

Another shocking performance at home. We are very very ordinary and should have been flogged!


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I mentioned some weeks ago that we had these night games coming up where it is dewy and our inability to play the conditions. What I thought was disappointing was we got beaten so often in a one on one when the ball was on the ground.

On Ben Ronke; he has to learn to be positive and not cute with his kicking. This side ways, off the side of the boot kick, to a contest is plain low % stuff. Got to get it out of his game. If he kicked it forward of the players it gives our man to run on to it.

[Scottee]

Sad night tonight.Hanners has removed all doubt. He can't be played and he needs to sort himself out.
McVeigh's last game?
KJ probably saved himself the same embarrassment as Hanners by getting injured.
Geelong won.
Horse can't expect all the other players to carry the load anymore.


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[0918330512]

The buddy/tippett contracts are a millstone that have cost us big time. Getting both was a huge mistake

Honestly a loss drops the IQ on here by a good 40 points.

We signed Tippett as the best available big forward at the time. Then Buddy becomes available & wants to come to the Swans. What was the clubs supposed to do “Sorry Bud, we can afford you. We expect you will win a couple of Coleman’s. You’ll likely be an All Australian with us. Fair chance you play in a grand final with us. You’ll boost our membership. Merchandise sales will soar with your presence. But on the off chance the Swans don’t fulfill the expectations, we’re not going to go after you. Even if we can arrange our cap to fit you in”.

Honestly.

[stevoswan]

The buddy/tippett contracts are a millstone that have cost us big time. Getting both was a huge mistake

Crystal ball stuff there. If we knew Buddy was coming our way, we never would have gone for Tippett in the first place. We had no crystal ball......but your claim does have merit, in hindsight.

[Mel_C]

Well we didn't deserve to win after allowing them all those scoring shots. It's a worry 2 weeks in a row now.

2 forced changes for next week with Jack and McVeigh injured. And McVeigh looks like broken collarbone so that will be the season for him ????.

Selwood is really unlikeable. His constant staging every time he gets the ball ruins his reputation.

This loss hurts more than last week. Hopefully we can get Heeney, Papley and Reid back.

[Scottee]

We were seriously outplayed for the 2nd consecutive week, but this time at home against a very ordinary team. We lost the I50s once again (59-46). We really have a hard time generating space and offence through the middle of the ground.

We don't have the right mix of players right now. On the positive side, we should have a few of our better players and prospects ready to go, perhaps as early as next week: Heeney, Papley, Reid, Dawson and O'Riordan.

We are all big fans of Hannebery, so it hurts me to see him play so poorly. I don't even think he's fit enough to play in the reserves. Towers was also terribly unimpressive for someone who wants to get a regular gig in the seniors. I though Fox played well and should get another week. Not so Robinson.

The management want to win every game, but we have to be realistic about where we are and play for the future. We are so far off being a good side now.

I think you are a bit optimistic about Reid and Dawson. At least another week methinks.

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[Foreign Legion]

Really how many premierships have we won since we recruited them?

Tippett was an overpaid disaster that never justified his salary,we recruited off one good final series, bad bad decision.

We did win one the year before we went on the recruiting spree. We wouldnt be a better team with Tom Mitchell, the game is won in the midfield and we had so much depth weve lost because of the salary cap.

Bull@@@@. You are totally wrong. Tom Mitchell would not have won us one more game this year.

[Nico]

Soooo disaapointing. 2 weeks we struggle kicking 60 pts. I guess the kick it to buddy at every chance u get isnt a great option. Im sure we name 6 fwds per week, can we implement a structure where we hit the best option with the fwds working together.



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But Buddy is the only one who has a work rate.