#AFL Rd 20 Swans v Collingwood, SCG, Sat 4 Aug 7:25pm @SydneySwans #AFLSwansPies

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  • Swannette
    Regular in the Side
    • Jan 2003
    • 832

    #31
    The Collingwood throws on the O'Reilly wing are too numerous to mention. Never a whistle though.


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    • troyjones2525
      Swans Fanatic!
      • Mar 2008
      • 2908

      #32
      Originally posted by caj23
      McCartin 1 touch to half time
      Needs a spell
      Towers shd have played tonight
      Towers doesn't compete in the aerial contest though so we will just get completely out marked with the high balls going in! We are really lacking for decent forward options unfortunately! Need to rely on the youngest player in the league to try and compete...

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      • Foreign Legion
        Senior Player
        • Feb 2003
        • 3315

        #33
        As David Brent would say....on a more positive note... Alex Johnson is looking ok.

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        • S.S. Bleeder
          Senior Player
          • Sep 2014
          • 2165

          #34
          Originally posted by Foreign Legion
          If Sportsbet ever have a bet - free kicks at half time, positive or negative - I will load up my @@@@ing life and children on The Swans being down.
          That's a pretty safe bet. BTW we were favourites at $1.70 tonight. We were never going to beat Collingwood tonight. Who on earth was putting their hard earned on us?

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          • crackedactor
            Regular in the Side
            • May 2012
            • 919

            #35
            Originally posted by troyjones2525
            Yeah but we aren't! Seriously embarrassing if they roll us tonight. We think we have injury troubles! They have way better and more important players missing than us! Huge win for them if they keep this up!

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            Kennedy is being held at every centre bounce. 16 free kicks to 7, gee is that not a twig surprise!,, Stll playing poorly. Missed tackle, poor handballs, cannot kick anymore.


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            • wolftone57
              Veterans List
              • Aug 2008
              • 5835

              #36
              Disgusting. Kizza just shimmers into trouble instead of giving the ball off. We still don't protect the player with the ball bty shepherding. We bomb into the forward 50. Nobody leads because they know they are going to be ignored. not just predictable absolute crap footy. This bloke coached a premiership? Eff Me! The standard of coaching at the Swans is early '90's standard. It is so bad and we are heading in one direction on the ladder, south or down for those directionally challenged.

              This is the worst I have seen the Swans play since the season before Roos decided to go. We were ordinary. We then got a new coach and a new start. But this is not the case now, Longmire has another two years on his contract or is it three. We move the ball so slowly even Ringwood Under 10's would know how to combat it.

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              • mcs
                Travelling Swannie!!
                • Jul 2007
                • 8149

                #37
                We just make far too many dumb decisions that leave team mates up the creek so often without a paddle.... we are at a stage where we need basically a perfect game in front of goals as we just dont generate anywhere near enough chances. And in part that really comes from being too conservative too often.

                I don't mind losing if we take the game on a bit - try a bit of what other teams do against us in taking a chance occasionally that the ball can be forced forward. We need to focus more on trying to kick a winning score than we do.
                "You get the feeling that like Monty Python's Black Knight, the Swans would regard amputation as merely a flesh wound."

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                • Swannette
                  Regular in the Side
                  • Jan 2003
                  • 832

                  #38
                  We certainly don't look at all dangerous bringing the ball in. Prob cause we can't get it there. Sad really.


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                  • Mel_C
                    Veterans List
                    • Jan 2003
                    • 4470

                    #39
                    It's frustrating watching us play. We struggle to move the ball cleanly.

                    Florent has lost his touch in the last few weeks.

                    Hayward and McCartin hardly sighted.

                    I wish we kept Ronke and Papley in the 50 so they can pressure and keep the ball in.

                    Sinclair being beaten by Grundy but that's no surprise.

                    We are going to be playing catch up in the second half. Plenty of players that need to lift!

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                    • Foreign Legion
                      Senior Player
                      • Feb 2003
                      • 3315

                      #40
                      Originally posted by S.S. Bleeder
                      That's a pretty safe bet. BTW we were favourites at $1.70 tonight. We were never going to beat Collingwood tonight. Who on earth was putting their hard earned on us?
                      I seriously ask the question - are we a bad side and should someone (maybe a tackling coach) - be sacked? Or is it something more sinister? I am too lazy but the stats over the last 4 weeks would be incriminating.

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                      • dejavoodoo44
                        Veterans List
                        • Apr 2015
                        • 8491

                        #41
                        Originally posted by Mark26
                        The AFL needs to do something about the state of umpiring against us. The opposition predictably double our frees. It's so frustrating. Must be horrible for the players too.
                        I suspect that it doesn't help both confidence and focus.

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                        • stevoswan
                          Veterans List
                          • Sep 2014
                          • 8543

                          #42
                          It's depressing watching our team these days.....sure we're not playing well but the litany of unpaid frees we miss and soft frees the opposition gets, the same situations being judged differently depending on the team, the @@@@@ treatment Buddy gets every week.....that's what is most depressing. It seems to be getting worse, if that is possible after the last two seasons. I don't know how the club can 'turn the other cheek' week after week.

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                          • Swannette
                            Regular in the Side
                            • Jan 2003
                            • 832

                            #43
                            MMM said earlier Rampe has given away 34 free kicks this year and that he needed to tighten up. But then said the one against Mr Giant was not a free. We can't seem to win on that front.


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                            • ASSASSIN
                              Pushing for Selection
                              • Sep 2013
                              • 85

                              #44
                              Originally posted by S.S. Bleeder
                              That's a pretty safe bet. BTW we were favourites at $1.70 tonight. We were never going to beat Collingwood tonight. Who on earth was putting their hard earned on us?
                              Couldn't believe when I saw the odds on TV in favor of the swans. Something fishy indeed. The entire AFL is smells like the fish market 4 [emoji226][emoji225][emoji476][emoji245] anyways.

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                              • The Big Cat
                                On the veteran's list
                                • Apr 2006
                                • 2349

                                #45
                                Originally posted by wolftone57
                                Disgusting. Kizza just shimmers into trouble instead of giving the ball off. We still don't protect the player with the ball bty shepherding. We bomb into the forward 50. Nobody leads because they know they are going to be ignored. not just predictable absolute crap footy. This bloke coached a premiership? Eff Me! The standard of coaching at the Swans is early '90's standard. It is so bad and we are heading in one direction on the ladder, south or down for those directionally challenged.

                                This is the worst I have seen the Swans play since the season before Roos decided to go. We were ordinary. We then got a new coach and a new start. But this is not the case now, Longmire has another two years on his contract or is it three. We move the ball so slowly even Ringwood Under 10's would know how to combat it.
                                Ho hum.
                                Those who have the greatest power to hurt us are those we love.

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