2019 Round 1: Western Bulldogs v Sydney Swans @ Marvel Stadium

[Meg]

Yeah, they definitely booed Aliir for most of it; Buddy too to a lesser degree.

The Buddy booing was the usual mindless ‘boo the champion’ stuff. Ablett copped some of the same last night. (Never understood that childish mentality.)

The Aliir booing stemmed from a (relatively mild) incident. Also pretty silly, the first boo should have been enough.

[mcs]

The Buddy booing was the usual mindless ‘boo the champion’ stuff. Ablett copped some of the same last night. (Never understood that childish mentality.)

The Aliir booing stemmed from a (relatively mild) incident. Also pretty silly, the first boo should have been enough.

They do have some truly idiotic fans. The ones behind us were truly horrendous all night long... dumb as bricks and with no idea of the rules of the game (not saying I know them too well, but well enough to recognise not every single time your team screws up is some form of free kick). Those guys booed aliir every time he got the ball after that early incident.

[mcsean]

Was there a ‘throw’ not paid against the dogs late in the last quarter, maybe the second last goal?

[Mel_C]

No, Dogs fans booed AA for large part of the match. Started after an early incident when he and a Dogs player were wrestling each other. AA was clearly holding by the end of the wrestling comp but didn’t get penalised. That set off the crowd.

The umps either didn’t see Aliir’s final hold or they reckoned both players were at fault. I did breathe a sigh of relief though when there was no whistle.

Thanks Meg for the explanation. I listen to the radio when I'm at the game and where noise cancelling earphones so I only heard them boo him loudly one time when he had the ball near the bulldogs cheer squad.

Was there a ‘throw’ not paid against the dogs late in the last quarter, maybe the second last goal?

There were plenty of throws for them that weren't paid. What annoys me is that when they are tackled they throw the ball and they are paid holding the man. It happened a number of times tonight.

[waswan]

weak as miles better team thought they could turn it on when matters

[Nico]

We were absolute garbage. The only positive that I could see was Buddy got through the game.

Where was Parker for 3 quarters?

I see nothing in Dawson that suggests he might be up to the top level. Soft and appears to not like the hard contest.

Hayward: hasn't changed. Disappears for long periods and gets to few contests. Missed set shots. His position in the team must now be questioned.

Melican: I think it is the worst game I have seen from a Swans player, ever. In the first half almost all of the goals for them were due to his mistakes or slowness or playing from behind. I am sure he stood the mark for most of their set shots in the first half. His JLT form was bad but this was simply off the chart poor.

Mills: disposal was horrible.

Plenty of players worked hard but boy we had some passengers. From the reserves report some players deserve to be considered for the 1's next week. Rowbottom looks a cert, Ronke and Jack will probably come back. Ronke has to play; we had no opportunist up front all game.

[mcs]

Thanks Meg for the explanation. I listen to the radio when I'm at the game and where noise cancelling earphones so I only heard them boo him loudly one time when he had the ball near the bulldogs cheer squad.

There were plenty of throws for them that weren't paid. What annoys me is that when they are tackled they throw the ball and they are paid holding the man. It happened a number of times tonight.

Yep that drives me to derision as well!An integral part of their game plan...

[Swannette]

In the bigger picture it is some consolation that the lions beat the eagles.


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[Hotpotato]

The dogs gave us a bath for three quarters, they seem to revel in a physiological edge and they were impressively quick and accurate with everything .
Good to see Buddy out there.
Aliir is so masterful in tight situations.
Blakey was nervous, but still showed his footy smarts.
Reid got through.
Nine goals won’t win you many games, some very ordinary shots.
It was exciting when the Swans mounted a comeback to within 4 points.

[rb4x]

Was McInerney our travelling emergency as all the others appear to have played against Canberra in the NEAFL practice match?

[Captain]

Melican and Clarke were shocking. Happy to give Melican time but Clarke is no good.

Florent and Haywood were nowhere to be seen. This is a worry given they are part of generation next.

Papley still cannot kick. I love that he has a go and has speed but is so far from the elite kicking needed in the AFL that it's not funny.

So weird that it's happened this quick but the game is looking like it has moved past Parker and Kennedy. Two absolute elite midfielders who are shadows of their former selves.

Aliir is a gun and we need two of him. McVeigh is just all class. Reid didn't get injured and apart from a couple of blunders looked promising.

[Hotpotato]

Why didn’t they swing Reid onto the doggies new log Naughton who would look better in red n white.

[Sandridge]

Not a great game. But there are positives for me, at least.

When we turn it on, we can match opposition (really, we played about 20 minutes of high intensity footy).

Forward line are likely getting to understand each other Sink barely played there last year. Blakey new. Sam hasn’t played in a decade has he? Bud also not at his best (at his physical best he is menacing & dominating, if injured he’d be better playing higher up where he’s not the go-to forward and can use his penetrating kick to either kick long goals or create deep opportunities for the big marking talks - you never know Reid might mark one on the goal line ... he can’t miss from there, right?)

The mids are now transitioning Heeney, Mills & Jones are going to take a little time to find their feet as the engine room.

For me, it isn’t all doom and gloom. When we can become a little 2 or 3 dimensional pressing forward, the forwards will gel.

Bring on the Crows!

Thanks for the positive and optimistic post, goswannies! Lots to be disappointed about last night but it's a long season and we know we can improve.

[Foreign Legion]

Melican and Clarke were shocking. Happy to give Melican time but Clarke is no good.

Florent and Haywood were nowhere to be seen. This is a worry given they are part of generation next.

Papley still cannot kick. I love that he has a go and has speed but is so far from the elite kicking needed in the AFL that it's not funny.

So weird that it's happened this quick but the game is looking like it has moved past Parker and Kennedy. Two absolute elite midfielders who are shadows of their former selves.

Aliir is a gun and we need two of him. McVeigh is just all class. Reid didn't get injured and apart from a couple of blunders looked promising.

I am starting to agree about Kennedy but I think Parker is OK. He played well in the last half.

[Nico]

We seemed to lack energy, as if they had the week off the track. We played like we were coming off a bye. The Dogs were way sharper than us and just went for the footy.

I hope we don't play in that horrible white uniform again. Their shorts looked oversized and baggy. We looked sloppy. As Ron Barassi said; if you can't play at least look like a footballer.