#AFL Round 9 Kangaroos v Swans Sat 18-May at Blundstone #AFLNorthSwans @sydneyswans

[crackedactor]

I agree he needs to forget about that rubbish and concentrate on playing footy. I don't mind if he's sticking up for a teammate but there were times last night he was just being a pest.

Sounds like we have all North supporters on this site!! The a@@@hole Thompson was constantly punching him and tossing him to the ground. He didn't it at least twice after the ball had crossed the boundary line. Blakey did well to stand up to him and give something back.


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[S.S. Bleeder]

Jeez I feel sorry for commentator James Brayshaw - he seemed to be suggesting North should have had a free at the end - who does he follow?

It should have been a free. Sinclair pulled Goldstein jumper by. Nearly a foot. Fortunately, I think the ump was in the wrong position to see it.

[Plugger1300]

Very Impressive win

The commentary after the game was very annoying. The boys club talking about that non free for 30mins
rather than the good win by such a young side.
It was very hypocritical considering when McCartin got a free for holding the man
Richo, Darce? and Brayshaw all said that it shouldn't have been paid
They should let them go........

Couple of shout outs
Alir was fantastic again - Loved to know his one on one wins percentage
Very steady. Still makes the odd mistake but he is young
Hewett - Best game for us
Paps - Bloods spirit

I would also persist with Rowbottom
Has a nice leg on him - Just needs games in a row

[S.S. Bleeder]

Longmire said before the game it was a quad injury. Reading between the lines they didn't want to risk him this week so hopefully he will be ok next week. But who knows!

It's the other way around. When the swans lose the liberals win. So I was very worried at the end because the liberals are going to win.

Gotcha. Ironically, it was red vs blue in the footy match as well.

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Yes, re: the election.....lucky the Swans won tonight because I'm finding the other result rather depressing.

As you might have guessed, I'm over the moon.

[S.S. Bleeder]

Well, both were probably free kicks - so guess we’ve escaped 2 bullets now. But then again, frees that should be paid get missed every game - so Lingy et al shouldn’t go on about it.

And missed out on Rowell or Anderson in the process. ????

[ScottH]

For the numerologists among us.
R8 H Syd 11.11 77 Ess 10.12 72
R9 A Syd 11.11 77 Kan 10.12 72

The Avg age of the side was 23 yrs 208 days and Career games 1379, before the loss of Jones.
Compared to the roos 26yrs 13 abd 2431 career games.

[O'Reilly Boy]

For the numerologists among us.
R8 H Syd 11.11 77 Ess 10.12 72
R9 A Syd 11.11 77 Kan 10.12 72

The Avg age of the side was 23 yrs 208 days and Career games 1379, before the loss of Jones.
Compared to the roos 26yrs 13 abd 2431 career games.

An average of 62 games per: less than three seasons.

[chalbilto]

Sounds like we have all North supporters on this site!! The a@@@hole Thompson was constantly punching him and tossing him to the ground. He didn't it at least twice after the ball had crossed the boundary line. Blakey did well to stand up to him and give something back.


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At the time I was yelling at the TV abusing Thompson when he did that. I though he was a bully towards the first year kid and he did really well to stand up to him. He wouldn't have done that to Buddy.

[Mark26]

Does anyone have any news on Jones?

[56-14]

Blundstone has a capacity of close to 20,000. Will it be full? And how parochial will the crowd be - are Hobartians rusted on North supporters or just interested AFL watchers?

One reason I ask is that I gather from BF that some North supporters are waiting for Nick Blakey with verbal baseball bats. Pretty poor if a 19yo is comprehensively booed every time he goes near the ball. As we know, North supporters have history in targeted booing.

Did this end up happening?

[stevoswan]

It should have been a free. Sinclair pulled Goldstein jumper by. Nearly a foot. Fortunately, I think the ump was in the wrong position to see it.

Meaning we got favoured by a bad non decision and had a win.....we are so owed over years of inexcusable non decisions and in turn, matches lost because of them, including a GF. I hope no Swans fan feels bad about this.....we deserved that non decision.

[stevoswan]

As you might have guessed, I'm over the moon.

Yes, I've been waiting for that.....and for the sake of the mod's, I'll say no more.

[top40]

Longmire said before the game it was a quad injury. Reading between the lines they didn't want to risk him this week so hopefully he will be ok next week. But who knows!

It's the other way around. When the swans lose the liberals win. So I was very worried at the end because the liberals are going to win.

For the record, it was the first time that the Swans' fortunes on a Federal Election day differed from the Labor Party's, since 1943, some 76 years ago.

ALP/Swans
1913 Loss/Won
1943 Won/Loss
1951 Loss/Loss
1954 Loss/Loss
1974 Won/Won
2010 Won/Won
2013 Loss/Loss
2016 Loss/Loss
2019 Loss/Won

[KTigers]

For the record, it was the first time that the Swans' fortunes on a Federal Election day differed from the Labor Party's, since 1943, some 76 years ago.

ALP/Swans
1913 Loss/Won
1943 Won/Loss
1951 Loss/Loss
1954 Loss/Loss
1974 Won/Won
2010 Won/Won
2013 Loss/Loss
2016 Loss/Loss
2019 Loss/Won

So were we meant to lose?, or was Labor meant to win?. It's a quandary, isn't it? But then again, it's Tasmania.
Anything goes down there.

[ScottH]

At the time I was yelling at the TV abusing Thompson when he did that. I though he was a bully towards the first year kid and he did really well to stand up to him. He wouldn't have done that to Buddy.

At least twice Thompson tackled one of our players to the ground, once they had crossed the boundary line.
Many times that is a free kick. Not on Sat Night.