#AFL Round 12 Swans v Eagles Sun 9-Jun at SCG #AFLSwansEagles @sydneyswans

[KTigers]

Having just signed up for Kayo, I must say I am very disappointed in the fox footy "footy" shows like AFL360. I thought a pay station would be less vic centric than FTA. I'm in Sydney and paying for this biased rubish?
Probably cancel my subscription before the 2 week trial finishes.

It will be interesting to see where footy broadcasting ends up with the "race to the bottom" that is going on now between the
new streaming services cutting such a huge hole out of the revenue of traditional operators like Foxtel and FTA. It's hard to
see how Foxtel will survive, and unless the AFL & the clubs can replace that revenue (which is a substantial chunk of their
total revenue) somehow, there is going to be a lot of belt tightening going on in footy.

[barry]

Fox footy can only be targetting ex "little" Victorians living in Sydney. I can't see the attraction for any Sydney based swans or giants fans who get all their games on FTA anyway.

[Faunac8]

Based on the Sunshine Coast so Fox really is the only option I was aware of for ensuring I can either watch or tape every game. That and the Rugby Union. Oh and the NBA occasionally. If there is a more economical option available that delivers every Swans game without ad breaks I would probably lose Fox completely. With Stan Netflix and all the FTA streaming services content available there isn’t much else that I watch on Fox anyway

[Kafka's Ghost]

So what exactly switched the team on from a hesitant indecisive and slow moving bomb-it-to-me (with all these others here too) to a swift cm perfect hard running masterclass ?
It’s like they had an advance screening of Neale Danihers remarkable speech (with no notes) to the Group (sorry don’t know how to post it) about owning responsibility.
Maybe Horse had his own magical wand.
But I suspect they were not too far off a performance like this.

At the start of the year they were a bunch of young guys learning to play as a team, with some players getting used to AFL footy again after extended periods out. Despite that, within games they had periods of dominance and moved the ball beautifully, but were unable to sustain it. Likewise, our midfield struggled earlier in the year, but since about Round 6 have been more consistent. Hewett has lifted his game to a new level, and Parker’s form has improved. It’s all starting to come together, but with such a young team there will still be ups and downs within games. I thought 2021 would see us right back in the pointy end conversation, but even next year might be a possibility, injuries and the Footy Gods willing.

- - - Updated - - -

Based on the Sunshine Coast so Fox really is the only option I was aware of for ensuring I can either watch or tape every game. That and the Rugby Union. Oh and the NBA occasionally. If there is a more economical option available that delivers every Swans game without ad breaks I would probably lose Fox completely. With Stan Netflix and all the FTA streaming services content available there isn’t much else that I watch on Fox anyway

I use Kayo. It’s much cheaper than Fox, and can be streamed onto a big screen.

[Doctor J.]

Having just signed up for Kayo, I must say I am very disappointed in the fox footy "footy" shows like AFL360. I thought a pay station would be less vic centric than FTA. I'm in Sydney and paying for this biased rubish?
Probably cancel my subscription before the 2 week trial finishes.

I have often wondered why anyone outside of Melbourne would watch any shows on Fox Footy. Its Melbourne centricity is beyond belief

[KTigers]

I have often wondered why anyone outside of Melbourne would watch any shows on Fox Footy. Its Melbourne centricity is beyond belief

I think that's only part of it. Most of them just aren't very good. Let's face it, you've really got to be a
loose end to watch "Bounce".

[Blood Fever]

[QUOTE=KTigers;777229]I think that's only part of it. Most of them just aren't very good. Let's face it, you've really got to be a
loose end to watch "Bounce".[/QUOTE

Enough nuffies here in Victoria to sustain it

[stevoswan]

It certainly galvanised me. I was crook all weekend; dragged myself to see The Final Quarter on Saturday night and after being reminded how much I despise WC fans I was determined to go to the game on Sunday despite how hard I knew it would be for me physically. I was not disappointed. I feel like I got some petty revenge by being there to witness such a great win (and then went back home to bed!).

Trooper!!

[Mel_C]

Footy Classified analysed our game and our turnaround and they spoke about Longmire. It might have helped that there weren't as many games played because of the bye so they found time to discuss us!

[ugg]

Footy Classified analysed our game and our turnaround and they spoke about Longmire. It might have helped that there weren't as many games played because of the bye so they found time to discuss us!

What did they say ?

[Hotpotato]

I think that's only part of it. Most of them just aren't very good. Let's face it, you've really got to be a
loose end to watch "Bounce".

Oh Dear, I’ll go check !

[Mel_C]

What did they say ?

They mentioned that our senior players were playing much better and they are now assisting our young players. The specific ones mentioned were Parker and Rampe. There was praise for Papley and Blakey and they debated whether Blakey could be the recruit of the year.

They said that North will provide a big offer to Longmire but they all said that they didn't think he would leave the swans. Hutchy specifically mentioned our list and asked why would he leave after developing those players?

[liz]

They mentioned that our senior players were playing much better and they are now assisting our young players. The specific ones mentioned were Parker and Rampe. There was praise for Papley and Blakey and they debated whether Blakey could be the recruit of the year.

They said that North will provide a big offer to Longmire but they all said that they didn't think he would leave the swans. Hutchy specifically mentioned our list and asked why would he leave after developing those players?

I reckon Rampe was playing pretty well even at the start of the year. Aliir too, though he had a couple of shaky games in amongst some commanding ones. Our defence was under siege for many of those games, so it indicates that they were playing reasonably OK as a team within the larger team as we only suffered one moderately heavy defeat (>40 points), against the Giants.

Parker was a little so-so at the start of the year. Papley was decent enough for what you'd expect from him, though he's definitely improved in the last month. Hewett is one I'd hoped would marginally improve this year and I was disappointed in for the first month and a bit. He came good in the Brisbane game and has kept getting better since.

Buddy's availability/fitness was a factor too. He probably wasn't quite fit at the start, then missed a month, and looked rusty for his first couple of weeks back. It's just been the last two weeks that he's moving like the Buddy of old, and has his kicking range back.

[Hotpotato]

Would love to see Buddy taking one grab marks again, which he only does sometimes.
Reid and Heeney both taking fab one grab marks .
Heeney is so clever : as soon as he marks he snatches the ball downwards quickly so it can’t be knocked away.