General footy chat #AFL Round 14 Weekly Discussion Thread

[stevoswan]

Quarter time at Docklands with Hanners debuting for the Saints. Leading possession getters at quarter time for the Saints (and for the match)....Ross and Hannerbury 11 each. Nice start for Dan with 5 of those contested.

Dees beat Dockers earlier in a nothing match.....Hogan injures his foot again. I hope it doesn't mess with his head.

[Matty10]

I’m glad Hannebery is playing well. It’s actually nice seeing him run around without restriction and with greater penetration in his kicks.

[Melbourne_Blood]

I’m glad Hannebery is playing well. It’s actually nice seeing him run around without restriction and with greater penetration in his kicks.

Agree. I came to the pub specifically to watch with a saints supporting mate. I hope he gets back to somewhere near his best , swans champion and wish him well always .


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[Hotpotato]

Port playing champagne footy, but hard as well.
The crowd noise is massive.

[longmile]

Port playing champagne footy, but hard as well.
The crowd noise is massive.

Deserve to be 3-4 goals up. They could still lose this.

[Markwebbos]

Hanners 27 touches. No idea if any of them hit the target?

[goswannies]

Hanners 27 touches. No idea if any of them hit the target?

According to footywire:
Disposals 27
Effective disposals 18
Disposal efficiency 66.7%
Clangers 3
Turnovers 3

[dejavoodoo44]

Watching a few minutes here, a few minutes there, of the Pies / Bulldogs game. Can't really work out who I want to win. For our ladder position, it would be better if the Pies won. As they're too far in front of us, to realistically have a chance of catching them. And if the Dogs lose, they'll be the one team that we overtake this weekend. But on the other hand, it's very hard to wish good fortune on Collingwood.

[Meg]

According to the AFL report, ‘Magpies scrape past brave Dogs’ after winning by nine points. Later the win was described as ‘seeing off a gritty Western Bulldogs’.

When we lost to Collingwood by only seven points, the equivalent AFL report read ‘Pies down Swans in a thriller’ and further ‘COLLINGWOOD has once again stood up when it mattered ........ to defeat a dogged Sydney’.

So WB were ‘brave’ and ‘gritty’. We were just boringly ‘dogged’. H’mmm ....

[Sandridge]

Watching a few minutes here, a few minutes there, of the Pies / Bulldogs game. Can't really work out who I want to win. For our ladder position, it would be better if the Pies won. As they're too far in front of us, to realistically have a chance of catching them. And if the Dogs lose, they'll be the one team that we overtake this weekend. But on the other hand, it's very hard to wish good fortune on Collingwood.

Yes, it's difficult to barrack for the Pies but I wanted them to win today. Although the 8 is by no means finalised, the Bulldogs are heading for a third year in a row of not making finals. It just emphasizes how much of a gift to them 2016 was!

[Snork]

But we can do the same this year, come home like a steam train!!

[Ludwig]

Yes, it's difficult to barrack for the Pies but I wanted them to win today. Although the 8 is by no means finalised, the Bulldogs are heading for a third year in a row of not making finals. It just emphasizes how much of a gift to them 2016 was!

But you can see how their kind of manic football can overwhelm any team on a given day, especially if they kick through the big sticks more often.

They're a fun team to watch.

[dejavoodoo44]

But you can see how their kind of manic football can overwhelm any team on a given day, especially if they kick through the big sticks more often.

They're a fun team to watch.

Yeah, but it's more fun to watch them lose. Especially if we get plenty of shots of their beloved president.

[KSAS]

Yes, it's difficult to barrack for the Pies but I wanted them to win today. Although the 8 is by no means finalised, the Bulldogs are heading for a third year in a row of not making finals. It just emphasizes how much of a gift to them 2016 was!

Listening to Terry Wallace pre-game on SEN, he was very critical about the Dogs escaping intense scrutiny for what most likely will be their 3rd successive season missing the finals since their 2016 flag. He believes they're doing so because 2016 was seen as such a monumental feat. This is the same Terry Wallace who I've heard chuckle at Swans supporters for suggesting the umpiring at the 2016 GF grossly influenced the result in the Bulldogs favour. The fact the Dogs have been nothing more than mediocre since, a dramatic decline rarely seen by a premiership team coupled with the statistical umpiring advantage they gained that year particularly during the finals, should make Mr Wallace take more notice of our conspiracy theories!

[Beerman]

According to the AFL report, ‘Magpies scrape past brave Dogs’ after winning by nine points. Later the win was described as ‘seeing off a gritty Western Bulldogs’.

When we lost to Collingwood by only seven points, the equivalent AFL report read ‘Pies down Swans in a thriller’ and further ‘COLLINGWOOD has once again stood up when it mattered ........ to defeat a dogged Sydney’.

So WB were ‘brave’ and ‘gritty’. We were just boringly ‘dogged’. H’mmm ....

I don't read that as negatively as you do. Our game was described as "a thriller" - sounds like a much better and more exciting game than watching Pies "scrape past" a team and "see them off", no matter how "brave" the opposition is.

And while "dogged" isn't that flattering an adjective, I don't think many fans would be hoping their team would be more "gritty".