Round 12: Swans v Giants in Perth

[dejavoodoo44]

Great start. Parker come to play. Thurlow has started very well also. Nice from Dawson and Foot there .


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If players get a say on who's in the team next week, I'm sure Dawson will be putting in a good word for Foot.

[longmile]

So glad that the Giants didn't jag a late goal. Impressive effort to keep them to only one in the first half, and that was a soft as baby powder free against Rampe.

Parker doing an excellent job leading the mids. Rampe doing the same for the defence.

I feel like we always get 1-2 of those a game in front of goal. While we get some soft frees there rarely if ever in front of goal. Would absolutely love a soft as @@@@ free in front of goal today

[i'm-uninformed2]

Sir James Rowbottom?
too soon?

No

[Melbourne_Blood]

Melican having a blinder. Best game he's played in a long while. Agree that COR has also returned in good form.

For those who wanted to recruit Jye Caldwell, I think he got the message; he's playing like he's already on our list.

And just how many midfielders do we need to recruit? I lost count.

At least three more, with injuries age and the chance ‘ the festival of footy’ will continue in future seasons , you need depth !


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[Ralph Dawg]

Melican having a blinder. Best game he's played in a long while. Agree that COR has also returned in good form.

For those who wanted to recruit Jye Caldwell, I think he got the message; he's playing like he's already on our list.

And just how many midfielders do we need to recruit? I lost count.

Caldwell's been pretty anonymous tonight and gifted us a goal but he would still look good in red and white (for the right price of course!)!

[i'm-uninformed2]

Regardless of the end result, this is why I’m fine with our trajectory and what we’re doing as a club.

[gloveski]

Caldwell's been pretty anonymous tonight and gifted us a goal but he would still look good in red and white (for the right price of course!)!

Agree totally Caldwell has some serious talent


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[dejavoodoo44]

Disposals 101-54, Clearances 16-6, but we are losing inside 50s 9-11, wtf?

Inside 50s can be a deceptive stat. For instance, a shallow entry that gets punched out, then scrambled back in, before being rebounded, counts as two entries. While a clean hit of a target and goal, counts as one.

[Foreign Legion]

I reckon Sinclair has been pretty good tonight - best "ruck" game he has played for a while.

McCartin can take a good strong grab too - if he was 5cm taller he would be hard to beat.

[dimelb]

Great to see O'Riordan's performance so far. As for Dawson and Blakey, wunderbar!
We are playing tight when needed (how do they get the ball out at times?) and spreading once we've got the ball.
Outstanding football. I think Blakey might be over the second year blues, and I'm gobsmacked by the work of Rowbottom.

[dejavoodoo44]

Clearly the Nick Blakey that was playing before tonight was an imposter.

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He's starting to remind me of the Bont: except that his handballs are legal.

[707]

Of course they get a soft free kick goal

Looking forward to Buddy getting frees for the same amount of touch that Cameron got there and Reid got last week from Rampe, weak as piddle free kicks!

I like the good Swans crowd there

[Mark26]

What a half! What an exciting glimpse of our future. Just because others have singled him out, I will too. Rowbottom has been huge. The cygnets need to finish what they started now.

[Markwebbos]

They did even things up a lot in that quarter. Now disposals 172-123, clearances 20-19, inside 50s 16-24
So for that quarter it was 71-69 disposals, 4-13 clearances, 7-13 inside 50s.

[longmile]

Both goals from soft as @@@@ free kicks