Changes for Round 5: Swans vs GWS

[Auntie.Gerald]

The below players all got the same rating 5 out of 10 on the Swans blog below.

Wicks
Stephens
Blakey
Campbell
McDonald

Player ratings: Sydney Swans vs GWS Giants, Round 5, 2021

I'm just wondering is that correct in your view ?

They all had such different stats yet same 5 out of 10 rating?

Either way or anyway we no doubt experienced alot of learnings last night........let's hang in for how we respond next 3 weeks

[MattW]

Franklin just gets in the way.

Pretty disrespectful. Kicked 5 straight, 5 contested marks and tackled hard all night. Also: 955 goals.

[mcs]

We lost 2 pf the last 3 times we've played them.

My comment was solely around the ruck situation Ludwig - not in terms of the broader contest..... as per the context provided by the rest of the comment, made in response to a comment directly about the ruck situation. My point was at least we are unlikely to get punished in the ruck in the same way we would if it was Melbourne or West Coast we were up against next week.

In terms of the broader contest, don't think it'll be an easy one at all, but at least its a day game and hopefully will get a clear day that should be more conducive to quicker ball movement.

[Nico]

I like these weekly ratings written by someone who knows our team: Player ratings: Sydney Swans vs GWS Giants, Round 5, 2021.

Harsh on Stephens. He was only on for 10 minutes.

[Bexl]

Pardon if someone has already raised this, but there was an incident where Buddy marked the ball and was all set to line up on the posts when the umpire called play on and Buddy got jumped.
Do others recall this? Buddy was very put out but had to abide by the ruling. Another goal was all we ever wanted!

And both of Parker's kicks at goal were just short. It's all part of the game

[Ruck'n'Roll]

Franklin just gets in the way.

Pretty disrespectful. Kicked 5 straight, 5 contested marks and tackled hard all night. Also: 955 goals.

I'm assuming greeng was joking. But I'm hoping that we don't return to 90% of all entries into 50 being of the "Bomb it to Buddy" variety.
The resultant increase in predictability, together with the years he's played, may result in more goals for Buddy, but make it increasingly likely to result in less goals for the team as a whole.

[Rod_]

I'm assuming greeng was joking. But I'm hoping that we don't return to 90% of all entries into 50 being of the "Bomb it to Buddy" variety.
The resultant increase in predictability, together with the years he's played, may result in more goals for Buddy, but make it increasingly likely to result in less goals for the team as a whole.

Agree we have reverted back to bomb into the forward line game plan. With Reid in the ruck part time and Heeney out, I am not sold on this as the best option.

Mummy is always out to hurt a player or 2 and just unfortunately it was our rucks late in the game. Hope Hickey returns soon as I am convinced he is a good draft option. We need to have faith in Melican as he is next best back to take a tall.

Giants were harder at the ball for most of the game and we had a few 5 - 10 min spurts. Need more..

Agree some kids are now attracting tags and need to work through how to play with a tag.

A loss we needed to have it is just unfortunate it was against the flaming giants.