Round 9: Swans v Pies.

[Sandridge]

To the umpire apologists....it matters not if we are playing badly, if we are getting a raw deal which is leading to soft goals to the opposition, it is worth complaining about. They say 'you make your own luck' but it's no fun being licked when your down.

Spot on! Just because you're playing badly doesn't mean you "deserve" to be screwed by umpires. A lot of us rationalized the 2016 GF loss by saying. "Oh well, we didn't play our best anyway." You should get a fair go from umps regardless of your standard of play!

[TheBloods]

Shocking first half. Effort lifted in the second q but we dont have enough game breakers

[Faunac8]

Much better quarter and our disposal efficiency improved while the increase in our pressure impacted on the Pies efficiency.
Fox is playing well and his effort to hold up the Pies attack when outnumbered 3-1 was impressive.
Free kicks are 14-7 in our favour and we were probably the recipients of a couple of soft frees in that quarter.
Buddy doesn’t appear to be fully fit as yet but is playing with a bit of fire.
If he was fully fit he would have had a shot when he ran into the 50 rather than try to pass off.
Still quietly confident that we can pull away and get the points.

[Markwebbos]

Hopefully we can go on with it. We seem to have figured the Pies out offensively that Q.

[longmile]

Poor Franklin. Can just get hit in the head

[stevoswan]

Buddy gets an arm chop free......again, amazing! Misses....damn it.

[Legs Akimbo]

I think our forward line is now more functional without Lance Franklin.

[longmile]

Great game by Wicks

[Mel_C]

We have to kick those. Who knows how many opportunities we are going to get.

[longmile]

This is a hideous game lol

Just hope we win

[Markwebbos]

That’s more like it, we’ve been very dominant for that one goal

[Legs Akimbo]

Brilliant work Papley. Wicks has been superb this quarter.

[longmile]

Weather and Pies want it scrappy but those last 2 goals have been exhilarating!

[Markwebbos]

Kudos to players and coaches for turning things around

[Legs Akimbo]

McCleanhands