Autopsy 1st Prelim Final: Sydney v North Melbourne

[E92_]

Love the old guy (Kenny?).

 

[Plugger35]

Might've been great for North to make a prelim for their fans but it didn't make for much of a spectacle though, Sydney v Freo two weeks ago was more worthy of a prelim.

This game was an armchair ride for the Swans into a GF, prelims should be close and hard fought finals, but this game had the intensity of a H&A game.

One of the worst prelims in living memory.

 

[SHAKESPEARE]

Port have the run to kill them at the G

 

[The Swans Blog]

Grand final bitches I'll be there in red & white!!

 

[Mark_K]

last season :S

So you're saying last season's Freo team would have pushed Sydney?

Who cares?

 

[Syd]

That forward line looks as scary as it looked on paper.

Mmmm. Be some seriously sleep deprived defenders this week. Stopping Tippett, buddy, Goodes and White. May not be possible. Every chance of being over matched.

White???

You mean Reid

 

[BlakeyNoFlakey]

Swans just a superior team on every line compared to NM. Swans looking very ominous for the GF.

 

[mr_cellotape]

Can't expect to be competitive in a prelim when carrying blokes like Black, Jacobs and Wells. Obviously way too much Swans firepower up forward for North's backs to handle. The difference in forward defensive pressure by the two teams was enormous; a real struggle for North it out of their own 50, while the Swans were streaming out of theirs like it was a training run.

 

[Syd]

Had a chat with a few North fans earlier today who assured me their midfield wsd as good and as deep as ours

also said Rohan wasn't a B grader

wonder where they are now?

 

[Bobby_]

Tom Harley "this will be a good learning experience for a young side in North Melbourne"

Does Tom realize North Melbourne were the older squad tonight?
Not only that, but their premiership window is right now, not in the coming years.

 

[B4Bear]

Well done Swans. Not many teams could have stopped them tonight.

Game was lost in the midfield, amazing pressure, turnovers and forced us wide when we had it in the clear.

Impressed that your midfield bolstered the defence so well.

See you next year.

 

[The King!]

Good win,

 

[happy punter]

Tomorrow night is to determine who will be the GF runner-up

 

[Footyfan85]

Love the old guy (Kenny?).

He's a dud

 

[Engimal]

What can I say...

North were expected to play in 1 final this year. We played 3. Regardless of how tonight went, we've exceeded any expectations of us in 2014.
We played the top side in the comp, interstate and after they'd had the week off. Meanwhile, we played in a very tough final against Geelong and were without the key to our backline, Lachie Hansen,

If we had the week off and Hansen back in, do we win? No, but it's more around a 30 point loss instead of the 70 point loss we saw tonight. In the end, Sydney were too good and North were too exhausted after two very tough finals.

Sydney will be a tough team to beat in the Grand Final but I'll be cheering for Hawthorn. As for North, we can only get better from here. Petrie is still a good KPF and Harvey, although a lackluster game, had a close to AA year this year. Our improvement will come from young guns such as Cunnington, Ziebell, Atley, McDonald, Brown, Turner, etc. getting more games into them. I'm obviously disappointed by tonight's game, but North aren't going anywhere.

Bigger and better things for us in 2015, but well done to the Swans tonight. Deserved winners.

 

[SHAKESPEARE]

**** off

Don't get sucked in to those grubs mate

 

[NewMelbournian]

Luke Parker was picked with something like the 914th pick. Kennedy was not good enough for Hawthorn. Goodes himself was another low pick.

This club has done a lot of things very well over the last 15-20 years and only ridiculous trolls put their success down to 2 players possibly getting 9% more than they would have elsewhere. They have more of the ball than their opposition almost every week and yet they still manage more tackles almost every week. They're a fantastic club at every level and other clubs would be better off learning from them than sooking about them.

I find it very difficult to see anything other than a Sydney win next week, no matter who the opposition is.

 

[Suntory Boss Coffee]

Tom Harley "this will be a good learning experience for a young side in North Melbourne"

Does Tom realize North Melbourne were the older squad tonight?
Not only that, but their premiership window is right now, not in the coming years.

older list or older team?
Best 22 may be younger

 

[drummond2fevola]

Luke Parker

26 touches @ 92%, 6 clearances, 8 tackles & 3.1 goals.

 

[saber_32au]

Same way Hawthorn dealt with them earlier in the year.
By scoring more than the opposition you are effectively minimising the impact those forwards have. Sydney can go ahead and have 10 kicked between those 4, but Port/Hawthorn, who are typically high scoring teams, need not to worry.

I think that’s one of the few truths in footy!

Once again, the midfield battle is where the game will be won or lost.
Envious of the hawks midfield and clean skills…going to be a ripping match tomorrow!

 

[Hodgepodge]

Luke Parker was picked with something like the 914th pick. Kennedy was not good enough for Hawthorn.
.

Kennedy was a required player, Sydney just outpriced Hawthorn, same old story..

 

[davis_756]

predicted it on the first page of the predictions thread, you wont be able to stop this billion dollar forward line

 

[E Shed]

Impressive by the Swans. Hope the Hawks get up tomorrow then the 2 best teams for the year go at it.
Not to deprecate what Port achieved this year but I think next 2 years will see them get to the big one.
If they do make it through it will still be a worthy Grand Final.

 

[seanoff]

White???

You mean Reid

Indeed.

 

[voodooguru]

Luke Parker was picked with something like the 914th pick. Kennedy was not good enough for Hawthorn. Goodes himself was another low pick.

This club has done a lot of things very well over the last 15-20 years and only ridiculous trolls put their success down to 2 players possibly getting 9% more than they would have elsewhere. They have more of the ball than their opposition almost every week and yet they still manage more tackles almost every week. They're a fantastic club at every level and other clubs would be better off learning from them than sooking about them.

I find it very difficult to see anything other than a Sydney win next week, no matter who the opposition is.

This, with cheese, fries and a frosty beverage yo.