Autopsy 2021 87 point win against Gold Coast

[Heeney2Franklin]

Set up by the first quarter helped by GCS appalling pressure early on.

Dawson, Parker, Franklin and Heeney were the standouts Papley was good as well Hickey was everywhere roving his own taps!

McLean had a good 4th quarter but game was long fizzled out by then.

Florent kicking is a worry dont think he hit a target all day.

 

[McRobie]

Dawson is sick. Mcinnerny is one of our most important. That was brutal. Awesome from the boys.

 

[Punts]

Awesome H&A season , really shit me considering I personally said we would finish 14th

They need to get Dawson sorted , hurry up.

Need a KD going forward.

Actually missed a little pace from hb with Blakey out

 

[Jeffers]

15 wins 7 losses....with probably the most attractive football in the league.
who woulda thunk it at the beginning of the year?

 

[Punts]

Pyke has done wonders with our ball movement

 

[David 3058]

Let's not forget Jon Pierik's pre-season prediction in The Age.

 

[Bloods86]

Got to love the selective Florent criticism. Brilliant penetrating, pinpoint kick from defence into the centre early on *crickets*.

 

[Punts]

Florent can go for Warner

Absolutely shocking the last month

 

[caesar88]

Complete team performance. Florent continues to be a major concern, and Melican, COR, Campbell, McLean & Wicks didn't have their best games, but all did enough to still be decent.

22 contributors is pretty much exactly what you want on the eve of the finals. Everyone going in with some form and confidence.

Hewett was sublime. Like actually sublime. That was a clinic by him in calm, clean and clever footy.

Dawson was also sublime. That was a clinic by him in unbelievably slick ball use and setting up his team-mates everywhere.

Hope Mills is OK, but honestly knowing we have JPK or Warner waiting in the wings doesn't have me as nervous as I thought I'd be. For his sake though, he absolutely deserves to be there in our first final in two years. He's been great this year.

 

[Indie_]

15 and 7. Would have taken that every day of the week going in.

Mills the only worry from that game.

 

[wills2g]

this season is as good as a chance as ever to pinch a flag, franklin is still our best player and rampe can still go for finals

 

[Punts]

Rampe a worry imo

 

[Dubai Quacker]

Hard to read much into that game.

GWS will be an entirely different proposition.

Having said that - our centre clearances were a bit better today. Given it’s been our biggest weakness, I do take that away as a positive.

 

[Grand Uncle Horace]

Sad for Dewy

Otherwise YIP YIP DAMN YIPPEE.

 

[BarneyBent]

Rampe a worry imo

Meh, he was fine. A couple of poor kicks but otherwise generally beat his man, dropped back as the spare well, and did his job. He's nowhere near his AA form but he's fine.

 

[SwansProudly]

how the Swans include everyone in the Bloods family - near and far

 

[Ticky009]

Rampe a worry imo

First half was a bit of shocker, clawed back a bit in the second but come finals we can't afford that sort of inconsistency from him.

 

[Jeffers]

Lance Franklin

23

Lance Franklin

Age

37

Ht

199cm

Wt

106kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

15.5

4star

K

11.0

4star

HB

4.5

3star

M

5.5

5star

T

2.6

4star

G

3.1

5star

No current season stats available

D

10.6

3star

K

7.4

3star

HB

3.2

3star

M

3.2

4star

T

1.4

4star

G

1.2

4star

48 goals 17 games
Tom Papley

11

Tom Papley

Age

28

Ht

177cm

Wt

77kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

14.1

4star

K

9.1

4star

HB

5.0

4star

M

3.7

4star

T

3.2

5star

G

1.5

5star

D

12.3

3star

K

8.9

4star

HB

3.4

2star

M

4.5

4star

T

1.5

2star

G

2.4

5star

D

13.4

4star

K

8.0

3star

HB

5.4

4star

M

3.4

4star

T

3.4

5star

G

1.6

5star

41 goals 22 games
Isaac Heeney

5

Isaac Heeney

Age

28

Ht

185cm

Wt

88kg

Pos.

M/F

Career

Season

Last 5

D

18.2

5star

K

10.4

4star

HB

7.7

5star

M

4.9

5star

T

4.1

5star

CL

2.2

4star

D

14.3

3star

K

8.8

4star

HB

5.5

3star

M

4.8

4star

T

2.5

3star

CL

0.8

3star

D

10.4

3star

K

7.2

3star

HB

3.2

3star

M

2.8

3star

T

2.4

4star

CL

0.8

3star

32 goals 20 games
Will Hayward

9

Will Hayward

Age

26

Ht

186cm

Wt

83kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

10.6

3star

K

6.6

3star

HB

4.0

3star

M

3.4

3star

T

2.8

4star

G

1.1

4star

D

9.0

2star

K

4.3

2star

HB

4.7

3star

M

2.7

3star

T

2.7

4star

G

0.7

4star

D

9.4

3star

K

6.2

3star

HB

3.2

3star

M

2.6

3star

T

3.4

5star

G

1.4

5star

28 goals 19 games

Not behd

 

[Dubai Quacker]

Rampe a worry imo

Rampe would be a worry if he was out.

But he’s not.

I won’t be losing any sleep over having Sir Dane patrolling the backline.

 

[BruceFromBalnarring]

There comes a time when a man must put his hand up and say “I predicted this.” I am that man.

 

[BarneyBent]

Let's not forget Jon Pierik's pre-season prediction in The Age.

It's easy to poke fun in hindsight but how many of us had us this close to top 4? I'd be guessing most of us had us in the bottom quarter of the table.

That's not to say I'm not relishing our resurgence this year, it has some real 2003 vibes about it, but picking us for the spoon wasn't exactly a ridiculous take at the start of the year.

 

[BruceFromBalnarring]

Meh, he was fine. A couple of poor kicks but otherwise generally beat his man, dropped back as the spare well, and did his job. He's nowhere near his AA form but he's fine.

I thought Rampe was old Rampe today. He was excellent.

 

[Citrus22]

Florent was okay today I thought, copping a little unfair criticism. He works back in defence as hard as anyone bar the actual defenders and pushes forward just as hard. Fatigue affects his kicking at times, but he actually hit a few nice passes today anyway. He’ll be a very good player in a year or two in my estimation.

 

[caesar88]

When your prediction was 1 point off the margin

 

[Kiama Chris]

I loved the way we put the pedal to the metal in the last quarter and demonstrated to ourselves that we could run the game right out.