Autopsy 2021 Swans Vs Giants Elimination Final. Lost by 1 point

[BruceFromBalnarring]

Private msg me and I will send you a portrait of Daniel Andrews.

I don’t think sending dick picks to strangers online is appropriate.

 

[caesar88]

**** is my second language.

I am shocked by this information and am now looking at you totally differently.

 

[The King!]

Gutted. Yet so proud.

Too many tightened up. That’s just the fact of it. And that’s finals for you.

They didn’t walk the ball out of defence. So it’s not on Bell or Wicks, as frustrating as their misses were.

O’Riordan was horribly fumbly in the second as too was Melican indecisive (punching when he should have marked). And our forward entries were awful. Both lifted to their credit.

McLean tried but we’d have been better with Reid’s smarts. Warner had a stinker and really they might have been better with Fox as the half forward. But I’m dirtier on Florent than I am on Warner because he has more experience. We really needed more poise from him.

We were just too tight. Hopefully the experience will make us better.

correct re tightness

until it was like **** we have to throw it all in now and roll the dice, then they looked free

 

[MF]

I felt we lost it three areas tonight:

1. We were far too lose in our D50. McCartin handled the tall ball, but Melican clearly was outclassed by Hogan. The defensive stoppages were woeful (again) with not enough win on the inside or protection on the outside. Warner got caught a few times being sucked in and not playing tight. GWS did a good job nullifying Lloyd for our post-scrabble outlet. At the end of the day, that 2nd quarter defensive laps cost us an extra 3 goals.

2. We didn’t take our chances. There were some late howlers from Bell and Hayward here, but let’s not forget Papley burned quite a few early too. F50 entries were possibly as sloppy as I’ve seen this year and it seemed we couldn’t create any space. Forwards were running into each other’s territory and it looked generally uncoordinated. Irrespective, that was our game to win, but we blew our lines, through a lack of composure.

3. I think we all realise that we were undermanned tonight. Bell, Melican, COR are probably out of there depth at this level. Warner was not tuned or battle ready (as could have been said of Campbell and Stephens). That’s enough critical mass which any team will struggle carrying. I’m not sure why Fox is on the outer, but the coaching panel will have their reasons.

McCartin
Heeney
McLean
Parker
Hickey
Hewett

can all be proud of their effort today.

4/10 tonight, 9/10 for the year. There should be enough post-game rage and regret to fuel next year, but I’m really worried about our back line.

You're being very, very kind to McLean to have him as one of our best.

Very kind

 

[SBD Gonzalez]

Our fringe players - Melican, Wicks, Warner, O’Riordan, Bell - were completely exposed.

Good choice to interview Cogs after his BOG performance - 11 possessions at 45%.

People on here the last few weeks were making out like The Chad was the saviour of the human race.

We’ve had an incredible season that exceeded all expectations of friends and foes, but if we’re pinning our finals hopes on a 14-gamer, well I think it has to be agreed a certain amount of unreality has crept into people’s objectivity.

 

[TheMase]

I’ll go against the tide on Hewett, happy to stand alone.

With Mills and Kennedy out it was a chance for Hewett to stand up. Now I think he was good for most part save a quarter or so, had a dip as the tackle count showed and he won some clearances. But I just feel like whilst he had a go, 19 disposals as the second best mid (behind Parker) doesn’t really cut it, particularly with the other two out. I think we needed more than that from him today.

He is a good 3rd to 4th mid but he isn’t going to lead us out in my mind…

 

[Wolfgang West]

Pissant opposition still lurking here for some love or credit on their fall over the line win ? **** off cos you aint getting any. Something to to take with you though is the fact your shit Franchise will never win their first flag before This future powerhouse wins its next.

 

[Skeparovic]

I think I scared the daylights out of my 6yr and 4yr old sons by screaming at the TV from the other end of the house.

Despite a disappointing conclusion to season 2021 for Sydney it was a huge improvement on any expectations that external commentators and most fans could have imagined.

To have gone from bottom 4 to losing a semi-final in heartbreaking style by the barest of margins when you are missing two of your best midfielders is a monumental effort from every player that took the field today.

Yes there were moments of coulda, woulda, shpulda today from many players and moments when the ball simply bounced an unfavourable way, although that is just footy. You never know what you're going to get in many aspects of the game and the one thing as fans you hope for is effort.

I'm proud of the club I love and support in the Swans as nobody could fault their effort today. Every player gave all they could and this was a cracker of a match with a shattering end result from Swans perspective.

2021 has proven that for the Swans there is Hope. Beyond what many (myself included) could possibly have imagined and much sooner than anyone possibly predicted either. This is a incredibly well run club that we have the privilege of barracking for and to all the Swans players, staff and supporters I say thank you!

Thank you for the thrills, the highlights and the disappointments in providing entertainment for all the passionate Swans supporters around Australia. Thank you for being separated from your family and children so long during the season to give us fans something to look forward to each weekend. Thank you for making Covid-19 lock-downs a little more tolerable on weekends.

All the best to all the Swans family over the off season until the excitement can kick off again in 2022.

Go Swans!

 

[Nuggetz]

Wonder when fox replaced mclean, they shouldve moved fox to defence and melican to fwd.

 

[Nuggetz]

We lost rather than gws winning. Better team lost.

 

[Millky95]

I’ll go against the tide on Hewett, happy to stand alone.

With Mills and Kennedy out it was a chance for Hewett to stand up. Now I think he was good for most part save a quarter or so, had a dip as the tackle count showed and he won some clearances. But I just feel like whilst he had a go, 19 disposals as the second best mid (behind Parker) doesn’t really cut it, particularly with the other two out. I think we needed more than that from him today.

He is a good 3rd to 4th mid but he isn’t going to lead us out in my mind…

Said it earlier. He is Craig Bird

 

[SBD Gonzalez]

We had 40 inside 50s to 25 to half time. GWS couldn't miss in the first half. I mean that's good football in terms of taking their chances but we dominated general play. I'm sure the Swans of old have won plenty of games in opposite circumstances but going into half time 4 goals down in this game was not reflective of the performance of both sides.

Well sometimes the stats don’t tell the story. GWS were a swarm that never allowed us a clean possession and totally put us off our game.

Don’t get me wrong, I hate the turds, but they were clearly the better team for most of the day.

 

[The King!]

Said it earlier. He is Craig Bird

craig bird is a famous unit of measurement

 

[elastic]

Well sometimes the stats don’t tell the story. GWS were a swarm that never allowed us a clean possession and totally put us off our game.

Don’t get me wrong, I hate the turds, but they were clearly the better team for most of the day.

Respectfully disagree. That was a game that got away.

 

[Punts]

I was yelling that hard that I went and had a blood pressure tablet and aspirin.

Thought that was me

 

[caesar88]

That run in the 3rd quarter where we had about 5 tackles in a row that should've been HTB to us and none were paid gave me absolute indigestion

 

[Nuggetz]

In the 1st half we kept kicking long & deep into our fwd 50 which played into gws hands as Taylor etc either marked or easily spoiled. This was a coaching direction which our coaches got wrong.

We shouldve looked for short 1v1 targets & leads. That's where we lost it.

This would've been an easy 4+ goal win if we didn't have such poor i50 entries. It sucks more knowing that we should've won, they didn't beat us we just beat ourselves.

 

[zyzzbruh]

Well sometimes the stats don’t tell the story. GWS were a swarm that never allowed us a clean possession and totally put us off our game.

Don’t get me wrong, I hate the turds, but they were clearly the better team for most of the day.

They set up well defensively. That's all it was. They're average when it comes to moving the footy. Time after time they chopped off our inside 50 entries because they lead our forwards to the ball. And with us being defensively inept, it gave them a chance. And they took it.

 

[Slingshot Footy]

Well sometimes the stats don’t tell the story. GWS were a swarm that never allowed us a clean possession and totally put us off our game.

Don’t get me wrong, I hate the turds, but they were clearly the better team for most of the day.

Lachie Ash and Matt de Boer executed their assignments on Dawson and Lloyd beautifully. Dawson never got into the game and Lloyd's influence was sorely missed in the second quarter.

 

[zyzzbruh]

In the 1st half we kept kicking long & deep into our fwd 50 which played into gws hands as Taylor etc either marked or easily spoiled. This was a coaching direction which our coaches got wrong.

We shouldve looked for short 1v1 targets & leads. That's where we lost it.

This would've been an easy 4+ goal win if we didn't have such poor i50 entries. It sucks more knowing that we should've won, they didn't beat us we just beat ourselves.

Our forwards got caught behind their direct defender too many times. It was a poor forward performance as much as it was a solid defensive performance by them.

 

[Banyo Bloods]

That was difficult to take.

Pay Parker whatever he wants always tries his guts out even though he was being held before taking the ball constantly.

Perhaps Cunningham shouldn’t have rushed that behind.

Nice work selecting Bell guess as some say he runs to space well. Plenty of players who run hard in the comp but they accumulate possessions.

They should have had Warner in a few weeks ago to get him up to speed rather than wait.

 

[caesar88]

Our forwards got caught behind their direct defender too many times. It was a poor forward performance as much as it was a solid defensive performance by them.

Thank you glad someone mentioned it. We always struggle against their defence. They seem to always be content to let one of our forwards off the chain but then clamp down on all the others. I lost count of how many times Dawson - who is usually our best deliverer inside 50 - was kicking to leading forwards who were behind their men.

 

[Voice of the G]

Horse has done a great job with the team this year but he failed tonight

Bull shit.

 

[zyzzbruh]

Thank you glad someone mentioned it. We always struggle against their defence. They seem to always be content to let one of our forwards off the chain but then clamp down on all the others. I lost count of how many times Dawson - who is usually our best deliverer inside 50 - was kicking to leading forwards who were behind their men.

They play us like fiddle every time in that sense. It's their trump card.

 

[swanssince2002]

I think we all root for Warner to succeed (more than most of our players), but also not sure about throwing him into the fire in the finals tbh. Gold Coast game could have been a good tune up for him. At least let him play in that one.