Autopsy AFL 2024 Round 16 - Swans v Freo Sat June 29th 1:45pm AEST (SCG)

[Corn Cobbers]

Pretty harsh commentary on McDonald in here IMO. Not like it was 20 metres out.

Agreed, it was a frightening kick, fair way out, everyone on the goal line, with 3 different results and an ump yapping in his ear

 

[FreoRicci]

Poor commentators. So flat.
Why do they pump Sydney so much ?

COLA, Academy, Lance Franklin going there for free..

 

[Thrawn]

Carlton now look certainties for the flag.

Nice attempted reverse jinx but Sydney still the team to beat.

 

[FreoRicci]

The bullshit downfield and other gifts didnt help , geez louise, Fyfe throws and drops it cold a lot,


But flip side too many passnegers freo outworked us, annoying to lose, but 1 point , fought it out,

Actually blaming umpires?
Get real

 

[noise36]

Sydney didn't deserve it. Warner runs 28m without a bounce and they don't call anything. pathetic non-call

Was one way umpiring all day, commentators mentioned freo had the "rub of the green" when one went out way.

 

[danster168]

shoutout to the umpire for not having the guts to call Warner for running to far in front of the home crowd.

 

[CrowToon]

Agreed, it was a frightening kick, fair way out, everyone on the goal line, with 3 different results and an ump yapping in his ear

So basically its the sort of kicks that separate the good from the great.

 

[Thrawn]

Missing our key defender, youngest side this week, no problem.

Carlton et al better hope they snag a flag this year because the Freo five-peat is coming

Freo at their best can beat anyone but I wouldn't be surprised if you lost your next game. There's performances like today, but there's ones like against West Coast. You're a Jekyll and Hyde team.

 

[RampeRobe]

good in freo. Sydney lucky last week.

Lucky last week? When were up by 10 goals and took the foot off and won by 5 goals?

Get off the pipe mate..

 

[Sean_09]

Freo at their best can beat anyone but I wouldn't be surprised if you lost your next game. There's performances like today, but there's ones like against West Coast. You're a Jekyll and Hyde team.

Comes with being one of the youngest sides in the comp sadly. Great game, looking forward to seeing it run-back in September or October

 

[Wray27]

The bullshit downfield and other gifts didnt help , geez louise, Fyfe throws and drops it cold a lot,


But flip side too many passnegers freo outworked us, annoying to lose, but 1 point , fought it out,

And yet the free kick count was 17-9 Sydney’s way but sure umps cost you.

 

[dropbear101]

geez draper is going to be so good. first season key defenders don't generally perform that well

 

[Dockerjonz]

And then let him run off his line anyway, lol.

Shows how shit he was then under pressure ump got into his head with the most basic of AFL rules

 

[Harris Specter]

Swans peaking in June?

 

[Cripps 'n' Blue Bloods]

Probably a loss Sydney needed to have.
They've been going at 65% for a month now, if they don't sort it out now it'll get them at the end of the year.

Probably a little early for the 'loss they needed to have'.
Not much in this loss. I had a sneaky suspicion that Freo were a chance, but didn't have the balls to tip them, as I'm trying to stay top 3.
As long as they respond next week. If they lose to Saints, then...

Every club will likely drop a game or two that they shouldn't between now and finals. Doesn't really change the pecking order at the moment.

 

[cactuscall]

The bullshit downfield and other gifts didnt help

Nor did the 8 goal to 2 jump Freo got on you at 11:45am AWST.

 

[hoss]

Happy to win but that umpiring was absolute bullshit and needs looking into. You can't have two completely opposite interpretations of the same rule for different teams. Disgraceful.

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[Zevon]

Swans exposed for what the really are today I think.

Talk another them being the dominant clear best side was premature.

Can't wait to play them at the G.

Your midfield is about as quick as the Queen Mary sailing through crude oil, we’d relish the chance to play you on the wide open expanses.

Anyway, don’t want to take anything away from the Dockers who out-worked us for most of the game today. Well deserved win.

 

[tropicaltiger]

the stand rule is like a giant parasite sucking the life out of the game.

docker player looks like he didn't stand at all. cribbed a metre then leapt in the air and forward another half a metre on landing... I reckon it put mcdonald off.

mcdonald also snuck off his line. so if he scored it would have been mayhem.

 

[CoastersFlag No.5]

Got over the line. Poor kick by Florent and McDonald in the last minute. Dockers best is very good but they can also deliver the occasional stinker. Good win by the Dockers.

 

[Freomaniac]

So glad Freo won. Sydney didn't get the lead at any point in the game.

Again, happy Freo won. Needed a decent away win vs a top 8 side.

 

[dropbear101]

Your midfield is about as quick as the Queen Mary sailing through crude oil, we’d relish the chance to play you on the wide open expanses.

Anyway, don’t want to take anything away from the Dockers who out-worked us most of the day. Well deserved win.

hmmm, depends which mix we play.
brayshaw, johnson, jackson, switta isn't slow. once its in general play. the inside mids can rotate with switta.

 

[Arcassius]

First thought is this will be a close game.

You called it from the start

 

[Arcassius]

hmmm, depends which mix we play.
brayshaw, johnson, jackson, switta isn't slow. once its in general play. the inside mids can rotate with switta.

He was referring to the Carlton poster

 

[Zevon]

hmmm, depends which mix we play.
brayshaw, johnson, jackson, switta isn't slow. once its in general play. the inside mids can rotate with switta.

All good, agree with the above, I was responding to a Carlton poster so wasn’t talking about the Freo midfield. You’ve got a good mix.