Autopsy After a tight😶 half of football we steamroll Essendon by 39

[Ticky009]

 

[Dan87]

It's a weird season

Like, all we can do is cough it up or get it done but we're still a while from knowing anything

Been treading water for three months

 

[Dubai Quacker]

Not a heap of love for JJ once again in the POTY thread - which I find a bit odd.

Merrett didn’t impact last night. It’s a massive scalp for JJ.

 

[BloodySwan]

You hear Longmire comment when asked about resting Grundy that they basically leave it up to him because he knows his body so well. I’m sure it’s not solely up to him but you’d have to think that given we’ll have likely secured a top two spot by the end of the weekend, the coaches can say to him enough is enough and you need a rest before finals.

I guess there’s a chance that whatever he’s carrying won’t be helped much by resting and instead moving around is best for him? But feels like a rest would do him good considering just how frail he looked last night. Give McAndrew a proper test with a full game against Riley O’Brien next week for experience.

He'll get a weeks rest at a minimum

Also wont need to leave Sydney until grand final at the worst

Not overly concerned

 

[Dubai Quacker]

We can’t rest everyone. Top spot isn’t totally wrapped up if we lose by a huge margin to the Crows next week. Though I’m hoping Port and the Crows bash each other up in the Showdown so we get a relatively bruise free encounter next week. I think the team is already collectively carrying enough bruises.

Re Grundy, I know it can seem convenient to attribute a drop in form of a player to injury, but I suspect it's almost always the case with experienced, quality players. There are lots of things he was doing in the first half of the season that he's not doing now. It could be a back issue. It could be a groin issue. He doesn't seem to have any power in his core, which is allowing him to be pushed out of contests. And he's not getting down to scrap at ground level the way he was.

You’ve evidently also heard about the AFL’s plan to dock all non-Vic clubs 16 points for “competition equilibration” purposes….

 

[BloodySwan]

Horse seemingly has no answers for our slow starts, which is a massive concern as you have to wonder where that change is going to come from. We still look lost whenever our corridor game plan gets shut down. And a lot of our players look like shells of their best selves from earlier in the year. So I'm not yet convinced the coaches and conditioning staff haven't bungled this season.

The issue isn't with Horse. The players don't turn up.

Maybe he needs to give them a rip before the bounce? But the slow start starts with the players. It's not the positioning or tactics which are the issue

 

[Kiama Chris]

Haven't read whole thread.
But.
Lel.

When this shot was taken I said to my kids "and the Bomber's fans died". Loved it!

 

[Jimbo OZ]

Will Taylor Adams

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Taylor Adams

Age

30

Ht

181cm

Wt

85kg

Pos.

M/F

Career

Season

Last 5

D

24.9

5star

K

13.5

5star

HB

11.4

5star

M

4.0

4star

T

4.8

5star

CL

5.0

5star

D

20.4

5star

K

12.4

5star

HB

8.0

4star

M

4.0

4star

T

5.9

5star

CL

5.9

5star

D

18.2

5star

K

11.0

4star

HB

7.2

5star

M

4.4

4star

T

3.0

5star

CL

2.2

4star

request a trade when he doesn’t get picked for the GF two years in a row?

Don’t see him in our best 23 if/when everyone is fit.

 

[MR0808]

Pretty sure this isn't right... think we're talking a 300 point differential for anyone to get us...

Port needs two 100+ wins in a row and we need to lose to Adelaide, in Sydney, by 100+.

If that happens, we don't deserve to be the minor premiers

 

[Swan_Lifer]

Overall, a good team win.

Early on, when the going was tough, it was the unheralded players who kept us in it. Impressed by the games of Hayward, Campbell, Roberts, Jordon and Rowbottom.
Mills was good down back. Caiden Cleary showed a bit as well. And JJ kept Merrett to 17 disposals.

Some good moves by the coaches.

Worry - Brodie Grundy

4

Brodie Grundy

Age

30

Ht

202cm

Wt

105kg

Pos.

Ruck

Career

Season

Last 5

D

17.5

4star

K

8.0

3star

HB

9.6

5star

CL

4.1

5star

HO

32.0

5star

D

16.4

4star

K

6.8

3star

HB

9.6

5star

CL

4.0

5star

HO

34.6

5star

D

13.8

4star

K

5.2

2star

HB

8.6

5star

CL

2.6

5star

HO

20.6

5star

has had a big season, but looks in need of a spell.

 

[Kiama Chris]

Not a heap of love for JJ once again in the POTY thread - which I find a bit odd.

Merrett didn’t impact last night. It’s a massive scalp for JJ.

Not me

 

[Heeney2Franklin]

Im certain Hayward is still suffering discomfort in that leg from the Brisbane game.

Came off a few times to get it assessed in the 1st.

 

[ShireSwan]

We won this game in the first and second quarter IMHO.

There was a period, maybe end of the first were they were all over us out of the midfield, so many repeat entries into the 50 it was absolutely absurd, but our pressure all over the park went up to heights they couldn't cope with, Swans literally refused to let them score and they folded. Like Essendon do. They knew their best wasn't good enough even when things were all going their way.
From then on it was only a matter of by how much. We tired a bit at the end of the second quarter for the last ten minutes, but they couldn't muster anything.

To see Cleary maniacally chasing them down in the fourth when he was outnumbered 2 to 1 after the game was well won demonstrated the difference between the teams. Our guys wanted it more, even though it was their season on the line. Back home to Melbourne they go, for a week of coffees, chatting up the girls and looking the part. A club of pretenders.

 

[Pugnacious1874]

Watching replay. Did I hear classy Don fans booing Cunningham? Because his concussion resulted in Wright's suspension in round 2?

 

[ShireSwan]

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Deserves a run on their autopsy thread tbh.

 

[ShireSwan]

Educate me, who is Sam Groth?

I googled. He's either a tennis player, The Member for Nepean - or both.

 

[SBD Gonzalez]

I guess if we send like you and I out there maybe it's a risk .

Soon as I get my new trifocals I stand ready for the call-up for Swans Dads Army XIII.

 

[ShireSwan]

Where does Adams fit in all this? His experience will be invaluable in the finals but arguably not doing enough.

Cleary breathing down his neck.

He is very leggy, if given two weeks off might return to his early season form. Hard to say. Just doesn't have the initial burst he needs to get clearances or make the tackle and hasn't for about 4 weeks. Either make him the sub next week or give him the week off.

Sheldrick MUST get a run to see if he can win us clearances next week.

 

[liz]

Pretty sure this isn't right... think we're talking a 300 point differential for anyone to get us...

Memories of that Port game are still well and truly alive.

 

[caesar88]

The issue isn't with Horse. The players don't turn up.

Maybe he needs to give them a rip before the bounce? But the slow start starts with the players. It's not the positioning or tactics which are the issue

If the players aren't turning up, that's on the coach. Their job is to fix issues in the team. This issue has been there for months now with no resolution in sight.

 

[Punts]

Keep Florent of the wing

 

[Heeney2Franklin]

If the players aren't turning up, that's on the coach. Their job is to fix issues in the team. This issue has been there for months now with no resolution in sight.

It would be very obvious its not being ignored Longmire for his flaws is not that stupid.

Just no response it seems

 

[TheGoatBaron]

I googled. He's either a tennis player, The Member for Nepean - or both.

I don’t follow Tennis or politics. The latter gives me a migraine

 

[KingV23]

Deserves a run on their autopsy thread tbh.

Hahah no, I can't do that on opposition boards. It pisses me off when they do it to us.

 

[Dan87]

If the players aren't turning up, that's on the coach. Their job is to fix issues in the team. This issue has been there for months now with no resolution in sight.

Time and time again the club has proved all the resources and knowledge and stability are available to the squad to win

There is only so much a club can do

It's up to the players to win the flag there are no question marks over the decades of elite performance SSMFC has put up for a few squad generations

 

[Heeney2Franklin]

I will reiterate the season is way to long 25 weeks of H&A is absurd we are talking about a 30 week campaign if you make the GF and they want another round for a wildcard entry?

Is the AFL braindead?