Autopsy Groundhog day averted! Swans defeat Cats by 30 infront of a packed SCG

[robbieando]

Im glad you didnt call that dumb campaigner a dumb campaigner. I admire the maturity

You both did well showing your maturity in not calling that dumb campaigner, a dumb campaigner.

 

[Olian]

Amazing crowd, must be close to a record.

Complaining about the academies does disservice to the recruiting of Grundy, Adams and Jordon. Jordon in particular has come from no where.

Cats never died wondering, credit to them they didn’t give up but lacked pace.

We are the team to beat.

 

[Donza]

Great win. One of the best ever.

Sad day. RIP Michael Moseley.

 

[The King!]

Im happy with my 6 pack

 

[The King!]

Whats up with Blakey?

 

[caesar88]

That was a weird game. I felt like there were large stretches of that game where we really weren't very good at all, not just in the first quarter. But I also feel like the majority of that can be attributed to the Cats. They were damn good. I can't recall a Swans game this year where we've had such little time and space to work with. We had to make risky plays and execute them with surgical precision just to get ahead of that mob, and when we failed they consistently punished us. So credit to them.

And it probably makes our win even more impressive.

I think some had poor games on the whole but our cream rose to the top. No matter how tough the game is, you're probably going to win if Heeney, Gulden, Grundy, Rowbottom, Warner, Blakey, McInerney, Melican, McCartin, Lloyd, Amartey and McDonald all have good games.

 

[The King!]

That was a weird game. I felt like there were large stretches of that game where we really weren't very good at all, not just in the first quarter. But I also feel like the majority of that can be attributed to the Cats. They were damn good. I can't recall a Swans game this year where we've had such little time and space to work with. We had to make risky plays and execute them with surgical precision just to get ahead of that mob, and when we failed they consistently punished us. So credit to them.

And it probably makes our win even more impressive.

I think some had poor games on the whole but our cream rose to the top. No matter how tough the game is, you're probably going to win if Heeney, Gulden, Grundy, Rowbottom, Warner, Blakey, McInerney, Melican, McCartin, Lloyd, Amartey and McDonald all have good games.

Yeah it was patchy for sure, credit to the cats,

But its hard to list who had a poor game for us too, Florent did some frustrating stuff.
An odd game,

 

[robbieando]

Dont delete his posts i want him to remember how silly he looks after his emotions have died down.

Not my decision but can’t derail this thread any further.

How good were those Swans. Really liked how 8 of our goals came from rookie draft selections.

 

[SwansProudly]

Great win. One of the best ever.

Sad day. RIP Michael Moseley.

 

[Bonz]

One of the most mature performances we have had in some time.

Honestly I was expecting us to panic further, and probably lose by a decent margin.

But we have managed to settle down, we made changes and once again we proved we are a quality side.

Its performances like this that show a side has premiership credentials, I have been converted, fully believe we can win it this year.

 

[BloodySwan]

Do we close out games like that if we don't have a slow start? Second half performances vs first half performances are very different

 

[The King!]

Defence missed Blakey once he subbed off

He is listed as tactical

 

[Kapers]

Well, we're clearly the best. Just want to win the final game of the year.

 

[Jeffers]

this team has some sort of character this year Gee Whizz.

Also what’s the story with Blakey? He was limping at the end and looked a bit dispondent

 

[Maddo11]

Defence missed Blakey once he subbed off

He is listed as tactical

Listed as tactical, definitely copped a Corky in the third though

 

[The King!]

Melicans maturity is massive.

Rampe Mccartin and Melican had large patches under the pump, but the fact we can rely on 3 key defenders to be so smart and composed is massive.

Used the word Massive too much, but it is massive

 

[The King!]

The home crowd fires this team up at the moment too imo

 

[Jack2Jack]

• Grundy plus the big 3 in the midfield were huge in that turn around. Jordon again did a huge job in the second half.
• Good to see Amartey actually step up and actually convert big goals at important moments. Logan no scoreboard but thought he did have some huge score assists in important moments.
• The last 2.5 quarters were as impressive as the first 1.5 were concerning. In a way, great to be in the same position from the 22 GF nightmare and find a way back, good confidence should be taken from that....but the starts are a slight worry...as shown in said 22 GF, sometimes the opposition mightn't let you back in. Take the positive approach for now, but hopefully we can fix those starts...because we will get caught out one day and god forbid it be in a final.
• The new HTB rule is as big a shit show as ever. Payed it only one way in the first quarter....then stopped paying it all together. Granted the way it was interpreted in the last 3 qtrs is how you want it, but **** it's so open to interpretation and changes qtr to qtr it's infuriating to watch as a fan.
• Have to give credit to Chris Scott
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  , how the **** he's got that team 8-5 and contending with that midfield shows what a good coach he is.

 

[The King!]

Amartey 80% game time is a big deal, Adams still 68% so he can only improve as fitness grows, presume managing him for the year.

 

[Big Blood]

Took a while to shake off the post-bye cobwebs but overwhelmed them once we got going. Great that we stepped up to kick the last three goals rather than going on the defensive. Right now we have too many weapons to contain.

Pretty sure the last time we gave up first six goals and still won was against Richmmond in 2017.

Loved Grundy's game. Worked really hard to keep us in the contest, had an incredible 21 contesteds. Plus he sold some candy and had a bounce, so he'll be dining off those for awhile.

 

[ShireSwan]

Grundy was exceptional.

I reckon he set an AFL record for fumbles and dropped balls myself.

He was more than good to be sure, but he was playing against the clear worst ruck in the comp, so there's no need to give him foot rubs either.

 

[danz_danz]

Gotta tip ya hat to James Jordon. Dominated in an unsung role yet again.

 

[caesar88]

If you said we'd get a score of 112 when we had 5 behinds on the board midway through the second term, I would've said you're delusional

 

[Millky95]

If you said we'd get a score of 112 when we had 5 behinds on the board midway through the second term, I would've said you're delusional

Imagine if we play a full 4 quarter game

 

[Maddo11]

Stats from both teams sorted by disposal. How ****in good is this