Review Swan Bake - encore performance (Round 20)

[geoffjennings79]

Damnit I unfortunately missed this one due to some family stuff.

Can anyone summarise the game for me? Preferably in haiku format.

We stuck it right up 'em!
Something...
Something...
EAD Swans!
The end.

 

[Next Waiting]

We stuck it right up 'em!
Something...
Something...
EAD Swans!
The end.

Close enough

 

[Next Waiting]

Bevo's got his smile back View attachment 2061903

He has beautiful smile. He's a beautiful man. Everything is beautiful. Hooray for everything.

 

[NagoyaDog]

Wow, channel nine just reported that next week we will be known as 'Footscray' for the first time since 1996

C'arn the 'scray!

 

[grassman75]

My flagpole is so high right now it's not even on the graph.

Side note - I'm banned from the Swans board, but I'm assuming they're analysing the umpiring in todays game, right?

Umps missed a blatant throw by Sydney and they won the free kick count…don’t know what they could possibly be complaining about

 

[WAbulldog]

Could he be a sneaky Brownlow top 5?

Don’t think top 5 but could finish in the top 10 this year.

 

[Golden_6]

Could he be a sneaky Brownlow top 5?

Yes. It feels like he’s played a lot of great games in our wins. 25 votes is on the cards.

Bont’s hopes might be done for 2024. Probably hasn’t polled a vote in a month but don’t think he’d give a flying toss with our form.

 

[fargy]

Did anyone else see Libba line up in the backline straight after half time?

 

[stefoid]

Outstanding freebie signing

He is winning me over - playing with confidence in his dash and taking opponents on. Im not sure waht he was like at the hawks, but Im guessing he is playing the best footy of his career.

Naughton playing like he has more confidence in his knee now - he was in everything, and rarely saw him and Jamaara in the same frame.

 

[Trent85]

I'll definitely put my hand up and say that I thought we had next to no shot winning 2/4 of the last few games let alone 3/4.
Credit to the players, coaches etc. they have responded to the external pressure the best way possible i.e. win.

Adz has to be leading our bnf and what a year so far even just from his leadership. Probably one of our best trades I can remember nothing but praise for him.
Has Ed saved our season? I get a lot of players have stood up Bramble, West, Dale, Marra etc. but I think Ed into the midfield was a major turning point. I've been screaming for ages that we can't just have Bont, Libba etc carry us we need those next blokes to stand up. So massive pats on the back to them.
Our defence deserves a massive shout out. Last year I was very critical of them but this year they deserve their flowers.

With all that been said the club can't take the foot off the pedal. They need to cash in. The typical bulldog script is that we somehow shoot ourselves in the foot and blow it. So enjoy the win but we need to lock back in for the Dees on Friday.

 

[Golden_6]

Daniel Pratt

Daniel Pratt

Age

41

Ht

185cm

Wt

89kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

15.6

4star

K

10.3

4star

HB

5.3

4star

M

5.1

5star

T

1.8

4star

No current season stats available

D

8.6

3star

K

6.4

3star

HB

2.2

2star

M

4.0

4star

T

1.8

4star

deserves a lot of credit and hasn’t been mentioned much.

We seem to have developed a rock solid defensive structure that allows multiple players to come in and play roles, rather than relying on individual players.

 

[CDBulldog]

sending Lobb back has been a big contributor to recent form. Has helped structure up the entire backline. Enables Buku to play the interceptor role. Big shout to Duryea, super impressive. True professional.

 

[Leon]

I reckon we haven’t been in as good a form as right now since 2021.

Was a seriously impressive win today.

I was probably most impressed by our least best quarter - the second. They really lifted that quarter and we withstood them.

Feel I owe Bramble an apology. I admit I thought he wasn’t up to it. He’s been great. I’m also not one to double down on past opinions given if they’re wrong. Sincere apologies Lachie!

Jamarra was amazing today - he’s in a great patch of form. That fend off goal was all kinds of awesome.

We’re looking very dangerous at the moment.

Good chance to get over the Melbourne hoodoo next week.

 

[doggie dog]

All of a sudden we have one of the stingiest defences in the league.

2 aquired kpf's converted to kpd's, 2 Hawks cast off's and a trade for an often injuried saint. Plus a 3rd tall who has worked his way in our system from a cat b rookie.
That's the stingiest defence in the league!!!!!
I'm mean how good is Sammy P

 

[Next Waiting]

Just watched Longmire's presser. He knows what just happened and he can't hide it. They got absolutely belted off the park and we're a match up they'd like to avoid if possible.

 

[Ed_Gein]

Sure why not, little bunny.

 

[0utsider]

At risk of getting carried away

 

[0utsider]

At risk of getting carried away

There was meant to be more to this post but I think this pretty much sums it up

 

[doggie dog]

2 aquired kpf's converted to kpd's, 2 Hawks cast off's and a trade for an often injuried saint. Plus a 3rd tall who has worked his way in our system from a cat b rookie.
That's the stingiest defence in the league!!!!!
I'm mean how good is Sammy P

I didn't forget Dale who has been in great form for this year, but he was a 3rd round draft pick and someone can correct me, but that pick was before Sammy arrived.

 

[Lex22]

Duryea was terrific again.

It can’t be underestimated how important it is to have a hardened senior body who makes good decisions behind the ball.

Along with some of his attacking links being handy, Duryea has nailed half a dozen or so big tackles in the last month.

There was one today at a key stage. If that’s a kid trying that, Swans score a goal.

He’s easily got another year or two in him.

 

[Next Waiting]

Duryea was terrific again.

It can’t be underestimated how important it is to have a hardened senior body who makes good decisions behind the ball.

Along with some of his attacking links being handy. Duryea has nailed half a dozen or so big tackles in the last month.

There was one today at a key stage. If that’s a kid trying that, Swans score a goal.

He’s easily got another year or two in him.

I always thought the news of his demise last year was a little premature. He has been outstanding this season.

 

[doggie dog]

Duryea was terrific again.

It can’t be underestimated how important it is to have a hardened senior body who makes good decisions behind the ball.

Along with some of his attacking links being handy. Duryea has nailed half a dozen or so big tackles in the last month.

There was one today at a key stage. If that’s a kid trying that, Swans score a goal.

He’s easily got another year or two in him.

I honestly thought he was done last year, must of be carrying an injury that was affecting his play.
He's been a rock this year along with Jonsey.

 

[Deadly Darcy]

Loved the win but gee the commentators are interesting. All three of these immense games have ended with commentators saying:

“We’ll that’s just very not like the <Carlton/Geelong/Sydney> we are used to seeing. Gee you’d have to put it down to an aberration to get beaten like that… etc etc…”

You’d think by todays game they might be able to look past their own navels and realise their could be a common denominator?

 

[Dogs Rule]

'It woz the frees wot won youse the game...'

Sydney >>>>> Dogs



Oh...

Er....

'No, it was definitely the disadvantage of us Swans players sleeping in own beds the night before. It's so damn unfair...'

 

[X_box_X]

I thought it wouldn't be possible to match or even better the excitement I felt on GF day in 2016. For the past eight years I've always thought any future GF we make will obviously be awesome but couldn't possibly rival 2016...

Well, I can say with certainty that if we somehow defy the odds again and win this year's premiership, it will eclipse the joy I felt in 2016.

Regardless if we make the GF, I am guaranteed a ticket.

My seven-year-old was fortunate enough a few weeks ago to be announced as a NAB Auskicker of the Year member. This means he gets to present a medal on Grand Final day. He gets to take a parent (me) to share in his special day.

My goodness, I tell ya what. If I get to see my son hand a medal to a premiership Doggie, you're gonna need a kayak to get out of the MCG. Tears of bloody joy I tell ya, dead set.