Review Swan Bake - encore performance (Round 20)

[grassman75]

Dogs, Hawks and Brisbane are definately the form teams and I’d have the first 2 with a decent gap to 3rd.

Absolutely don’t want the Hawks to make it

 

[Charlie Bucket]

Selection hasn’t cost us any games this year.

The games we’ve lost, our execution has been dog shit, or we played well and just couldn’t get over the line (Cats and Swans first time).

Selection hasn’t changed much besides accomodating injuries with only some minor tweaking with roles (Richards the main one).

2 key backs (if Khamis can be called a key back) for nearly every game. This week one of the outliers. We’ve persisted with the small forwards in West and Vanders, with McNeil making cameos. Daniel been on the outer from Rd 1. Macrae’s improved in his unchanged new role.

Whatever was planned over the off season has taken a while to work, we’re now reaping the benefits. As others have said, we’re the in form side in the comp and will be dangerous if we make finals. It’s still a big if though if the last two seasons are anything to go by. Hopefully we’re not the mentally weak team we have been. The last 3 weeks suggest we’re not.

 

[TiAn_]

Someone posted that he was a smartarse and up in Bont’s grille last time we played - barring major in game injuries that day we would have won that too.

He’s a massive frontrunner

Warner hasn’t had double digit contested possessions in his last 8 games. Swans need a lot more from him atm.

 

[threenewpadlocks]

How bad are their special comments team? Jones, Burgoyne, Selwood, Cotchin, Hodge, Watson. Hardly only of them can string a sentence together. It’s shocking compared to fox.

It's a shame even with the SCG's dreadful camera options Channel 7 directors generally do a better job than Fox. More zooming out, more use of different camera angles and quicker changes between them, more use of footage from behind the goals to see the player's options.

Fox Footy still broadcast a game like the 90's with extended video cuts zoomed in a player. We have HD TV in the 21st century. I can make out the player with the ball when you zoom out, Fox.

 

[bobs head soup]

I was wrong. The recruitment team, the selection panel were right. The recruitment of Lachie Bramble is the steal of the year. Now an integral part of this team. He just needed to feel the faith and love, he has repaid I spades.
This recruitment has released the ginger ninja to the midfield, which in turn has energised our season.
I'm still a massive critic of VDMs selection but well done to Lachie and the people behind his continued improvement.

The whole team has been a revelation in recent weeks, but (along with Lobb) Bramble just about tops the list.

Earlier in the year he was solid enough but seemed pretty limited as an outside role player.

All of a sudden he seems untacklable in tight spaces and dynamic in creating space.

I watched him yesterday and thought he would be effective as an inside mid.

Amazing.

 

[House_of_Dahl]

Right now we are looking like the best team in the comp. I also love that we are flying under the media radar. I hope that continues for a few more weeks.

It'll come during this week when the germalists click what that we've just beaten 1, 2 and 3 convincingly at their homes.

 

[JohnnySteel]

Bramble is giving Shane Biggs

Shane Biggs

Age

33

Ht

187cm

Wt

84kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

19.8

5star

K

12.7

5star

HB

7.1

4star

M

4.3

4star

T

2.1

4star

MG

355.3

5star

No current season stats available

D

19.0

5star

K

10.4

4star

HB

8.6

5star

M

4.0

4star

T

2.6

4star

- Never Forget level right now. Let’s hope his form continues.
Great pick up!


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[Bulldog in Kiev]

After tipping the dogs every week like I always do and seeing them cost me, 3 weeks back I tipped Carlton, then Geelong and then Sydney. We haven’t lost since so Melbourne is already locked in for the win this weeks.

Happy to take the hit, go you dogs!!

 

[stefoid]

OK, the elephant in the room - kicking for goal.

I watched him yesterday and thought he would be effective as an inside mid.

ha ha , lets not lose our minds. Earlier in the year he was hot potato with the ball in hand, and not positioning himself well to recieve. Him and Dale have been told its their responsibility to carry the ball and draw defenders, and he seems capable of doing that.

 

[Bulldog in Kiev]

Bramble is playing like I saw him do in the finals of the vfl where he absolutely carved the dogs up, that he doing it at AFL level now is a credit to him and the coaching/recruiting staff. Amazing thing is confidence!

 

[threenewpadlocks]

The whole team has been a revelation in recent weeks, but (along with Lobb) Bramble just about tops the list.

Earlier in the year he was solid enough but seemed pretty limited as an outside role player.

All of a sudden he seems untacklable in tight spaces and dynamic in creating space.

I watched him yesterday and thought he would be effective as an inside mid.

Amazing.

It's balls by both Bevo and the list management team to recruit a fringe player from a team that was a bottom team last year, and who was already a mature ager when recruited the first time round (so argument that he already had his "mature ager" bonus of extra effort in his first year/two), believe that he was being played out of position, and recruit him and make him such a key piece of a finals team. You don't make a push for top 4 without taking risks like that, but this seems like a well-researched, calculated risk that has paid off, which makes more sense the deeper it's analysed but at surface level just looks ridiculous.

In case people have forgotten, Bramble was only selected in the starting 22 for 8 of 23 games for the Hawks last year while being fit for the whole year for a team that went 7-15 and finished third last, and was delisted to make way for younger players as they were pushing their way up.

 

[0utsider]

Just done the ladder predictor and I’ve got us a decent chance of playing off against Lions in the granny.

If the universe can grant me the opportunity to watch us snatch a medal from around Dunkleys neck I will never ask for anything again.

 

[stevieg1969]

It was great making the Harlem Globetrotters look like the Washington Generals. The Swan supporters on social media have gone very quiet of late. I love Blood Culture. If Blood Culture was around in the early 80’s they’d still be South Melbourne.

 

[Iamspock]

Do not doubt the power of the jalepeno.

Did that really happen? I'm trying to convince my brother to fly out for the Finals. He was last here six years ago and we had to settle for a Richmond/Hawthorn Qualifying Final. It's the only game he's seen live. Richmond won. Ugh.

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You need to be eating jalapenos every day, to help build up our chances during the week, and then unleash the jalapeno pizza on Friday night for the killer blow.

 

[Iamspock]

ABC, it's all about Sydney apparently:

'A long way off': Major questions raised over Sydney's premiership credentials after SCG meltdown against Bulldogs

Major questions have been raised surrounding Sydney's premiership credentials after the Swans were manhandled by the Western Bulldogs at the SCG on Sunday.

www.abc.net.au

Start of the article:

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Nothing to do with us or how we played apparently.

On the upside, they can all continue to underestimate us.

 

[Iamspock]

Apart from some of their followers that say an umpire group deliberately handed us a premiership, i like them and their coach

Nope.

 

[Iamspock]

Did we tag Warner? I think that’s his worst ever game. Very mentally fragile midfield the swans.

He was crap the last time we played them, until Ed Richards went off.

 

[Libbaaaa]

This Friday is so bloody massive. Obviously coming off a 5 day break (albeit the last quarter of yesterday's game would have been played at a much calmer pace both mentally and physically), can properly end the Demons season and dynasty, consolidate the hard earned breathing space we have given ourselves and put some pressure on Carlton, GWS, Port, Geelong etc... to win or see us pass them by.

 

[X_box_X]

In addition to Treloar playing his 250th, Bramble and McNeil will play their 50th.

 

[Libbaaaa]

Shout out to Rhylee West

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Rhylee West

Age

24

Ht

183cm

Wt

82kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

12.3

3star

K

5.7

2star

HB

6.7

4star

M

2.5

3star

T

1.5

3star

G

0.5

3star

D

12.0

3star

K

6.0

2star

HB

6.0

3star

M

2.7

3star

T

2.0

3star

G

0.3

3star

D

13.0

4star

K

5.6

3star

HB

7.4

5star

M

2.2

3star

T

1.4

4star

G

0.6

3star

, playing such an important role.

 

[cherrypie]

Never seen a player whine as much during a game from his own mistakes as Errol Guldon. What a little bitch. Was horrible all day and still complained

Special mention to Chad Warner for playing for a free instead of going for the ball and then complaining to the ump instead of continuing in the play - was late in the game, he’d only had about 10 touches for the day and still wasn’t committed to try get a kick himself

 

[CarnTheScray]

Never seen a player whine as much during a game from his own mistakes as Errol Guldon. What a little bitch. Was horrible all day and still complained

Wtf was he doing with that Lobb 50 metre penalty?? I was baffled, meanwhile the Sydney crowd had blank faces as if they had no idea what was going on (they probably didn’t).

 

[Testekill]

Special mention to Chad Warner for playing for a free instead of going for the ball and then complaining to the ump instead of continuing in the play - was late in the game, he’d only had about 10 touches for the day and still wasn’t committed to try get a kick himself

Only 11 touches for the day, I'm sure that Barrett will still suck him off for it.

 

[grassman75]

Nope.

To quote that Essendon “fan” from the video….Horse ****

 

[Libbaaaa]

Special mention to Chad Warner for playing for a free instead of going for the ball and then complaining to the ump instead of continuing in the play - was late in the game, he’d only had about 10 touches for the day and still wasn’t committed to try get a kick himself

Even in the earlier game against us he was pretty poor apart from the 20 minute he went bananas. Yes it was an unbelievable 20 mins but Sydney should take all the picks from Freo if they offer them, Warner is too flakey.