Media Swans Talk in the Media 2024

[The Mares Leg]

I think there must have been some mis-representation by our ‘friend’ Tom Morris on this scheduling issue - he clearly stated the Swans were unhappy about the Sat arvo gig.

Unless comment was made before they decided to put it to bed?

 

[Voice of the G]

Close to zero. It'll be Dempsey.

Tend to agree with you close to zero but Dempsey is longer odds then Roberts looking at the odds I saw.

 

[SM]

Tend to agree with you close to zero but Dempsey is longer odds then Roberts looking at the odds I saw.

That surprises me, I thought he was the clear favourite.

I just had a look and he's $1.10, where/when did you look?

 

[Voice of the G]

That surprises me, I thought he was the clear favourite.

I just had a look and he's $1.10, where/when did you look?

Bets AFL Ben Darvill is the editor.Favourite is Wardlaw $3.20.I agree with you about Dempsey.

 

[sataris]

Why did any of us think things would improve under this regime?
This bloke and his brainless, spineless offsider are turning the game into a joke.

I didn't.

 

[the hypnotoad]

ESPN's 2024 All-Australian team: Who makes the cut? Who misses out?

The AFL home-and-away season is done and dusted, so it's time to perform the most difficult task in football - settling on 23 AFL players (and a coach!) for our 2024 All-Australian team.

www.espn.com.au

 

[bedford]

I might get in trouble with Bedders, not exactly sure if this is media or not, but anyway here goes.
I love this (hope it works, I'm not good at this) and the artwork is spectacular

Who are the players

 

[Kiama Chris]

ESPN's 2024 All-Australian team: Who makes the cut? Who misses out?

The AFL home-and-away season is done and dusted, so it's time to perform the most difficult task in football - settling on 23 AFL players (and a coach!) for our 2024 All-Australian team.

www.espn.com.au

A mid on one wing, two in the forward line and 4 on the bench. Riiiight.
Blakey sub. No, in the team as the seventh defender (or on the bench, don't care which).
D'Ambrosio or Jaicos on the other wing instead of Merrett.
Miers instead of Heeney on one flank (leave Warner on the other - good call). Heeney following with Bont.
Cameron to CHF, drop Curnow, Jackson in as third tall and cut out ruck.
Need to drop 3 more - Treloar, Neale, Daniels.
Bench is say Whitfield, Merrett, Serong, Daicos
Now it's almost balanced.

 

[JackHiscoxWasFast]

JHWF names his AA team

FB: Cunningham McCartin Mills
HB: Roberts Melican Blakey
C: Gulden Warner Florent
HF: Campbell McDonald Hayward
FF: Parker McLean Amartey
R: Grundy Rowbottom Heeney
Int: Rampe Jordon Lloyd Papley
Sub: JMac

JHWF, just as qualified as ESPN.

 

[Ticky009]

 

[The King!]

wearing last years polo tsk tak

 

[Big Blood]

Ben Dixon

Ben Dixon

Age

47

Ht

188cm

Wt

90kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

10.8

3star

K

7.5

3star

HB

3.2

3star

M

4.2

4star

T

1.4

3star

G

1.4

5star

No current season stats available

D

10.4

3star

K

7.6

3star

HB

2.8

3star

M

4.8

5star

T

0.8

3star

G

2.4

5star

on First Crack says the speeding up of stoppages after R12 was the most impactful rule change ever.

(You have to scroll halfway down)

Delisted Dee’s ‘difficult’ road; flag contender must ‘hold firm’ on tall — Potential AFL trade bargains

Demon’s ‘difficult’ road; flag contender must ‘hold firm’ — Potential AFL trade bargains

www.foxsports.com.au

According to his stats the time from whistle to ball-up was halved from 12 to 6-7 seconds.-

The worst performers after R12 were Bombers and us. Swans went from 1st in R1-12 to 10th in R13-24. In Dicko's telling, this is because Swans like to structure up around a stoppage.

He concluded that the biggest winners from the new rule were the Hawks who went from 12th to 1st (chortles from co-hosts King and Montagna).

Stats nerds will point out that if you're going to make a point about the impact of the stoppage rule you should measure the stoppage stats, not the win-loss stats.

I would say, yes, stats nerds, that's a great point because W-L involves all sorts of factors, not just one that happens to favour Dicko's old team.

But still kind of interesting anyway.

 

[liz]

Ben Dixon on First Crack says the speeding up of stoppages after R12 was the most impactful rule change ever.

(You have to scroll halfway down)

Delisted Dee’s ‘difficult’ road; flag contender must ‘hold firm’ on tall — Potential AFL trade bargains

Demon’s ‘difficult’ road; flag contender must ‘hold firm’ — Potential AFL trade bargains

www.foxsports.com.au

According to his stats the time from whistle to ball-up was halved from 12 to 6-7 seconds.-

The worst performers after R12 were Bombers and us. Swans went from 1st in R1-12 to 10th in R13-24. In Dicko's telling, this is because Swans like to structure up around a stoppage.

He concluded that the biggest winners from the new rule were the Hawks who went from 12th to 1st (chortles from co-hosts King and Montagna).

Stats nerds will point out that if you're going to make a point about the impact of the stoppage rule you should measure the stoppage stats, not the win-loss stats.

I would say, yes, stats nerds, that's a great point because W-L involves all sorts of factors, not just one that happens to favour Dicko's old team.

But still kind of interesting anyway.

While it’s not impossible that he’s on to something, I think this is more likely to be a good illustration of “correlation does not equal causation”.

 

[Glenn_]

You know, I wonder if the Swans contract with the SCG enforces a must play there clause to forestall any moves by the AFL like the one below

All-Sydney qualifying final is racing towards a sell-out. But AFL won’t move it to Homebush

“Very limited” tickets remain for the blockbuster showdown between the Swans and Giants, but the league says will not consider moving the fixture from the SCG.

www.theage.com.au

IIRC the AFL gave up on the Stadium Aus experiment after an incident with exposed bolts in the ground.

 

[SM]

Bets AFL Ben Darvill is the editor.Favourite is Wardlaw $3.20.I agree with you about Dempsey.

If you can get those sorts of odds for him I'd lump on, I think he wins easily. Dempsey that is.

 

[SBD Gonzalez]

https://www.news.com.au/sport/afl/sydney-chairman-andrew-pridham-says-minor-premiers-should-be-rewarded-with-cash/news-story/44efcd94335fabb32201162656ac72d3

Pridham saying minor premiers of both AFL and AFLW should be rewarded.

Well if anyone would know about cash it’s Andrew Pridham:

Mosman house price record smashed by Sydney Swans chairman’s $40m sale

Sydney Swans chairman Andrew Pridham has set a Mosman record before, but this time it’s his long-held historic mansion that has claimed the crown.

www.smh.com.au

 

[Glenn_]

Ticket tensions fan frustrations of Swans and GWS supporters for finals blockbuster

Giants and Swans fans faced familiar hurdles trying to purchase tickets for next Saturday’s clash at the SCG.

www.smh.com.au

Sydney Swans and GWS Giants fans were left frustrated trying to secure tickets on Tuesday for next Saturday’s qualifying final at the SCG due to technical glitches.

Giants fans posted on social media about getting timed out of the site while waiting to buy tickets for the now sold-out match, and Swans fans faced challenges with their member barcodes not being recognised by Ticketek during the pre-sale for members.

 

[RedBloodBlackSwan]

I reckon Ollie never wears a shirt unless he absolutely has to

He can also run and kick with no pants, so clearly clothing is optional for him

 

[Jewelsbon]

Who are the players

It's AI, no players in particular.

 

[SBD Gonzalez]

He can also run and kick with no pants, so clearly clothing is optional for him

Getting back to the spirit of the original Olympians.

 

[Daniel B]

I reckon Ollie never wears a shirt unless he absolutely has to

+ Rampe... a bit out of character here.

 

[Millky95]

+ Rampe... a bit out of character here.

At least he will wear a robe

 

[bedford]

It's AI, no players in particular.

It's silly and lazy then

 

[Jewelsbon]

It's silly and lazy then

To each their own, I liked it.

 

[bedford]

To each their own, I liked it.

I prefer real pictures