Autopsy Sydney Legacy in Grand Finals continues 10 goal loss to the Lions

[sherb]

I'm wondering if it is lost on the players what a privilege it is to play in a Grand Final. If you make one you need to play like it's your last, not like you'll play in another one in the not too distant future.

Aside from that comment, I'm a Blues fan first, but having lived in Sydney for 40+ years I'm very much a Swans supporter second. So, as the Blues have been rubbish for much of the past 20+ years, the Swans have been my hope of seeing success. As a result, I can tell you I'm hurting big time.

 

[TheGoatBaron]

Geelong bounced back from losing the 89, 92, 94 and 95 Grand Finals. Would like to think we could do the same but it’s going to be tough though

 

[Adnico26Parker]

Post game interviews

 

[SeanM]

Would you rather make Grand Finals and lose them or not make a Grand Final in the first place?

I honestly don't know how to answer this one right now.

I would rather make the grand final and get smashed than not make it all.

Even in 2022 I would rather squeeze over the line against Collingwood. Then know we were not good enough against Geelong. Rather than lose the PF against Collingwood from a winning position and always wonder whether we would have won it against Geelong.

This year GWS were in winning positions against us and Brisbane. So if their generation of players never wins it. Then they will look back at those losses and wonder whether they missed their chance.

 

[Heeney2Franklin]

Post game interviews

Post game interviews just so pointless

 

[TasSixer]

Post game interviews

Chad looks too happy

 

[melbournehammer]

Nah, the players actually turned up that day. It was a genuine close contest for the majority of the game.

Actually we got belted in the midfield and rampe and Grundy won everything at half back. It literally was as commetti put it, the dam wall breaking in that last ten minutes.

Kennedy played well and Mitchell was good but the rest were anonymous

 

[Maddo11]

I'm curious now how we were close in 2016. We're the Dogs that bad, they couldn't flog us even with the umps?

JPK going 30 and 3 basically all before half time

 

[Spango58]

Swans played dumb footy going into the forward line, bombing the ball in there only let the Lions backmen rebound and set up their forwards.

 

[Swan_Lifer]

Too easy to scapegoat the coaches. The issues run deeper.

Is the list as balanced as it should be? Does it run deep enough? Robbie Fox

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Robbie Fox

Age

31

Ht

185cm

Wt

84kg

Pos.

D/F

Career

Season

Last 5

D

11.3

3star

K

5.7

2star

HB

5.6

4star

M

2.2

2star

T

3.6

5star

MG

151.3

2star

D

10.8

3star

K

6.5

3star

HB

4.3

3star

M

2.5

3star

T

2.8

4star

MG

151.3

3star

D

12.2

3star

K

5.4

2star

HB

6.8

5star

M

0.4

1star

T

3.6

5star

again one of our best today.

McInerney, not fit today. McDonald, not fit today. Grundy, nowhere near his early season form.
Would Taylor Adams

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Taylor Adams

Age

31

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

have been any worse? Will Angus Sheldrick ever get a look in?

Will the club even take the time to ring this guy's agent:

List Mgmt. - 2024 Draft & Trade Hypotheticals

www.bigfooty.com

"Not sure if it's been mentioned in the thread:
Carlton have told Matthew Kennedy he's free to look around.
He wants to be an inside midfielder, but it's difficult to get minutes when there's Cripps, Walsh and Cerra.
Kennedy is a NSW boy. Big bodied, capable overhead and can kick a goal.
I think he could add something to our side."

Credit to Brisbane, they knew exactly how to neutralize us.

 

[Jimbo OZ]

It sounds bad but I felt better about life last year when we lost to Carlton in an elimination final than I do right now. It may not be logical but that is the truth.

 

[Philhawk]

Genuinely feel for you guys, sorry for the rough day.

You’ve got an exquisite young team. A lot to be excited about.

 

[SBD Gonzalez]

I really wish I was wrong with my gut feeling before the game. I tried to be positive but I cannot trust this team in the Grand Final. All week I’ve felt uneasy. I wish I was wrong though, sorry guys

Don’t beat yourself up. My honest gut feeling was either we’d win in a canter, or it would go to the wire and would be anyone’s.

I did not see a repeat of 2022 in any circumstances.

Honestly all I can do is laugh at life.

 

[Kbroome]

It sounds bad but I felt better about life last year when we lost to Carlton in an elimination final than I do right now. It may not be logical but that is the truth.

Agree doesn't seem right but it is how it feels. Probably just something to do with being so close yet so far

 

[Millky95]

Chad looks too happy

Got enough junk time to get Freo to pay overs for him

 

[RilesMacca]

Lohmann played a blinder, what a game he had and rose to the occasion.

However, that 1 on 1 mark he had against Rampe just ripped my heart out.

 

[Jeffers]

Chad looks too happy

Probably because he's about to get a huge pay day when he leaves in the trade period.

 

[NMBB]

Wonder what the worst grand final record is for a player.

Dane is 0-4 now

Rene Kink 0 -5

 

[liz]

I don't blame the coaches. I don't blame the players.

I don't know who I blame.

It's just the same thing repeated over and over again.

2005 and 2012, if you watch those games closely, we were really lucky. 2012 especially we could have easily lost by 5 goals+ if Hawthorn took their opportunities.

Why do we always play so poorly in games like this?!

In 2012 Hawthorn were the better team - on paper, based on the season. We beat them because Longmire instilled in them the mindset of being the rabid hunters. (And yes, maybe we had a bit of luck too. In close games there’s always a bit of luck.)

That he was able to win the one we probably shouldn’t have makes the next four all the more galling. It’s as if the team goes in expecting to be hunted, rather than with the mindset of the hunter, but then has no defences when it transpires.

I’ve realised that the loss to the Dogs in 2016 now rates as the highlight of a decade of grand finals. That is a depressing thought.

 

[SSwans2011]

It sounds bad but I felt better about life last year when we lost to Carlton in an elimination final than I do right now. It may not be logical but that is the truth.

It makes sense. Last year never really felt like our year, this year did.

As I've banged on about today didn't bother me as much as it should have as Brisbane are my second team, but I can understand why people feel especially flat this year, even compared to previous failures.

 

[RilesMacca]

Chad looks too happy

It's definitely that shellshocked type of smile. He was in tears on the big screen when the players walked off.

 

[Millky95]

It makes sense. Last year never really felt like our year, this year did.

As I've banged on about today didn't bother me as much as it should have as Brisbane are my second team, but I can understand why people feel especially flat this year, even compared to previous failures.

Having been to 4 losing GFs in a row

I would rather never make the GF again than lose another one

 

[Millky95]

Well least I made $560 betting on the Lions

 

[Heeney2Franklin]

Probably the most pointless 7mins of a press conference i have ever seen.

We should of brought more pressure around the ball.. is basically it.

 

[Membling]

I am sensing a huge amount of apathy for next year from myself.

I will still support the team but expectation of getting a premiership is low even if we smash it in the H and A