Autopsy Im still shaking are you? One of the great Final comebacks! 6 point winners over GWS.

[SwansProudly]

 

[ShireSwan]

Yeah I thought the same, but not one commentator on any medium questioned it, so figured it was just a camera angle. I thought at best it went over the top of the post.

In the end though there were far more obvious decisions that went against the Swans which were not a 50/50 decision. Prior to the opening bounce I didn't realise that any tackle by a player wearing red was an automatic high and any player wearing orange could go high and it was fair

Yep, the AFL were trying to get GWS through for sure. Which is why I want them least of all in the GF.

Having said that, I am glad they didn't pay Papley's dive to the ground and backwards from the boundary line in the 4th. A very dangerous precedent for player safety to be paying something like that.
I actually think they should start a new fine system for inciting head high contact - in the interest of player safety. $500 first offense - doubling each time within a season. Players might want to cough up $500 or $1000 for a goal & a win early in the year, but by the time late season games come around will they be wanting to cough up $32k?

 

[the hypnotoad]

Heeney seemed to will the side to victory in a more complete way , Davis was a spectacular amount of finishing work , both magnificent moments.

that davis quarter is one of my great football memories, but heeney is heeney ... pretty sure that was the best individual game (the whole game) i've seen from a swans player

 

[caesar88]

I'd like some moments where we deliver the goods in the first 30 minutes of a final, not just the last.

 

[SBD Gonzalez]

But it's kinda true. Plenty of getting in Idun and Buckley's face in particular.

Hmm must have been earlier in the game. I just watched the fourth quarter this morning, and for each one of the six goals we scored, the player first ran to his teammates.

There was a Papley goal where a Giants player bumped him, but it was clearly initiated by the Giants player, not Paps.

I know there was plenty of lip in that game, but I think that guy’s tweet is just anti-Sydney bigotry and mischievous.

 

[Stencorp69]

The inconsistency on the high tackle deliberation felt high at the ground - it didn't go any lower in various viewings of the replay!

Also what happened to the diving on the ball/dragging the ball in - by the end of the game both teams were literally doing it at every stoppage.

 

[Kiama Chris]

Also what happened to the diving on the ball/dragging the ball in - by the end of the game both teams were literally doing it at every stoppage.

That's every game now. Never gets paid.

 

[liz]

that davis quarter is one of my great football memories, but heeney is heeney ... pretty sure that was the best individual game (the whole game) i've seen from a swans player

Goodsey’s performance in the 2003 QF against Port is probably the stiffest competition for a finals match in my time watching the Swans. But it’s been a long time since I watched that game.

 

[The King!]

I'd like some moments where we deliver the goods in the first 30 minutes of a final, not just the last.

It's all building to our 133 point grand final win with Mcdonald booting 6

 

[liz]

It's all building to our 133 point grand final win with Mcdonald booting 6

If we’re winning by 133 pts, how many do you have Joel down for?

 

[the hypnotoad]

I'd like some moments where we deliver the goods in the first 30 minutes of a final, not just the last.

pffft, where's the entertainment in that?

 

[The King!]

If we’re winning by 133 pts, how many do you have Joel down for?

1?

28.10.178 to 6.9.45

Mcdonald 6
Papley 4
Hayward Heeney 3
Warner Mclean Gulden Parker 2
Jordon Amartey Lloyd Rampe 1

 

[Heeney2Franklin]

We still put up 88 points against a incredible defence of Buckley/Idun and Taylor.

No other team has those 3 pillars we would of put up 100+ against any other side.

 

[GotTheGoodes]

That's harsh Ticky. I didn't think GotTheGoodes was that bad at this year's comps

I thought my heel kick move was revolutionary...

 

[caesar88]

I thought my heel kick move was revolutionary...

Sorry mate, you obviously haven't seen me in the aisles at Optus Stadium...

 

[ShireSwan]

Gee McDonald gets a bollocking in this. Generally a pretty interesting discussion of the game.

 

[Heeney2Franklin]

King is really good when he has time to explain his thoughts rather than just be rushed to give 1-2 liners.

Toby is probably just in decline he is after all 31 in 2 weeks.

 

[Punts]

Gee McDonald

Have to agree

To tall imo

They become liability’s as bad as it sounds

Joel and McDonald were average[/MEDIA]

 

[Stencorp69]

That's every game now. Never gets paid.

I'm getting whiplash at the speed of rule interpretations from week to week

 

[Bandicoot]

ABC

That's why I couldn't find it. The ABC rarely sees the light of day on my tv.
I did go and have a look at it and it is a reasonable show other than that dill. I can't believe he is still with us. I'm sure he used to be on channel 7's World of Sport years ago (most here won't have any idea what WoS was as it was on before many of you were born. He was an old man then so I couldn't believe that he is still going.

 

[Bandicoot]

I couldn’t understand Grundy’s tactics at all. Not only the boundary ruck duels but even more so the centre square ball ups. You are playing against an opponent who cannot jump but is significantly stronger than you. Why on earth do you want to get into a wrestling match with him? Even more so when the umpires are allowing him to ragdoll you and throw you to the ground whilst the ball is still in the air.
Surely the better option was to get as far away from him and jump over the top of him. Then again, most ruckmen are not known for their brains.

 

[Stencorp69]

I couldn’t understand Grundy’s tactics at all. Not only the boundary ruck duels but even more so the centre square ball ups. You are playing against an opponent who cannot jump but is significantly stronger than you. Why on earth do you want to get into a wrestling match with him? Even more so when the umpires are allowing him to ragdoll you and throw you to the ground whilst the ball is still in the air.
Surely the better option was to get as far away from him and jump over the top of him. Then again, most ruckmen are not known for their brains.

I thought in the 4th he made a change by punching the ball forward rather than take possession - it might be what he does going forward as I imagine there is less fatigue and the mids don't seem to be getting much ball from the ball ups/throw ins from the current wrestling or taps

 

[Kbroome]

I couldn’t understand Grundy’s tactics at all. Not only the boundary ruck duels but even more so the centre square ball ups. You are playing against an opponent who cannot jump but is significantly stronger than you. Why on earth do you want to get into a wrestling match with him? Even more so when the umpires are allowing him to ragdoll you and throw you to the ground whilst the ball is still in the air.
Surely the better option was to get as far away from him and jump over the top of him. Then again, most ruckmen are not known for their brains.

I think part of it has to do with his energy reserves being deeper than other ruckman. He knows that if he can batter them early then in the later stages of the game they will tire and he will get on top. Also think it was partially trying to test out Briggs shoulder which eventually gave way in the second half

 

[Bandicoot]

I think part of it has to do with his energy reserves being deeper than other ruckman. He knows that if he can batter them early then in the later stages of the game they will tire and he will get on top. Also think it was partially trying to test out Briggs shoulder which eventually gave way in the second half

I thought Briggs was doing more of the battering in the first half rather than Brodie.

 

[stevie26]

Fourth Quarter, 16:30 left on the clock, I wasn’t convinced James Peatling’s round the corner shot on goal went in at the time, and looking at the replay, I’m still not.

Not trying to drum up conspiracy theories; just interested what others think.

And let’s face it, there’s bugger all else to do till Friday week.

Match Replay: Sydney v GWS

The Swans and Giants clash in the first qualifying final of the 2024 Toyota AFL Premiership Season

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I thought the same.

 

[The King!]

Someone texted me Papley got a week, I ****en fell for it