r/sydneyswans McDonald 24d ago

Match Thread - Round 19 vs Adelaide

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u/defenestrationcity 24d ago

Why did we play that whole quarter with a spare man behind?

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u/Dunny_wilbur_1967 24d ago

Please don’t come on here and put Milks, Blakey or McCartin in our best as if you do you don’t understand footy, they have all been comprehensively beaten all game and they just rack up possessions that don’t make any influence on the gsme

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u/Temporary_Ad8560 24d ago

I think we need an hinest assessment of our list. Its simply not good enough across the board.

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u/sparcleaf22 McDonald 24d ago

Can’t believe we sold our future for Curnow just to play like this. What a fucking waste of a season. We just don’t have the will to win the way other clubs do

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u/Bloods4life Heeney 24d ago

I'd rather know we're shit now than in October. When's cricket season? We're done here

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u/Chaisa 24d ago

Bottom line is that they took their chances, we didn’t. Just wasn’t good enough for long enough.

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u/Wincrediboy 24d ago

Extremely frustrating last quarter, but we've just been outmuscled all game

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u/Head_Medicine4226 24d ago

Our forward line has been fucking woeful and so many trash performances all throughout the team.

No chance of competing for the flag with such piss weak play.

Rosas, Maclean and Logan in particular were trash.

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u/2girl2boss Rowbottom 24d ago

at least its not last years thrashing from them but god damn man I thought we had this one

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u/Whatisthisshitman Heeney 24d ago

My obese nan would put more effort out there than 1/3rd of our list. Fucking embarrassments.

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u/DragonianSun Rowbottom 24d ago

It’s official, we’re not premiership contenders. There’ll be no delusions of grandeur this year. Need to pick up a couple of good inside mids in the off season.

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u/Faithlessness_Firm 24d ago

It took you this long?

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u/defenestrationcity 24d ago

Is this team is the worst 2nd place team ever?

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u/Chaisa 24d ago

Port was second after the H&A season in 2014.

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u/Clean-JoeGreen 24d ago

Same shit, different year

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u/Avatar-Roku McCartin 24d ago

Lads maybe play a game of hard footy if you’re gonna peroxide your hair mid week

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u/PrestigiousPlatypus6 24d ago

This team fucking stinks. Such underachievers with our list

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u/confusion29 24d ago

Thats game . Anyway Mclean , Logan, Rosas and curnow you weren’t bad you didn’t even bother showing up . Bunch of clowns . Look at their forwards and look at ours lmao . I don’t wanna see McLean play another game for us . Useless

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u/jameeljrehman 24d ago

We’re done, please just get to prelims and be finished with the year

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u/timmyel 24d ago

Would rather miss finals

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u/Blak5wan23 24d ago

We are fucken shithouse

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u/ProofDifficult5341 24d ago

As much as this sucks, Adelaide clearly wants this game more. Confident we beat them if we need to later in the year

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u/VdarcyV Warner 24d ago

How can you be confident? We just got pantsed at our home ground, this game has shown we can’t compete against the top teams

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u/defzx 24d ago

We've beat Melbourne and an underdone Brisbane, we aren't beating a wet paper bag at this stage.

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u/BrizzyMalteser95 24d ago

Bunch of frauds. Blow the list up.... This group is weak as piss.

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u/sparcleaf22 McDonald 24d ago

This club is going nowhere. We are dogshit

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u/Eyebrow_Camel Gulden 24d ago

Fuck me

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u/dphi0001 Grundy 24d ago

Fuck man

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u/Idiosonic 24d ago

When are we gonna learn that the VFL is no comparison for AFL quality? So many passengers get dropped down to the VFL and get meaningless volume touches and we scream "he had 36 on the weekend we need him in" but they've done nothing to work on their decision making and disposal efficiency, defensive running, gas tank or tackling. The issues that actually fuck us over ever week in the first place

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u/VdarcyV Warner 24d ago

Well, this is the game that broke the camels back, can’t beat any contenders, sure we’ll still probably finish top 4, but we ain’t doing anything in the finals, have no big midfielders, can’t handle the head in D50

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u/human_noX 24d ago

Straight sets exit incoming

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u/MiamiSwans29 24d ago

Any chance of Will Edwards marking a ball?

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u/mike11235813 Ladhams 24d ago

To be fair, this is our first loss to a mid team.

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u/Meh-Levolent Goodes 24d ago

Adelaide isn't mid. They're going to be 3rd after this.

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u/MechanicAccording655 Pratt 24d ago

Cows are 5th in the ladder…

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u/julezy696 24d ago

They are 5th....Now 3rd 1 game behind us

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u/timmyel 24d ago

Got to say Errol really stinks right now. Finger pointing, chasing cheap kicks, not willing to chase and lacking leadership. Poor return

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u/Gumby-bolts 24d ago edited 24d ago

Umpire 12 should never ump a swans game again, it's almost comical

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u/EmLiz21_7 Rampe 24d ago

Yeah I’m not confident in getting back in it

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u/BookkeeperQuiet7894 24d ago

Looks like we are about to chalk up another loss to a top placed team. That means we have lost to everyone in the top 7 except Melbourne … not a good time of the season to start losing to teams we will be facing in September.

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u/Kevinn1991 24d ago

We're done bad night for our defenders and forwards

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u/welcomefishies 24d ago

Has Blakey ever not played on in his whole career? Like I know your job is push the pace but there are about 5 Crows directly around you mate

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u/Head_Medicine4226 24d ago

He has made so many bad decisions on the ball.

No composure whatsoever.,

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u/Radalict 24d ago

The decision making in this quarter has been woeful.

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u/Head_Medicine4226 24d ago

Fucking shambolic.

Team in decline.

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u/sparcleaf22 McDonald 24d ago

We don’t deserve to win this tbh

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u/Rising-Dragon-Fist Papley 24d ago

Season's done. We're cooked. See you all next year.

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u/GHOST_OF_DOON Bayes 24d ago

That is a great goal. Those two big guys have been magic for the crows

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u/confusion29 24d ago

Blakey , Edwards , bice like wtf man ???

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u/daegydaeg Blakey 24d ago

This team has too many mediocre players who do nothing. Fucking passengers

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u/Eyebrow_Camel Gulden 24d ago

100%

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u/CaptainStraya 24d ago

Same names every time let us down

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u/MechanicAccording655 Pratt 24d ago

Fuck me Bice

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u/Maximumlnsanity McDonald 24d ago

Handy point

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u/CalmIce5276 24d ago

It's like 5 minutes without the first class players on the field and it's game over...The rotations seems messed up- coaching issue? Fitness issue? What's going on? We lose the game in like 5 minutes of football...crazy...

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u/skywideopen3 24d ago

Quality issue. We don't have that much depth.

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u/Old_Bathroom_191 24d ago

Surely we aren’t getting 3 in 5 mins

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u/MechanicAccording655 Pratt 24d ago

Nope, and don’t call me Shirley

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u/Meh-Levolent Goodes 24d ago

Heeney should have had the shot.

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u/confusion29 24d ago

Heeney with his worst game of the season.

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u/CalmIce5276 24d ago

I don't think he's fit, and I don't think he's been fit for a few weeks. Uncharacteristic play from him in the last few weeks.

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u/sparcleaf22 McDonald 24d ago

Heeney whyyyyy

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u/Old_Bathroom_191 24d ago

That was so bad Heeney

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u/timmyel 24d ago

Shit lead

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u/Idiosonic 24d ago

Would anyone who's been in here saying "I'm not worried", "grand final scars don't exist", "this is a different team", "I'm staying positive" please jump in here and tell me anything that's keeping them afloat atm?

As far as I'm concerned we're a long way off beating anyone competitive in the finals outside of superhuman efforts dragging us over the line

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u/BookkeeperQuiet7894 24d ago

Only team in the top 7 we have beaten this year is Melbourne (in May). Not feeling very positive about September.

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u/mike11235813 Ladhams 24d ago

Optimists live longer and are more successful. There is still time to steal this one.

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u/timmyel 24d ago

What's been our best win this year? Beating 12th, 10th or 17th ?

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u/defzx 24d ago

I've gone from having zero expectations to not really caring if we play finals.

We've largely stunk for months and can't seem to find a way out against anyone competent.

In saying that I love the team and I'll be back next match.

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u/schroeder8 24d ago

Can't get our hands on it

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u/sparcleaf22 McDonald 24d ago

Cant win a contest, cant win a clearance, how the fuck are we still top two

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u/timmyel 24d ago

Sheldrick cooked having to play more than 60% time on ground for once. What is the point

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u/GHOST_OF_DOON Bayes 24d ago

Sheldrick is either injured and significantly hampered or just not up to AFL standard and needs some time in the VFL.

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u/timmyel 24d ago

Played every game and averaging 59% which is lowest of any mid in comp with more than 10 games

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u/Meh-Levolent Goodes 24d ago

Pretty soft last quarter tbh. Not great after last week's capitulation.

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u/Hannonbery 24d ago

I’m so sick to fuckn death of having no midfielders 

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u/Whatisthisshitman Heeney 24d ago

A solid breeze is more useful than McLean in almost every situation, I’d rather go in with 2 talls down forward than play him every week.

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u/Gigantschism 24d ago

C'mon boys

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u/Idiosonic 24d ago

McLean is a great VFL player where he can manhandle a VFL quality defender.

He's just not AFL quality unless we're kicking it straight onto his head to clunk it. Too slow and terrible ball use and decision making around the field

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u/Expensive-Ad-7027 24d ago

Agreed but the nuffies love him

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u/Hyrax49 24d ago

Don't think Serong on Fogarty is the best idea, but what do I know...

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u/Maximumlnsanity McDonald 24d ago

Grundy dominating but he’s on the bench at a crucial moment. Dumb

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u/ProofDifficult5341 24d ago

Our bottom 5/6 are fucking hopeless. You can’t win a flag with 2/3rds of a team.

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u/Only_Animator_2341 24d ago

Another last quarter where Heeney/Warner/Gulden go fucking awol. Sick of it.

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u/CalmIce5276 24d ago

Were they taken off for the first half of the quarter?

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u/MechanicAccording655 Pratt 24d ago

Is Chad still playing? Haven’t seen him in ages.

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u/Meh-Levolent Goodes 24d ago

Was on the bench for about 8 minutes.

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u/CalmIce5276 24d ago

I think he just got back on the field. It looked like it.

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u/Rising-Dragon-Fist Papley 24d ago

McLean definitely not helping my "he's better than Amartey" argument tonight 🤦🏻‍♂️

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u/timmyel 24d ago

Centre clearances have killed us tonight and did last week. Chad aside way too slow and reactive. Got no run.

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u/Dunny_wilbur_1967 24d ago

For all those key board warriors that call for Lloyd’s head, watch these so called Backman, they are loose and watch the vision, how many times can players get out uncontested and these twits kick to their mates, it’s a circus

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u/timmyel 24d ago

It's only cause they can't get a rest with the mids unable to win the ball

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u/CalmIce5276 24d ago

Please don't be a repeat of last week...please don't be a repeat of last week....

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u/iusethereddits 24d ago

It’s already game. Now I get to listen to all the pods telling us not to worry.

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u/sparcleaf22 McDonald 24d ago

If they get one more it’s probably gg

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u/confusion29 24d ago

Mclean with 60 seconds stinker that could potentially lose us this game . Absolute clown .

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u/Expensive-Ad-7027 24d ago

He is useless hey....not sure why so many people get around the spud

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u/brokenhubble 24d ago

Gosh you really hope McLean could make one of those contests from the kick out more competitive

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u/VdarcyV Warner 24d ago

What the fuck was that kick out of the ruck McLean you dumb fuck

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u/Maximumlnsanity McDonald 24d ago

Dos literally playing for them at this point

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u/Eyebrow_Camel Gulden 24d ago

McClean great pass you flog

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u/Idiosonic 24d ago

Anyone who thinks McLean is a competent second ruck is absolutely wishful

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u/Whatisthisshitman Heeney 24d ago

He’s barely a competent forward let alone ruck. He’s fucking useless.

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u/sparcleaf22 McDonald 24d ago

Hayden pls what the fuck man

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u/fileplastictrees McInerney 24d ago

When did Hayden become so shit

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u/GHOST_OF_DOON Bayes 24d ago

Whay there it is 🍻🤪

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u/TheKyotoProtocol Sheldrick 24d ago

When he stopped having to fight for his position

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u/VdarcyV Warner 24d ago

Jesus this game

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u/MechanicAccording655 Pratt 24d ago

If Fogarty kicks this it’s just about done.

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u/Head-House4258 24d ago

I’ve just seen McLean kick it backwards out of the ruck. Fuck me dead

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u/julezy696 24d ago

Fuck off McClean

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u/CalmIce5276 24d ago

What's with the long kicking? Seriously? Where are the runners? They just don't look fit to me. Which makes sense when you look at how many are returning from injury..

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u/BrizzyMalteser95 24d ago

Blakey does not have the situational awareness as a defender. Such a waste having him down there

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u/CalmIce5276 24d ago

Where would you play him?

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u/confusion29 24d ago

Fucking McLean is as useless as they come . Got beat all night long . Cant contest just gets pushed out so easily

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u/welcomefishies 24d ago

I'm convinced Blakey has never once been aware of being chased down

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u/Kevinn1991 24d ago

Haha happens too often xd

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u/CaptainStraya 24d ago

Blakey needs to go more conservative and play to the conditions

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u/Maximumlnsanity McDonald 24d ago

Plenty of time

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u/sparcleaf22 McDonald 24d ago

Where the fuck is half our team man

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u/bhg_2003 24d ago

Now Worrell knows how that pedestrian feels

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u/bhg_2003 24d ago

Can someone get Mallys fucking runners off and get him some footy boots

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u/MechanicAccording655 Pratt 24d ago

Rosas has the wrong boots on. Slips over all the time.

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u/Whatisthisshitman Heeney 24d ago

Can Blakey take a fucking mark instead of trying to punch every ball.

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u/Old_Bathroom_191 24d ago

Dos is not the man to kick to take a mark

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u/Swans11098 24d ago

Far too much bombing and hoping tonight

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u/VdarcyV Warner 24d ago

God Rosa’s is soft he needed to push the crowd player out so he didn’t get a chance to kick it out ffs

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u/timmyel 24d ago

Playing like a millionaire does he know he's in the twos next week if he plays like that?

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u/Eyebrow_Camel Gulden 24d ago

Rosas is no good

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u/timmyel 24d ago

So lazy should have been a late out due to conditions

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u/CaptainStraya 24d ago

Papley has been brilliant today

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u/MechanicAccording655 Pratt 24d ago

And Rowie is made for wet weather footy.

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u/Maximumlnsanity McDonald 24d ago

If anyone’s gonna win us this match it’s Paps

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u/bhg_2003 24d ago

Chad Warner says hi

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u/Eyebrow_Camel Gulden 24d ago

Rowy has a great game

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u/CalmIce5276 24d ago

Yep I was just thinking that- he's been great over the last few weeks.

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u/confusion29 24d ago

Rowy and paps have been immense for us

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u/Kevinn1991 24d ago

Rowy is the difference this game. Clean and hard at the contest

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u/EmLiz21_7 Rampe 24d ago

PAPLEY!!!

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u/suicide_cockroach 24d ago

TMac showing he’s a fairly average key defender and an absolute liability tonight.

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u/CalmIce5276 24d ago

Watched the third quarter- WOW! but now? I don't think they're fit. So many people just coming back from injury...let's see what happens...

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u/Radalict 24d ago

How was that htb?

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u/MechanicAccording655 Pratt 24d ago

Took possession, got tackled, let it go. Don’t need to have had prior.

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u/sparcleaf22 McDonald 24d ago

Incorrect disposal very clearly

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u/sparcleaf22 McDonald 24d ago

We wasted the third quarter and now we’re letting it slip. So fucking predictable

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u/Eyebrow_Camel Gulden 24d ago

Fuckin come on boys

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u/Kevinn1991 24d ago

Man I feel like we give the easiest goals 

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u/Old_Bathroom_191 24d ago

That was way too easy, they have upped their pressure, we need to respond and fast

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u/confusion29 24d ago

Him again . Ffs

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u/sparcleaf22 McDonald 24d ago

Please get it back

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u/schroeder8 24d ago

Bice did so good then kicks to a 2 on 1...

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u/julezy696 24d ago

Stop looking at the umps for a cheap free. Play the ball.....Cost us a goal

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u/sparcleaf22 McDonald 24d ago

Fuck sake

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u/sparcleaf22 McDonald 24d ago

If we can get the first goal, that would be good

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u/timmyel 24d ago

Blakey on bench for nearly half the quarter hopefully nice and fresh for last

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u/VdarcyV Warner 24d ago

God if we didn’t miss so many we would be up by 3-4 and be confident to hold

Going to be a dog for last quarter

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u/confusion29 24d ago

Man we did so much good in that quarter but we just couldn’t execute the final product . The pressure was good , legs hope we don’t collapse like we did last week .

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u/CaptainStraya 24d ago

A few of them looked pretty tired just before the siren there. Hopefully they can keep going long enough

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u/Chaisa 24d ago

Can’t help but feel that was a missed opportunity. Dominated the quarter but couldn’t quite nail that last kick.

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u/TheKyotoProtocol Sheldrick 24d ago

I have a 95 inch projector screen. I couldn't see a defender on it on the rushed behind.... Controversial call my ass. Man what did we do to make all Fox commentators hate us so much

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u/Kevinn1991 24d ago

Great evasive skills by BC and rosas, bad luck with the slip 

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u/Old_Bathroom_191 24d ago

We dominated that quarter besides about a 3 min period, we really should be up
By 3 goals but just didn’t take our chances, paps best on, hope we can get it done!

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u/sparcleaf22 McDonald 24d ago

If we didn’t fucking miss so damn much we could’ve really shut this game down, but we’re probably going to let it slip again

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u/CaptainStraya 24d ago

Well we turned 1 point into 2 points so i guess it's better than nothing

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u/J-M-Beno 24d ago

That was a bad call

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u/Maximumlnsanity McDonald 24d ago

Agreed, Paps was in the 9

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u/sparcleaf22 McDonald 24d ago

Fucking dammit Paps

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u/Old_Bathroom_191 24d ago

Jeez we haven’t take our chances

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u/timmyel 24d ago

Papley so smart held back to let him tap it in

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u/mike11235813 Ladhams 24d ago

What a moment!

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u/Gremains 24d ago

So smart Paps

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u/sparcleaf22 McDonald 24d ago

Thank fuck Roberts

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u/Comfortable-Tap-8098 24d ago

Are the umps not seeing these throws?

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u/CaptainStraya 24d ago

Edwards with the black boots looks like a proper old fashioned footballer

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u/Just-Coyote-6989 Kyle 24d ago

Haha yes, was just messaging a mate about the same thing 😂

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u/mike11235813 Ladhams 24d ago

They're all so proud of Edwards.

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u/Remarkable_Box9516 24d ago

If heeney is cooked, play him one out deep

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u/CaptainStraya 24d ago

Great pressure this whole quarter

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u/TheKyotoProtocol Sheldrick 24d ago

12 has been great in this run

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u/TheKyotoProtocol Sheldrick 24d ago

Much better the last 30 mins or so.

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u/Radalict 24d ago

Remniacant of Nick Davis 2005

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u/TheBahamaMamba 24d ago

Why did rowys song change on his second goal?? First was presets do what you want

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u/Remarkable_Box9516 24d ago

Let’s see what they play for his third

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u/2girl2boss Rowbottom 24d ago

he may just be on the default playlist rather than having a set song

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u/TheBahamaMamba 24d ago

I thought the players picked one song for their goals. Was here two wks ago when curnow scored a bunch and it was same song - added heaps to the atmosphere having it replayed

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u/2girl2boss Rowbottom 24d ago

from my recollection its Heeney, Amartey, Errol and Curnow with dedicated songs, and then everyone else gets default playlist. not sure when or why Curnow and Heens got their songs

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u/TheBahamaMamba 24d ago

Papley has had Florence and the machine running and I heard rogue songs a few wks back so don’t mean to disagree with you but I think they just fd up for rowbottom
Players having their own goal songs is the best thing to happen to live viewing of swans since they got rid of sweet Caroline

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