08-26-2017, 11:49 PM
Another disappointing night for us poor Sydney based supporters - I think that's 10 losses in a row in Sydney now.
We were belted in the 1st quarter, but when we took the game on in the second quarter with run and handball we started to ask questions of the Swans. We were very unlucky not to be ahead at half time.
In the 3rd we went back into our shells as the swans mids started to assert themselves. When we move the ball slowly across half back on a small ground we are very easy to defend against. We played the spare man [Simmo] in the backline which left the Swans with a +1 [it was often Lloyd] at the stoppages. Giving the strongest midfield in the comp an extra player on a small ground didn't really work out all the well for us!!
Murph tried hard and does a power of running, but he doesn't hurt teams with his possessions. I just think he is more of support act rather than the main man - I wouldn't be against him passing the mantle onto Cripps or Doc next year.
Kruz was immense and was probably the only clear winner we had on the day. All of our mid tier players really struggled to have any influence when compared to their opponents.
Went into the rooms after the game. The talk was Bryne had done an ankle, and he was in a moon boot on crutches. The mood was very somber - like a morgue really. Trigg spoke to the group and did some thank yous etc to support staff and they made a presentation to Neil Craig. They were in a rush to get to the airport to fly home, and were ushered off into another room for a meeting. It was as flat as a pancake. Spoke to the President for a few minutes - he was the only one in a positive mood.
Overall a disappointing end to another year bouncing along the bottom of the ladder. Let's not forget we have won 24 games in the last 4 years [88 games], and all the raw stats tell you we haven't improved a lot compared to last year, but I'm sure there will be another thread on that topic. We are only ahead of Brisbane [19] and slightly behind GC [26] for wins over the last 4 years, and you could probably mount an argument that all those 3 teams need a priority pick to be any chance to break out of the bottom 4 next year.
We were belted in the 1st quarter, but when we took the game on in the second quarter with run and handball we started to ask questions of the Swans. We were very unlucky not to be ahead at half time.
In the 3rd we went back into our shells as the swans mids started to assert themselves. When we move the ball slowly across half back on a small ground we are very easy to defend against. We played the spare man [Simmo] in the backline which left the Swans with a +1 [it was often Lloyd] at the stoppages. Giving the strongest midfield in the comp an extra player on a small ground didn't really work out all the well for us!!
Murph tried hard and does a power of running, but he doesn't hurt teams with his possessions. I just think he is more of support act rather than the main man - I wouldn't be against him passing the mantle onto Cripps or Doc next year.
Kruz was immense and was probably the only clear winner we had on the day. All of our mid tier players really struggled to have any influence when compared to their opponents.
Went into the rooms after the game. The talk was Bryne had done an ankle, and he was in a moon boot on crutches. The mood was very somber - like a morgue really. Trigg spoke to the group and did some thank yous etc to support staff and they made a presentation to Neil Craig. They were in a rush to get to the airport to fly home, and were ushered off into another room for a meeting. It was as flat as a pancake. Spoke to the President for a few minutes - he was the only one in a positive mood.
Overall a disappointing end to another year bouncing along the bottom of the ladder. Let's not forget we have won 24 games in the last 4 years [88 games], and all the raw stats tell you we haven't improved a lot compared to last year, but I'm sure there will be another thread on that topic. We are only ahead of Brisbane [19] and slightly behind GC [26] for wins over the last 4 years, and you could probably mount an argument that all those 3 teams need a priority pick to be any chance to break out of the bottom 4 next year.