The Slack Swans take on the Careless Crows at the Adelaide oval today. Some facts from the fact file;
SWANS
Our two games so far have been far from exciting. In fact they have been most un-Swans like.
GWS; We equalled GWS with 51 forward entries but still managed to get beaten by 32 points. We only managed to convert 17% of our entries which is pretty sad and an indictment of out long bombing game. We also faded in the last quarter and ended up with 28 less disposals when we controlled the middle two quarters. We also had 12 less tackles and lost the clearances by a lot.
Collingwood; Again we equalled Collingwood's forward entries with 50 but the difference is we had to go into the forward 50 nearly three times per score and Pies less than twice per score. We won most of the other stats but were out-scored 29-19 scoring shots. Again we faded in the last. The coaching staff could have made telling moves that could have won the match but didn't. Some of the experienced players couldn't get a kick in an electricity generation plant. Endeavour good but execution abysmal.
CROWS
Port; The showdown turned into slowdown for the hapless Crows, they were annihilated. The only stat that is really telling in this game is effective disposals. Port had 52 inside 50's to 56 but still managed to win by 54 points. The reason is they converted 57% of their entries into scores compared to 28%. Crows didn't lose all the stats ,they had more marks, more hit outs and more frees and only had 7 less disposals and three less tackles. But it was all about the quality of the disposals and Port had that in droves.
Cats; Crows travelled to the Cattery in the first round and it was always going to be hard. But they actually played well in the first three quarters only to be run over in the last. the inside 50's is telling here Cats 62 Crows 47. The conversion had a differential of only about 3% but it was the field kicking and fierce Cat tackles that finally killed the Crows.
The standard of the footy in the Crows first two games, while not excellent, was higher than the standard in the Swans first two matches. Cats at Symonds is always a bit task and Port have continued on with their good form from last season. Swans on the other hand will have to come up two to three notches to win this one. The talent is undoubtedly there but the execution is very lacking. Let's hope we change that today. I must say that some of our best disposers are actually in the Twos.
Lets the game begin and may the best side win & that of course is Swans (I hope LOL)
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