Round 9, Bombers v Swans
9.11.64 to 18.6.114
Where to start? Buddy�s five goals? The midfield dominance (JPK 39 disposals, Jack 32, Hannebery 28 & Bird 31) Parker�s 2 goals? Malceski concussing an umpire?
The Swans kicked off a dominate game with a 7.1 to 1.1 first quarter and never looked like giving the Bombers a break, the game was paused for a while when umpire Troy Pannell was knocked out in a collision with Malceski and had to be taken from the ground in a car. Hanners looked like he may be in trouble with a bump on Hurley which resulted on no free to the Bombers
The Swans are on a winning streak and the team is gelling together, the Buddy and Tippett show is on a roll, and we�re sitting pretty at the top of the table.
Brownlow Votes: 3. J Kennedy (Syd), 2. C Bird (Syd), 1. L Franklin (Syd)
Bob Skilton Medal votes: Josh Kennedy 50, Lance Franklin 43, Kieren Jack 43, Craig Bird 39
TLM Votes
5 Josh Kennedy
4 Lance Franklin
3 Craig Bird
2 Luke Parker
1 Dan Hannebery
Round 11:Sydney 22.16.148 def Geelong 5.8.38 at the SCG
The Swans were granted the opportunity to kick off the 2014 Indigenous Round, hosting Geelong on a Thursday night at the SCG. The timeslot was somewhat unusual, for Sydney at least, but a healthy crowd showed up to voice their approval. The lads looked magnificent in guernseys designed by Lisa May Sansbury, mother of Sydney champ Goodes. And the Cats looked pretty good in their special jerseys too.
Having recovered their season from its stuttering start, the home side set out to show the football world that they were serious about 2014. Deadly serious. This turned out not just to be a victory. Not even just a smashing. It proved to be a systematic and ruthless dismantlement of a team still itself with premiership aspirations.. Yes, the Cats were missing a couple of key defenders. It might have made some difference, although the back six that took to the field that night did pretty well, considering the domination of the Sydney midfield. And yes, the Swans were coming off a bye; the Cats their second six day break in as many weeks. It showed, though as Ling tried to explain to his fellow commentators, it really shouldn�t have shown right from the opening bounce. This was just one of those nights when one side was totally in the zone. Chris Scott spent the game sitting placidly in his box, watching as the Swans outnumbered his Cats at seemingly every contest, tackled harder, and defended as if their lives depended upon it.
The night was summed up for Geelong when, with a minute or so to go, it seemed as if they had kicked the goal to save them from the ignominy of a 100 point defeat. But the 4th umpire ruled that the ball had scraped a fingernail as it left Selwood�s boot. There was time for one last Swans� foray forward, and as the siren sounded, the ball flew from Jetta�s boot. A desperate defensive stretch on the goal line looked like it might have prevented this final insult, but the review system ruled otherwise, and we were all left with huge grins on our faces.
Goals: Tippett 5, Franklin 4, Goodes 3, Jack, Derickx, Hannebery 2, Bird, Lloyd, McGlynn, Jetta
Brownlow Medal votes: 3 � Malceski (Syd), 2 � Franklin (Syd), 1 � Tippett (Syd)
Bob Skilton Medal votes: Malceski 50, McGlynn 50, Kennedy 45, Bird 45, Tippett 45
TLM Votes
5 Nick Malceski
4 Craig Bird
3 Rhyce Shaw
2 Kurt Tippett
1 Josh Kennedy
Bird was the big mover with 7 votes in the last 2 rounds, whilst Joey continues his push for a second TLM with 6 more votes Almost 20 votes in the clear.
Nic Mal gets his first votes of the season with a standout game against the cats.
Leaderboard
35 Josh Kennedy
16 Dan Hannebery
15 Luke Parker
12 Ben McGlynn
10 Lance Franklin
10 Rhyce Shaw
7 Jarrad McVeigh
7 Craig Bird
6 Kieren Jack
5 Nick Malceski
5 Dane Rampe
5 Ted Richards
4 Mike Pyke
4 Nick Smith
4 Kurt Tippett
3 Tom Mitchell
2 Harry Cunningham
2 Jake Lloyd
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