I guess because it's a Friday night game, and s our first against another top side, there's plenty of media attention on the Swans. If you don't mind the the odd feeling of agreeing with Robert Walls, it's all positive.

Walls likes our midfield and forward setup. Talking about last week's game:

It started in the ruck, where Sydney's tandem team of Mike Pyke and Shane Mumford monstered the opposition to dominate the hit-outs. In turn, the ground-level players at the stoppages (Josh Kennedy, Luke Parker, Kieren Jack and Ryan O'Keefe) won the clearances 20 to 10.

The forward set-up included three talls: either Pyke/Mumford, Sam Reid and Adam Goodes. All were bigger than their opponents, so the North defenders were hellbent on spoiling in marking contests. The Swans were aware of this, so their midfielders and small forwards swarmed to the front of marking contests to crumb and share the inevitable ground balls.
The Hun mangles the old Demetriou quote but has some interesting stats as well as praise from KB, Andrew Welsh and Scott Lucas:

Do you remember when AFL chief executive Andrew Demetriou called the Swans' style "boring" in 2005?

Anyone who saw the third quarter against the Roos - in which the Swans kicked 11 goals in a term for the first time since Round 5, 1995 - would not be thinking of the team as a pack of ugly ducklings.
Welsh:
"Teams come out and throw everything at them early in games and you think, 'Geez, are the Swans up to it?', but they come out after halftime having taken on that first battle and just keep at that consistent level," Welsh said.

"They know what to do to get the job done and before you know it, you look up, like the last two weeks, they're 40 points up.
Even Tom Hawkins has encouragement for Sam Reid:
"He's tall, he can run and jump. He takes the ball at the highest part and he works really hard like his brother (Ben). Over time he will fulfil his potential and beliefs of what he can be in the future."