Swans v Tigers Match day thread

[RogueSwan]

Couldn't see one anywhere else so I will start it.

[RogueSwan]

3 quick goals.
I hope this is not like the first two weeks where started great then fell away completely. I don't think that will be the case.

[Destructive]

Richmond get one back. 24 - 6

[RogueSwan]

davis has come off already, lets hope he is just taking it easy first game back

[RogueSwan]

Good to see LRT on Richo.

[Destructive]

Originally posted by RogueSwan
Good to see LRT on Richo.

He's dong well so far.

[midaro]

Kirky on fire.
10 touches and a goal.

[midaro]

LRT plays-on OOB :frown

[Destructive]

Bloody commentators are barracking for Richmond.

[Destructive]

Davis is back on.

[midaro]

Originally posted by Destructive
Bloody commentators are barracking for Richmond.
3AW or MMM?

[Destructive]

Originally posted by midaro
3AW or MMM?

Channel 10.

[midaro]

Originally posted by Destructive
Channel 10.
OK.
My Channel 10 has Seinfeld. ;)

[RogueSwan]

Originally posted by Destructive
Bloody commentators are barracking for Richmond.
I have Ten turned down and 2MMM on the radio. Luffy, Brereton and Rus Barwick. Definitely pro Swans so I'm happy.

[Destructive]

Im in NSW.

[gossipcom]

Who's our captain today (well who won the toss for us)?

Because right now Kirky is full on in Captain Kirk mode with his possessions. 13 so far this quarter.

[Destructive]

Originally posted by gossipcom
Who's our captain today (well who won the toss for us)?

Because right now Kirky is full on Captain Kirk with his possessions. 13 so far this quarter.

ETA: Make that 14 in one quarter.

Its Kirk today.

[RogueSwan]

Great spoil by Eski running back!

[gossipcom]

Thanks thought so. Definitely leading from the front.

ETA: Bloody Richo.

[RogueSwan]

Stupid 50m penealty from Monty. Should have known better 7 rounds in.

[RogueSwan]

great 'barryesque' mark from Pebbles. Kicked straight too!

[Destructive]

Great mark to ROK. Nice goal. Quarter time. Swans 48 Richmond 26.

[midaro]

OMFG ROK kicked straight!

[Thunder Shaker]

Eight goals straight! Good quarter, three more like it would be wonderful.

[Destructive]

Originally posted by midaro
OMFG ROK kicked straight!

Wonders never cease.

[punter257]

great start by the boys

jolly was good in the ruck early and richards is definitely showing something today

kirk has been awesome so far

i'm loving the 1 percenters and teamwork as well - good to see

[Destructive]

Originally posted by Thunder Shaker
Eight goals straight! Good quarter, three more like it would be wonderful.

Here's hoping.

[stellation]

Originally posted by Destructive
Bloody commentators are barracking for Richmond.
Yep. Tiggers go with the mega flood at the end there and all they can talk about is the Swans holding it up.

[Destructive]

Goal to BBBH. 56 - 28.

[RogueSwan]

Tigers getting better, but can't keep it up.
64 - 35.
Make that 70 - 35. Great work by Goodes to be abandonned.

[Destructive]

Another goal to Sydney. 76 - 35.

[RogueSwan]

Good goal from the Eski. Looks very comfortable playing in the seniors. I wonder if Mathews is feeling nervous?

[Thunder Shaker]

76.

[RogueSwan]

Richardson 's first mark, that is great work from LRT. The commentators are saying Richo may have given LRT a bit of a squirrel grip.:mad:

[RogueSwan]

Woo hoo, Torture touched Richo's kick on the goal line. Replay makes it look like a bad call. aahh Karma.

[Destructive]

Originally posted by RogueSwan
Woo hoo, Torture touched Richo's kick on the goal line. Replay makes it look like a bad call. aahh Karma.

About time one of those calls went our way.

[Destructive]

I keep waiting for Sydney to shut up shop....

[Thunder Shaker]

It's the second biggest halftime score by Sydney against Richmond. The biggest was that day in 1987 when we scored 16.7 (103) on our way to 31.12 (198).

[punter257]

what the hell? this is meant to be our full time score :eek:

[midaro]

Originally posted by Destructive
I keep waiting for Sydney to shut up shop....
Yep.
Can't help thinking we'll end up winning by less than the half time margin. :(

But, c'mon I want a blow-out! :p

[FootyontheBrain]

This is getting laughable. Unbelievable half of footy.

This game had me a bit nervous, as Richmond seemed to be hitting stride.

....I think I just giggled. Haven't done that since the GF.

[punter257]

Originally posted by midaro
Yep.
Can't help thinking we'll end up winning by less than the half time margin. :(

But, c'mon I want a blow-out! :p

reversal of last years game perhaps - i bloody hope not!

we should definitely go on with it now, i hope we win the next 2 quarters and get some % boost

[liz]

Pleasing first half - to put it mildly.

Best concerted tackling performance this season by the team. And the forward line seems to be operating very efficiently - again, best yet this year.

Very pleasing to have 11 goal kickers, and that the midfield is continuing to contribute to the scoring. Kirk's miss was a shocker though.

Looks like Richo missed out on one he should have been given, but I see it as an even up for the Stafford goal - Leo was correct that he was taken out of the contest with a push.

[RogueSwan]

Originally posted by FootyontheBrain
This is getting laughable. Unbelievable half of footy.

This game had me a bit nervous, as Richmond seemed to be hitting stride.

....I think I just giggled. Haven't done that since the GF.
Yeah, I haven't felt this relaxed at half time for a very long time.
I just hope Roos rests our guns when the game is in the bag.

[Matt79]

This is simply one of those games that I hope we really push on for a % builder and pump them by 100 points.

Go Swannies!

[ugg]

Fosdike having another good game against the Tigers. He really must like playing in Melbourne. You've got to feel sorry for Richmond though, playing without their key defenders. Imagine it if we had to play without Leo, B2 and LRT.

[FootyontheBrain]

Originally posted by Matt79
This is simply one of those games that I hope we really push on for a % builder and pump them by 100 points.

Go Swannies!
Excellent point that. Seemed like we never really put the wood to anyone last year where the teams above us on the ladder had some pretty handy scoring differentials.

[Destructive]

Originally posted by midaro
Yep.
Can't help thinking we'll end up winning by less than the half time margin. :(

But, c'mon I want a blow-out! :p

Yeah, that's what I think too.

I'd love to see a blow out.

[Destructive]

Originally posted by ugg
Fosdike having another good game against the Tigers. He really must like playing in Melbourne. You've got to feel sorry for Richmond though, playing without their key defenders. Imagine it if we had to play without Leo, B2 and LRT.

I'm sorry, but I don't feel sorry for them.

[RogueSwan]

http://afl.com.au/livescores/live_scores2.asp?mi=10160702
Just for those who needed a bit more evidence that Kirky is having a great game. The rankings
1. Kirk 81
2. Magic 64
3. Pebbles 58
4. Goodes 56
5. Hall 54

I don't know how this is calculated but it is probably about right. I think Fearless and Eski are having strong games too, and LRT. Maybe Leapin' will not be required to play on the Guerilla's in the league, LRT may now be the first choice.

[TheMase]

Sydney really taking advantage of Richmonds stuff ups, don't seem under pressure and are making faultless advances.

Richmond will come out hard in the first 5 minutes on the next quarter, if we hit a couple of goals in that time we'll blow them apart with ease I feel.

[Destructive]

Goal to Magic. Brings up the century.

[FootyontheBrain]

Gary Lyon made the comment that he doesn't think the tigers are playing that poorly there is just a huge gap in class between the two sides.

Gotta like that.

[RogueSwan]

Tiges will probably come out hard, if we can break them early on we should crush them! As they are saying on the radio anything less the 25 goals for the game would be a disappointing result.

[Thunder Shaker]

We could be on our way to 200 here. :eek:

[Destructive]

Originally posted by Thunder Shaker
We could be on our way to 200 here. :eek:

Don't put the mozz on them. Shhh!

[RogueSwan]

Okay, what will/should our final score be?
166 should be 180+

[Destructive]

Originally posted by RogueSwan
Okay, what will/should our final score be?
166 should be 180+

I'm trying not to think about any possible scores here. I may put the mozz on them.

[Big Al]

Originally posted by Destructive
Don't put the mozz on them. Shhh!

Too Late we haven't scored a goal for 10+ minutes

[RogueSwan]

i just admit that Tambling looks to be a really good footballer.

[Thunder Shaker]

Malceski has doubled his career goal tally with 3 goals :D

[Destructive]

Ok. Unfamiliar territory here. Swans have kicked 20 goals.

[RogueSwan]

Nice goal for the Eski, down the other LRT smothers Richo's shot on goal

[Thunder Shaker]

Originally posted by Destructive
Ok. Unfamiliar territory here. Swans have kicked 20 goals.
... with a quarter to play

[Destructive]

Originally posted by Thunder Shaker
... with a quarter to play

Yes. Thats the thing about it.

[gossipcom]

Holy moly, Amon's got 21 possessions with a quarter to play.

I reckon Barry, Mickey and Eski are going to be fighting it out to see who ends up with the most goals ;)

[midaro]

I want triple figures.

[FootyontheBrain]

OK, I couldn't resist. If the game ended now we'd pick up 13 points in percentage from one round.

[Destructive]

Originally posted by midaro
I want triple figures.

That'd be nice.

[FootyontheBrain]

Originally posted by FootyontheBrain
OK, I couldn't resist. If the game ended now we'd pick up 13 points in percentage from one round.

...and 6th on the ladder with Freo going down and St. Kilda already having done so.

[FootyontheBrain]

I'm tipping we finish 27.9

[Destructive]

Originally posted by FootyontheBrain
I'm tipping we finish 27.9

I think maybe we will finish with 26 Goals.

[RogueSwan]

Nice goal from McVeigh!

[Thunder Shaker]

Kennelly and ROK appear to be injured :( Let's hope they're OK

[RogueSwan]

Originally posted by Thunder Shaker
Kennelly and ROK appear to be injured :( Let's hope they're OK
Hopefully just a precaution.

[Thunder Shaker]

Record score by Swans at the Dome - let's rename it the Temple of Doom

[Thunder Shaker]

I love the sound of us hammering a side - 92 points. Record winning margin against Richmond - 93 points.

[Destructive]

150 is up for the Swans.

[midaro]

C'mon... 8 more points.

[Thunder Shaker]

104 point lead! Nice

[Destructive]

Originally posted by midaro
C'mon... 8 more points.

104 in front..

[midaro]

Originally posted by Thunder Shaker
104 point lead! Nice
Hold it. Hold it!

[FootyontheBrain]

Percentage out to 117.8%

[Big Al]

Ok I concede. I think we can win this now:D

[midaro]

Bloody O'Keffe could've sealed the deal. :mad:

[Destructive]

Originally posted by Big Al
Ok I concede. I think we can win this now:D

I think I can relax now too.

[midaro]

Originally posted by midaro
Bloody O'Keffe could've sealed the deal. :mad:
Good boy :p

[Thunder Shaker]

Originally posted by FootyontheBrain
I'm tipping we finish 27.9
27.12 so far.

I hope we get 26 more points - I would love a 200-point score

[Destructive]

Originally posted by Destructive
I think maybe we will finish with 26 Goals.

They've beaten that.

[Big Al]

I think we can safely say this is now a dark day for the tigers.

[Destructive]

Originally posted by Big Al
I think we can safely say this is now a dark day for the tigers.

1963 wpould be trying to bury himself now.

[Thunder Shaker]

Only 28 goals but we were worthy today.

[Big Al]

Would have been happy with an 18 point win but 118 point will do I guess;)

Richmond mate of mine isn't answering his phone. Why would that be you think?

[Destructive]

Originally posted by Big Al
Would have been happy with an 18 point win but 118 point will do I guess;)

Richmond mate of mine isn't answering his phone. Why would that be you think?

In hiding maybe?

[midaro]

We won by 118 and Chambers touched it 12 times, but never held it.

[Mike_B]

Got in the car after a win in our winter cricket comp and heard Richmond 8.6 to Sydney "Nine".....split second later heard the "teen" and it was like whoa! Got home in time to watch the last quarter and it seems like the fire from the contest was gone, but great to see our intensity still there.

Picked up just under 20% which could be VERY handy later in the season. Looking at the stats and the scoresheet, it seems like everyone contributed and great to see that some guys who have been down a little in the past few weeks stepped it up.

[ugg]

Geez what is the team thinking? What are we going to complain about on RWO for the upcoming week.

[Dave]

@@@@@@!!!

:D :D :D

[FootyontheBrain]

So are the Swans still playing a boring brand of football?

[Q...]

I love watching history being made.

It's oddly satisying...

[punter257]

Brownlow Votes

3- Ryan O'Keefe
2- Adam Goodes
1- Amon Buchanan

[ROK Lobster]

I could not be bothered reading the whole thread but 5 cents worth...

How good was that? Got to love a blow out.

Hats off to Brett kirk, outstanding first qtr.
Ryano, you made me proud to be known as ROK Lobster today.
Goodes is a star, so is Buchy.
Ted was good.

Richmond were so very very bad, but geez I love a blow out.

[ugg]

We're the highest scoring team in the AFL! :eek: (until Collingwood play tonight)

[ROK Lobster]

Originally posted by ugg
We're the highest scoring team in the AFL! :eek: (until Collingwood play tonight) Is there some sort of cosmic imbalance happening?

[573v30]

Originally posted by ugg
We're the highest scoring team in the AFL! :eek: (until Collingwood play tonight) The Swans surprise us every week. :D

[Gary]

A lovely afternoon...Ted was OK to good ROK, but not prepared to be convinced about him against weakened opposition, who gradually turned into a rabble. O'Keefe kicking was very welcome & necessary if we are to handle the challeng of playing all other teams in the 8 over the next 7/8 weeks. Matthews is now Malceski's understudy. LRT did well in marking contests but Ricjo ran him ragged in the first half & kept Richmond in the game for a while...what a goer that bloke is.

[NMWBloods]

My votes would be:

3: Buchanan

2: Fosdike

1: Hall /O'Keefe/ Kirk/ J Bolton / Goodes (toss up between them)

[Thunder Shaker]

I think some other clubs might be looking at a rather large Swan-shaped blip on their radar right now. Right now we're fourth on the ladder, and will be no lower than sixth after the completion of the round.

Richmond were undermanned, but that is not unusual for opposition clubs. What is unusual is that we've scored our biggest ever win over Richmond, and we've got our biggest score since 1987.

Malceski got three goals to take his career total to six.

[NMWBloods]

I thought ruck work was very good today. Some nice tap downs at centre bounces, and good work clearing it by Kirk, J Bolton, Buchanan and Fosdike.

[graystar]

Just woken up and seen the result. Good effort boys.

[ROK Lobster]

Originally posted by Gary
Ted was OK to good ROK, but not prepared to be convinced about him against weakened opposition, who gradually turned into a rabble. It's a funny thing Gary, as I was typing the Ted was good I started thinking that Richmond were so very very bad. He seems to fade as the match goes on, so unlike Sydney, so very much like Essendon...

[liz]

Have watched plenty of Swans games where they tackle incessently, plenty where their run wins them the game, and some where they don't dominate possession but win through excellent skills.

Can't recall a game for quite a while where they were superb in all three areas for four whole quarters of a game.

Also, while Richmond are young and inexperienced and were undermanned today, I thought their effort levels were pretty decent until the final quarter when their defence just stopped. Usually 100+ point wins happen where the opposition doesn't put in an effort, but don't think that was the case this afternoon.

[RogueSwan]

Originally posted by liz
Also, while Richmond are young and inexperienced and were undermanned today, I thought their effort levels were pretty decent until the final quarter when their defence just stopped. Usually 100+ point wins happen where the opposition doesn't put in an effort, but don't think that was the case this afternoon.

i thought that too. Even though they were being slaughtered a lot of the Tigers, especially the younger cubs, continued to try hard, very commendable. This also helped to push our guys to new heights. i reckon if the Tigers backed off the swans may have too. It was good to see pedal to the metal right up until the siren.

[giant]

Well that was all right then, wasn't it?

Best game of the year for: Kirk, ROK, Fosdike, Richards, MOL & Malceski - may have been others too.

Quality of passing as good as you're gonna see. Richmond hopelessly undermanned but Swans were ruthless, kicked straight & saw the game right out the end - a delightfully unSwans performance!!

For the record, looked like most Richmond fans stayed to the bitter end.

[elroy67]

I'm dissapointed.....

I've still got my voice, my blood pressure is normal...

I expect more value for my money than this!!

..oh...BTW was that the best 4 quarter effort you have ever seen!

[Glenn]

Just back from the Aussie Rules social club, still in shock that a team that has struggled to score 100pts in a game gets there just after half time :eek:
Channel 10 commentary was painful, very amusing to here them saying Richo was a standout for Richmond, when he had about 1 posession and being well held by LRT.
Took till about the 3rd Quarter to say anything positive about Sydney (apart from the 7min burst at the beginning) ;)
Amusing to see Dipper in the background of the Half Time report from Malthouse, jumping up and down like a idiot obviously wants his job back :D
Can't say Sydney had a bad player today even Chambers looked useful, but LRT please please don't think when you have the ball

[Frog]

Originally posted by giant
For the record, looked like most Richmond fans stayed to the bitter end.
Just got home (train takes a while) ... The crowd was halved by the end, and though some Swans people left early, most of those that left early where Tigers fans - There were a lot that left at 3Q time.

[swannieserin]

Originally posted by Glenn
Just back from the Aussie Rules social club ... Channel 10 commentary was painful, very amusing to here them saying Richo was a standout for Richmond....


Richo is having a GREAT game (according to Ch 10 ...)

WHAT A GAME ... so glad i went to the Social club and didn't watch that home alone ....

oh man what a game. so many stand out performances that I'll have to watch the replay at 11pm on fox footy before i make any more comments ....

[AussieAnge]

Originally posted by Frog
Just got home (train takes a while) ... The crowd was halved by the end, and though some Swans people left early, most of those that left early where Tigers fans - There were a lot that left at 3Q time.

The two Tigers fans at the Aussie Rules club in Kings Cross also left early.

[swannieserin]

Originally posted by AussieAnge
The two Tigers fans at the Aussie Rules club in Kings Cross also left early.

There were tigers fans there?

[AussieAnge]

Originally posted by swannieserin
There were tigers fans there?

Yes they were sitting behind us, a chap and chappess who were fairly quiet and left at 3/4 time.

[Jeffers1984]

Back from the Aussie Rules club, Liz makes a great point about how Richmond didn't drop their intensity even though they were getting walloped which makes the win even better.

Our skill level is superb and with Goodes back to his brownlow best, Bazza back into scratch and the lower tier contributing well all is bright in the Red and White!

[AussieAnge]

Originally posted by ROK Lobster
Is there some sort of cosmic imbalance happening?

It is a full moon tonight so maybe that's got something to do with it.

[NMWBloods]

Can't recall if I wrote it elsewhere, but I thought the delivery into F50 was superb (of course assisted by understrength backline). Some of Goodes' kicks, in particular, to the forwards were excellent.

[j0lly]

did anyone else see richo smack lrt in the guts?

[AussieAnge]

Originally posted by Destructive
Im in NSW.

Destructive, RogueSwan is talking about the MMM Sydney coverage. Not sure if you can get it down in Goulburn but they are worth listening to. Not only are they pro-swans they are amusing too.

Best comment of the day was about LRT's decision making skills. They commented on how well he was doing on Richo but questioned his decision making which they reckoned was as good as a junky's.

Agree with Glenn the bit with Dipper in the background was very funny.

[punter257]

Originally posted by NMWBloods
Can't recall if I wrote it elsewhere, but I thought the delivery into F50 was superb (of course assisted by understrength backline). Some of Goodes' kicks, in particular, to the forwards were excellent.

our skill level was the best it has been in a long time, plus our kicking for goal was sensational. 8 straight at quarter time is good stuff

[Piobaireachd]

Hard to fathom that our first four goals of the game came from just nine possessions! :eek:

[NMWBloods]

Originally posted by AussieAnge
Best comment of the day was about LRT's decision making skills. They commented on how well he was doing on Richo but questioned his decision making which they reckoned was as good as a junky's. Haha! LRT was outstanding with his spoiling work, but he has little idea what to do when the ball hits the ground and no idea what to do with the ball when he gets it.

[NMWBloods]

Originally posted by punter257
our skill level was the best it has been in a long time, plus our kicking for goal was sensational. 8 straight at quarter time is good stuff I think we were something like 18.4 from set shots today.

[liz]

Originally posted by NMWBloods
Haha! LRT was outstanding with his spoiling work, but he has little idea what to do when the ball hits the ground and no idea what to do with the ball when he gets it.

I said a similar thing in the "Lewis" thread but while I think that's a fair assessment based on today's game, he's generally not too bad at ground level or in possession nowadays. I reckon he might just have been a bit spooked with playing on Richo.

[NMWBloods]

Yep, I've not really seen him so lost when the ball is on the ground before. THat's normally the better part of his game. Possession is still terrible.

[timbo]

Have you seen our percentage?! It's gone from 100% to 120% in one game! Don't see that too much in the middle of the season. :D


first 100+ point win in melbourne i can remember for a while.

first time i can rember kicking 24+ goals for a while.



ahhh, let the good times roll

cant believe i was stuck in row b next to the players race. lol

[Glenn]

Originally posted by swannieserin
Richo is having a GREAT game (according to Ch 10 ...)

WHAT A GAME ... so glad i went to the Social club and didn't watch that home alone ....

oh man what a game. so many stand out performances that I'll have to watch the replay at 11pm on fox footy before i make any more comments ....

I guess he was compared to his team mates ;)

[swans05]

hopefully this is simular to what happened from round 16-18 in 1987
rnd 16 - Sydney 30-21-201 def. West Coast 10-11-71
rnd 17 - Sydney 36-20-236 def. Essendon 11-7-73
rnd 18 - Sydney 31-12-198 def. Richmond 15-17-107

it has started this week v richmond
now we got 2 fairly weak teams in the following 2 rounds and 2 teams that can easily get scores kicked against them time to rewrite some record books

[swans_premiers]

Originally posted by swans05
hopefully this is simular to what happened from round 16-18 in 1987
rnd 16 - Sydney 30-21-201 def. West Coast 10-11-71
rnd 17 - Sydney 36-20-236 def. Essendon 11-7-73
rnd 18 - Sydney 31-12-198 def. Richmond 15-17-107

it has started this week v richmond
now we got 2 fairly weak teams in the following 2 rounds and 2 teams that can easily get scores kicked against them time to rewrite some record books

hmm yeah but after that we lost 3 out of our next 14 I think.

[TheMase]

Originally posted by timbo
Have you seen our percentage?! It's gone from 100% to 120% in one game! Don't see that too much in the middle of the season. :D


first 100+ point win in melbourne i can remember for a while.

first time i can rember kicking 24+ goals for a while.



ahhh, let the good times roll

cant believe i was stuck in row b next to the players race. lol

From what I have heard it was the first 100 point win in Melbourne by us since 1979 and of course our first as the Sydney Swans.
Not sure about that though...

[NMWBloods]

Originally posted by swans05
hopefully this is simular to what happened from round 16-18 in 1987
rnd 16 - Sydney 30-21-201 def. West Coast 10-11-71
rnd 17 - Sydney 36-20-236 def. Essendon 11-7-73
rnd 18 - Sydney 31-12-198 def. Richmond 15-17-107

it has started this week v richmond
now we got 2 fairly weak teams in the following 2 rounds and 2 teams that can easily get scores kicked against them time to rewrite some record books Hopefully not. We were smashed in following weeks against the top two teams (Carlton and Hawthorn) and we embarrassed in finals.

It's our highest score in Melbourne since 1980.

It's our equal 8th biggest win of all time.

It's only our 15th win > 100 points

It's our 5th biggest win in Melbourne of all time.

It's our biggest win in Melbourne since 1995 (against Fitzroy) and before that 1955.

It's our first win > 100 points against Richmond.

[JF_Bay22_SCG]

Originally posted by AussieAnge
The two Tigers fans at the Aussie Rules club in Kings Cross also left early.

Could you blame them really?

We had a great little group there. All basically RWOers.

I am just thrilled at our effort. It was not just that attacking running footy we played, it was the defensive 1%ers ALL GAME. The Tigers were rattled bfore too long.

We are BY FAR the BEST defensive team in the league. If we continue to play footy like this, we will be up there for sure.

The only negative though I could think of at the end of the day was whether we were peaking too early.

Today we grew as a footy club. We played like DESERVED premiers. That feels bloody good to be honest!

JF (bloody happy tonight)

[Cher]

Originally posted by j0lly
did anyone else see richo smack lrt in the guts?

I didn't actually see it happen but noticed LRT doubled over in a bit of pain.

[NMWBloods]

Doc Larkins said he just ran into a screen set by another Richmond player.

[ScottH]

Awesome game.

[Layby]

Originally posted by JF_Bay22_SCG
We are BY FAR the BEST defensive team in the league. If we continue to play footy like this, we will be up there for sure.


I think Adelaide probably have that tag but we are pretty close

[Nico]

Outstanding display.

Tackling and inside pressure was excellent.

Sure opposition turned out to be poor, but good sides should destroy teams under these circumstances.

[BonBon]

Richmond were never in it. I can't believe we kicked 7 goals straight without any behinds. Amazing stuff. Ryan was fantastic.

[AussieAnge]

Originally posted by JF_Bay22_SCG
Could you blame them really?

Nah, don't blame them just commenting that they too left the game early. I admired them fo going to the club and watching the game there considering all the rest of the spectators were swans fans.

[Big Al]

Probably already mentioned but the commentators stated that its the highest score for a non victorian club at the dome. Great effort.

[cruiser]

Originally posted by giant
For the record, looked like most Richmond fans stayed to the bitter end. No, at the start of the 4th quarter the number of Richmond supporters there had halved. By the end of the game, you could see exactly how many Swans supporters were there (along with a small number of very loyal Tigers supporters).

Magnificent effort by Sydeny - an awesome performance that will have the other teams very worried with Sydney back to its premiership winning best. Some of the highlights for me included our accuracy kicking for goal and our forwards giving good leads and having the ball delivered superbly to them.

[cruiser]

Originally posted by swans05
now we got 2 fairly weak teams in the following 2 rounds and 2 teams that can easily get scores kicked against them time to rewrite some record books The Dogs weak? Are you serious? Ask a Port supporter if you have any doubt.

[NMWBloods]

Originally posted by cruiser
(along with a small number of very loyal Tigers supporters). Leaving during the last quarter when you are 100 points behind hardly makes supporters less loyal. The players don't notice supporters have left in that case - they simply want to get off the ground and don't waste time looking around to see what support is left.

[Carolyn]

Originally posted by ugg
Geez what is the team thinking? What are we going to complain about on RWO for the upcoming week. Mathews returning?

[cruiser]

Originally posted by NMWBloods
Leaving during the last quarter when you are 100 points behind hardly makes supporters less loyal. Yes, I agree with you.

[goswannie14]

Originally posted by giant

For the record, looked like most Richmond fans stayed to the bitter end. How many beers did you have?

From where we were sitting you could see that the trains were going to be crowded at 3/4 time...full of Richmond supporters.

Seriously there were only a few thgousand left at the end of the game. We were next to the commentary box at the Lockett end and were out numbered by tigers supporters for the first three quarters, but there were only a few left at the end. But on level 1 we could see there were more empty seats than full ones after 3/4 time.:D

BTW I think the premiership hangover is officially over.:D