ScottH
25th November 2014, 07:06 AM
Round 20, Port v Swans
7.16.58 to 12.12.84
A tight first half showed the best of both teams skills with Franklin & Tippett both controlled by the opposition but in typical Swans style if you suppress
one area of the team another is just going to rear up and bite, in this case McGlynn & Kennedy in starring roles with strong support from the other midfield
stars.
It was a neck and neck game till the last quarter when the Swans managed to pull ahead of the home team with a Tippett scoring shortly before being subbed
off and two unanswered goals culminating with a clean finishing goal right on the siren from Cunningham
The Swans are playing with a determined finesse that just seems to be getting better and better
2 Goals to Jack. Hannebery, Parker and Kennedy among the best for the swans.
Brownlow Votes: 3. B McGlynn (Syd), 2. T Boak (PA), 1. J Kennedy (Syd)
TLM Votes
5 Ben McGlynn
4 Josh Kennedy
3 Harry Cunningham
2 Nick Malceski
1 Jarrad McVeigh
1 Luke Parker
Round 21:Sydney 19.13.127 def St Kilda 8.8.56 at the SCG
There can be something dreary about these late season games, when the Swans have a top four spot sewn up and nearly a top two spot, and the other side is so bad that is doesn�t matter how poorly the home side plays � the four points are not going to leave town. We know the script well. The team will turn it on for a quarter, probably early, do enough to almost have the game won, but then take their feet off the pedal and allow their skills and intensity to descend to the level of the opposition, while supporters sit in the stands and pray that a star player is not going to succumb to an injury of significance. This game didn�t stray too far from the script, though a ten minute patch of slick football midway through the third quarter went some way towards redeeming the sloppiness of most of the last three quarters.
The fear of injury proved to be not merely paranoia, with Kennedy subbed off early in the second quarter with a hamstring complaint that would cost him the next two games and maybe a Brownlow. Bird, Jetta and Reid all looked sore and sorry at various times in that second quarter, though only Bird�s knee would prove to be of lasting concern.
The game eventually became about Buddy who, in his 200th game, had not been able to get out of the way of the ball coming thick and fast into the forward line. When he found himself on the end of some fantastic dash from Rohan early in the final quarter, and skipped round a couple of Saints to nail his 9th goal, it all became about whether he might become the first Swan since Plugger (way back in 1998) to reach double figures. He didn�t quite make it, squandering two excellent opportunities late in the quarter, but he looked like he had fun trying.
Goals: Franklin 9, Tippett 3, Cunningham, Malceski, Jetta, Lloyd, McVeigh, Towers, Parker
Brownlow Medal votes: 3 - Franklin (Syd), 2 - McVeigh (Syd), 1 � Parker (Syd)
Bob Skilton Medal votes: Franklin 50, Parker 44, McVeigh 40, Rohan 39
TLM Votes
5 Lance Franklin
4 Luke Parker
3 Jarrad McVeigh
2 Gary Rohan
1 Jake Lloyd
5 each to McGlynn and Franklin reduce Kennedy's (4) lead by 1. Young Rohan gets his first votes of the season against the Saints.
Leaderboard
54 Josh Kennedy
38 Lance Franklin
33 Ben McGlynn
32 Luke Parker
21 Dan Hannebery
17 Jarrad McVeigh
15 Kieren Jack
12 Rhyce Shaw
12 Nick Malceski
12 Harry Cunningham
10 Craig Bird
9 Ted Richards
8 Dane Rampe
8 Mike Pyke
5 Nick Smith
4 Kurt Tippett
3 Tom Mitchell
3 Lewis Jetta
3 Jake Lloyd
2 Adam Goodes
2 Gary Rohan
1 Sam Reid
7.16.58 to 12.12.84
A tight first half showed the best of both teams skills with Franklin & Tippett both controlled by the opposition but in typical Swans style if you suppress
one area of the team another is just going to rear up and bite, in this case McGlynn & Kennedy in starring roles with strong support from the other midfield
stars.
It was a neck and neck game till the last quarter when the Swans managed to pull ahead of the home team with a Tippett scoring shortly before being subbed
off and two unanswered goals culminating with a clean finishing goal right on the siren from Cunningham
The Swans are playing with a determined finesse that just seems to be getting better and better
2 Goals to Jack. Hannebery, Parker and Kennedy among the best for the swans.
Brownlow Votes: 3. B McGlynn (Syd), 2. T Boak (PA), 1. J Kennedy (Syd)
TLM Votes
5 Ben McGlynn
4 Josh Kennedy
3 Harry Cunningham
2 Nick Malceski
1 Jarrad McVeigh
1 Luke Parker
Round 21:Sydney 19.13.127 def St Kilda 8.8.56 at the SCG
There can be something dreary about these late season games, when the Swans have a top four spot sewn up and nearly a top two spot, and the other side is so bad that is doesn�t matter how poorly the home side plays � the four points are not going to leave town. We know the script well. The team will turn it on for a quarter, probably early, do enough to almost have the game won, but then take their feet off the pedal and allow their skills and intensity to descend to the level of the opposition, while supporters sit in the stands and pray that a star player is not going to succumb to an injury of significance. This game didn�t stray too far from the script, though a ten minute patch of slick football midway through the third quarter went some way towards redeeming the sloppiness of most of the last three quarters.
The fear of injury proved to be not merely paranoia, with Kennedy subbed off early in the second quarter with a hamstring complaint that would cost him the next two games and maybe a Brownlow. Bird, Jetta and Reid all looked sore and sorry at various times in that second quarter, though only Bird�s knee would prove to be of lasting concern.
The game eventually became about Buddy who, in his 200th game, had not been able to get out of the way of the ball coming thick and fast into the forward line. When he found himself on the end of some fantastic dash from Rohan early in the final quarter, and skipped round a couple of Saints to nail his 9th goal, it all became about whether he might become the first Swan since Plugger (way back in 1998) to reach double figures. He didn�t quite make it, squandering two excellent opportunities late in the quarter, but he looked like he had fun trying.
Goals: Franklin 9, Tippett 3, Cunningham, Malceski, Jetta, Lloyd, McVeigh, Towers, Parker
Brownlow Medal votes: 3 - Franklin (Syd), 2 - McVeigh (Syd), 1 � Parker (Syd)
Bob Skilton Medal votes: Franklin 50, Parker 44, McVeigh 40, Rohan 39
TLM Votes
5 Lance Franklin
4 Luke Parker
3 Jarrad McVeigh
2 Gary Rohan
1 Jake Lloyd
5 each to McGlynn and Franklin reduce Kennedy's (4) lead by 1. Young Rohan gets his first votes of the season against the Saints.
Leaderboard
54 Josh Kennedy
38 Lance Franklin
33 Ben McGlynn
32 Luke Parker
21 Dan Hannebery
17 Jarrad McVeigh
15 Kieren Jack
12 Rhyce Shaw
12 Nick Malceski
12 Harry Cunningham
10 Craig Bird
9 Ted Richards
8 Dane Rampe
8 Mike Pyke
5 Nick Smith
4 Kurt Tippett
3 Tom Mitchell
3 Lewis Jetta
3 Jake Lloyd
2 Adam Goodes
2 Gary Rohan
1 Sam Reid