Game Day Round 12, 2017 - Sydney Swans V Western Bulldogs

[The Bulldogs Bite]

Re: Game Day Round 12, 2017 - Sydney Swans V Western Bulldogs

The decision to play English was very poor, but the crux of the issue is that we arent even a shadow of the team we were last year. Hunger? Motivation? We look flat and disinterested and it's been present in every game we've played this year - GWS game the exception.

I'm wondering when the heat will come on us because we've served up some real rubbish in games consistently.

[bulldogtragic]

Re: Game Day Round 12, 2017 - Sydney Swans V Western Bulldogs

Hasn't had a good year, we all thought he was cooked in his last game. I think it is time to retire.

He could've gone out an All Aussie premiership player. He goes out at Footscray. I've seen enough to say I don't want him in the side again.

[kruder]

Re: Game Day Round 12, 2017 - Sydney Swans V Western Bulldogs

Not much to like there. Midfield bloody awful and and our talls......... We just seem to have too many players having significant quiet patches during games. JJ is he playing? Hunter? Bont? Wood? Roughead?Stringer?Dickson?Cloke?Roberts?Picken? the list goes on.

[always right]

Re: Game Day Round 12, 2017 - Sydney Swans V Western Bulldogs

These blokes are playing for their place in the side next week;
Cloke......just no impact on the contest.
Boyd......looks like an old man out there
Suckling.....one trick pony

Jong playing his worst game of the year. Has made fumbling an art form tonight.
Roughy having zero impact. Show some physicality FFS.
Midfielders letting their opponents run goalside unchallenged.
Defenders giving Adams zero support against Buddy.
Stringer gone missing.
Bont ineffective.
Caleb, Adams and Wallis only ones who can hold their heads high.

[ratsmac]

Re: Game Day Round 12, 2017 - Sydney Swans V Western Bulldogs

English is a great prospect for sure, but not on this type of track, not against this big bodied team and not at his current weight.
Our midield is getting killed and Sydney's pressure is like ours was in September last year. Our pressure around the contest is nowhere near where our game style requires it to be.

Spot on. We are trying to play like it's dry.

[DOG GOD]

Re: Game Day Round 12, 2017 - Sydney Swans V Western Bulldogs

The only way we can get anywhere back in the game is to pretend the oval is only 20 metres wide...get the ball and bomb it down the guts...forget the flanks, and forget going backwards or across ground....argh!!!!!

[Bornadog]

Re: Game Day Round 12, 2017 - Sydney Swans V Western Bulldogs

Not much to like there. Midfield bloody awful and and our talls......... We just seem to have too many players having significant quiet patches during games. JJ is he playing? Hunter? Bont? Wood? Roughead?Stringer?Dickson?Cloke?Roberts?Picken? the list goes on.

They all need to do something in the second half. Caleb playing a lone hand. The delivery to the forward line has been pathetic to say the least.

[jeemak]

Re: Game Day Round 12, 2017 - Sydney Swans V Western Bulldogs

The strategy of having Bontempelli play for the Swans for the first 45 minutes was clearly not a good one.

Why Jong lay limp on the ground leading up to that holding the ball instead of thrashing around is beyond my talents to understand. He's been playing football for ages, he should have known better. I nearly spat out my food.

We are really slow to adjust to the conditions sometimes. Our over handballing not only increases our chances of turning it over, but it allows numbers to get back. It seems with this approach we have a huge cluster of players close enough to the ball to get a handball receive, and when we finally kick no players where the ball eventually ends up.

Hunter, Stringer, Cloke and Dickson need to be better.

[Yankee Hotel Foxtrot]

Re: Game Day Round 12, 2017 - Sydney Swans V Western Bulldogs

There has to be some KPI's that Libba is not yet hitting to remain out of the team. I'm hard pressed to see what they are when compared to what some of those currently in the team are dishing up.

[G-Mo77]

Re: Game Day Round 12, 2017 - Sydney Swans V Western Bulldogs

They all need to do something in the second half. Caleb playing a lone hand. The delivery to the forward line has been pathetic to say the least.

Very few clean entries. We're under constant pressure and need to be quicker making a decision. Closing the gap on this horrible ground is a pretty easy task, hesitate and the gaps close up pretty quickly.

[SonofScray]

Re: Game Day Round 12, 2017 - Sydney Swans V Western Bulldogs

We are going terribly and it is emphasising the absolute horror show scenario the umpires are dishing up for us. All that priming and looking from Sydney over 9 months and the stuff today has had an impact. Getting screwed.

[Twodogs]

Re: Game Day Round 12, 2017 - Sydney Swans V Western Bulldogs

The good news is there is plenty of improvement in us.

[Happy Days]

Re: Game Day Round 12, 2017 - Sydney Swans V Western Bulldogs

If they're omitting players on form i.e Libba, Bont needs a spell. He has only given frees away. IMO he's keeping his spot based on the fact he MIGHT have a good 15 minutes.

Dude

[G-Mo77]

Re: Game Day Round 12, 2017 - Sydney Swans V Western Bulldogs

We are going terribly and it is emphasising the absolute horror show scenario the umpires are dishing up for us. All that priming and looking from Sydney over 9 months and the stuff today has had an impact. Getting screwed.

Look we've had some rough ones. 2 HTB's when tackled round the neck come to mind but lets be honest we're 2nd to the ball and not laying many decent tackles. Do we deserve the frees?

[westbulldog]

Re: Game Day Round 12, 2017 - Sydney Swans V Western Bulldogs

The bookies knew