The Swans Blog

16/10/2024

With any luck Sydney will stop recruiting midgets and weeds

01/10/2024

Paul Roos finally spoke up and reflected on the impact of the '06 GF loss and the aggressive list changes they contemplated. Years later they turned over their list for any draft and trade capital they could get their hands on to set up for a decade of dominance.

It's your turn sitting in the list management chair, what changes do you make and what do you set your team up for?

29/09/2024

Sitting at the ground watching the game, it struck me the level of apathy and dejection from the crowd midway through the second quarter.

There really wasn't a level of anger you'd expect after that performance. More a reflection of how bad the Swans are in grand finals.

29/09/2024

Where do the Swans go from here?

Denial. Anger. Bargaining. Depression. Acceptance. We're all feeling it. The club, the players, the staff, friends, family, members, fans alike.

We've been spoiled the last 25 years. We've made more Grand Finals than any other team yet have 2 flags to show for it. Longmire's done a great job rejuvenating the list on the fly, giving the club chance after chance to win a flag. But one must wonder if being punished in their last two swings is enough to put an end to it all.

Port Adelaide took years to rebound after their 2007 smashing, almost going broke and pe***ng up tarps across the stands.

Sydney's gone from strength to strength despite the harrowing performances, surpassing 75k members this season.

Can Longmire get the club his 2nd premiership? I don't think so. I've always been a fervent Longmire supporter, and I've felt vindicated from 2020. But how do you explain yesterday? The preparation was not right, despite what the players and coaches say. How could it be when the players don't even show up for the 3rd time in a decade.

2022 could be excused by the opposition, apparent youth and inexperience of the side, injuries, etc. But this was a debacle. Solid favourites, best team by a mile all year, were 4 games clear at the top mid-round multiple times.

What change can we make? Is it time for Longmire to step away from the club, shake hands and concede his best isn't good enough to push them over the line. He's famous for his occasionally ruthless and unemotional approach, but then you compare that with someone like Chris Fagan who approaches the club like a family.

It's easy to waggle the finger after this one, but the game was lost before Saturday. Change is needed, it has to start at the top.

28/09/2024

Stinging press conference from Longmire. Angry, disappointed, barely held it together. Laid the blame at the feet of the players.

Team selection let them down, efforts let them down, disposals let them down. No winners in a game they were expected to win.

28/09/2024

28/09/2024

Is it too early to say there's always next year?

21/09/2024

Let's get it done! 💪

21/09/2024

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09/08/2024

Well... That's a great big scruffy beard of a win. If you know you know.

04/08/2024

We're still at a loss to explain what's happening. The malaise can be tracked back to halftime against the Giants, but is there more to the Wicks incident? Divisions have definitely grown since.

We don't know why Mills is playing, he's not close to match fit. If Parker isn't fit enough to play a full game, stop picking him as a sub. Heeney? He must have broken his hand to be playing so poorly. Warner's getting tagged out of every game, teams have gone to town on James Jordon and the defence is a mess.

The defenders have always relied on elite pressure up the ground. With it missing, the torch is shining brightly on their inability to win one-on-ones.

That was one of Sydney's all-time bad performances. It was a throw back to the end of Paul Roos days when half the games were over at halftime because they couldn't kick more than 1 goal.

03/08/2024

Given the last 2 results, finishing as low as 6th is a real possibility.

03/08/2024

Well that's it for season 2024. Finals for sure but not the last Saturday in September.

Just terrible.

Worse than Geelong '22 & '23

07/07/2024

Garbage

22/06/2024

Up by 60 and the commentators still think Tom Green should be tagged

22/06/2024

HT: 40 points?!? When did that happen? 😱

04/06/2024

Hayward extends for 5️⃣ years!

Stick that up ya Carlton.

Sydney Swans forward Will Hayward has signed a long-term contract extension until at least the end of 2029.

18/05/2024

Does Chad need a gofundme?

Free to play!

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