RalphiusMaximus

It looked pretty damn bad.

Jack Watts, 4 tackles, 1 Disposal. I would guess he's been given a bit of a cook during the week and told to get stuck in or else. Jamar 10 hitouts and 4 disposals so far. Decent work from him.

Game's not over yet. If the Umps bone up on the rules during the break we can get a few goals handed to us too. That would help. We're being outclassed, but the effort is there and it's certainly not all going the Swans' way.

Buddy finally gave TMac the slip then missed the uncontested mark. I'd call that Karma given how the game's being umpired.

Errant handball from Dawes. Sydney goes coast to coast for another goal.

Justice as Jetta misses the free shot on goal.

PRior opportunity? No such thing.

Jamar's having a crack around the ground. Good work rate.

Terrible defence. Hand passed blind to a pair of swans.

Again, Umps giving us little. Looked like a free to Howe although he may have played it up a bit..

Watts should've had a holding the ball free there. Umpire gave us nothing.

JEtta vs. Jetta is interesting. Dead heat so far

Georgeou is getting a week off.

Jack Watts for the Loss! Terrible dropped mark.

I think Vince is winning our Point count this year

Well, not THAT soft.

Soft free to Byrnes to get our first.

Poor miss by Howe

It was a fair call. Fist to the face is high contact every time.

Who does he play for?

The Trengove thing was just a few short pieces of an interview he's done where he talks about the pressure he felt being captain and being slightly relieved that he now knows there was a reason he couldn't run properly. Stuff like that.

I agree with the notion of bring ROK in as a development coach. He's another who understands the standards they need to set to be competitive at the top level. THere would have to be a question of whether he'd want to move down from Sydney, but to work under Roos for a year or two would be a big temptation for him.

He clarified that he was talking about this year. They are also holding out with something on Trengove and his foot later in the show.

Getting back to a Neeld comment. We have a lot of players who are just happy to be on an AFL list. What we need is players who see that as a bare minimum and won't be happy until they are holding the big cup at the end of the season.

I too think he should have been dropped. I feel no animosity of any sort towards Jack, but I just think it is sending the wrong message to the squad when a guy who acts like that on the field is kept in the side. It completely undermines all of Roos' talk about culture if he's willing to negotiate on the non-negotiables to accommodate a talented player. The entire point of his message is that he doesn't care about your draft position or natural talent, only the effort you put in, and by that measure Jack fell well short and should have been dropped.