If there have been any query marks remaining over the Sydney Swans’ premiership credentials in 2024, they appear to have been emphatically silenced on Friday night time.
Early within the SCG conflict with fellow flag fancy Carlton, the Swans have been underneath the pump because the Blues kicked the opening 4 targets of the match.
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From that time on, it was a pink and white tidal wave as the house facet kicked 17 targets to 5 the remainder of the best way to march to a 17.15 (117) to 9.11 (65) thrashing that had consultants and followers alike reaching for superlatives.
There was additional star energy within the Swans’ room, with UFC nice and Sydney fan Alex Volkanovski invited in to sing the group music, as you may see within the video participant above.
With Brownlow Medal favorite Isaac Heeney, finest on floor Chad Warner and the ridiculously skilful Errol Gulden main the best way, four-time premiership-winning Hawk Jordan Lewis made an infinite assertion on Fox Footy.
“The one factor they’ve on their facet is age,” Lewis mentioned after the 52-point win. “Heeney’s 28, Warner is 22, Gulden is 21.
“They’re already within the dialog of the most effective gamers within the AFL on the age they’re at.
“That’s the factor, if they will construct on that, get folks round them like they’re, they may presumably be the most effective mixture of the fashionable period.”
That’s one almighty wrap for a facet that was knocked out by the Blues within the first spherical of final 12 months’s finals collection.
However Friday night time’s win took the Swans two video games clear atop the ladder with a 9-1 document early in spherical 10 with a humungous proportion of 154.7.
Former Melbourne champion Garry Lyon backed Lewis’ calls in regards to the Swans’ main skills.
“There was a number of speak by the week that Carlton had the most effective group of 5 gamers within the competitors,” Lyon mentioned.
“Effectively we’d should revisit that throughout the week as a result of while you begin with these two (Heeney and Warner), after which throw Errol Gulden into the combo as effectively, you may take your decide of the opposite two.
“(Heeney) is simply on the prime of his recreation proper now.”
There was an outpouring of respect for the style of Sydney’s win and the best way the checklist is taking part in underneath coach John Longmire.
“Bloody good win,” David King wrote on X. “So good to look at the Swans go to work!
“The gorgeous recreation with an anger that’s unusual. J Longmire is so underrated as a prime liner.”
Former Essendon spearhead Matthew Lloyd was additionally gushing in regards to the Swans’ potential in 2024.
“They’re clearly the one primary seed, and the favourites to win this premiership this 12 months, if they will preserve a wholesome checklist,” he mentioned on 3AW.
There have been a raft of different feedback on X all suggesting the Swans at the moment are undoubtedly the group to beat.
Triple M Footy wrote: “The flag favourites make an almighty Friday night time assertion.”
Fox Footy tweeted: “SWANS MASTERCLASS. Sydney smash the Blues to enhance to 2 video games clear on prime of the ladder in a scary assertion.”
The official AFL account tweeted merely: “Can anybody cease the Swans?”
Footy followers have been additionally in settlement.
“Daylight is second in the meanwhile,” wrote one.
“The actual deal. Polished,” added one other.
“Sydney’s flag to lose,” declared a 3rd.
With 9 wins already on the board, the Swans are completely positioned for an all-important top-four end for an assault on a primary flag since 2012.
Subsequent up they tackle the Western Bulldogs at Marvel Stadium, earlier than clashes with Geelong, Adelaide and the cross-town Giants.
