Longmire mentioned he noticed nothing in Sydney’s preparation that recommended a consequence like this was brewing.
“We’ll look again and replicate on it and undergo it and work out why, however main as much as the sport, there was nothing that stood out,” he mentioned.
“We clearly had a troublesome sport final week, however we felt like we recovered OK.
“No side of the sport seemed like the best way we needed to play, and we hardly bought something proper, from the collection of Sam to the best way the sport seemed.
“We simply didn’t have our heads within the sport from the very begin, after they have been getting defensive stoppage targets like they bought within the first quarter, that we’d deliberate for and executed properly earlier than – it’s one among our nice strengths, they usually have been in a position to do it. We weren’t in a position to suppose clearly or carry out at that degree that we should always have.”
Requested how he was feeling himself, Longmire was stark: “I simply personally really feel such as you let lots of people down and let your gamers down, you let your supporters down, you let your employees down, let your board down. That’s how you’re feeling.”
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There was, unsurprisingly, a sombre temper in Sydney’s rooms after the match, as gamers embraced associates, household and one another as they tried to wrap their heads round what had simply unfolded.
It was a surprisingly dangerous finish to a season with a lot promise, because the Swans rose from being overwhelmed elimination finalists final yr to a group that completed third on the ladder, knocked off reigning premiers Melbourne within the first week of the finals, and even comprehensively beat Geelong – the AFL’s clear benchmark – in spherical two.
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“We’ll take a look at the the explanation why,” Longmire mentioned.
“However I’m assured within the taking part in group. If we undergo [the squad], most of our gamers would have all improved this yr. We simply buggered it up at the moment.
“We’ve bought a number of youthful gamers which might be coming via which have proven nice intent and nice willingness to enhance. When the mud settles out of at the moment, you replicate on the positive factors we’ve made as a group.
“Within the shadows of at the moment, it takes a little bit of time earlier than the sunshine comes up. However it’ll come up.”
