John Longmire concedes Sydney had been taught a lesson in wet-weather soccer as they had been overrun by Richmond in a 13-point loss that leaves their AFL finals hopes in tatters.
The Swans led by 26 factors throughout the second quarter on the MCG on Thursday evening however had been overwhelmed as rain fell after half-time.
Richmond kicked 5 of the final six objectives in a dominant end and received a lop-sided clearance battle (47-31).
The rely featured a 19-7 benefit at centre bounces, together with a 10-1 landslide within the second half.
“We got absolutely smashed around the stoppages, you know, 1-10 in a half of footy is hard to do in the (centre bounce) situation,” Swans coach Longmire mentioned.
“They almost tripled us in stoppage work in the second half, so they got ground position in wet conditions and that made a big difference.
“We simply obtained smashed across the footy.”
It told on the scoreboard as Richmond piled on 7.10 to 3.3 after the main break.
“You’ve obtained to get the ball in your entrance half in these moist circumstances and you have to play a territory sport, and we weren’t in a position to do it,” Longmire mentioned.
“We simply fumbled and obtained overwhelmed across the ball.
“We were a bit slow to adapt but we just weren’t clean enough around the ball.”
Sydney’s slender defeat to Richmond adopted a nail-biting draw with Geelong in spherical 16, with the outcomes severely denting their finals hopes.
The Swans (6-1-9) might now finish this spherical so far as two wins plus proportion exterior the highest eight.
“We’ve had a few chances to finish it off and haven’t done the most basic things and executed it when we’ve needed to,” Longmire mentioned.
“That’s been disappointing.”
In an extra blow, dashing defender Jake Lloyd will miss subsequent week’s conflict with the Western Bulldogs below concussion protocols.
Lloyd was substituted after a excessive bump from Richmond ruckman Toby Nankervis throughout the second quarter.
Longmire confirmed gun midfielder Chad Warner (calf) can even be sidelined for one more week.
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
