Ben McGlynn says Swans midfield lost control of game against Hawks
THE SYDNEY Swans' much-vaunted onball brigade has accepted much of the blame for the loss to Hawthorn on Saturday night.
After having the better of the midfield battle for the first two-and-a-half quarters, the Swans' running players lost control of the contest during the final 45 minutes.
"We weren't working hard enough at a lot of centre clearances, especially at the start of the last quarter," speedster Ben McGlynn told AFL.com.au.
"There were just a few basic things that we didn't get right. Against quality opposition, you're going to get hurt if you don't have those things in place."
McGlynn had plenty of reasons to be happy with his own performance
He finished with 23 disposals, nine tackles and three goals, including one that needed a score review after Hawthorn defender Josh Gibson claimed to have touched it.
McGlynn could be seen waving his arms after the ball went through, and some television and radio commentators mistakenly thought he was declaring that it had been touched.
In fact, he was encouraging the umpires to call off the score review.
Disappointing night, just to clear things up was signaling that the ball WASNT touched,not the other way around!#rightdecision@sydneyswans