I think sydney are the ones most suited to it not just because of their strong defence but because of the hardness and size of their mids who can win the one of one contests, lay big blocks etc.



The eagles have a strong enough defensive unit to pull it off but at this stage certainly dont have the hardened mids and offensive run and speed through the middle. I think what showed most for the swans though is hardened bodies playing very good contested footy with high intensity wins finals. It always has and its their biggest strength. It's why i think they have been so successful over the last decade. They have had some talented sides, however on paper i wouldnt have them in the top few but they really define the traditional a champion team will always beat a team of champions.



On the grand final i thought the hawks bottom 5 players really got exposed however i thought schoenmakers played a pretty decent game. However when you only have to defend 43 inside 50's and don't have a strong opponent it's not a defining game for him. He played his role though and wasn't in hawks worst players. Easy to see how the hawks lost it though 43 inside 50's for 91 points. Normally i see 60 inside 50's as the mark required to get 100 points for a match. The rate the swannies were going they would have scored 130 odd points with that amount of entries. While they were very efficient i think its very much a 50/50 case of efficiency plus the hawks poor team defence.