Sydney coach John Longmire has slammed his facet’s “completely unacceptable” efficiency that led to an awesome 112-point loss to Port Adelaide.
Seeking to bounce again from 4 defeats in 5 matches, the Swans as an alternative fell to their greatest loss since 1993 after being held scoreless for nearly two quarters.
It’s their fifth-worst loss within the membership’s VFL/AFL historical past and the largest in Longmire’s 13-year tenure as coach.
“It is utterly and completely unacceptable. It is less than customary,” Longmire mentioned after their 22.16 (148) to five.6 (36) loss.
“We have been in each sport this yr till final week, and we dropped away final week, and right this moment did not look like it had a baseline to it.
“We simply did not come to compete and that is the very essence of the sport.
“For those who do not come to compete and battle, you get proven up irrespective of who you are enjoying.”
The Swans had been by no means within the contest, with Ken Hinkley’s facet slamming by way of seven objectives to none within the opening quarter.
Port then surged to a 71-point lead earlier than the Swans notched their first rating, a rushed behind, halfway by way of the second time period.
Isaac Heeney broke by way of with their first main simply earlier than the primary break nevertheless it did little to stir a lacklustre Swans unit.
Sydney had been comprehensively crushed in all areas on the stats sheet, trailing 34 inside-50s to 69, 108 contested possessions to 135 and 295 disposals to 390.
“You may attempt to shift gamers round which we’re making an attempt to do however in the long run, you could have the very essence of making an attempt to win the competition and put stress on the opposition,” Longmire mentioned.
“For those who do this, it results in higher abilities and results in higher the whole lot, nevertheless it’s simply we had nothing on the market present.
“That was the disappointing side. There’s received to be a fiercer pushback than that.
“It is fairly primary stuff.”
Main the league by 4 factors, Sydney tackle Collingwood, Essendon and Adelaide throughout the ultimate three home-and-away rounds.
No VFL/AFL facet have misplaced by greater than 100 factors and gone on to win a premiership, with Carlton dropping by the precise margin to Essendon in 1945 earlier than profitable the flag.
Requested if he believes his facet can rediscover their type earlier than finals, Longmire mentioned: “We have to. We completely must.
“We’re in a state of affairs the place we have got to. We have to get to work. The place it sits in the meanwhile is just not adequate.”
