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It’s not a case of home sweet home for Sydney’s most prolific goal-kicking forwards,, who are finding it easier to hit the target away from the SCG.
Even if the Swans win their last two SCG fixtures, they will still finish with a superior record on the road, where they are 7-2, compared to 4-5 in Sydney.
Perhaps the most startling aspect is their significantly more accurate goal-kicking away from home, where the Swans have converted 13 per cent more shots.
Lance Franklin and their two young emerging small forward goalsneaks Ben Ronke and Will Hayward have all been much more accurate on theIr travels..
Rookie list sensation Ronke has booted an impressive 19.4 in seven away games, with hauls of seven and five at the MCG and Etihad Stadium respectively, but has kicked just 3.5 from one less home match.
Asked if he had pinpointed anything in their five home losses, Sydney coach John Longmire referred to educating a forward group, which Franklin apart lacks experience.
“There’s a little bit of work to do with our technical part of the game that we need to get right and particularly with a young forward group ,we’re trying to work through that.” Longmire said.
The Swans have dropped four of their last five games to slip to ninth and are danger of missing the finals for the first time in nine seasons.
They face a treacherous run home, with all four of their remaining opponents above them in the top eight.
Longmire is looking for the Swans to rediscover the fierce and unrelenting pressure that has been their trademark under him, but which has been missing over the past two weeks.
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