40 points (10 wins, eight losses), 114.7 per cent

Pencil in the Swans for at least two more wins, which should get them into the finals. But regular readers will know that this column has been cautioning that the Swans still had four difficult away games to come. They successfully negotiated the first (GWS), lost to the Hawks and still need to travel to Geelong and Adelaide. They might need to settle for seventh or eighth, a mighty effort after their 0-6 start, but which would mean every final on the road.

The run home
Rd 20: Geelong (Simonds Stadium)
Rd 21: Fremantle (SCG)
Rd 22: Adelaide (Adelaide Oval)
Rd 23: Carlton (SCG) 

The coach says
"We had a few that were down, we got within six points and we think a few of our boys can play a bit better. We got beaten around the ball in the last quarter at the stoppages and when we thought we had a bit of momentum there we just didn't carry on with it." John Longmire post match Rd 19, 2017