2008 Finals Series - Week 1

**Cheer Squad** · 1st September 2008, 07:48 PM

We've only played North Melbourne once in a final - the Grand Final of 1996, and we all know how that ended.

Our form over the past two months has not been good. We've had an unsettled team, plagued by injury to key players, with uncharacteristic poor discipline and morale making matters that much harder.

Despite this, we have reason to be optimistic about this Saturday's game. We had a good win at the SCG last week; North had a very bad loss at the MCG. How would they feel knowing they blew their chance at 4th spot by going down to the team that finished 13th by 12 goals? How would we feel if it was us? Now they have to travel interstate to play at a venue they've never seen before.

I think we're going to progress to Week 2 of the finals. Swans by 18.

**Jeffers1984** · 1st September 2008, 07:59 PM

Will be a very tough, close and hard fort win.

Swans by 33.

**cruiser** · 1st September 2008, 08:12 PM

Once again Hammo doesnt fail to dissappoint with his pessimism.

**Triple B** · 1st September 2008, 08:15 PM

Originally Posted by cruiser

Once again Hammo doesnt fail to dissappoint with his pessimism.

Hehehehe....and it will all be Roos' fault.

**hammo** · 1st September 2008, 08:20 PM

Originally Posted by cruiser

Once again Hammo doesnt fail to dissappoint with his pessimism.

I'd love to be proved wrong

**cruiser** · 1st September 2008, 08:32 PM

Originally Posted by hammo

I'd love to be proved wrong

I will happily tell you so too just as soon as I can get onto the Net after the game.

**dawson** · 1st September 2008, 08:35 PM

I don't want a goal for goal type arm wrestle which most of our finals tend to be. A free-flowing game would be better.

**573v30** · 1st September 2008, 09:40 PM

Swans by 37

**hot potato** · 1st September 2008, 10:27 PM

The Swans including the coach believe they can win, and I wouldn't mind Roosey coming out and saying that the players have grown sufficiently in self confidence and self belief with the help of the young guns to put Norths away instead of the old rhetoric we have to play for four quarters blah blah blah....

**Lucky Knickers** · 1st September 2008, 10:28 PM

Walls just gave us the kiss of death and picked us.

**Cheer Squad** · 4th September 2008, 06:56 PM

Originally Posted by Lucky Knickers

Walls just gave us the kiss of death and picked us.

Well at least he's showing us some respect. We just can't seem to win with the Melbourne media, in spite of last weekend's results. Most of the writers at Inside Football are tipping North to win fairly easily - a couple even regard them as a safe bet. No wonder Roos was having a go this week.