In light of the Swan's recent great form and without sounding like a wet blanket, the 8 games that Sydney are drawn to play in Rounds 6 to 13 inclusive, are all bar one, quite difficult.
There are home games against:
Brisbane
Fremantle
Essendon
Collingwood
The Bombers game would be the only game where the Swans are comfortably favourite, (although they did win at the SCG last year).
Then there are the Away games, against:
Geelong
Western Bulldogs
Hawthorn
Port Adelaide.
Sydney would start underdogs for all four games, particularly the first two.
My assessment is that assuming the Swans beat West Coast at the SCG are are [4 and 1] after Round 5, to win half of the above games, and be [8 and 5] after Round 13 would be a mighty effort, setting us up to a return to September action. (Bearing in might that Richmond, North, and Melbourne represent 3 of the next 4 games in Rounds 14-17 inclusive)
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