What a refreshing break from football the bye is.
Now back to business. It's well known our record against Essendon in Melbourne is not very good - only one victory in over 20 years! No wonder Bombers fans always pencil in their home games against us as a win.
Add to that the poor record of teams this year after the bye, including us, and you could be excused for thinking we don't have much chance this week.
Essendon looked quite good for the first half against Collingwood yesterday and then were hit hard by injury. It ended up a rather bad loss for them. They simply must win this week to keep their finals hopes alive.
What does all this mean? It ultimately depends on what frame of mind we're in. If we turn up showing the same sort of hunger that we did against Collingwood, we might get across the line.
Probably not by much. Swans by 1.
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