Rain is predicted in Perth on Saturday
Rain is predicted in Perth on Saturday
Hopefully we can invoke the spirit of 2003. I had a nice win that year with the Swans at $5. I will be backing them again this year.
Sure I want the win but not so sure I'd want to come up against Hawks in a prelim.
It really depends on which teams turn up. Both teams have been Jekyll and Hyde-ish this season. I am hanging on the fact that (other than a flogging by WCE and being robbed against Freo by poor umpiring earlier this year) we have a pretty good recent record on the wide open spaces of Subi.
Smith is out to apparently
'Delicious' is a fun word to say
This is getting to be deja vu viz; 2013 again where injuries derailed the finals campaign. Look at our outs Parker, Jack, Buddy and maybe Smith. If this is the case lets hope 2014 repeats itself in 2016.
Longmire confirmed Smith won't play on the weekend That is a really big loss in my book, as they were pretty confident last week it was just a one week injury. McVeigh will be back and Mcglynn a good chance.
Certainly backs against the wall stuff at the moment, but I'm hoping we will put in a great performance on Saturday and add '15 to the sensational underdog qualifying final wins of '03, '06 and '12.
"You get the feeling that like Monty Python's Black Knight, the Swans would regard amputation as merely a flesh wound."
Hey, we still have our premiership forwards of Goodes and Reid playing good footy ATM. No team other than the Hawks have premiership forwards playing for them.
[ducks as RWO'ers quickly point out where I got that wrong]
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We should be very happy as this game marks the reality that John Longmire has been a more successful coach than Paul Roos.
Paul Roos's first five seasons were:
03 - Preliminary
04 - Week 2
05 - Premiers
06 - Grand Finalists
07 - 1st Week
Longmire will at least go:
11 - 2nd Week
12 - Premiers
13 - Preliminary
14 - Grand Finalists
15 - At least week two.
That is at least one additional finals game compared to Roos's tenure (first five years).
Well done Longmire.
We won 2012 without Buddy....
Wild speculation, unsubstantiated rumours, silly jokes and opposition delight in another's failures is what makes an internet forum fun.
Blessed are the cracked for they are the ones who let in the light.
I wasn't confident this morning but I'm not any less confident now. Win this and welcome back a few stars for a home Prelim
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What a big rallying call for the Swans to be thinking of Buddy and also Geeup for the Finals without him (if that is the case).
It's an opportunity for someone to step up.
Ironically Freo would be more concerned now about playing the Swans. Instead of playing with a Buddy who wasn't 100%, we have 22 guys who are playing for Buddy.
We've won qualifying finals before in Perth.
The "Nobody Rates Us or Believes in Us" feeling in the camp would be off the charts.
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