We are humble, we rise to defy the odds, we are the Bloods.
There have been some famous victories when no-one gave us a chance.
We take issue when no-one rates us and overlooks us and then the times we're labelled as favourites we seem to struggle and play below our best.
There were 2 Swans teams in the finals - Week 1 and Week 4; Week 2 and Week 3.
The Week 1/Week 4 team was in the 2014 Grand Final while the Week 2/Week 3 team was in the 2012 Grand Final.
Similarly there were different Swans teams during the year - the one that smashed Geelong down there, the one that killed Collingwood's season in the first week and the one that struggled against Hawthorn at home.
We aren't cocky, smug or arrogant like Hawthorn or how the Cats can be at times, but if you want to win the flag you need a bit of that.
Our grand final record is 5-12 (Compare that to Hawthorn that is 13-6). Everyone else that has lost at least 10 GF has also won at least that many. Hard to plan for the week as you never know if you get there and when you do there is no time to do anything.
But moving forward, we have to save our best football for the last game of the year. This was a season that deserved a flag.
It's wonderful and amazing that we keep getting to Grand Finals, but even better when we win one....
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