Round 8 v Bombers

[liz]

We should win this > 10 goals.

Far more likely to win it by 10 behinds.

[Xie Shan]

I think we only got 31,000 against the Bombers in the 2005 match at the Olympic stadium, though we were coming off Andy D's infamous comments a week earlier

I distinctly remember the crowd that night, it sounded more like 60,000 in the last quarter when the game was tight, probably because most of them were 'real fans'. I guess losing the bandwagoners has its advantages

[Industrial Fan]

Shame this game isn't at the SCG....there will be no atmosphere since the bummers are such fair weather fans.

If the crowd gets over 35,000 it will be a miracle.

[Captain]

You know you are a Swans supporter when you are still nervous about playing a bottom team with so many name players out!

I was nervous before we played the Weagles but that turned out alright. So hopefully this will as well...

[NMWBloods]

And we have such a high scoring record since rnd 2!

The classic battle between the team with no offence and the team with no defence. The movable object meets the resistable force!

[swansrule100]

mcveigh might be back.

Will be interesting how we cope with their attacking style

its the sorta game we could lose

lloyd is awesome against the swans

[ScottH]

The lowest score against Essendon since rd 2 is 123 pts and the average is 141 pts.

We should win this > 10 goals.

And we have such a high scoring record since rnd 2!

[NMWBloods]

The lowest score against Essendon since rd 2 is 123 pts and the average is 141 pts.

We should win this > 10 goals.

[mcs]

Great to see no adam McCheater, and as long as everyone from Sydney gets through the farce of a game on the weekend then I think we will win it fairly comfortably. The equation is pretty simple- we can not afford to lose this game if we want to make the eight/do half decently this year. A gimme game needs to be a gimme game. We have already dug a hole after a very good start to the season and a loss here would put us right back in the pack and back up against it. Knowing the swans, its just about what we will do but Im hopeful for a reasonable performance and a fairly easy 4 points.

[snajik]

You know you are a Swans supporter when you are still nervous about playing a bottom team with so many name players out!

Even in this era of relative success I'm never convinced that we will win unless we're up by at least 50 at 3/4 time.

Opposition injury lists are irrelevant when the collective red and white brain is not switched on.

Good to see that Adam McCheat isn't playing. That's a lovely slice of karma.

[Damien]

You know you are a Swans supporter when you are still nervous about playing a bottom team with so many name players out!

[Chow-Chicker]

No Lucas.
No Mcveigh.
No Davey.
No McPhee.(Suspended)
No Lovett-Murray.(Suspended)
No Fletcher(possibly).
No Lloyd (form).

And no Mark Bolton

[Robbo]

We should start tanking if we lose this.

[ScottH]

Why would they drop Lloyd after kicking 5 goals on the weekend?

Sorry, I wasn't suggesting he would be dropped, just his form has been fairly poor.

[RogueSwan]

It happened in Round 4

With the break it will be 5 weeks since it happened. Almost a certainty to play.

and means the commentators don't have to think about what to say, they dribble on about the brothers....