GWS Giants

[AnnieH]

I think you are bit harsh on them. We go to two of three games at Spotless to get a footy fix,
and when they are on song they are great to watch. They look they are having a good time out there. Better than watching us most games this year it pains me to admit. Their recruiting of senior players the last few years like Patfull, Griffin, Mumford, Shaw etc has been masterful. They have the ability to score heavily very quickly and finish opponents off in ten minutes the way good teams can. I guess I admire their resilience in overcoming getting wiped out week in, week out for the first two seasons. I think payback time for them is just about here, and they will be in the top 4 next year.

Still don't care.
Bums on seats is how they make money.
I'd rather give my money to charity.
Oh. Wait....

[snajik]

Went to the Giants - Brisbane game a while back and even though the standard of the game wasn't brilliant it was a cracking day nevertheless. Giants play an exciting style of footy and their skill level is superb albeit inconsistent. The day we were there it was about 24 degrees warm sunshine, t-shirt weather. Perfect. The other thing is its such a great ground for watching footy at. Has a real suburban feel as opposed to a stadium environment. Love being able to walk around the whole ground, watching from different vantage points.

Looking forward to seeing Giants and Swans there next weekend.

Oh and the Giants song is easily one of the best, and kick to kick is the ideal way to cap off the day. Thinking about a 3 game footy fix membership for next year.

[KTigers]

I think you are bit harsh on them. We go to two of three games at Spotless to get a footy fix,
and when they are on song they are great to watch. They look they are having a good time out there. Better than watching us most games this year it pains me to admit. Their recruiting of senior players the last few years like Patfull, Griffin, Mumford, Shaw etc has been masterful. They have the ability to score heavily very quickly and finish opponents off in ten minutes the way good teams can. I guess I admire their resilience in overcoming getting wiped out week in, week out for the first two seasons. I think payback time for them is just about here, and they will be in the top 4 next year.

I refuse to give them money.
I'll be watching from home in a few weeks.
Bugger them.

[AnnieH]

I refuse to give them money.
I'll be watching from home in a few weeks.
Bugger them.

[stellation]

Great to see Jon Patton back in today. Cam McCarthy starting as sub so am guessing Patton's on some kind of time restriction.

[Hotpotato]

So, they are currently $67 to win the Premiership ... $20 could add a bit of excitement to the remainder of watching them go round this year.
I was impressed how well they played against Sydney

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And The Swans are $4.50

[Mug Punter]

The crowd will be telling.

I vowed to never give that mob a dollar or set foot in that joint, especially when Sheedy was mouthing off.'

But now I cannot wait - if there's a bandwagon to be jumped on I'm the man And if this continues we'll have to pay praise to Gonzo's vision, something the current clown at HQ does not have an ounce of.

It is an enticing clash and with two good teams at a plum timeslot. The size of the crowd will reflect the number of people like me being converted - if it is over 10K then they should be happy. Over 15K and this team have truly arrived.

I'll be out there with three other blokes making their first visit

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GWS could be Eddie's worst ever nightmare

[stellation]

Another TV double header with the Swans, too!

I'm thinking of heading down with Stella junior for the game- they had a decent crowd for Hawthorn (14k, I think?) so hopefully they can back it up with something over 12k.

I've been pretty impressed with James Stewart for the Giants over the last couple of weeks, looks to be fairly agile and have decent skills for a big guy.

[Hotpotato]

Be interesting to see how many Swannies Caps at Spotless on Sat arvo ....

[Xie Shan]

I think they'll be a bit flat after thrashing Carlton on the weekend (often happens the week after a team has an easy win), but it should still be a good game.

[ugg]

I'm also going! Mark down a win

[Zlatorog]

I have been extremely anti-Giants and continue to be in some aspects.

But to my dismay I find myself heading out to the ground this weekend for a footy fix.

Partly to get my footy fix and partly because they have an exciting list. And my disgust with what Fat Eddie is doing down in Melbourne makes me want two strong teams in Sydney now.

Hopefully they can start to work on their off-field community engagement a bit better too

+1. I'm going to the Spotless Stadium as well (weather permitting). It should be a good game and have enough time to get back home to watch Swans taking on Hawks.

[Mug Punter]

I have been extremely anti-Giants and continue to be in some aspects.

But to my dismay I find myself heading out to the ground this weekend for a footy fix.

Partly to get my footy fix and partly because they have an exciting list. And my disgust with what Fat Eddie is doing down in Melbourne makes me want two strong teams in Sydney now.

Hopefully they can start to work on their off-field community engagement a bit better too

[Hotpotato]

Giants v Crows game should be a cracker... Worth going out to watch Eddie and Cameron .

[wolftone57]

I agree Stell that the games being back to back is counter productive. I don't think they realise the Midgets have a lot of people who follow the Swans who would go to the games if they didn't do the back to back television stuff. the next two weeks are the same then R15, 16 & possibly 23. They should separate them as much as possible.