if we can win the away game against the Bombers I will certainly be bullish on us winning 8 games on the way home
If we cant 7 would still be a good result !
this year 14wins may still get us 4th ? not in many other seasons !
if we can win the away game against the Bombers I will certainly be bullish on us winning 8 games on the way home
If we cant 7 would still be a good result !
this year 14wins may still get us 4th ? not in many other seasons !
"be tough, only when it gets tough"
Bombers will come out absolutely firing after there loss to the Dees. We'll have to be at our best to hold them back.
The Bomber's loss to the Dee's last year started there form slump last year, here's hoping history repeats!
I'll go out on a limb and predict a close one.
The last three games:
2011: Rd 2 d Ess 5 points ANZ
Rd 20 lost to Ess 1 point Etihad
2010: Rd 11 d Ess 9 points SCG
The man who laughs has not yet heard the terrible news
Sounds like the mid 96 era.Originally Posted by ShockOfHair
2012: NAB Cup lost to Ess 2 points Etihad.....
C'mon Swannies, play well in Melbourne and we're in the top two by the end of the round.
"It's up to the rest of the players in the room to make a new batch of premiership players next year," Adam Goodes, triple Bob Skilton Medallist, October 7, 2011.
YOU BETCHA!!!!!!
They certainly owe us melbourne based supporters a win down here, if not then at least effort. I just cant bring myself to go to this one though, after seeing the performances against richmond and saints down here I am not risking it this week, I cannot stand essendon, it was bad enough against the saints!
Its been a long time since the Swans beat a top 6 team in Melbourne in an Away game. The last time was 5 years ago, when they beat 3rd place Hawthorn in Round 11 at the MCG. In effect, for the past 12 years, all of the Swans' Away wins in Melbourne against a top 6 side have been only against two clubs, the Hawks and the Demons:
2007 Round 11 v Hawthorn (3rd) MCG
2006 Round 19 v Melbourne (3rd) MCG
2005 Round 16 v Melbourne (4th) Docklands
2004 Round 20 v Melbourne (3rd) Docklands
2002 Round 21 v Melbourne (5th) MCG
2001 Round 15 v Hawthorn (2nd) MCG
The last time Sydney beat a highly ranked Essendon team in Melbourne was way, way back in Round 12, 1989, (nearly quarter of century ago), when they beat then the 4rd place Bombers at Windy Hill 55 to 50.
I agree: c'mon Swans, just for once can we have a good win in the Victorian capital against a quality team.
I am not so sure the loss tothe Dees this weeks is a bad thing.. With an experienced side you would expect they would bounce back hard but with the baby Bombers it may just make them feel a little vunerable..If we can start anything like today we will take them. This is our time to win again in Melbourne..
It is a huge game next week. Turning at 8-3 looks pretty good to me, 7-4 disappointing considering our start. Under the roof on a Saturday night will be tough. The Bombers will be smarting after this weekend. A huge game, that I think will tell us a lot about our season. Get a win and we can go into the bye with some confidence, knowing Goodesy is close to returning and with a tough run to come to really test our mettle. Lose and we really will be back in the pack trying hard to hang on to the top 4.
Looking forward to it, it should be an absolutely smashing game - as long as its like last year but with the result reversed, then I'll be a happy man. That was an absolutely brilliant game of footy, even if we didn't win it in the end.
Big test for the boys, hopefully the first of many this season that we can pass with flying colours.
The opening quarter will be huge. We need to get away well and then kick on with it - unlike what happened against the Saints.
Such a strange year of Footy . Anyone can beat anyone on their day really ( excepting maybe the two newbies) and no team is unbeatable. This will be tough to win, but a 4 qtr effort from everyone will see us go a long way towards winning. Mummy will be better for the run and did some nice things. Armstrong and Dennis Lane both did good things too. Lewis Jetta cannot kick a behind to save himself, complete reversal of two years ago. God I love him.
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