Pre-match Discussion: Round 4 V Bombers @SCG

**Aaron** · 4th April 2021, 01:09 PM

As Liz created a Game Day Thread yesterday, it reminds me that we should really have two threads every round. In the past, we usually had "Changes for Round X" first and then followed by a "Match Thread" on the Game Day.

So let's have that again for the coming rounds. But instead of Changes for Round 4, I prefer to label it "Pre-match Discussion for Round 4" basically because all who played yesterday deserve to keep their places in the team and no change is required.

Having said that, we appreciate that at least Buddy will return and someone will have to go out. I am not sure if it has just been random luck but we are ding quite well with very few injuries so far. Our key strength and conditioning staff are newly recruited this year and from the Tigers and the Cats and apparently so far so good. I think we should trust them to decide who need a rest after the taxing game yesterday with a shorter break!

**Ludwig** · 4th April 2021, 02:19 PM

We used to have several threads for each round and it was hard to keep track of things. It was difficult to reference things that were posted leading up to the match, then the match itself and then the follow up discussion.

We changed this to having 1 thread to for each round for the Swans' match and another thread for other games in the round. I think this works best.

I implore the mods to maintain (return to) the 1 thread per round format.

**SwanSand** · 4th April 2021, 02:35 PM

It may be Logan out Franklin in. And one mid out - no idea who - no one deserves to go out but maybe it’s just management of players. Get Stephens or our favourite Rowbottom in.
Darcy Parish, Zach Merrett, McGrath and stringer most important. But watching the St kilda game, it was a walk in the park for Essendon. They haven’t really played well at SCG so it would be a great challenge for them.

**Aaron** · 4th April 2021, 02:57 PM

Originally Posted by Ludwig

We used to have several threads for each round and it was hard to keep track of things. It was difficult to reference things that were posted leading up to the match, then the match itself and then the follow up discussion.

We changed this to having 1 thread to for each round for the Swans' match and another thread for other games in the round. I think this works best.

I implore the mods to maintain (return to) the 1 thread per round format.

I still think that two threads for each round is better. There are now so many posts in the Round 3 Game Day Thread talking about Ins and Outs for Round 4 and that's confusing. Moreover, Game Day Match Threads usually have a large number of rushed and hasty short bursts of emotional interjections written during games that most would not bother to read every post thoroughly.

**Ludwig** · 4th April 2021, 03:13 PM

Originally Posted by Aaron

I still think that two threads for each round is better. There are now so many posts in the Round 3 Game Day Thread talking about Ins and Outs for Round 4 and that's confusing. Moreover, Game Day Match Threads usually have a large number of rushed and hasty short bursts of emotional interjections written during games that most would not bother to read every post thoroughly.

The length of the thread is not a problem. Every post is time stamped, so it's easy to isolate the time period of a set of posts, like what gets posted during the match.

I will give 1 example of why a single thread is best. I think we can predict that TheBloods will have many prematch posts about how picking RB will be detrimental to us winning the match. Then suppose we do select RB for the match and we go on to lose the match. I'm sure we will all want to reference TheBloods prematch posts so we can congratulate him on being correct. But if we separate the round into 2 or more threads, we won't be able to do this. TheBloods might find this ego-deflating experience so shattering that he will stop expressing his opinion on players, to the detriment of all.

**liz** · 4th April 2021, 07:15 PM

Originally Posted by Ludwig

We used to have several threads for each round and it was hard to keep track of things. It was difficult to reference things that were posted leading up to the match, then the match itself and then the follow up discussion.

We changed this to having 1 thread to for each round for the Swans' match and another thread for other games in the round. I think this works best.

I implore the mods to maintain (return to) the 1 thread per round format.

We've had a pre-match (often labelled as "changes") and a match day thread for as long as I can remember and it's always seemed to work well. I don't see any particular reason to change that.

**Ludwig** · 4th April 2021, 09:29 PM

Originally Posted by liz

We've had a pre-match (often labelled as "changes") and a match day thread for as long as I can remember and it's always seemed to work well. I don't see any particular reason to change that.

I wonder where I got the idea that we changed to a single thread for the round. Maybe it's just that it seems so logical to keep all the posts related to a single game in one thread that I thought we had changed. No problem going for tradition over logic.

**Swanny40519** · 4th April 2021, 04:05 PM

What I would like to see next Thursday is the SGC full of red and white. Hopefully many of previous years members will be excited and interested enough to purchase membership, as the club really needs the financial boost that would come from more membership.

The way the team is playing they deserve all the support we can give them.

Go Bloods !!!!!

**Mel_C** · 4th April 2021, 08:37 PM

Originally Posted by Swanny40519

What I would like to see next Thursday is the SGC full of red and white. Hopefully many of previous years members will be excited and interested enough to purchase membership, as the club really needs the financial boost that would come from more membership.

The way the team is playing they deserve all the support we can give them.

Go Bloods !!!!!

I just read in The Age that ground capacity in Sydney is back to 100%. If this is true then I hope the ground is packed. Normally we don't draw big crowds on a Thursday night.

**Wardy** · 4th April 2021, 09:52 PM

Originally Posted by Mel_C

I just read in The Age that ground capacity in Sydney is back to 100%. If this is true then I hope the ground is packed. Normally we don't draw big crowds on a Thursday night.

Actually Thursday & Friday night crowds have been pretty good - a lot of corporates used to go straight from work. If it’s promoted well enough in Sydney the crowd comes. Lucky it’s school holidays so they should hopefully get a good turn out.

**Aprilbr** · 4th April 2021, 04:58 PM

I echo that sentiment, Swanny.

**Captain** · 4th April 2021, 05:51 PM

Originally Posted by SwanSand

It may be Logan out Franklin in. And one mid out - no idea who - no one deserves to go out but maybe it’s just management of players. Get Stephens or our favourite Rowbottom in.
Darcy Parish, Zach Merrett, McGrath and stringer most important. But watching the St kilda game, it was a walk in the park for Essendon. They haven’t really played well at SCG so it would be a great challenge for them.

No chance Logan will go out.