Preview Round 22 Sydney v Gold Coast @1:45 ... time to squirrel away 4 points

[Bloods86]

This is off-topic, but does anyone have any advice on attending games at the Adelaide Oval? I'm planning on going next week - Does the club get an allocation for its members, or should i just go ahead and get a GA ticket?

Search your email for "sydney swans crows". Should be an email with a link to ticketek for our allocated area. I got that email June 15.

I usually go elsewhere for a better seat, but figured I'd sit among fellow fans for once. So that's where I'll be.

 

[Dubai Quacker]

I must be the only one but I don’t hate BT he’s gotten heaps better lately.

Ha, good one LP!

Always appreciate some champagne comedy on a Friday morning.

 

[Grand Uncle Horace]

As usual, the mute button is my friend. I would however like people to keep count of Derm’s references to McLean and Ollie.

 

[caesar88]

If I were Gold Coast I’d send Touk Miller to play on Errol. He blanketed Neale out of the game the other week and Gold Coast did spectacularly well out of it. Errol is our best player easily this year and nobody seems to be able to run with him. Miller is an excellent runner and could do that job and I’m not sure how we’d win games currently if not for Errol playing out of his skin like he is and kick-starting our ball movement.

Gold Coast would lose Miller out of the middle but they’ve still got Rowell and Anderson in there, they’d be fine. Gold Coast were actually playing well whilst Miller was hurt, imo, because Rowell and Anderson were forced to step up and out of Miller’s shadow. Against our current stoppage set up, they’d be fine anyway with Witts still there.

I wouldn't bother sending Miller to Gulden. I think Gulden's been our best player this year but I don't think he's most important to our chances of winning. It's been evident time and again that if you want to kill us, kill us in the contest. If our inside bulls have quiet games we really struggle.

 

[WhippingCupcakes]

The only danger here is if they challenge us to a dance off.

Swans by 56 gagillion

ITS ON!

 

[TheMase]

$9 furphys when it’s half that down the road and people aren’t dumb. There’s a million pubs to watch the WC

Uh, can you point out the venues that have $4.50 Furphys? Pretty sure that’s a Furphy (I had to)….

You’ll be lucky to get a schooner of mainstream beer for under $7 anywhere let alone in the eastern suburbs.

$9 is pretty good really, won’t be much if at all cheaper up the road.

 

[Olian]

Uh, can you point out the venues that have $4.50 Furphys? Pretty sure that’s a Furphy (I had to)….

You’ll be lucky to get a schooner of mainstream beer for under $7 anywhere let alone in the eastern suburbs.

$9 is pretty good really, won’t be much if at all cheaper up the road.

You can’t get a coffee for $4.50 in the east these days let alone a beer!

 

[TheMase]

You can’t get a coffee for $4.50 in the east these days let alone a beer!

Babychino maybe lol

 

[swanssince2002]

Remember when Happy hour drinks on a Friday afternoon were $4/$5 6 years ago lol

 

[Donza]

Gotta say this has been a pretty boozy thread for some.

 

[SwansProudly]

Venues NSW has announced the SCG will stay open at full-time, and the Australia v France game will be shown live on the big screen at 5pm.
Attendees can watch the match from the Brewongle Stand concourse, or from Level 2 Noble Stand.
Guests must have a valid Swans v Gold Coast ticket to watch the game, and there will be no pass-outs. Some Merivale food and beverage outlets will remain open.

Women’s World Cup as it happened: Sweden books spot in semi-final after 2-1 win over Japan, Spain defeat Netherlands 2-1 after goal in extra time

Spain and Sweden have booked a date in the semi-final on Tuesday after both team’s beat their opponents 2-1 on Friday.

www.smh.com.au

 

[LukeParkerno1]

Uh, can you point out the venues that have $4.50 Furphys? Pretty sure that’s a Furphy (I had to)….

You’ll be lucky to get a schooner of mainstream beer for under $7 anywhere let alone in the eastern suburbs.

$9 is pretty good really, won’t be much if at all cheaper up the road.

It’s not $9 for a beer seriously any pub and it’s no more than $6. Heck a scotch is $9 or whatever it is. Reason why I bring two flasks in

 

[SBD Gonzalez]

Women’s World Cup as it happened: Sweden books spot in semi-final after 2-1 win over Japan, Spain defeat Netherlands 2-1 after goal in extra time

Spain and Sweden have booked a date in the semi-final on Tuesday after both team’s beat their opponents 2-1 on Friday.

www.smh.com.au

Nothing better to calm yourself down after a high-octane Aussie Rules game than two hours of a huge screen showing the sporting equivalent of a screen saver

(No I’m not much of a soccer fan!)

 

[Adnico26Parker]

 

[SwansProudly]

 

[Dubai Quacker]

Nothing better to calm yourself down after a high-octane Aussie Rules game than two hours of a huge screen showing the sporting equivalent of a screen saver

(No I’m not much of a soccer fan!)

I’ve always thought Soccer Australia should starting issuing fines for staging.

They’d become the wealthiest sporting body in Australia.

 

[Jewelsbon]

Nothing better to calm yourself down after a high-octane Aussie Rules game than two hours of a huge screen showing the sporting equivalent of a screen saver

(No I’m not much of a soccer fan!)

Truer words have never been said!

We were at our local club the other night when they played Denmark and those around me were so into it, but I just couldn't! It was a yawnfest as far as I was concerned.

 

[Kiama Chris]

I’ve always thought Soccer Australia should starting issuing fines for staging.

They’d become the wealthiest sporting body in Australia.

Mostly the men though. The women are much better.

 

[Bloods86]

Aussie Rules and the Swans will always be my no.1, but I'd go absolutely spare over summer if I wasn't an Adelaide United member. Different sports, different things to appreciate and complain about (although officiating and gripes when you're not one of the big/favoured clubs are common). Nothing like an Asian or World Cup either, at least not that Aussie Rules can produce.

I've got Saturday end-to-end with sporting action. Watch the VFL, then AFL, then head to a friends place for Matildas, and England v Colombia (watching with an Englishman and a Colombian). Fantastic.

 

[GoTheSwannies]

Nothing better to calm yourself down after a high-octane Aussie Rules game than two hours of a huge screen showing the sporting equivalent of a screen saver

(No I’m not much of a soccer fan!)

Died when I first saw this episode, so true...

 

[Swan4Life]

Dunno about you lot but I am absolutely wrapped with the inclusion of Stephens. The anomaly with him is that he could genuinely be anything from a club legend to a poor man's Ed Barlow

Ed Barlow

Age

37

Ht

196cm

Wt

99kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

14.8

4star

K

9.1

4star

HB

5.7

4star

M

3.7

4star

T

2.1

4star

CL

0.7

3star

No current season stats available

D

13.2

4star

K

8.0

3star

HB

5.2

4star

M

4.0

4star

T

3.6

5star

.

We simply cannot give up on a top 5 draft pick with his level of talent. He more than any other player this week is the one who I want to see produce a five star performance.

 

[Swan4Life]

And...

Dwayne Russell, Brad Johnson, Dermott Brereton, Nick Dal Santo

Mate, that's even worse than one of your miserable Norwegian weather forecasts.

 

[TheMase]

not $9 for a beer seriously any pub and it’s no more than $6. Heck a scotch is $9 or whatever it is. Reason why I bring two

I am directly involved with venues and large groups in this space… and broadly speaking you’re wrong, especially anywhere near the SCG.

Article with a table with Canberra cheapest ave Schooner $7.50. The Sydney Ave would be higher in the suburbs near to the SCG.

https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/food/drink/beer-tax-increase-will-hurt-aussies-at-the-pub/news-story/1e3af3d817ab87166a80d956da7262b6?amp

 

[hairy biker]

Remember when Happy hour drinks on a Friday afternoon were $4/$5 6 years ago lol

Geez Grand Uncle Horace & bedford can remember when you could buy a schooner for tuppence and get a counter meal (tripe & liver) thrown in.

And one to make all you whisky connoisseurs jealous;

Spoiler: One for the ages

 

[caesar88]

Dunno about you lot but I am absolutely wrapped with the inclusion of Stephens. The anomaly with him is that he could be genuinely be anything from a club legend to a poor man's Ed Barlow.

We simply cannot give up on a top 5 draft pick with his level of talent. He more than any other player this week is the one who I want to see produce a five star performance.

Don't wanna start another Stephens-bashing thing, I think it's good that he's in the side and gets another chance - perhaps his last - and I've long been a believer of his (though admittedly not so much lately).

But at the risk of sounding like old man yells at cloud I think the word "talent" gets thrown around too much, and footballing ability and athletic ability confused way too often.