Preview Sydney Swans vs Fremantle Dockers, Saturday May 22 @ Optus Stadium - Rd 10

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Convince me we can win!

Look at the ladder for a start 9 games is a fair sample we are in the 8

more points scored
Less conceded
More forward efficiency
Won 3 of last 5 v freo
Beat us last year sure but who was playing bloody thurlow was for a start
They can’t score
They can’t tackle outside like 2 players

we have way more run in 2021
We have a proper ruckman

it’s freo
 

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Look at the ladder for a start 9 games is a fair sample we are in the 8

more points scored
Less conceded
More forward efficiency
Won 3 of last 5 v freo
Beat us last year sure but who was playing bloody thurlow was for a start
They can’t score
They can’t tackle outside like 2 players

we have way more run in 2021
We have a proper ruckman

it’s freo
Welcome back Kingy!:)
 

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Who are you and what have you done with The King!

Yes, hello Mrs King. Or is it Her Majesty?

is there a thread for people who haven't already given up on this game?

You need to have a read of The Finals Countdown Thread. Apparently if you expect to lose it makes victory even sweeter and defeat easier to swallow. It's like the Betty Ford Clinic for Bigfooty, or Philosophy and Psychology 101 rolled into one with a smattering of Defeasible Reasoning and Epistemic Defeat (don't be too impressed, I had to look them up)

PS It's good to have you back Kingy!, although we've had a good run in your absence. If we lose on the weekend I expect the superstitious camp to run you out of town with pitchforks.
 
They will probably kick something like 17.4 against us now

This is very weird, I had a dream last night that I missed the game and was checking the score, and both teams kicked 17 goals.
 

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Brennan Cox was on 6PR this morning.

Interviewer said “I assume you or Luke (Ryan) will go to Buddy?”

The response was no, Griffen Logue gets Buddy.

Seems McL is now viewed as the main threat!
 
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Joel Hamling was on 6PR this morning.

Interviewer said “I assume you or Luke (Ryan) will go to Buddy?”

The response was no, Griffen Logue gets Buddy.

Seems McL is now viewed as the main threat!
Hamling isn’t playing tho
 
I remember last year's game was actually pretty even in most aspects and it was one of the few games where we actually had more inside 50s than our opponent. But their All Australian defender in Ryan was awarded BOG that night, while our All Australian defender in Rampe was on the sidelines.

In a match where there was literally only 26 scoring shots between both sides for the whole game (!!), their back line's ability to limit our forwards far surpassed our back line's ability to limit their forwards.

So I'm convinced last year's game was an anomaly. Freo are rubbish.
 
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Kidding, right?
True, no game is ever a gimmee.

Yes, they may have a hoodoo over us over there for some inexplicable reason.

But COME ON folks!

So far, this current iteration of the Swans has spanked the reigning premiers, claimed the scalps of the runner-up and a prelim finalist, and has only itself been soundly beaten in one game this season.

Nothing is for sure in life, but it's ridiculous to go all Chicken Little on this encounter.
 

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Look at the ladder for a start 9 games is a fair sample we are in the 8

more points scored
Less conceded
More forward efficiency
Won 3 of last 5 v freo
Beat us last year sure but who was playing bloody thurlow was for a start
They can’t score
They can’t tackle outside like 2 players

we have way more run in 2021
We have a proper ruckman

it’s freo

Good answer!
 
Brennan Cox was on 6PR this morning.

Interviewer said “I assume you or Luke (Ryan) will go to Buddy?”

The response was no, Griffen Logue gets Buddy.

Seems McL is now viewed as the main threat!

That's probably because Logue is a better 1v1 defender than Ryan.
 
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