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

[Heeney2Franklin]

Will play this ground well

Piss the bombing off though

Wonder if buddy will play

If he doesnt surely Mcdonald is in.

 

[SwansProudly]

With the flight time ~ 5 hours from Sydney to Perth, I hope Tom Hickey is in 1st class with his leg up all the way

 

[Punts]

Still looks injured imo

He was moving like the titanic and his defensive pressure was non existent

 

[Ticky009]

Still looks injured imo

He was moving like the titanic and his defensive pressure was non existent

Got the impression he was really feeling the knee against Magpies. We might find ourselves with Sinkers rucking this week. Guess we'll find out soon enough.

 

[Heeney2Franklin]

Still looks injured imo

He was moving like the titanic and his defensive pressure was non existent

Yer he is a few times he was very slow to get up after a few contests, i suspect we will rest him at some stage maybe even this week.

Is Optus Stadium surface still concrete like? or is that a thing of the past.

 

[74561347]

we will win by so much that fremantle will initiate a violent takeover of the WA government, declare an independent nation breaking off from australia and then close their borders so they never have to play us again

 

[Joycerama]

This is the first of 3 really critical games against Freo, Carlton and St.Kilda for our finals push. Those three are 10th, 11th, and 12th currently on the ladder and they're all going to be pushing for our spot. If we beat all three of them, we get that little bit more breathing space in the run home.

I would be happy if we won two out of three

 

[Joycerama]

I think it can work. Freo are weak. And by that I mean a lot of their players only run one way and are non-factors physically. It's made them vulnerable to teams who take their players on directly with run and carry. Their tackles slide right off and their players end up ball-watching. If we try a short kicking, corridor game I think they will be well equipped to shut that down.

Or we could just go with the most straight-forward route to defeating Freo: stop David Mundy.

Stop Mundy and Serong

 

[Punts]

Serong is a gun

Should’ve taking him

 

[caesar88]

Serong is a gun

Should’ve taking him

That could've led to a sliding doors type moment where if we take Serong, we don't end up taking Warner with our later pick.

Or where if we do, we have Serong playing in the 22 while Warner would be wasted in the VFL comp.

 

[Superstar swan]

I think buddy will be pushing to play, he knows his body and would surely know he needs reps now not rest. Get the minutes into the legs. At this stage what is the point of preservation. If he’s fit he plays like any other player

 

[Dubai Quacker]

Stop Mundy and Serong

Serong is playing as a stopper.

 

[Olian]

Will play this ground well

Piss the bombing off though

Wonder if buddy will play

Doubt Buddy plays. He has a bad back and a 5 hour flight won’t help. Can seen him being ‘rested’ as part of his management this week.

 

[Voice of the G]

Doubt Buddy plays. He has a bad back and a 5 hour flight won’t help. Can seen him being ‘rested’ as part of his management this week.

Similar thoughts,rest Buddy and bring Logan Mc Donad in which is his home tuirf.

 

[Indie_]

Sean Darcy was excellent today. Just putting it down the throat of the Freo midfielders from stoppages. We'll need a big game from the rucks I think.

 

[Dubai Quacker]

we will win by so much that fremantle will initiate a violent takeover of the WA government, declare an independent nation breaking off from australia and then close their borders so they never have to play us again

Freo supporters won’t do anything of the like.

They’ll all go home, have a bit of a choof, take off the purple & slip on their favourite tie dye gear before checking the calendar to see if they’re scheduled to wash the dreds this month.

 

[elastic]

Sean Darcy was excellent today. Just putting it down the throat of the Freo midfielders from stoppages. We'll need a big game from the rucks I think.

He was looking very proppy at the end of the game. Looks to have some knee issues as well.

 

[Dubai Quacker]

Freo are favourites.

And rightly so. This is the game we traditionally screw up royally.

 

[sthmelb_dimmies]

Looking forward to getting to this one. Hopefully buddy makes the trip over

Zero chance they’re putting Bud on that return Perth flight

 

[SBD Gonzalez]

Serong is playing as a stopper.

So we need a stopper stopper.

 

[hairy biker]

I thought I'd look up our record in WA.
v Freo P 16 W 4 L 12 (Optus 0-2) 25% win record
v WCE P 27 W 11 L 16 (Optus 1-0) 40% win record.

Over their existence Freo finalists 7 out of 26 seasons, WCE 25 out of 34 seasons.

SCG/ANZ record v Freo P 20 W 15 D 1 L 4
SCG/ANZ record v WCE P 22 W 18 L 4 (MCG 1-1, Metricon 0-1)

Stuffed if I know why there is the anomaly of our record v Freo in WA.

 

[Heeney2Franklin]

Rampe or McCartin to Taberner?

 

[Dubai Quacker]

I thought I'd look up our record in WA.
v Freo P 16 W 4 L 12 (Optus 0-2) 25% win record
v WCE P 27 W 11 L 16 (Optus 1-0) 40% win record.

Over their existence Freo finalists 7 out of 26 seasons, WCE 25 out of 34 seasons.

SCG/ANZ record v Freo P 20 W 15 D 1 L 4
SCG/ANZ record v WCE P 22 W 18 L 4 (MCG 1-1, Metricon 0-1)

Stuffed if I know why there is the anomaly of our record v Freo in WA.

Freo under Ross Lyon flooded & played a defence-heavy strategy. Our slow, wide game style suited them perfectly.

Conversely, teams able to move the ball fast & frantically carved them up.

We need to play our round 1-3 style to have any hope. Otherwise, we’ll kick 5 goals for the match and go away disappointed yet again.

 

[Olian]

I thought I'd look up our record in WA.
v Freo P 16 W 4 L 12 (Optus 0-2) 25% win record
v WCE P 27 W 11 L 16 (Optus 1-0) 40% win record.

Over their existence Freo finalists 7 out of 26 seasons, WCE 25 out of 34 seasons.

SCG/ANZ record v Freo P 20 W 15 D 1 L 4
SCG/ANZ record v WCE P 22 W 18 L 4 (MCG 1-1, Metricon 0-1)

Stuffed if I know why there is the anomaly of our record v Freo in WA.

We are undefeated at Optus Stadium as the home team.

 

[hairy biker]

Freo under Ross Lyon flooded & played a defence-heavy strategy. Our slow, wide game style suited them perfectly.

Conversely, teams able to move the ball fast & frantically carved them up.

We need to play our round 1-3 style to have any hope. Otherwise, we’ll kick 5 goals for the match and go away disappointed yet again.

But our record in Sydney v Freo is good and if anything the SCG should have been more conducive to the Lyon gamestyle than Subi.
Under Lyon we played Freo 11 times for 6 wins, 1 draw, 4 losses.
All 4 losses were in Perth (3 at Subi, 1 at Optus).

So I'm not convinced it was Lyon's coaching style that explains our W/L record in Perth v Freo.
And excluding games under Lyon our record is still bad; P 11 W 3 L 8