Next weeks game.

[Charlie]

I think we'll win - don't have a clue by how much though.

The HUGE test..... probably the defining two weeks of our season, will be Port at Port followed by West Coast at home.

[Jon]

Originally posted by Roscoe

I really liked Roos coments how that when we are down e.g.
3rd Quarter against Lions, a period against the cats, a few lapses against Richmond and the 2nd Quarter against the Bombers, the players have learnt that OK things aren't going our way - WE have to kill the ball, play the boundary, keep it tight until the momentum turns our way.

Our defence is a corner stone...we have to thank Eade for this.

Rocket was a MASTER at sucking time from the clock, clogging the half-back area and reducing the impetus of opposition teams with boudary line football. We have to thank Rocket for making the Swans as hard at the ball as they are right now.

This year, however, our attack is far more potent. We roll the dice more, play the boundary FAR less and rebound hard. This is the major difference bewtteen Syd under Roos and Syd under Eade.

Rocket pulled back the arm and clenched the fist, but Roos and his team have been the ones to throw most of the punches.

[TheHood]

The Dogs will either come out fighting early and run out of steam after half-time OR they will capitulate early and never be able to regain so much lost ground before full-time.

Roosy has been pretty savy on game day with match-ups but most impressively he has known when to rest players, take a bit of heat so that there is plenty of run when we need it most, be it half way through the 3rd or the beginning of the last.

I do think we will beat the Dogs, they are bone tired, I feel sorry for them because their story this year was our story last year...several close losses sapping the spirit from the team. Come Saturday night I am hoping the loss won't be close, I am really hungry for a percentage booster to stave off the Crows and challenge the Eagles.

Liz was accurate when she said that complacency won't be an issue. At the half-way mark of the season and 3rd position on the table to 11th position is only decided by 2 wins! Who can afford to be complacent? The Lions? Swans are in fact only a win and a half away from the Lions on paper!

[Jimmy C]

I'm tipping us. The Bulldogs are this year's basket case.