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  • no1swan
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    • Jun 2003
    • 102

    Swans win a bonus for Lions

    The media is still writting us off. I can't believe it...........

    Swans win a bonus for Lions
    8:33:06 PM Sun 7 September, 2003
    Paul Gough
    afl.com.au
    Reigning premiers Brisbane are the big winners as a result of Sydney?s shock qualifying final win over Port Adelaide at AAMI Stadium on Sunday.

    Just one day after the Lions? bid to become the first team in 46 years to win a hat-trick of premierships looked to have received a fatal blow after they lost to Collingwood in the qualifying final ? the Swans did Leigh Matthews? team a huge favour.

    The Swans shock 12 point win over Port has now put the Lions into what appears the weaker side of the finals draw.

    The Lions now not only have home advantage against Adelaide in next week?s knockout semi-final at the Gabba (where Brisbane is unbeaten in finals) but if they win that they would then make the less daunting trip to Sydney rather than to Adelaide for the preliminary final.

    Brisbane will meet Sydney at Telstra Stadium for a place in a third successive grand final, should they defeat the Crows, and while the Swans did beat the Lions on both occasions during the home and away season they are battling a mounting injury list.

    While Paul Roos? gallant side deserves the highest praise for its gutsy win over Port at AAMI Stadium in the qualifying final ? the win came at a huge cost.

    Already missing star trio Jason Ball, Jason Saddington and Michael O?Loughlin to injury, the Swans have lost defender Brad Seymour for the rest of the finals series with a strained medial ligament while Stephen Doyle (ankle) and Tadhg Kennelly (corked thigh) also copped injuries.

    However that pair will benefit from the week off next week as will O?Loughlin, who is now rated a chance to recover from the hamstring injury he received in round 22 in time for the preliminary final in a fortnight.

    In contrast to the Lions, Essendon now looks to have a much tougher finals draw following Port?s sixth loss in seven finals matches.

    Instead of travelling to Sydney to meet the Swans in the semi-finals next week, the Bombers will now meet the fired-up minor premiers on the rebound at AAMI Stadium.

    It is the second year in a row Essendon has been forced to meet Port at AAMI Stadium in the semi-finals as Port, for the second successive year, blew the chance to advance directly to a home preliminary final by losing a qualifying final on home soil.

    The winner of the Port-Essendon semi-final ? which will be played next Saturday night ? will meet Collingwood in a preliminary final at the MCG the following week.

    The other preliminary final will now be played at Telstra Stadium in Sydney?s western suburbs with the Swans to host the winner of the Lions-Crows? semi-final, which will be played at the Gabba next Friday night.
  • gossipcom
    Senior Player
    • Aug 2003
    • 2585

    #2
    I read that article and just went bloody typical. Though Brisbane are sweating on Voss big time - they were hoping for the week off but that kind of went down the tube when they loss last night.

    I also read it and thought damn the AFL promoters won't get that GF they wanted between Port and Collingwood now <g>

    Instead they'll live either have an interstate one or one of the two Victorian teams will get there depending who wins the elimination next weekend.

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    • Charlie
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      • Jan 2003
      • 4101

      #3
      I was about to post the exact same thing right now... they'll never learn, will they? Ah... let 'em. It'll make it all the sweeter if we do lift that cup in 20 days.
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      • barry
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        • Jan 2003
        • 8499

        #4
        Paul Gough is a swan hater ever since he came into circulation by getting a gig at the very bottom of the media food chain (afl.com.au).

        I'd say he would have tipped the swans twice at most during the season.

        That site is so cringeworthy.

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        • ugg
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          • Jan 2003
          • 15971

          #5
          They'll keep writing us off, even if we win the flag. The way this win will be portrayed in the Melbourne media is that Port choked rather than we outplayed them. That's fine with me, we'll continue slipping under their guard and they won't know what hit them come GF time.
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          • swans_premiers
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            • Feb 2003
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            #6
            this is good we play better as underdogs
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            • NMWBloods
              Taking Refuge!!
              • Jan 2003
              • 15819

              #7
              What a @@@@ing stupid thing to write. We just beat Port in Adelaide so how does it now become the weaker draw?!? We have also beaten Brisbane twice this year. What a tool!!
              Captain Logic is not steering this tugboat.

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              • port1978
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                • Mar 2003
                • 169

                #8
                Originally posted by NMWBloods
                What a @@@@ing stupid thing to write. We just beat Port in Adelaide so how does it now become the weaker draw?!? We have also beaten Brisbane twice this year. What a tool!!
                And if you play like you did against us today you'll beat them again. Don't take too much notice of the media, they're just a bunch of idiots anyway.....you're probably better off being the "underdogs" anyway! Enjoy your week's rest then make sure you knock of either Brisbane or the Cows so we can hopefully have another crack at you in the GF.

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                • SwansBloke
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                  • Sep 2003
                  • 104

                  #9
                  Originally posted by swans_premiers
                  this is good we play better as underdogs
                  Bingo! This is just how I like it! I hope we continue to get written off.

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                  • bloodboy
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                    • Jul 2003
                    • 352

                    #10
                    I agree that we play better as underdogs but this bloody article is disgusting and not worth the paper it is written on. I am going to take a copy of this article into the toilet and give it the treatment it deserves! Most of the other articles in there were all about bagging out Port for being so pathetic...can't they ever give us any credit?
                    Go you mighty BLOODBOYS!

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                    • Snowy
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                      • Jun 2003
                      • 1244

                      #11
                      Ironically enough Brisbane is going to struggle no matter which team it plays because it is tired and has lots of injuries. The biggest way to come a cropper is to underestimate the opposition though. Reeks of arrogance.
                      LIFE GOES ON

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                      • sharpie
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                        • Jul 2003
                        • 1588

                        #12
                        That's right, just keep writing us off, boys. That's right, we deserve the wooden spoon. That's right, we dont deserve to be here. It's all ok, coz we're actually a really poor team. All you guys have to do is turn up and you'll win for sure. It'll be easy. In fact, you may as well rest your best players for next week.

                        Just keep telling yourselves that. It's fine with me!
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                        • hammo
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                          • Jul 2003
                          • 5554

                          #13
                          That column is the most convoluted piece of rubbish I have ever read.

                          It probably doesn't even deserve a resonse but I am really fired up over it.

                          What an insult to the Swans by saying Brisbane is now on the easier side of the draw, after Sydney has just achieved one of the best wins in modern finals history. And lets face it, they turned up to play on Sunday and outclassed Port whether they choked or not.

                          The 'heavy cost' of the win is inconsequential because we have a week off the get over injuries and niggles and be fresh for the prelim, possibly with Mick O'Loughlin and O'Keefe back.

                          The game will also be played in front of the season's biggest crowd, probably 95 per cent Swans fans because I can't imagine too many Brisbane people making the trip.

                          The flag-waving Victorian media can keep writing us off.

                          As Cressa has shown, it will only fire the players up even more.
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                          • Angelic Upstart
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                            • Apr 2003
                            • 111

                            #14
                            Well I hope we see plenty more articles and so-called experts writing us off in the next couple of weeks. Judging by some of the post-match comments by the players they find it a great motivational tool!

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                            • Schneidergirl
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                              • Aug 2003
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                              #15
                              blah, blah, blah, blah.


                              Keep it coming!!!!

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