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  • Dave
    Let those truckers roll
    • Jan 2003
    • 1557

    Who would we prefer to play next?

    I tend to think the crows would be preferable as the odds of beating the lions 3 times in a row seem a bit daunting.
    The crows on the other hand are due for a loss. (providing the goal umpire doesn't @@@@ up again)
    I would also love the chance to get stuck into Carey again!

    Mind you I truly believe this team can accomplish anything it sets it's mind to.
    Last edited by Dave; 10 September 2003, 12:33 PM.
    "My theory is that the universe is made out of stupidity because it's more plentiful than hydrogen" - Frank Zappa
  • jixygirl
    On the Rookie List
    • Jun 2003
    • 432

    #2
    I think it will be tough, whoever we play. The winner of the game will get into the Grand Final, so there's a lot at stake and both teams will have all guns blazing. Hopefully Sydney will be the better team in the end and win!
    Sydney Swans Premiers 2005 - The Mighty Bloods

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    • BAM_BAM
      Support Staff
      • Jun 2003
      • 1820

      #3
      I also wonder whether doing brisbane 3 times is pushing the footy gods too far

      But I believe we can beat either team
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      • Rod_
        Senior Player
        • Jan 2003
        • 1179

        #4
        Lions won't take think they can win by a walkin the park having lost twice this year.

        Crows have an X factor (Unknown)

        I hope we can defeat either but a wounded lion would be ok for me... Crows lift a little against us....

        Rod_

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        • Sanecow
          Suspended by the MRP
          • Mar 2003
          • 6917

          #5
          Hoping for lots of 1 week injuries and suspensions from this weeks game.

          My mantra: "I am watching a game in which ten players from Adelaide and Brisbane are reported and ten others are injured (but not too seriously)."

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          • Rob-bloods
            What a year 2005 SSFC/CFC
            • Aug 2003
            • 931

            #6
            Let's go the cliche, we have to beat any and everyone now. Let's face it, after a stutter vs Hawks and Pies we have beaten Brizzie Demons and Port all Away, twice in do or die positions against top sides.

            I think (and bloody well hope) we will be much better for the Collingwood @ Telstra, Port @ AAMI experiences, especially the youngsters and we really just have to do it twice more. Whether we win or lose we are proud of them but after 21 years I am fed up, as I read in a previous thread somewhere, of making up the nos in September barring '96....let's just get that cup up to the Emerald City.......the word fairytale is used too often but this could be the real thing!
            Sports do not build character. They reveal it....Heywood Broun

            I always turn to the sports pages first, which record people's accomplishments. The front page has nothing but man's failures......Earl Warren

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            • dawson
              Senior Player
              • Mar 2003
              • 1007

              #7
              This topic is irrelevant and one which does not bother entertaining.

              We will beat whoever we play otherwise we are not in the Grand Final.

              Port will have been stoked to played the Swans on Sunday and look where it got them. As soon as we have a 'preferred' opponent, we fall into the same trap that Port did.

              Historically, we play our worse football when favoured and complacent and smug.

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              • hammo
                Veterans List
                • Jul 2003
                • 5554

                #8
                We will beat either Crows or Lions. The week off will do the Swans wonders.

                I think Adelaide have a pretty woeful record in Brisbane so you'd expect the Lions to get through.

                Brisbane are looking very tired at the moment but may yet have a couple of big games in them. That will be hard though against a fresh Swans side.

                Playing at home should also be worth 3 or 4 goals to us.

                As they say, if you want to win the flag you have to beat everyone. There would be nothing better than going through by knocking out the premiers.
                "As everyone knows our style of football is defensive and unattractive, and as such I have completely forgotten how to mark or kick over the years" - Brett Kirk

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                • Dave
                  Let those truckers roll
                  • Jan 2003
                  • 1557

                  #9
                  Originally posted by dawson
                  This topic is irrelevant and one which does not bother entertaining.

                  Well excuse me!

                  It's not as though I'm polling the bloody players.



                  You will notice that I did actually say I believe the team can accomplish whatever it sets it's mind to.
                  "My theory is that the universe is made out of stupidity because it's more plentiful than hydrogen" - Frank Zappa

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                  • TheHood
                    On the Rookie List
                    • Jan 2003
                    • 1938

                    #10
                    Originally posted by dawson
                    This topic is irrelevant and one which does not bother entertaining.

                    We will beat whoever we play otherwise we are not in the Grand Final.

                    Port will have been stoked to played the Swans on Sunday and look where it got them. As soon as we have a 'preferred' opponent, we fall into the same trap that Port did.

                    Historically, we play our worse football when favoured and complacent and smug.
                    So who would you prefer to play in the Grannie, an in form flying Collingwood or a shagged out exhausted, mentally unstable Port Adelaide?

                    Or does that not matter either?
                    The Pain of Discipline is Nothing Like The Pain of Disappointment

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                    • snajik
                      Senior Player
                      • Jan 2003
                      • 1115

                      #11
                      There's only three teams we haven't beaten yet this year. Hawthorn, North and Adelaide. We don't need to worry about the first two until '04, and if not for blind goal umpires it may have been different against the Crows.

                      Of the remaining finalists we have also beaten Port, Collingwood, Brisbane (twice) and Essendon. We have no reason to fear anyone. There is no bogey team amongst this lot. Personally, I'd like to play the Crows and smash them, just for the sake of knowing that we can beat each finals participant.
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                      • Rob-bloods
                        What a year 2005 SSFC/CFC
                        • Aug 2003
                        • 931

                        #12
                        I'm with Snaj' let's cover all bases and smash the Crows, I still haven't forgotten the 'mystery' knockout on Cressa in a final when he had 7 touches in five minutes and then was out cold, plus then someone jumped into O'Loughlin's back and he was finished too!
                        Sports do not build character. They reveal it....Heywood Broun

                        I always turn to the sports pages first, which record people's accomplishments. The front page has nothing but man's failures......Earl Warren

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                        • dawson
                          Senior Player
                          • Mar 2003
                          • 1007

                          #13
                          Originally posted by TheHood
                          So who would you prefer to play in the Grannie, an in form flying Collingwood or a shagged out exhausted, mentally unstable Port Adelaide?

                          Or does that not matter either?
                          If we played Port in the GF, they would want to smash us into a pulp and would want the ultimate revenge.

                          I just think we have to not fall into this trap and let the foot go off the pedal because we a playing a supposed weaker side.

                          In 2000, Hawthorn went within a whisker of beating Essendon.
                          In 1999, Carlton did beat Essendon by a whisker.
                          In 1997, Adelaide shocked the Dogs.

                          Crazy things happen in finals - we saw that on Sunday. We just have to beat the next two teams we play. At this stage its all about adrenlain - the players are physically and emotionally spent. All comes down to who wants it more.

                          The side really shouldn't extra motivation besides wanting to be in a Grand Final and winning won.

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                          • TheHood
                            On the Rookie List
                            • Jan 2003
                            • 1938

                            #14
                            Agree fully, however:

                            I think we also have to be realistic, not arrogant and understand that yes we are good on our day, but so are others on "their" day.

                            So the point is, you will have preferences on who you play so long as you still give it your best crack as you would the top team away from home.
                            The Pain of Discipline is Nothing Like The Pain of Disappointment

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                            • pillowtalk
                              On the Rookie List
                              • May 2003
                              • 252

                              #15
                              Who would we prefer to play next?

                              Who would we prefer to play next?

                              That's easy - Either Colllingwood or Port/Essendon.

                              If that was our next game then at least we are in the grandfinal!
                              He who laughs last thinks slowest

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