Key to unlocking the Saints

[dawson]

Perversely the Swans play their best football in this type of situation but their are key factors they have to be aware of.

Physicality - The Sts are the most physical side in the league and will try and rattle the Swans cages. Don't think that will be a problem with us but we can't be backward in coming forward.

Skills - The way they are playing at the moment, if you make a skill error or concede a turnover they will kick a goal. Simple as that. It may force us into a Catch-22. ie to avoid us doing that we don't go down the corridor and so turn the ball over anyway.

Avenue to Goals - the Saints have the most potent attacking force in the league with Gehrig, Hamill, Milne, Guerra and Riewoldt. Riewoldt with 19 is their fifth highest goalkicker - our second highest is Nick Davis with 11.
Have no idea who will take the Saints forwards but if our midfield can cut off their supply that will go some way to helping the defence.

On form hard to see us winning. We only got over the Hawks by a point who then went down to a struggling Crows by a lot more than that.
On the other hand, St Kilda are coming off back to back 100 point wins.

Stranger things have happened.......

[dendol]

yeah, spoke to a Bombers fanatic and a Collingwood nut and they seem to think we have as good a chance as any team this weekend. They dont follow the Swans closely, but they still seem to remember the Swans of 2003, and think that we can still play like the giant-killers of old (Brisbane twice, Collingwood, Port).

Maybe it takes an outsider, who doesnt scrutinise every little thing about our team, to see that we shouldnt go into this game with any fear at all.

GO SWANNIES!!!!

[Rod_]

Accountablity by all players!

Each and every player is to be held accountable for each and every action on the ground...

Pass the ball - receive the ball - kick the goal (not the point) - shepard, handpass, intercept, tackle the player, chase - 1% turned into 10% more.....

Pressure at all times

Key matchups are correct.

Run Forrest Run and run and run...

A little luck and our season is okay....

Big challange - Big result

We can lift. Have belief in others.

Rod_

Only good will come from this game!

[Captain]

Re: Key to unlocking the Saints

Originally posted by dawson
Physicality - The Sts are the most physical side in the league and will try and rattle the Swans cages. Don't think that will be a problem with us but we can't be backward in coming forward.

Technical point, but I think the Lions are far more physical than the Saints. Most of their physical players this year though have been injured or suspended at soem stage - Brown, B Scott, C Scott, Lynch, Michael etc

The swans also have a few physical players. Hall, J Bolton, Kirk, Maxfield etc don't often take a step backwards.

[Go Swannies]

Originally posted by dendol

GO SWANNIES!!!!

You rang?

At the aftermatch you could see the players were already pumped. Matthew Nicks predicted the Swans would win by five goals.

Funny how you go to games like the Tigers, Hawks or Doggies and walk in thinking "just don't let us down, Swannies". But the big ones - Brisbane and Port in recent times - and I'm hoping the Swannies will find the magic they often find for the big events.

Obviously apart from the Saints, is there a team other than the Swans than hasn't received a +50 point flogging this season? The Lions, Port and Bombers certainly have - and everyone below us. That's why even outsiders think we have a better chance than any other team coming up over the next few weeks to beat the Saints.

On form, I certainly wouldn't pick the Swans to win. But we have seen how the team lift to a challenge. I reckon our chances of winning are 50:50. Right now the TAB have us at 4:1 - that's closer odds than we had against Port in the QF last year.

[swansrule100]

The swans can beat stkilda for a few reasons

1/ The saints cannot win every game and are finally away from the docklands against a good side and due for a loss

2/ we are finally showing some good form

3/we need to win they dont.!!!

Maybe im clutching at straws i just have a gut feeling we can win this game. The main thing the swans need is andrew schuable back... we are missing him more than anything this year... we still havent had a flogging yet..

[Bart]

Originally posted by Go Swannies
Obviously apart from the Saints, is there a team other than the Swans than hasn't received a +50 point flogging this season? The Lions, Port and Bombers certainly have - and everyone below us. That's why even outsiders think we have a better chance than any other team coming up over the next few weeks to beat the Saints.

That's the type of team we are. We won't be flogged, yet are unlikely to flog a team either.

[Nico]

Have watched the Saints a fair bit this season. Instead of flooding the backline they seem to flood the forward line with a relentless stream of players getting forward. When they win a contest near the boundary on half foward (almost a stategy to move it there) there seems to be 30 players around the 50 metre line. The opposition is simply overwhelmed and they run into goals uncontested.

We must win the close in contests and frustrate their movement. That is close it up then move quickly into the forwad line. Run off at all costs like they do.

If we are on our game it could be the fastest game you will eversee. Agree our skills must be spot as does our goalkicking, if we get close enough to the goals that is.