The importance of the win

[smartplay]

Re: The importance of the win

Originally posted by Goal Sneak
Not only do we gain a huge boost of confidence, but we get a week off to rest injuries, and we get out of a long trip to Adelaide. Not to mention the Home Final in a couple of weeks.

the importance of the win can be looked at the "negative of this win" for debate/avoiding past error sake.

The Swan has done it a few years ago and in last season? (after the mid year break)
Coming back from a week rest, they forgot how to play intensely again.

For the past two years, Swan alway begin in very low intensity/purpose at the beginning of last season & this season. Just maybe, the players are given too much leeway in "resting" or the strategies are incorrect.

A change of training routine is warranted. Perhaps, instead of having a normal game playing intensity of say 10 points(on a scale of 1 to 10) , and average mid week training intensity of 4 points, perhaps the training intensity for this week rest (next 10 days) for one least one "game train session" should be say 7-8 points, instead of 4 or lower points.

We must come out after 2 weeks time, ready to fire from the first bounce up, resume where we left off from Vs West Coast game intensity, not caught napping for first or more quarters, & dont know what truck has hit us.

If we come up firing next preliminaryfinal, then I feel the flag is very much ours to retain in the final as we have the skill/team approach edge, massaged further with confidence pep up talk by coaching/players, over the current prospective final opponents whoever they are.

[Jude4eva]

Originally posted by Damien
Melbourne are a bit of a threat, and seeing they often beat us up here, it would be a challenge, but I do think Freo will win this week and play us.

Melbourne is a massive threat! They have beaten us in Sydney including at Telstra in the past 3 years would rather play Freo. Plus i dont want to have to put up with my boyfriend who is a Melb supporter!

[ScottH]

Originally posted by wyatt
I think the home ground advantage is going help Freo get over the Dees, which I think works in our favour as I would rather play the Dockers than the Dees. I still don't rate the boys from Freo as a real threat, particularly if you keep a couple of their flash-in-the-pans quiet (e.g. Farmer).

Nice Avatar!!

A big confidence boosting win. Not only beating a team in the 8 (der) but the team on top of the ladder.

[Big Al]

Look Freo or Melbourne will be a threat. You don't make a prelim if your hack side. However if the Swans play well they should have the game at home to prevail over Freo or Melbourne. If I had a preference though I would want to face Freo just so the Prelims are an all non Victorian affair.

[yoshi]

at the end of the game when the team was walking off the field he looked really estatic - more so then some of the others. looked like he was 'part of the team'now... bonding more with team mates
i used to call him SOFT as well.. congrats to him for his perforances in last few weeks. agree with others, his decision making skills still a little slow...

[yoshi]

that was meant for the TED richards thread. ignore pls
soz

[Bart]

I'd go Freo. Dees have a far better record against us in Sydney

[AnnieH]

A week off could hurt our momentum going into the finals.
Traditionally, the swans don't perform that well after a week off.
Scary, eh?
Bring on Freo.

[cruiser]

Originally posted by Annie Haddad
A week off could hurt our momentum going into the finals.
Traditionally, the swans don't perform that well after a week off.
Scary, eh?
Bring on Freo.

Traditionally? What happened in 2003 is hardly a tradition. The only other finals break in most people's living memory was 1996 - and we all know what happened in that PF.

[Sanecow]

Originally posted by cruiser
Traditionally? What happened in 2003 is hardly a tradition. The only other finals break in most people's living memory was 1996 - and we all know what happened in that PF.

I assume Annie refers to the games after the split round and/or the seasons where there was an odd number of teams.

[ugg]

10 of the 12 home preliminary finalists since 2000 have won and progressed to the GF. The two that have missed out are:

- Sydney in 2003, lost to Brisbane.
- St Kilda in 2005, lost to Sydney.

[AnnieH]

Originally posted by Sanecow
I assume Annie refers to the games after the split round and/or the seasons where there was an odd number of teams.

Thanks Sanecow ... assumption is correct. That's exactly what I was thinking.
But then again ... this IS finals footy.
It (probably/could/might/may/hopefully/potentially) make a difference.