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Just got a massive wrap from Gerard Whateley on ABC news in his weekly AFL wrap.
Interesting to note we are equal first in quarters won and first in time in the lead at 66%.
Also pointed out that with the compromised draw that we are also 1st in percentage which can be a better indicator than wins at present. We also have the lowest score against after 10 rounds that any team has had in modern era of the game as well.
Combine this with the fact that we are scoring more than any other time under Roos and the numbers look impressive.
I said it before the Tigers game, while the Tigers were looking more competertive the underlying statistics didn't show that.
For us, they are looking strong.
DST
"Looking forward to a rebuilt, new, fast and exciting Swans model in 2010"
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Captain Logic is not steering this tugboat.
"[T]here are things that matter more and he's reading and thinking about them: heaven, reincarnation. Life and death are the only things that are truly a matter of life and death. Not football."Comment
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Occupational hazards:
I don't eat animals since discovering this ability. I used to. But one day the lamb I was eating came through to me and ever since then I haven't been able to eat meat.Comment
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If anyone other than the Swans is to win this season, my pick would be the Dogs (though the Aker factor mutes my enthusiasm for them a bit).
Look at the alternatives
Geelong - did it last year
Hawks - will be a sad sad day for footy the time a club that has systematically planned to be rubbish for 3 or so years walks off with the premiership. I desperately want executive-level tanking to be shown to be a useless strategy
Adelaide - dull. People say the Swans are boring but they are at least partly eccentric with it. The Crows aren't even that - they are just plain well drilled dullness.
Pies - 'nuf said
North - multiple reasons to dislike them, from 1996 (yes, still) to their arrogant foray into Sydney to their ditching of Canberra when the ACT mob were at least trying to get behind them, to the whinging of Brayshaw.
Brisbane - nothing major against them, but I don't think they're good enough, not this year.
And no-one else stands a snowballs chance. Which just leaves the Dogs. Wouldn't mind seeing Johnson and West retire as premiership players, and still have a bit of a soft spot for Eade, even if him leaving when he did was the best thing for us.Comment
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Excluding the Swans from the equation, I'd love to see the 'Dogs beat Geelong in the GF - would be a cracker game.Captain Logic is not steering this tugboat.
"[T]here are things that matter more and he's reading and thinking about them: heaven, reincarnation. Life and death are the only things that are truly a matter of life and death. Not football."Comment
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No need to be so harsh Cruiser.... Even though he's a Wee Girl supporter there's no need to crucify his every comment... (Justy quietly, I think his team is puting him through more pain and suffering than we ever could)
If I would chose a team to win over Sydney... Out of the contenders this year I'd have to go the Doggies too...Comment
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"Fortunately, this is the internet, so knowing nothing is no obstacle to having an opinion!." Beerman 18-07-2017Comment
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Occupational hazards:
I don't eat animals since discovering this ability. I used to. But one day the lamb I was eating came through to me and ever since then I haven't been able to eat meat.Comment
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I feel so dirty saying this, but I actually wouldn't mind a 'Pies flag, only because I like the way they play. They play a brand of footy not dissimilar to us when they are on song, with the solid defensive/contested footy skills characteristic of Malthouse-coached teams, but play with a fair amount of flair as well. And they haven't really tanked to get to where they are as the Hawks have...I think they are more of a 'team' than Hawthorn. Of course, them winning would mean Rocca getting a medal (ugh!) but on the bright side, but at least Davo got his first
Though if we can't win it, it's the 'Dogs for me. Pies maybe just behind, unless Brisbane keeps up their good form.Comment
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