Can we finish 2nd or 3rd?

[hot potato]

Did anyone think Greg Norman would be teeing off in an hour an a half two shots clear after his last victory in a major was 15 years ago.
With sport you just never know.
Roosey ramps em up for the run home. Go Swans.

[barry]

We will need four wins just to guarantee fourth spot.

Adelaide, Fremantle, Brisbane should go along way to getting us the wins, meaning we will need a win against the Dogs, Pies or Geelong.

What pessimistic dribble. 3 wins will 99% get us 4th spot. The only way it wont is if one of the 5-8th teams WINS EVERY SINGLE GAME. Very, very unlikely.

[SCGonasunnyday]

is that true? Won't 5 out of 6 get a team like St Kilda or Collingwood (who both have pretty easy runs home) above us if we win 3 only?

[Robbo]

Adelaide are a bogey side and they will be playing for their season almost.

[Bas]

I'd be more concerned about us hanging onto fourth.

My concerns as well.

[ShockOfHair]

The Swans haven't beaten any top four side in the last two years - I don't see why they would start now.

On current form we'll be lucky to win more than two games out of the last six.

[DeadlyAkkuret]

The Swans haven't beaten any top four side in the last two years - I don't see why they would start now.

On current form we'll be lucky to win more than two games out of the last six.

You don't think we'll atleast account for Adelaide, Brisbane and Fremantle?

[voodooguru]

It all depends on the Large Professor. He kicked 5-5 not that long ago. His triumphal return will open up the game for O'Keefe, Goodes, Micky and Jumbucks; and straighten us up in general. Crumb City.

Preseason, my barometer for how high we could fly came down to whether we got the same Hally we had last year, when he led the competition in spilled marks? Or the one who can kick 5 goals, set up 2 or 3 others, take 6-7 marks one kick away from inside 50 and 12 marks in total.

Add that to what we have now and only The Shadow knows. He was playing well before that air guitar brainfade. 5-5.

I say off the couch, out of the box and back for the (Crow)Bots.

[ShockOfHair]

We haven't beaten Adelaide since - 2004? - and Brisbane are running pretty hot, so I wouldn't assume them as wins.

The Bulldogs at Manuka seem the most vulnerable of the other three.

[goswannie14]

No.

[snajik]

We haven't beaten Adelaide since - 2004? - and Brisbane are running pretty hot, so I wouldn't assume them as wins.

Not sure which Brisbane you've been watching. Surely not the Brisbane that was recently defeated by both Essendon and Melbourne? Your second point contradicts your first; Brisbane haven't beaten us for a similar period of time.

Anyway, it's all academic. Seems that there are 15 teams on a hiding to nothing.

[gossipcom]

Bringing this thread back up to the forefront...

Containing spoilers from tonight's match (so the rest of this post will be in white for spoilers - highlight to read).

But due to Hawks losing, if we beat the Crows tomorrow night we'll only be 6 points behind 3rd spot.

[573v30]

Still a 6 point gap between us and Hawthorn if we beat the Crows...

[Claret]

No.

And frankly, I'd rather finish 4th anyway.

P.S. Nice idea there Gossipcom, shame it was only good for 6 minutes

[gossipcom]

Oh well it was worth a shot since the other states haven't gotten the coverage yet.

It's funny when you look at it actually. Because right now Hawks are the ones that are in doubt but you look at the matches we've got coming up and we still need to make sure we get that double chance since it's not secured yet.