Mike Sheahan - Dooubting Swans' a Mug's game

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  • Reggi
    On the Rookie List
    • Jan 2003
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    Mike Sheahan - Dooubting Swans' a Mug's game



    We really haven't beaten any quality teams yet so shouldn't get too far ahead of ourselves......

    Still a way to go, exciting none the lesss
    You don't ban those who supported your opponent, you make them wallow in their loserdom by covering your victory! You sit them in the front row. You give them a hat! Toby Ziegler
  • Bas
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    • Jan 2003
    • 4457

    #2
    Well by the end of Round 8, we will know what the future of the season will hold.

    However should we lose to the top 3, you can't predict what would happen with injuries in other teams and form slumps. You would expect losses to Cats and Dogs and possible chance against Lions.
    In memory of my little Staffy - Dicey, 17.06.2005 to 1.12.2011- I'll miss you mate.

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    • AnnieH
      RWOs Black Sheep
      • Aug 2006
      • 11332

      #3
      We're on fire. It can only get better.
      Wild speculation, unsubstantiated rumours, silly jokes and opposition delight in another's failures is what makes an internet forum fun.
      Blessed are the cracked for they are the ones who let in the light.

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      • hammo
        Veterans List
        • Jul 2003
        • 5554

        #4
        Originally posted by Bas
        Well by the end of Round 8, we will know what the future of the season will hold.

        However should we lose to the top 3, you can't predict what would happen with injuries in other teams and form slumps. You would expect losses to Cats and Dogs and possible chance against Lions.
        I wouldn't be writing off the Dogs game - they're a bit rusty right now and Manuka is at worst a neutral venue for us, and more like a home ground.
        "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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        • Trickster
          On the Rookie List
          • Jul 2009
          • 377

          #5
          Originally posted by Bas
          Well by the end of Round 8, we will know what the future of the season will hold.

          However should we lose to the top 3, you can't predict what would happen with injuries in other teams and form slumps. You would expect losses to Cats and Dogs and possible chance against Lions.
          We are in the top three, wont play the saints again during the home and away, Loins are in good form but so are we, I'd say we are at least on par to the Cats, Dogs we are playing on what may as well be a home ground for us. Yes we have had a 'softer' start to the season than others but it has worked for us, we?re three from four with two away wins, a key player who did not have a pre season has had time to gel with the team, the old guard are playing with skill and style, new recruits are proving why chose them in the first place
          While we should never count the cygnets before they hatch I believe a quiet optimism is not unwarranted

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          • No 14
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            • Sep 2006
            • 262

            #6
            Yes, we have beaten the bottom 3 sides but they were with margins appropriate for thoses teams. So when we play other teams we can have the confidence that they have to be at least 40 points better than crows, tigers and roos + our confidence. And with a bit of luck we would have been 4 zip.
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            • giant
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              • Mar 2005
              • 4731

              #7
              Originally posted by Trickster
              We are in the top three, wont play the saints again during the home and away, Loins are in good form but so are we, I'd say we are at least on par to the Cats, Dogs we are playing on what may as well be a home ground for us. Yes we have had a 'softer' start to the season than others but it has worked for us, we?re three from four with two away wins, a key player who did not have a pre season has had time to gel with the team, the old guard are playing with skill and style, new recruits are proving why chose them in the first place
              While we should never count the cygnets before they hatch I believe a quiet optimism is not unwarranted
              A very good glass half full summary of the season to date. You've convinced me!

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              • Go Swannies
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                • Sep 2003
                • 5697

                #8
                It took him bloody long enough. I had a long conversation with him at a Christmas party over two years ago. He was adamant that the Swans were on the way down and wouldn't make the finals in 2008. We did and even advanced to R2. He knows the Swans well - a corporate friend has even sung the team song with him late into a birthday party - but he still has Melbourne blinkers that miss any talent across the border that isn't one Jon Brown.

                So a month into the comp he's worked out that Roos isn't going to go out with a whimper but rather having a real tilt at finals and handing over a very strong team for Horse to take into the 2011 season. I hope Horse's first task will be defending our Flag.

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                • mocaholic
                  Regular in the Side
                  • Oct 2003
                  • 575

                  #9
                  Originally posted by Trickster
                  ... I'd say we are at least on par to the Cats...
                  What the hey? Not just yet I reckon.

                  Certainly positive signs. Even being the cynic I am I still reckon we've got a great list and traded / drafted the lights out last year.
                  Insert Your Life [HERE]

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                  • Red
                    Foreign Correspondent
                    • Jan 2003
                    • 651

                    #10
                    Originally posted by AnnieH
                    We're on fire. It can only get better.
                    Nooooo!!

                    Annie / Mods / someone please delete this post before the Footy Gods see it!
                    To all those people who waited 72 years to see a South Melbourne/Sydney Swans premiership HERE IT IS!!

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                    • Bloody Hell
                      Senior Player
                      • Oct 2006
                      • 3085

                      #11
                      Roos has given him a few over the years for his assessments of the Swans at the start of the season.

                      At least he's learnt to pull his head in quickly these days.
                      The eternal connundrum "what happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object" was finally solved when David Hasselhoff punched himself in the face.

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                      • Trickster
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                        • Jul 2009
                        • 377

                        #12
                        Originally posted by mocaholic
                        What the hey? Not just yet I reckon.

                        Certainly positive signs. Even being the cynic I am I still reckon we've got a great list and traded / drafted the lights out last year.
                        Past four games the Cats have played Essendon (won by 31) Hawthorn (won by 9 points) Freo (lost by 7 points) and port (won by 95 points) in the same span we lost one game by 8 points and won three by a minimum of 40 points each time, yes the teams are bottom of the ladder but the cats only real tough game was Freo and they lost that. Tack on the fact that we lost by only 5 points to them round 20 last year.
                        So yeah I would say we are on par with them

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                        • Triple B
                          Formerly 'BBB'
                          • Feb 2003
                          • 6999

                          #13
                          Originally posted by hammo
                          I wouldn't be writing off the Dogs game - they're a bit rusty right now and Manuka is at worst a neutral venue for us, and more like a home ground.
                          With u on this one Hammo.

                          My memory tells me in the past 2 years we have beaten the Dogs in 6 of the 8 quarters at Manuka.

                          Trouble is, the 2 quarters we lost (the 2nd quarter both times) have been by about 20 goals.
                          Driver of the Dan Hannebery bandwagon....all aboard. 4th April 09

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                          • Doctor
                            Bay 29
                            • Sep 2003
                            • 2757

                            #14
                            Originally posted by Go Swannies
                            It took him bloody long enough. I had a long conversation with him at a Christmas party over two years ago. He was adamant that the Swans were on the way down and wouldn't make the finals in 2008. We did and even advanced to R2. He knows the Swans well - a corporate friend has even sung the team song with him late into a birthday party - but he still has Melbourne blinkers that miss any talent across the border that isn't one Jon Brown.

                            So a month into the comp he's worked out that Roos isn't going to go out with a whimper but rather having a real tilt at finals and handing over a very strong team for Horse to take into the 2011 season. I hope Horse's first task will be defending our Flag.
                            He was good enough about it to admit on On The Couch that people (ie him and other Melbourne journos) had started to remember that the Swans were in the competition, and he said it with a smile.
                            Today's a draft of your epitaph

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                            • swans_premiers
                              On the Rookie List
                              • Feb 2003
                              • 1101

                              #15
                              As Tadgh Kennelly said on a interview on Saturday.

                              this year is not a rebuilding year and we ARE a great team we just need to start believing it

                              Bring on the Eagles
                              Bring on the Lions
                              Bring on the Cats
                              Bring on the Dogs

                              we can beat them all. I believe..do you?
                              Adam Goodes: Rising Star 99, Brownlow 2003, 2006
                              Swans Premiers 1909, 1918,1933,2005, 2012

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