Swans V Cats

[Peace]

It's just turning the key.... but yes, I'm still a bastard.

[goswannie14]

I'm all set, the teams are in - I can't believe this game is still two days away... c'mon Swanners!

2 days before the game and there is already 13 pages of posts.

[Peace]

13? i have 22....

oh you must have changed the amount of posts displayed per game.

[Primmy]

is it bad that i am getting mum to close up the shop for me so i can make it home for the game?

i'll get her a bunch of flowers!

No.

Its a Swans game. My family and friends generally ask in advance of weddings, christenings, formal dinners, that sort of thing, whether or not a game is on.......mothers day included. So if I have no guilt at all, why should you.

[Big Al]

is it bad that i am getting mum to close up the shop for me so i can make it home for the game?

i'll get her a bunch of flowers!

Unless you run a florist you should be right.

[eggbeater]

getting super excited. oh and a big happy mothers day to all the mums!

[DST]

Okay, Mitch Duncan didn't play yesterday in the reserves and the word is that Ablett is only 50/50 at best from sources inside of Geelong.

Looks like they will play without him again this week, which helps us.
DST

[aardvark]

Hope you are not right. I'd rather beat em with ablett. No excuses then.

[liz]

Hope you are not right. I'd rather beat em with ablett. No excuses then.

Aah, but would you rather beat them without Ablett or lose to them with Ablett?

I'd rather the former. Now that finals are looking entirely realistic this year, it is about getting as many wins as possible. And we are far from full strength. Ignoring Seaby, whose absence is offset by Ottens being out, we are without McGlynn, Bolton and Hanners who are all probably in our best 22, and Bird who has a claim to be. All players who could be back to improve us by the pointy end of the season.

[Matty10]

Aah, but would you rather beat them without Ablett or lose to them with Ablett?

Everyone wants to win, but it is not as simple as that.

I want a test - a true test of where we are at. I would hate to win against a team that is underdone (and for our team to get an inflated sense of how good they are as a result) and then to lose against them in the finals because we thought we had matched them earlier and therefore not worked on our deficiencies.

Mind you, I still want a win (but hope they remain humble and honest with the result - whatever that might be).

[ugg]

Yes, one BIG OUT! LRT OUT, Barlow in!

[Robbo]

Let's go cheese. You are playing for your career my friend.

[annew]

Yes, one BIG OUT! LRT OUT, Barlow in!

Is this for real???

[ugg]

Final teams: Geel v Syd - AFL.com.au

[swans_premiers]

Let's go cheese. You are playing for your career my friend.

Indeed.