To beat the Saints on Sunday we must .....

[swannielady]

Acknowledge me in the grandstand lol then play hard contested footy, kick goals not behinds and put players in their positions (as stated before), let Goodsey roam all over the ground at will. Do not play anybody who is injured. Play good attacking football with a solid defence and if they win they can walk on water.

[Melbournehammer]

THIS!!!

I read somewhere that Kirky is back from his international tour and will be making a presentation at the game, hopefully he "Kirks" up the team to play properly whilst he is there

Actually he was at the essendon game. I saw him outside ES with a few other people. I was too embarassed to say how much i missed watching him...

[ItsAllGoodes]

Start the game an hour earlier without telling them.

The way we are kicking for goal this Season we would kick a point at the 2 minute mark of the first quarter and have to wait 58 minutes for them to come and kick it out !!!

[Jewels]

The way we are kicking for goal this Season we would kick a point at the 2 minute mark of the first quarter and have to wait 58 minutes for them to come and kick it out !!!

[Dosser]

The way we are kicking for goal this Season we would kick a point at the 2 minute mark of the first quarter and have to wait 58 minutes for them to come and kick it out !!!

That is very optimistic - I think Ray would ping us for a centre square infringement at the opening bounce and we would have to wait the full 60 mins.

[Dosser]

I also like the way that you think it would take us a full 2 minutes to get it to our goal line without any opposition!

[Plugger46]

... find a forward line and some midfielders with some pace and imagination

[Primmy]

Turn up to play like grownups.

or at least "this"

play like Kirky's over every shoulder.

OR

Remember, I know who you are.....I am watching you........

[Hartijon]

I also like the way that you think it would take us a full 2 minutes to get it to our goal line without any opposition!

I am afraid that if Reg or Shaw take the first kick it will be out of bounds on the full and a 59minute 50 second wait for the ball to come back in.

[ShockOfHair]

I agree about Kirk. I think his absence is the biggest single factor. Explains our soft performances against Fremantle, Adelaide and last week. Our on-field leaders have gone missing too often.

FWIW Roos' view is it's form:

Roos told On the Couch on Monday night that a simple drop in form by all players was to blame for the sudden change in fortunes.
"We saw with St Kilda earlier on in the year, when your better players and your experienced players aren't playing that well (the team struggles)," he said.

http://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/afl-premiership/former-sydney-swans-coach-and-on-the-couch-panellist-paul-roos-explains-whats-going-wrong-at-his-old-club/story-e6frf3e3-1226115495678

Seems true as far as it goes but doesn't explain why we'd played so well against the Bombers a week ago.

For this week we have to show hunger for the contest. I'm expecting we will and will finish up with another of those "brave" losses.

[Go Swannies]

I thought I hated "brave" losses until I had to sit through an abject loss.

[Red]

Sack the coach.

Teams almost always win their first game for the caretaker coach.

(This is the fun thread, right?)

[Go Swannies]

Sack the coach.

Teams almost always win their first game for the caretaker coach.

(This is the fun thread, right?)

We should have sacked Roos after the QF in 2006 then. Dual Premiers, woohoo!

[CJK]

Go balls out

[Jewels]

Go balls out

That might be a bit too painful.....